Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-07
MT. wise's Acceptance.

Mr.. Wise has addressed letter to the COM
mittee appointed by the Staunton Convention,
accepting tho nomination bestowed on him by
that body. After returning his grateful ac-
acknowledgements for the honor conferred, he
goes ON to say:
81 have such abiding confidence in the demo-
cratic principles and the democratic people OF yir
ginia that fear not defeat of either on the sacred
soil Of the glorious Old Dominion" But the
friends Of our faith must remember that whilst they
have conferred honor upon their nominee they
have imposed task upon him in the performance
Of which they must assist with their united strength
promise to devote my best energies TO uphold the
hopes Of our ancient faith. And will spare no
honorable efforts to defend the Virginia citadel of
repubcanism, which was never 80 assailed from
without, and from within US at present and which,
we must all bear in mind, has never yet surrender
ed. That memory win insure victory, or we win
prove recreant to the past"
To those who are familiar with the promi-
nent incidents Of Mr.. Wise's public life, it
must sound really funny to hear him now
speak of devoting his best energies to uphold
the hopes of his ancient faith" Already
have the opposition batteries opened upon him,
and the main ground of assault is the inconsis-
tency Of his political course. Says the Alex
andria Gazette
"Mr. Wise, during the canvass which Is to en-
sue, must expect to find turned against him, and
probably with effect, his former actngs and doings
when he was Wing, and contending with all his
might against the party whose chosen candidate
he now IL, for the Office ex-governor Of the State.
And, what Is more, the ammunition has already
been collected and prepared by Mr.. Wisc's Demo-
but on the part of some Of them nothing 10th that
1t should be used to prevent his election. In
truth, nothing shows more distinctly the strange
mutations Of party in this country, and how varia-
bic are mems opinions and feelings on political
subjects than this very nomination, and its reluc-
tant acceptation by many Of those who have al
ways called themselves Democratic
eff Mr.. Wise himself had been told, when he
offered his famous sentiment, the union Of the
Wings for the sake Of the Union that he would,
one day, have been the Democratic nominee Of u
Democratic Convention, calling for the union OF
the Democrats to save their candidate and their
party, he would have looked wild with astonsh-
ment, and refused to believe the annunciation.
And yet he and we have lived to see it fulfilled |!
He TO 60 on his way seeking victory in his new
career; we, personally, even attached to him, won
dering that we should have to oppose one, whose
white plume used to follow in old political bat
ties confident that where it was, there we're the
hardest blows, and there was the champion worthy
of our admiration"
We learn from the Richmond papers that
Mr.. Wise addressed, on Tuesday night meet
ing Of the Democracy in that city, which had
been called to ratify the nominations. In the
course of his remarks he expressed his con-
tempt for the Know-Nothings, and declared
that he would not take his seat as governor if
he were to receive the nomination Of that party
and were elected by their votes. This is bold
talk, and characteristic Of the man. But for
his own peace Of mind, he had better surrender
at once all ambitious aspirations.