Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-03
FoR THE Vine.
MR.. WISE.
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The leading editorial in the E,,,,. r.
morning IS model Of jesui.ical cnnn;nn VI
vase having, with the ndependenc. or Is MI
snd WI add, Of Whis, (for il is our ho..,'
y. SO iu'v,s' thst we have no wamba's amonS
MS dissent to certain measures sustained b ..L
OF ms party, the Enquirer, with its usu,I "a, 80
proaches HIM. as crst it did Mr.. Rives in the shap.
Q, .ne 1reat TEMPER and pours the "eprous dis,l.
ment" OF its hollow hattery into the ear of r.,
destined victim"-May he not become n. Co.,, pss
mkewrse' ! know enough Of human nature IN 49,
me effects oil this subtle poison even when nss'
s,;, 20 , sueh man as Henry A. Wise: yet have
most devoutly do hope il will. thai h. ~,
ueal ear TO the syren voice which would WOO b;, -,
It's foul embraces. hope he has nerve .no,n a., 70
,t"s, 'he Jasenafions Of the Rattle Snake ~ VIII,
now lies coiled in his path, & even ven,nr- Icn
garments with the vile slime of ,ts y.n.I SUI ms
as, IN oye-gone times. he defed ",he ,,rrnr ~
iauie, when It's green eye Of hate gliS,,p.d :,
MN, and rs poisoned fangs were aimed n, ~; -,
Nan nr: wise suppose that this, his late foul-mon,h
co assailant IS his real friend or that tho co,ni;
ments with which il greets him. are the s;n.sr. g
s'ohS oi an honorable feeing7 No moi IL 10 -
cause, and only because it hopes that MIR wis.,.
u'u,e course VIII enure 10 the beneftr of its mar
", 'hat IL masks It's long cherished and enveno,o.d
hate, and dares TO fawn upon one Who. 4. as
VAN ehueavored TO trample in the dust Car 49,
not, messrs. Editors, draw from the Eno,;ro., ou
some o. lis base attacks upon Mr.. Wise. nar,;c,,.
." WIN tue unfortunate daa,k or
Cliey, when that paper, in spirit of deyeI;sh 49,,
violence, and restrained by no consideration &c ;ns
uce or deeency. attempted to stain the hands o1 Al.
WISE with guilty blood 81 s. when the Ed;,o. -;
'he Enquirer penned that leading edito,;aI ~ ~
solitude OF his closet, the voice of eonsc;sn. 80. ~
speak-lt told him he was "anplaudin, a. '.' .'
nent for sinister end" and il was tb, y,;n
made him dread and anticipate the jmnu,,,;nn .,
the motive. "Pu'"t'oh OF
lheIe Is one part, however, Of this preciopa n;.o.
OF puhery which shows that the most s,afpo',e
ana cunning may sometimes be c,ugbt in r. -'.'
inesheS' The Enquirer copies a letter from Wi"
nsuon' IN winch an expression occurs gro.sly ~
sutlng to Mr.. Wise, by referring his recent eo,r..
70 temperament ard not to principle 81 tbiok ),
says the letter writer, whose confidential revni"'r,
ougnt 10 have been suppressed by the cunnins To-
Au' OF me Enquirer, I'll think his natural ,ennss,
Hent VIII Keep HIM in the opposition to anv Al;
nistration." Ii this be true the wand Of a WI
influence IS broken. Like John RandoInh g. "
bc eourted and feared, but he will nevsr ~ 10y
uusteoj and the very men who are now sssL;n, ~ -
coax HIM into "ths opposition will have no r.5i ~
use Tor him shold they, by his instrumen,,6,v 1.
again elevated to that power from which s.Tor -
suns, he has been most active in scoure;ns ~,
with whip OF scorpions. They NAV sfis,w ,t.h.
snence Cer6erus with sop, but the gift will bs he
oonerIns Of rear, and not OF Gratitude. But con.
Tess my opinion is less shaken in Mr. Wise bv hi,
own course, than by that of his old enem;s: .nJ
prosecutors; and shall even suspect him mil
there shall be no longer loop upon which 10 b,ns
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