Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-01-30
POLITICAL.
THE WHITE WIGS.


POLITICAL.
THE WHITE WIGS
Mr.. Wise-whose name should be othcr,csc-has tepn
voceralng prodigously in the House Of atr 20 Obtain
soroe notorety for himself and for the little fragment Of
a party which exSpeaker Bell has embodied for Judge
White in the House. This wonderful cohort as shown
in the election of Printer the House, consists only of
26 counting Southern Nu!ers together with the grand
accession Of Tennessee White wh!ggery. The Cx-
Speaker is too proud openly to take command OF 81 small
force. 1t is sort OF corpcrais guard, OF which hc
has given up tho lead to commissioned officers
Of these, Mr. Wise figures the Chief and i7s
made several desperate charges. He first asSalled
the Globe establishment and made, on two occasions,
divers mpuations to the manner in which we have
discharged official duties. Every of these inIu
rous statements have heretofore and do again here
BY pledge ourselves to prove utterly without foundation.
before u committee of the House. But MIR. Wise, i:
SEEMS has thought fiji try his issues with the prin
ters He has since undertaken to arrai member after
member then the Speaker Of the House. and finally the
President himself, He was contradiced by sevcraInem
bers Of the House, and statement after statement c!utcd
But with regard to his issues with the members
shall leave him their confutaon, which will be found
in the proceedings to he given IN our columns.
We however, undertake 10 show his charges nplicat-
ing the President to be utterly destitute OF even sha
dow of probability. We would observe, however, that
they would not attract notice, hut for the circu
stance that Mr. Wise is understood to be Jud Whites
champion in the House. lie boards with the Judge aud
Mr.. Pcyton OF Tennessee and it is evident that all
movements in the House which intended 10 operate
for the benefit of the candidate in the PrcSdeu
tal election originates with other Of these per-
sonagcs. MIR. Bell works unseen behind the curtain,
and it is supposed prompts all The malignant attacks
made on his successful rival, Ohe Spcaker) and which
tend defeat the order of the House The furious TRADE
ofhr. Wise in the House in defence of Jud re Whites
course, tie three million appropriation, in which he
implicated the President as having, with others,
trived that TO enlrap the House and his quon
dam friend from Tenn derives all its consequence from
the fact that doubtless had the Judges APPRECIATION
p,, tl,n itat ,a Infy his
NOUS letter. upon the ground that lie (hr Srnator)
did not knoso that tie President cstcd II, MIR. Wise at
tempted TO maintain that the President privately took
occasion TO press the appropriation through the House,
while he took pains conceal his desire that it should
pass the Senate, that the Judge might lie drccIv-
ed into vote against il, and thus be subjected I"
the unfortunate puaton OF voting against his friends,
upon the great test question Ut the last session.
And how does the Judges advocate make out his
pretty story: lie obtains statement from two lcm
beers, it is presumed, two Of Judge White caucus
frends-one of whom made statement on the floor,
and agreed that the Speakers statement to the House
was correct-beth were Of MIR. Bells side in the
schism with Mr. Polk the last sesSion-bo the judges
messmates, and the member from his immediate dis
rict (Mr Lea of all others the Judges especial paitl
zan. And what do these gentlemen vouch: That they
inquired Of MIR. Polk whether the appropriation
proper one, and whether the President wished tand
that he told them he thought proper and that the Plcs
dent dii oSh it, had better nat be spoken C The IN
tmation Of secresy, Mr. Polk declared to the House. he
did recoec yet il he iade it, the President had not
suggested any llHS ike 10 IL Is tiES w lSe
brings forward two of the Judges most intimate conf
dental friends, living under the same roof with him. to
show that MIR Polk, who severed from them upon the
question Of the Judge Presidential prrcnsions matter
which had produced bitter feelings towards MIR. Polk
the part Of that branch of the delegation TO which they
telongcd-had nevertheless impaired to them the great
point which the conspiracy against Judge White de-
pended-vz the fact that the President wished the APP
preparation to pass the House, but wished his purpose
be concealed What Of conspiracy this makes
out between the President and Mr.. Polk The secret Of
the whole plot is revealed to the bosom friends Of Jud
White, with caution not TO speak Ot it And vet
cording 10 him, they do break their conidcncrlLry d.
tell of t-Mr Wise himself admits that he heard Of ii
voted for the appropriations, with knowledge that il
the Presidents wish that It should BE- paSsed-hut
Judge White suspected nothing Of The Presidents views
and was seduccd, poor by his and the Presidents
ancient enemies, to vote against his wishes. and was
thus entrappcd
But unuckiy for the pretended conspiracy in which
Mr. Camb1eleng Us we'll as MIR. Polk and the President
are implicated by Mr.. Wise, the New York gentleman
wus still, indscreet than the Tennesseean. Mr.
Cambreleng had the 2SI of February. announced IN
the House, that in support Of the resolution which pass
ed unanimously TO insist on tie treaty. he would pro-
pose amendment 10 the fertilization bill Of three mil
lons provide the This, he Occurred h0d Tic
E1eeutrc aPprobationandt published in the Globe
of the second Of March, and alluded to in the intc
gencer of the same date. This almost two whole
DAYS before Judge White called vote and yet
unhappy man although one other Of these apcrs
laid the tables of every member of Congress,
this most important and conclusive measure,
gard to the most absorbing subject of the session, cscap
ed his eye and But even if this excuses Judge
White, does it excuse MIR. Wise The Telegraph and
Sun had both, as It to make out for him. asserted
that Mr.. Cambreengs notice Of his motion and the
Presidents wishes had not been published until after the
adjournment-but Mr.. Cambreleng had before Mr. |
Wise spoke, turned TO the Globe ant, exposed The fact
that his notice published two days before the close
of the session, and the Telegraph plead guilty to the us-
take-and yet MIR. WISE nothing dauned continued to
press his charge conspiracy, founded conccamcnt
of the Presidents wishes, when all Congress was 3D.
pert;sed them in the columns of the
dents anxiety the subject, while the matter was
pending at the Capitol, was notorious, as to l.:
made theme ofabuse by the Telegraph immediately al:
forwards
So much for Mr.. Wise and his conspiracy. What
shall we say Of Judge White: lie has solenny de-
cared in writing that he did not belere the President
wished the Appropriation Now, let suppose that not
ons Of his friends in the House Of Representatir
limited it to him-all Of whom voted for this greatest
intimates among them, admitting that they knew that
with the Presidents approbalion-et suppose
that the newspaper notification escaped his attention
yet is it possible that Judge White, when apprsed by
the message itself that the President meant to insist on
the execution Of the treaty by reprsals could belle
that he did not wish the rneans voted BY the House 10
maintain its unanimous resolution insist on the treaty
should also be voted the part of the Senate Is it
pibe that Judge White could believe, with bis knowledge
Jackson character and position in the French
controversy, that he could wish TO the measures
adopted by the House to maintain its unanimous resolu
ton by its fixed purpose, rejected by the Senate
Gould Judge WHITE when he every real friend of
the Administration in the Senate supporting this proy
sion for the defence of the country, the contn