Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-08-30

falsehood of those charges was never tested, aut
that he knows nothing more about them TO-DAY
| than no did then? He does not pretend to hav,
any better information, or any additional informa
ton, on the subject. But, because Mr.. Wise swor'
in 1887 that he considered General Cass a corrup
man, and now supports him as President, that for
seoth prores General Cass not to be a corrupt man
! We mud no such proof i'm this fact II may prove
Mr.. Wise to DO corrupt and pronigate, but surely
this does not vindicato General Cass Mr.. Wise
could not well, on the came evidence, believe him
| corrupt in 1887 and honest i'm IS4S. What, thsr1,
Is the nake-weght that turns the scale Of his judg
ment? The fact that Mr.. Wise has betray ed the
Wing party, on such shameless and obviously sor-
did considerations, that he can hope nothing from
them, and may receive something FROM Ger aral
Cass in spite Of his oath. That is the whole of L..
MIR. Wise proceeds 10 assign his reasons for sup
porting Zen. Cass and opposing the Wing candi-
date. They just resolve themselves into his I'M
qualified admiration OF Mr.. Folks career, and his
assurance that General Cass will make just such
another President as Mr.. Polk.
This may DO, and we suppose if President Polk
were candidate for reelection, he would not re-
ceive the votes Of three States in the Union. As
for Mr. Wse's opposition to Whig doctrines. this
is not worth considering. He himself entertained
Wing doctrines till he could realize something by
repudlaling them. He then Pocketed his twelve
pieces of silver, but did not go out and hang him.
self-thereby proving that he had even less con-
Mr.. Wise calls to his aid as an excuse for his
change of opinion, the fact that "such men as Ed
ward Hannegan and Gorham Parks maintain that
Lewis Cass is innocent and uprghtr Two
more thorough paced partisans than these men no.
yer lived. Wo do not like Mr.. Wise's compurpa-
tors. When they swear to their belief in Lewis
Cass's innocence, and kiss the book it, we shall
then take into consideration how far their cath to
his 'innocence' is an offset to Mr. Wise's oath to
his corruption. Till then, we shall not take their
opinion as proof. They once believed in the Gin
nocence" OF Mr.. Van Buren,, and supported him to
the death; and yet Mr. Wise says that 'the Van Blu
renes were the really diseased limb of the Demo-
cracy in 1886" Now, if Mr.. Parks and Mr. Han
negan were believers in the Innocence" of Mr..
Van Buren, in 1886, and down to a very recent Pc
Rod. and Mr. Wise then believed, and now believes
that Van Buren, was the diseased limb of Demo-
cracy" how can he rely so confidently on the judy
nent as to re ''innocence" of Lewis Cass? No:
no such m N will not answer Mr.. Wisc's purpose,
lie must ''uco other Securities"
MIR. w e then proceeds to endorse "his friend"
Will '. Butler, "the pink of chivalry and
The pi poetry" We apprehend that his friend
William, o. Butler was one of tho diseased limbs
IF the Democracy" who were for Van Buren,
Now, iorsooth, he isa ''Pink." If he is the pink
II the Democratic ticket, we suppose that General
Cass is the peony. We are somewh a, surprised
hat Mr.. Wise should draw his images from the
owergarden. The kitchen-garden would more
naturally suggest simile to gentleman who has
so obviously fixed his eye upon the corn
MIR. Wise terminates his letter with inquirnp
why the Wing party have not followed up his in
luiry since 1910, if there was anything i'm ,hs
charges. One reason was that MIR. Wiss, the lead
er and prime mover in the whole affair." went over
to the enemy, and nobody was disposed to take up
his unfinished business at the time of his apostacy,
The other and conclusive reason was, that The cul-
prts were already tried and convicted by the peo-
pie, and dismissed from Office in 1910. Mr. Wise
might just as well ask why courts do not continue
10 try the cases of men who have been already con-
sicted, sentenced and executed. The inquiry into
Lewis Cass's conduct has only been made material
BY his recent nomination TO the Presidency. That
inquiry has been attempted, and uoted do,rn by ths
Locofoco friends and allies Of Mr. Wise.
This long letter closes with earnes, appeal to
MIR. Richie TO send copy of it to General Cass.
By all means let the General know that Mr.. Wise
mas changed his opinion of hm-not because he
knows anything more than he knew in 1887, as to
the truth of what he then swore-but because "such
men, as Edward Hannegan and Gorham Parks
think him innocent; - because he is the Baltimore
nominee, and runs on the ticket with the
Pink Of poetry and the Sweet William of Democ-
acy!