Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-08

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Eve q nsuasedI the ot6erldayS III sgfapI,
kbat dIihcdltS had occurred betw epsJ q. Holt
day and. Henry A. wise 81 AZ disco ion & Pori
sdlsutb, Val Srhssi otfolls 4 erqld md r. mouth
DemocF st has tie followings
The Wings of Portsmouth had engaged oxforis
Hal, Thursday night in order to listen to Capt.
8. @. Cautngtons OF Botetourt, Hon. Henry A.
Wise having arrived in town. and his friends desir-
ing 70 hear him also, an arrangement was made be-
tween the FTesidehts of the BeH0efatioss
ass lm tor and At FH hpqr
slioald ieastu and half speeeb.a
4nd that Mr.. Caring ton should have the same time
for q Ieply-then Wise 10 BE dllo@ed On Hour,
rnpiea his Inst allow n6e IN dis 6S6al fapting audi
wild banner. He argued TO ,pFpye Gen, Scott un-
satet3 the South, because heWas hfiofted by Sew
ard y Co., in opposition to MI. FiIlm0re,la true
friend 81 rights, and twisted GEN. SCOTS
deter Of into every imaginable distor5
igu3 dwelling principal though upon dis1ib BUTTON
6ts what he chose to, consider IN acknowledge enti
sovereignty. - sf AZ IN
.iDIT reply was mastery ones He
paid high tribute to Srotts patriotism Us displayed
on many trying occasions; repealed the idea of his
want Of fealty to the South, and did not fail, in
burning Language, to remind Wise of his pref
SentPositionJ check by ipwl with Van Buren,, Whbhii
he ocE denounced as not only unsafe for the South,
but for the, whole country-and with Gen. Pierce,
adotheri Northern man With Southern princip
reminding him, asoti his late opposti TO J"
Fillmore, whom he now lauded, and the denuncia+-
tions of his party poured out against Henry Clay,
.kand which was continued until he was laid under
the sod) over whom they now shed crocodile tears,
He administered scorcmngs Tettalte itob the Hon.
r. SkVa,f A-glI RAsa
oEplacing forced ctions upon words and sen
,tenfeflclling him that it would be an H6Sy ittsli
10 prove him lnadia RY his former speeches or
letters, with less hypetcitfcal ordeal. Upon dis
1iDGtl9n NJ; Q: @ass truly eloquent, Hc proved
Virginia light til PoFti0nTof themblio domain,
and painted in gnring eolors the position Virginia
might occupy with money to deVelOpe her resources
and educate her dfen. He thought declarations
ragalpst squatter sovereignty came with bad grace
rom q member ofthe paItywhich had but recently.
Sqpandeted away millions Ofacrcs of thepu6lc do
mains and in reply some insinuations of the youth
of the speaker he reminded him Of his three p6Rti-
cal 39tRersets Hr-i 1''i stitvn -.l $50, i"'f y
MI, Wise reply was maniatical exhibition oil
believing and hideOuS contorORs of face and limbs
wound cifYitA what he tried to consider MS a de-
fence for showing Both sidesof his cont FI&raked
1So asfss ,: ses IF R the hon
gritty the mqleyoleRt feelings which it was iwell
known he entertained 6r That pure pdifiot during
tie latter years Of his life and which his death 6as
"
| Nj. CaftnE ton 5 grejoinder was n coolanb hitter,
one He hardly designed % notice Mr. Wise's POI
4cal course inasmuch asst afforded littlet pfais,
He left it to postery to defend Nj. Clay: anu in his
peroration he took ainpie glance at the civil and
military services of Generals Pierce and Scott OF
Pierce he said that he served years in Congfess-
made two speeches against bills which We're passed
ny almost unanimous maioritieS, and refined into
private having set his mark upon anyt
public act. lEhewaS called by Mr.. Polk to d place
in his cabInets Gas his friends affirm Mr. Pierce
qld not accept the honorable position and he could
not see what credit could or ought 10 attach to him
mt Tong something or his military coulse he
could only say thathe was fortunate enoii,l IA Ene
Joy an opportunity of taking part i'll a campaign
which presented Succession of brilliant battles
and victories, which challenge the admiration OF
the world, but that hewas unfortunate enough nev-
ef 70 nave taken part in conflicts by which these
VICTORIES were Obtained. ~ ,lS,A'sti \ -
ne beheld the lightning of The rcd artillery, he
heaEd the clash OF contending armies "a he saw the
elephant E'.t he only satO him 'pag his tail! In
running hastily over Gen. Scott's civil and military
career heso fully referred to the bride offered
blythe Mexican Government to zen. Scott syhenhe
was taken from his command and made a prisoner !
by M, Polk, TO be tried at home; that Mr.. Wises
Rio Janeiro mission stood out to every views ana 30
excited that gentleman's Spunk that he once or
twice interrupted the speaker; and when he sat
down, contrary to the arrangements made before
hapd desired another hour, lit was then after 12)
oscl06ka The Presiiento Of theWhigC Club read ibel
arrangement signed blythe two Preside ts, ana re-
marked that an hour each would bring them to d
O'clock. Mr. Wise still contended, and after VAN
attempt TEN at bullying, he was forced to give in:
long remember the day when the Is Young David',
OF Whlggery went out to meet the mighty Goliah OF
the Locofocosl i5isf.itI' ~
From the POrtsaI0gth Democrat. Oct.1
THE DIFFICULTY, Gt,t2i sst
We regret tostate that slight occ,,,rad
at Oxford Hall last evening during the discussion
eetween MesSIs. Wise and Darlington. It grew