American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-08-04
HOW ARE you TO-DAY, MIR"
WISE?

WISE?
How arc the mighty fallcnl In cast
ing about among the factions and isms,
the divisions and subdivisions of parties,
what Virginia JVise-man, fresh from
the field Of the late fight, would have
looked in the ranks of tie Free soilers,
under the Van Buren, banner, for the
hero of the May contest in Virginia?
Henry A. Wise-thc States rights
champion, who with drawn sword and
heel Of iron, was going to cut up and
crush down the indubitablc "SAM," for
the enormous crime of aniliating with
Northern doughfaccs-for being born
north Of Mason & Dixson's linc-for
supposed Northern sympathies, ante
ccdents and prcfcrcnccs--now going
with head and heart and aUhiS might,
for New York Van Buren, Frecsoilism
We were prepared for almost any new
phase in the history of the foxy Magi-
clan of Accomac, but We acknowledge
that this move, SO close on the heels of
the exposition Of Senator Hunters
"higher-law" doctrines and feelings,
rather surprised us for the moment
But wherefore these political avowals
and affiliations now? 1t is as clear as
the .sunbeam-Wise and Hunter arc
aspirants for the Presidency next year,
and arc vicing with each other with
reckless Jealousy for Northern favor.
Perhaps, and most likely, the fusionists
of the North may want u Southern man
vith Northern principles, to complete
the jcrrymandcr to defeat the great
national American party, and they arc
anxious to present, in their own persons,
an embodiment so desirable for the
emergency. Well, let them 60 and
stir the boiling cauldron of Northern
tanatlcism-what rocks it ! "IIc that
gathercth not with us scattcrcth a.
broad )" and if they desire to reap the
harvest with those whom they have
" embraced in the fratcrnal hug" let
them go and enjoy in its full measure
the rewards accruing to the Northern
agitators. Who would dctain them :?
We copy the following article from
the Richmond Examiner Of July 81,
with its prefix from the ". y. Hcra1d:
:" For the life Of us we cannot deter
mine which arc the simon pure New
York Democracy of the Ecamincr--
the soft-shcll, frcc-soil, Henry a. Wise
and administration faction, under Capt.
Ryndcrs, or the implacablo hard shells
under the lead of Daniel S. Dickinson
viii our facctious Richmond cotempo-
rary onlightcn us upon this point? Is
it Dickinson, or is it Rynders ?"-Uer-
all. ..
eve appreciate the pcrplcxity of the
Jlcrald's editor over the politics of our
Commonwealth A.; but despair of cnlight-
ching him, in the least degree, respect
ing the exact stripe Of any other Vir-
GINA politician than ourselves. Indeed
we arc not sure that we know even our
own position, just at this moment, on
tho vcxcd question between the New
York IIards and Softs. Looking over
the bclching crater Of New York poll
tics from the respectful distance Of a
dilcttantc explorer Of Vcsuvius, VIC long
thought the simon pure and honest men
of tic Democracy there belonged to
the "implacablc hard shells under the
lead of Daniel S. Dickinson )" and
were never tho least staggered in that
firm conviction until nay" Mr.. WISE,
the distinguishcd leader ofMc T6yin-
ia Democracy, mmcdiatey after his
electton tothe gooernorshjp Of orr venc-
rablc md respectable Commonwealth,
as if to signalize Mat renowned coent,
dashed off q letter 10 the Yam Bwem
Den,ocracy qf he Empire suite, ten
derixg Them the Jf'aterWai Ing, and eS-
gousiJ,9 heir ca,,se wiM "heart and
hcad and al his might" "1Sga
Such movement was we'll calculated
TO perplcx outside politicians to the last
degree, scipg that it completely con
founded us all even here i'll Virginia,
The bone and sincw of tho Virginia
Democracy, Of tho old line, had been