The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-05-04
TRIUMPH OF MIR. WISE.

beyond question. ouch uiu"P" 10 i'S""'"
by the friends and admirers OF Mr.. Wise, as Of
far more value than the confirmation OF his
nomination as Minister to France would have
been. Ii is not only an endorsement by the
People of the high estimate placed upon Mr..
Wise by the Chief Magistrate of his country,
but il is, at the same time, the highest comp'l-
ment Of which the People were capable TO Mr.
Wise himself, and seal Of condemnation on
those malignant Senators, who. "dressed in a
little brief authority" sought to crush one OF
the most gifted men TO which our country has
given birth.
The reelection of Henry A. Wise will be
considered generally, the political death knell
Of Henry Clay-and also as an exposition OF
the impotency of the Globe and Mr.. Benton
From the moment that the partisans of Mr..
Clay in conjunction with Mr.. Benton, effected
the rejection of Mr.. Wise, all the federal artil-
lery in the Union exploded on his devoted head I!
What federal press, we ask, has not directed its
fire al Mr.. Wise, since his rejection by the Sc
nate? We put it to any man in the Nor'h,
in the South, in the East, and in the West, to
say if every federal paper that has fallen under
TEEN with the most extrayagant abuse of Mr..
Wise2 Even the Globe has denounced him
every week, and dictated to the Benton men 10
vote against him. But there were no Benton
men in his district
The Richmond Wing, Mr.. Clay's peculiar
organ in Virginia, assaled Mr.. Wise daily, in
its editorial columns, for more than month
IL. all No
tracts from one Of its articles, to show that since
the alliance between Clay and Benton, every
effort has been made TO array against Mr. Wise
both the Federalists and Republicans of his
district. The Wing first breaches TO The Re
publicans, and then turns to the Wings.
From the Richmond Wig of .1p,il 10.
"And now to the true Wings OF the 7th district =
with what conscience can you sustain Mr. Wise
Next to your principles, your trust is in Henry Clay
From the noble army of Wings, which numbers IN
its ranks Crttendens and Berriens, and leghs, and
Johnsons, and Mangums, and Sergeants and Clay
tons, and Davs's, and Talmadges, and thousands
upon thousands more of illustrous patriots and
Statesmen, you, in common with ninety-nne hun
dreths of your Wing comrades throughout the Union
have picked out Harry OF the West to conduct you
to victory in the next great battle you to fight
for all that worth preserving in your Country's In
sttutons. You have done IN no blind devotion to
men, but because you regard Henry Clay the genuine
impersonation OF those glorious principles which you
soemny believe can alone restore the gone prospe
rty and fallen honor of the Country and because yot
believe that he combines in a higher degree than any
living American, the various high attributes thai
qualify him to be the delverer of the nation. You be
lieve his patriotism and his integrity, as Mr.. Wise
once did, TO be above suspicion You award him the
front rank among the wise and good Of the land and
gard his claims upon the American people superior
to lhoseoi any one else beside End We" man who has
- m fhe public service served the country
long and served II well-the statesman whose rank
IS with Canning and Pitt and Madison, and Wash.
ingon himself whose very presence is humiliation 10
demagogues, and on whom you, the Wings of the Sc
venth District, and all other genuine Wings rely for
the salvation of the Union and the denomination NJ
our blessed institutions YEA this distinguished pa
trotso esteemed by all Of all parties who love
genuine magnanimiiy-Mr Wise cannot support IN
der any imaginable circumstances, and would prefer
TO him even Martin Van Buren,
And Notwithstanding all this impas stoned
Federal slangwhangcry, both Wings and Re
rublicans voted for Mr.. Wise and elected him
The following extracts are from the same pa
per, prerious to the election We italcize
some of the expressions:
Now we put it to the Wings of the 9Th district if
under these circumstances they can consistently ar
honorably support Mr.. Wise 10 preference 10 MIR
Carter VIII they not, by electing Mr. Wise be ac-
cessory IN some sort TO his ungenerous defamation of
Mr. Clay VM not such a rerdiei from a Ubo III,
tnef-hs strongest ia the State perhaps the Union-,rH
not Mr.. H.su election by seh fastriet ~, sov ydv
me rodent presumption that Mr.. Wias chang agaipu
Mr. Clay htk, and that he has sustained th,m h,
ToJ 80 Satisfactory as 10 oonrinos Of N ir truth The bed
Wig Dartet IN all Virginia And with this nro-
sumption raised by themselves against their chosen
candidate and greatest fayorite, ,eh ,rh,f fac, co,
hty commend hun TO their Whig brethren throughout ~,
Union wv
Nay, more If Mr.. Wise should be returned 70
congress, VIII not the district be put down as IT,
Ter District -
For the honor OF human nature and the sale Of ,b.
Wing party, 10 which we glory in belonging w. fer
Nen'y trust That so revolving example Of
aud aPodocy mey never be set by any least of all by
those who claim the honored name Of Wing Then
let the Wings Of the It'll District and Democrat, Too
weigh well The consequences ere they cast their
votes for Mr.. WISE
Notwithstanding all the entreaties, expostu-
lations, and threats Of the Wing, Mr.. Wis,
was r, elected. "Thc strongest Whip District
IN the Stote, perhaps The Ui,ion,p has en-
dorsed every Thing said of Mr. Clay by Mr.
Wise, and declares itself willing TO be set
down "a Tyler Disfricfgn Mr.. Wise
boldly and manfully declared himself the friend
and supporter of President Tyler, and vet his
noble District, which gave at the last elec,;oo
400 majority for the Wing ticket, e.elccts
hun by triumphant majority. And so il will
be IN other Districts, in other States, whenever
the issue is between Tyler and Clay.
TWO TERMS