Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-05-22
HENRY \. WISE.

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In = latter IN the odi,ors OF the Fmuirer. under date
III the 4th inst. this erhtlrman cunjradlcts an ',oaio,i
ard sta'emeni, which rtI.ut,d in that IaIrr oi tlc
75th ultino. (ard y which Mr.. W Of course prftrd. )
ia tue effect that he (Alr. Wise) would support the nom.
iarc 'fthr lncoftco Convention for the ncN, prcsj1cnz
cy. Tho oIject fttai si,,omcnr WAS sIlarcst enough.
aud ii doubtless had HE tccl inter drd. Of piuc,rl,o Gor
Mr WISE votes wldci' lr might no, olliorvise have 1e
e.iv.l. Uno "aa h bfi3,d' i to h., made, il were nov
hos,l~s- t., s,rlnir., except asa matter ofcur,silv. Ger
,slnly the r-tsen " hs authorized lis publication owes il
I" h,'n.rli 10 q, llain how tli. misinLt-so fortunate in
Ils consequences doubtless. To his trieud-occurrrdl
Mr.. WISE thus defines his ppsitluu:-IIc wl1 not ssv
t-r whom he will Vote AZ next Presidents; but he pledges
himself 10 sustain Thai candidate wlcn he may deem
"m"H Repnbhca""-tiha IL. IN favor Of 4 National
Bank. We presume But he says that under no cir
eunstances whatever will he vote for Henry Clay
that Is. he will nrt give his otrn vote cor him at the polls
But. si''nld HE election dcvnlyr upon the House OF
Representative. he viii obey the instructions of his
district. as Indicated at the Presidential election in the
Fall Of 1871. THIS declaration, hy the way. o.
pens a rool-d quosli,1t: Suppose a State should, by j
maj.ritv say Of 5000. cast It's vote for A as President.
and that the election should dryolvc upon the House. in
which Il m,joriy Of the Districts might he represented
by the friends of i, and that those Districts gave major
tiles for B at the elrctinn. Should the representatives
give tho vote each ofhis own District, aud thereby de
feat tho State maJrilv-m shoaId they. losing SIGHT oi
'h-ir morr immediate representative obligations. cast II =
veto Of The State for A? We shuuld like to sec thi.
question discussed before the case occurs-as ii is not
anliIrly certainly 10 happen.
But to rctnrn Ia Mr.. Wise He ondcavors Though lie
does not nyom thai 10 be his obicci.) to accuun, for his
own mo,ere majority, by ref rring to the tlinness Of the
election. esus,di u lhc f@,lwardm IS If the season for
Turning operations; but Notwithstanding This canse must
hare ope Grated IN both larIlcs alike. he expresses the o
rin'oo nevertheless ,la, The fedcrol porty,'' with
which, Republican as he progresses to be, he SO long and
~ zeslo'lav c"-operstcd, s'igmatizing then as tcdcralists
the very panty with Which lac has now taken up ted and
hoard. ''has nale ii, most desperate, - and, es he be
hev"s, Tits dong rsori.2 The gentleman may res
assured thai ie Is d'reivci-gnssly deceived. The
Enquirer, wrh a Wiser forecast, rrrceivrs hat lhf
wing pnril ine1.nds 10 make mt least mother struggle,
compared with Which that which has Iusl occurred " IS
iIr~T" 'chid's Ilay. y There are wiser men in the
world tlan the '%,fisly' representative Of Ike Acconac
district!
MIR. Wise declares not only that his District is Re
publican now. hut that il ALWAYS has bocn So" lndoef,
WIZ the Enquirer and his other new allies endorse
that declaration! Was il Republican, when. under the
lead Ct Mr.. Wisr himself. i, gave upwards of loco
majority against thu so called Republican candidate fr
thu Presidency in lsi0-and for \ man who was stigma
tied ss a 'blark cockadc fcderalist'l Was it ! cpuliI
can when 1t sent that avowcd and veteran federal
ist. Thomas NJ. Hayly, To Congress. il oppoti-
ton TO that sterling Republican. Burvcll l}assat'-
""a krpubllcan-we appeal 10 the friends Of Mr..
calhoun Tor an ben it first elected Henry 4.
Wise to Congress. as ihc defender Of the Proclamation.
against Richard Coke, the champion of Slats Rights?
MIR. Wise, melnay is surely at fault.