Virginia Free Press

Whig and Democratic reports both represent this gentleman to have stated distinctly and emphatically, that if the Oregon bill passed, Gen. Cass would not receive the vote of a Southern State. He might have been in a peculiar state of excitement on the night when his speech was delivered, and that may account for his having forgotten it.

The following is the report of Mr. Foote's remarks, by the correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, (Locofoco:)

"Mr. Foote, of Miss., about 9 o'clock this morning, was in his most excited vein. He charged the democracy of the South with treachery. He said if the bill was passed with the slavery restriction in it, there could not be found five men in the South, who would vote for Cass and Butler. He further stated that he had it from the very highest authority, and he was authorized to use it, that in less than two weeks, a letter would be published, from Gen. Taylor, in which he would declare, that, if he be elected President, he will veto every bill with the Wilmot Proviso in it, or any other clause going to prohibit slavery in the territories of the United States. This was reiterated by Mr. Foote, who at the same time declared that he could not vote for him.

" Mr. Foote further stated that if Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Adams were elected, southern men would not consent to sit and legislate under their government.'