Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-05-18
spEFcH OF MR.. WISE, OF VA

spEFcH OF MR.. WISE, OF VA
ON TEE SUBJECT OF THE LATE DEFALcA-
TONS.
Concluded.
Sir. said the other day that Ibid not
rejoice in these public losses and calami-
ties, though confessed | did feel a thrill
of triumph at having gained a victory
for the truth. The pet bank system and
the sub-treas1rers have exploded, asJ
SAID they would, and exposed their hid
den e1omities, concealed until they
could be concealed no longer; but | do
%, rtoice at it. | made me no booth to
s., and watch for the destruction of cor
rlpt Nneyeh. But, sir, there is one
psor human being on this earth-alone
COW ID the world-wrecked in reputa-
archaeological by men not half
Is vorihy as he is-whose soul at scenes
Ike these does rejoice, must exult. Who
l1i where is hel Sir, if you will 90
3F1 the Pennsylvania avenue to the
0merot Four-and-a-half street, beneath
Yrs Peyton's boarding house, you will
ID a gray-headed man, stricken in
sals: his name is-Tobias Watkins
A hai man, for borrowing money of pub
oiicers, funds in their hands, not
1lverting funds in his own hands TO his
aFn use, was imprisoned on the 18th OF
ilglst, 1929, and tried on three several
Indictments, on all which he was con-
uc,ed and fined, on one the sum of $3.50,
co another $500. and the third $4,000.
lie was sentenced to be imprisoned three
months on each Indictment, in all nine
months; but though imprisoned in Au-
gust, 1929, he was not released until
Hgrch, 1888, Kept in Jail three years
and SIX months Tor a rgal Or Fictitious
islalcauon of S3,O5oM
Where are now the defaulters of this
r0m Administration? Where is Swar.-
s51i. after embezzling public money for
ghi years in succession, till he had ia
ssn and carried away million and
mrerl Where is Price? Where is
G1iiotl How long since their carriage
Vieels proudly hurled the Olympic dust
the fashionable streets and avenues
q your metropolis of court and of fash
al No marshals at their heels-no
tvric; attorneys prosecuting against
hem triple indictments; they ran away,
b walked away, unforbidden, and none
b hinder! Where is Boydi that land
nee deiaulter, who appealed TO ''the
|uiyorHHe of speculation" to elect him
: the Senate Of his State of Mississippi?
These are all innocent and unfortunate
q escaping defaulters! These are full
landed public Plunderers, pet plunderers,
aad 90 'unwhipped of Justice" Sir, sol
Eas Tobias Watkins unfortunate. He
vas born and bred gentleman; dazzled
By the tinsel glare of this metropolis of
Splendid misery and shabby splendor,"
las II was once, with equal force, truth,
and beauty. described by that unequalled
orator Of Virginia, John Randolph)-ofl
hoeral mind and habits, too, he lavished |
some three thousand improvidently, |
ioiuking in his heart that he should be
aoe to replace that sum, and more, and |
make all straight" and he was impri- |
soned Tor his imprudence for nearly four |
years, and made to bear a felon's brand
%. SIR but he was a gentlemdn-he be-
ionged to ''aH the decency," to the silk |
s'ocSlng gentry"-he was not one of
solr Loco Foco defaulters-he was not |
,loriaHate to the amount of millions
= vas no robber on a large scale-he
ses not one too full-handed to be touched |
'ey The rude hands Of the tipstaff-he
vas not a defaulter of the great democ-
icy and, poor fellow, he suffered for
|NAg gentleman! BY the by, sir. that
erd reminds me Of the fact that it was
ing and not until the past summer,
~ party first discovered that your Pre-
-'-eH' was geHtiemdnS The discovery
/; = made ma hrst, think, by granny Ritch-
4 ia. venerable gentleman took me
! ass Tor finding some gentlemen in
'ei 9urg, and, as a set off. it seemed,
1881 mat President Van Buren,, too,
y actually gentIemanl Very strange.
- man whom they made President,
b. successor of the "iIlustrious" In
80 'hey did not find out to be gentle
- until the summer of 1888. They
ii surely have been trying to make
oI' a Wing. For myself, | always
e ne was, in the ordinary sense, a
,11eman; and it was mortifying to me
4, NJ mat the Enquirer, by implication
~ g p had supposed until lately that
resident of the United States could |
ner than a gentleman-judging,
- from It's boast of the sudden dis
|O..' out my colleague there, (Mr.
oole,) viii not, however, recog- |
r' h.ichle as genuine Loco Foco
lNr- Dromgoole said, No. no, he
~. c.soAserrdtire.l There is cheering
alton connected with this dis
e'f, though by the Administration
- II Is the brightest omen which has /
0u'fed Tor years of Mr.. Van Buren,sl