Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-07
LAWFUL DISCLOSURES

"T hehty Nl-c-eohtent NJ last, win having
out HANDICAPPED him of Roanoke and OUTCOME him,
as far as fury goes beyond noble heat, the extreme
OF Iibaldry beyond polished invective, raniing be
yond an eloquence full OF taste and thought, and
meaEureless political lubrie,y beyond soma perso.
nal eccen,rici,ies and Irregularities: MIR WISE we
say, having thus "put gu, the light" Of Mr. Ran
dolphs fame, by dint OF letting the world see how
man who copies hin, has become public pes, and
scorn, the plague OF those who would coHduct pub
lie affirs with some temper and the very terror Of
the good, (as far us the good be Afraid:) Mr.
Wise is lately soaring in new imitation, and OBJ
viously intends, after thus ec,ypsiug John Ran
dolph 10 cas-: Maria Monk forever in the shade, and
annihilate the reputation of her he;ions, by others
totally rarscendiug ihem in the folly of the facts
aud the lewd Observation-Disclosures of the suborned wit
ness. As she, to prove tina, the priests were Iicen-
iious, swore that she lay ioih them ALL so he 10
attempting to ruin the character of the wings. by
revealing what he preiends to have seen, while he
was IN state OF prostitution anon! them!
As calm and risht-minded Protes,ants ud no,
long, by sectlran anpa;hies be transported so far
as to forget that it is shameful receive against peo-
pie who have good reputation, the foul testimony
so should i, be and viii it he, with all fair,.hink
ing democrats, as TO Me- Wise's mos. notable dis
cove'ies. Let the fIc's be they may, before uny
one shall listen to them, they mus, have some pos
sibi,y in themselves, and the person on whom one
Is TO rely for than must be not directly brand.
ed, by the circumstances themselves, with the very
nfamy which, for no love of truth, but for his own
eorrup; ends, he 10 endcdvoaring 10 fix on Others
More strongly still than Of MariA-who de-.
scribsd places that did not exist and scenes where
she could not have been, since she evidently was
unacquined with thom--so is it with Mr. Wise
10 the events Of which be has spoken and threat
ems to speak. II he knows any thing OF them, il
can he in no honest capacity he mixed in them
only to serve his own personal purposes and pis-
sions, and he has, by mixing in them, served those
and nothing else did he know, therefore, any thing
peculiar, its disclosure would always have come
from quarter most suspected and coming, now,
from ono Who professed, long ago. TO have told his
tale, they can only be held as the evidence of n
witness palpaby corrupt, who has been upon the
stand repeatedly before, and has held back know
ingiy, facts which he swears are most material
Ia common with hstwo creditabe djlncts, Mes
SIS Gushing and Spencer, now CAN in condi
ton 10 speak Of the capital the decisive facts Of the
conduct Of MIR Tyler IN and towards his late Cabi
net Of that body, the sittngs are necessarily
private. No one but lie members could know
what passed there, unless by listening ut doors
There could he no other direct EaowLEDoE; and
any thing else would be but h.ar.say; which,
badly as we think Of Mr. wise's present feelings
and conduct, is, we hope, his mode OF information
and not key-hoc work.
Nov, hear-say, though usually a very ndiffere nj
sort Of proof AMI tho contempt Of the law, may b.
sometimes good testimony; but not when It come,
from the wrong side, or through dscredi,ed wi,
nsss-bo,h which facts here concur to mako MI
Wise's late and future DISPOSITIONS worth Just &C
mach lamp-hnek in the Madisonian.
For nothing can DO more certain than that nl
Mr. WISE or MIR Gushing or Mr. Spencer or "Haon'
THAT las, Invention in the art or Proof an anony
nous wi,ness) can know Of what transpired in tn,
Cabinet, as TO these transactions, must DO derived
from Mr. Tyler himself All the o.hers-men, tE
cep, MIR Webster, Of the highest character, public
and priyaie-agros 10 directly opposite stats o
facts; and this (so for os he hos tpoken) Mr. Wei
s.er has confirmed, as to a most decisive particular
Never did criminal before seek to evads the gal.
lows or the lash, by weaker proofs, or rather by
moro complete substitution Of hi, own single allie
ga'ons for proof. Against him is the common ties.
limony Of the most notorious public transactions
and the explicit observations Of large body o
men Of honor, oil personally the spectators Of som,
part Of his unprnclpled conduct, and some Of whom
the members Of his Cabnet are necessarily tn;
exclusive and hnal witnesses Of the capital facts.
To such testimony, what has Me Tyler yet op
possdl Absolutely nothing, exeep. the hiroline 90
loquy Of his newspapers, the unprineped iavecliv'
Of his guard, and the deposition ofn ridiculous wit
ness, then in Absny-ihs Veiiable Mr. Spencer
who sold himself in the frs, place, expsdisouslY
tho tot quite q, cheap, as paupcr who is knock
ed OF to the lowest bidder for his maintenance, an,
who now, deserving his public duties, goes, on IN
eve ofan slecti1n, 10 furnish. fjr popular eonsump
ion, batch Of elee,ioneeriug les cer,an not {,
live above week after the truth got there, but will
which 10 was perfectly content, Il hey out lived III
diy Of voting
But, were these things worth ever 80 much, wha
lhen1 Ills conduct, IN every part, has heapsd ur
Ill the while, proofs continual and so helm
ing Of all that was ever charged upon him. that b
would Stand convicted, tho all other proofs hn
combined az much 20 ab'olgc, as they Did TO dam
! him. Mr. Tyle,'s whole career, ever since the TN
IN qnes,ion, has ridhsd, ten tines ovor, every a,ou