Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-03-07
AsIiINGToH, March J..
TIE WINDING Up.

THE WINDING Up
Our paper went 10 press last evening before The close
Of tie Session We had only then heard of the first
ERECTION Of Mr.. Wise. He was afterwards renom;na
dby the President by message declaring The grounds
nj hIs selection Tor lie high station which ne was
prnnosed, and again rejected; third time nominated
and third time rejected. Mr.. Cushings nomination
.us The Treasury Department passed through the same
proccasboih ending with only two votes We annex
the yeas and nays Of the Senate with the several co
mnncaions Of the Executive.
IL will be that, for Mr.. WISE continuation in
The frs; instance, there four Federal and e;rh
Democratic votes SO, il will be seen, that he Jared twice
rs well with those on whom he has been wagng, for
years. unremiltng and most reckless hostility, us he
Did among his recent friends, 10 whom he dedicated his
iabors in and out of Congress
Mr. Gushing, have no doubt, was put under The
Senates ban for the open auctoneerng which he made
al The influence and power Of the Administration in the
House OF Representatives, rs bearing upon the next
Presidency. No we'll nformed man ever doubted but
that the present managers Of our affairs would exert all
the power oil Their authority, and all The influence o
their patronage 10 make third party TO bring up Mr.
Tyler as hall-and half, party candidate and in
this way give him some capital which he might throw
into the scale of any schismac of either party, wIo
with himself, might gather sufficient head to hold the
balance OF power, and dictate terms in the House, or
elsewhere. But the open proclamation that the pre-
sent ncumbents ready to strike bargains OF this
sort, so formally ind unbushngy rnadc by Mr.
Gushing, on the floor of the House, was too haurant TO
90 unreproved by those who expected nothing
better from The Administration.
When, therefore, hr Cushing himself was presented
among others who had BID for the Executive ;avOr and
the Senate called upon TO ratiiy the arrangement
the Senatorial veto was applied-and, think, wih
quite much propriety Mr. Tyler applied his Veto
arrest The Bank bargains which the associates
raised him TO the Presidency called upon hm 10 con
trm
Mr.. Spencer-whose nomination met d,fleren,
fale-in our opinion, came perfectly within The inter
dcl of the principle which smut The door Of the Senate
in Mir. Cush,ngs face Mr.. Spencer stood pledged
in writing, to pursue Mr. Tyler as deser,er of the
cause Of Coonery, in having failed 10 carry out us
covenants with The hanks. But, no sooner did MIR
Tyler offer The War Department 10 him as consdera.
ton than he turned t:ator himself TO his fellow Coons
When advanced 10 the Treasury for SUCH an aban
donmrnt, and from the same motives that actuated
Mr. Cushing he should have shared the same fate
And We understand that he barely escapcd-the vote
beng very close. The fact tia, he is already III the
Cabinet, AID tiia II regeneration vas TO be made the
ground OF Acnson, Mr. IL Ter would have no Cabinet
al all, saved hun.
I'VE mistaken in the supposton INDUCED last
nght-lhal the $4,000 appropriation for the Chinese
MISSION would aIl, from The amendments with which
il was loaded of the last moment in the Senate
they acceded to in The House promptly and
Mr.. Everett our Minister at London, nom mated and
confirmed To Gil it. THIS opens Mr. Webster's way
TO the English mssion-where he may pursue h;s
negotiations with Lord Aslburton Il Co, and with
the greatest convenience 10 himself, and TO the dis
grace and sacrifice of the country Mr.. Webster
vacancy will make an opening, which We should not
te at all tstonsted TO filled by Mr.. Wise Mr.
Cushng-Ihe objections of the Senate notwiths;and
ing This, however, we do not give on the auth,
,ity of rumor even it is mere conjecture Gl0Ge
To Tie Senate Of the u. States:
nominate to the Senate Henry a. Wise, of Vir
II. 60, Di.
nipotenliary of The U. to the Court Of his Majesty
the King Of the French, in the place Of Lewis Cass,
resigned. JOHN TYLER
Washington, Feb. 81, 1913.
Yeas-Messrs. Archer, Buchanan, Calhoun, Choate,
Cuthber,, Evans, FULTON, King, McDufe, Sturgeon,
1ollmadge and Walker-12
.Nays-Wessrs. Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Berren,
Clayton Conrad, Crafts, CrittendeD Dayton, Graham,
Henderson, Huntington, Kerr, alangnm Merck, Mil
Ter, Phelps, Porter, Simmons Smith of Ia SPrague,
Tappan, White, and Woodhridge-94
To The Senate Of the United States:
In submitting The name Of Henry a. Wise TO Inc Sc.
nate for the mission to France, led to do SO by
considerations of his high talent his exalted character,
and great moral worth. The country, ieel assured,
would be represented at Paris, III the person OF Mr.
WISE by one wholly unsurpassed in exalted patriotism,
and we'll fitted TO be the representative oil TINS country
abroad His rejection By the Senate has caused me to
reconsider his qualifications; and see no cause to doubt
that he is eminenty qualified for the station feel it,
therefore, to be my duty 10 renomna's him.
| nominate Henry A. Wise, of Virginia 10 be Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Penpoten;iary to the court
of his Majesty The King Of the French in place OF
Lewis Cass, resigned JOHN TYLER.
March 3, 1913.
Y,as-Messrs. Calhoun, Cuhhert, Fulton King,
,lcDuGie. S-vier, Sturgeon, and Walkers.
iays-Messrs. Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard, Ben
ion, Bersen, Clayton, Conrad, Crafls, Critenden,
Evans Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Linn, Man
gum, MERCK, Miller, Morehead, Porter, Simmons
Smith OF Indiana, sprague, Tappan, White and Wood
bridge-26.
Another brief message again nominated Mr. Wise
and The following vote shows the result
Ysas-hessrs. Cuthbert and Waksr-S.