American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-02-20
CANTON. MISSISSIPPI. FEBRUARY 20, 1868
Mr. Foote's Proposition to the North

Mr. Foote's Proposition TO the North
west.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Knoxville Register. says OF Mr.. Foote's
proposition
( If | am CORRECTLY advised. it is not the
purpose of Mr. Foote to propose any po-
ltical union with the North west, but
simply defensive military league against
the Eastern States. The restoration of
commercial intercourse with the North
west is also contemplated. since this must
be the inducement TO its segregation. If
the bill offered by Mr.. Foote, as original
ly drawn. contemplated more than this,
it will be amended But this question
will be thoroughly discussed, and then
your readers shall be advised of the
opinions of our representatives.. A thor
ough polilica! revolution has swept over
+ the Northwest. That party, most kindly
disposed towards the South, is again in
the ascendency, and it surely becomes us
to take advantage of this change in pop
i u|ar sentiment. Whether the resolutions
( of Mr.. Foote are calculated to attain this
end will become the subject matter of
future inquiry. | may state Just here.
as | have before, that unless we can dam
up the Mississippi at Cairo, and cause
half its waters to flow into Lake SUPERB
or. and half into the Gulf of Mexico. we
cannot separate the Northwest as COM
mercial communities from those of the
lower valley of the great river. The
laws of nature and necessity will endure
when the passions and enmities of the
m hav III -.
their graves. If the Northwest hold the
mouth of the Ohio. Of the Cumberland
and of the Tennessee, and possess that of
the Mississippi. why not even now, make
commercial stipulations which, from the
very geographical and commercial neces-
sites of the country. must exist at an
earlier or later period in our history
We do not thus ask for peace ; we make
no concessions unbecoming our dignity
as a nation. We propose nothing to
Lincoln or those hostile to us, as we un-
derstand senator Richardson and his
| adherents. but legitimate war measure
against the abolitionism of New England,
and against the administration of Presi-
dent Lincoln.
A SOLEMN WARNING TO WIvEs.-A
correspondent of the Selma Reporter re-
lates story which should serve as
solemn warning to the wives of soldiers.
He says few weeks ago a soldier was
tried and convicted of the crime of de-
sertion, and sentenced to be shot. The
day for the execution arrived, and at the
appointed hour this brave man, who had
fought many battles and endured every
kind of hardship, fell bloody corps at
the hands of his comrades. Upon inqui-
ry it was ascertained that he was as true
as steel to our cause. and that it was on
account of his wife that he deserted. He
received letter from her full of COM
plants. Looking alone upon the dark
side of the picture, she had magni6ed
her troubles and sufferings. and earnest
~ entreated her husband to return home.
He became restless. disconnected, unhap-
by. He ceased to take any interest in
the discharge of his military duties. and
thought only of how he could get hsfne
His solemn oath never to desert troubled
him much, and he well knew the crime
of deserton had become SO frequent in
the army it would be punished with death.
In this state of peplexity he drew bis
wife's letter from his bosom and read it
again. and shutting his eyes to the con-
sequences, he deserted and for his crime
he suffered bloody and ignominious
death His wife, now widow. knows
no peace of mind, but is constantly haunt
ed with the thought that her exaggerated
representations of her trials and suffer
ings caused her husbands death. Let
this case be lesson to all wives and
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dier, speak words of encouragement
cheer their hearts. Ere their souls and
arouse their patriotism. Say nothing
that will .embitter their thoughts or
swerve them from the path of duty
VicksJuay Whig.
A HARD LIcK-As an instance among
many others equally significant of the
revolution brewing in the Northwest, we
give the following sledge hammer lick
dealt at the Puritan New Englanders by /
the Cincinnati Enquirer. 1t is clipped
from lengthy article. which is full of
truth and honest Indignation. long pent
up. but now escaping like steam from the !
whistle of locomotive. Verify, the /
days of the dynasty are numbered:
When the West was annihilated by
the British and Indians in the war of
1879. and when our women and children
were being murdered. who came to our
reliefg Did New England ? No She
was meeting in The Hartford convention
to concoct measures to withdraw from
the Union and ally herself with Great
Britain. The Southwest came to our re-
lief most CALAMITY. and our plains drank
up the generous blood of its sons on the
Raisin, Tippecanoe and the Thames.
He who goes to bed in anger. has the
devil for his bed-fellow- A wag esires
US To say he knows a married man v no