Washington telegraph., 1848-08-30

aoNY UNDER 0ArH-Nhen Henry A.
Wise was IN Congress, he hahWally dc.
nouneed Mr.. Speaker Polk, day after day,
as the most base, corrupt, aud contempt.
BILE being IN that body aud finally assail.
ed him m the r1inuda, using the language
of personal insult to his face, and, Sonic
say, pulling his nose But when Henry
A, Wise, less than year ago, returned
from South America, he found Nh Polk
in the Presidential 6hair, the dispenser OF
patronage, and straight way he took the
stump, euloglamg the object OF his former
denunciailon aud assault as one OF the
nohlest and best Of functionaries aud men.
Knowing Wise as we do, we have no
doubt that be would have eulog2rd the
President with equal warmth If, instead
of having pulled his nose, he had been
50 unfortunate us TO have ms own nose
fingered by the uugloved hand Of that
diguilary,
We see that this man Wise has con.
sented 10 act as one OF the candidates
upon the Cass electoral ticket IN Virginia,
and that he is now upon the stump IN that
State, praising the Loeoloeo candidate
IN language oil the most disgusting scyo.
phaney, lfany Thing was before wanting
TO complete Misses depreciation AMI mia.
my, this doesit Ourreadcrs may remem.
her, that, during the administration Of Mr.
Van Buren, an investigation oi the sub.
leot OF olhcial couuplions was instituted
aud prosecuted in the House OF Repre-.
sentalives, aud that Nise, then mem.
Der ot the House, was one oil lhu chief
witnesses before the committee. n the
witnesses were examined under oath, aud
their testimony was submitted IN writing
aud published We give an ilcm from
Wise's testimony, which muy be inund
In the third volume Reports ol Commit.
tees Of House OF Representative, ls3d.h
second session 9Th Congress. Report No.
l9l, journal OF the Committee, puge l5:
81 believe that Lewis Cas-. Secretary Of
War was engaged IN Specializing in the
public lands wldlst Secretary Of War
that he made exhorhiant allowances To
iavorites; paid one for services never per.
formed, another after he had full knowl-
edge that the iavorte had forged his oiii.
cial signature; permitted commission.
under hun to be antedated, aud has or.
dercd treasury warrant TO be paid In the
assignee Of discussing officer, who has
gamhled it away, alter II had hcen pro.
tested by n deposile bank, and was eom.
tefmanded by the Secretary OF the Treas-
ury' and 10 have been guilty Of several
other acts Of violation OF duty
To all this, we repeat, Wise made sol
omn oath, lie felt, unless he periurel
himself, that he had sufficient evidence Of
Cass's guilt in the matters charged to
authorize him To swear thus before tod
and man. Most certainly he has since
seen no evidence TO remove the presump.
tion OF Cass's guilt On the contrary he
has seen, or can sec II he chooses, add.
uonsl evidence that what he swore 10 was
true, We have recently presented cyl.
dence 10 the public, which not even Cas-
himself darcs gunsay, that whilst he was
Secretary OF War under Gen. jackson, he
did speculate to a vast extent in Weston
lands in conjunction with four associates
who have since denounced him us "a rE
Ian for his alleged fraud in the tmu-ac.
ton. Mr.. Wise knows best what ground
he had for the other damning charges set
forth in his oath, Either Cass Is not tit
TO be President, or Henry A. Wise Is not
lit TO be out oithe pillory.
Mr.. Wise now has the confidence OF
the Locoioco party. lie Is one of their
candidates for electors in Virginia. But
what do honest Democrats think of can
didate for the Presidency, against whom
gentleman enjoying their high conf
dence has under oath made such charges
as are embodied IN Wise testimony cited
above,-LOu. jour.