Reply of Hon. John J. McRae, to the Speech of Senator Foote
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Excerpt from Reply of Hon. John J. McRae, to the Speech of Senator Foote: Delivered at Paulding, Jasper Country, on the 12th, and at Quitman, Clark Country, on the 14th April, 1851 Fellow Citizens: I stand before you as the humble advocate of your rights, in opposition to one of your Senators in the Congress of the United States, who it is believed, has not maintained them in that high position, where they have been put in issue. This is, in some respects, a pleasant, in others an unpleasant duty to perform. To maintain your cause, and to vindicate the rights and honor of the South, is the highest pleasure of my heart. To review the course of your wandering Senator, to show that he has not maintained your cause, and that he has not vindicated the rights and honor of the South in the high position in which they were entrusted to his charge, is not so pleasing a duty. I would prefer, if it were possible, to welcome him with the voice of praise, and to bestow upon him no words of censure. But the conduct of the Senator himself leaves me no alternative but the disapproval of his course, and I proceed at once to the merits of his position. He has addressed you, and will again follow me. My time is limited, and in the order of discussion, I have no opportunity of reply. This gives him a great advantage; but when I have gone through with him on the record which I shall produce, I shall be satisfied to leave him to your judgment, feeling well assured that whatever may be your opinion of the merits of what are termed the "measures of adjustment," and the position which the State of Mississippi may hereafter take for the wrongs which have been done her, and which have been brought upon her in part by the Senator himself, by his advocacy of this "scheme of adjustment," your judgment will be that of condemnation of his course. Before entering, however, upon this discussion, it is due to the Senator and to myself to say, that personally I cherish towards him no unkind feeling. For the many years we have known each other, feelings of friendship and good will have existed mutually between us; I have partaken of his hospitality, and now that he is in the country of my home, I welcome him to mine. And if, in the progress of my remarks, reviewing severely his course, any unguarded word of mine shall fall with offence upon his ear, I hope he will attribute it to my younger experience than his own in public discussion, and not to any intention wantonly to wound his sensibility. The Senator comes among you, fellow-citizens, to receive the approval of those who sustain his course, to conciliate, if possible, the many who disapprove it, and who censure his conduct in his abandonment of your rights, and his wilful violation of the expressed will of the people of Mississippi, through their Legislative authority, to which he was directly responsible. He is, doubtless, well prepared for his own defence; he is a gentleman of learning, of language, and of talents, skilled in the high science of political controversy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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