Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-11-03
Gov. Wise Whites to the Eards.

1t is with no small degree OF ptide and
| and Sc satisfaction, that we announced
that Mr.. WISE has put himself back exact
ly right ON the chronological questions Of
New York politics. He has evidently stu
died the subject with great care and indus
try within the last two months, and now
announces his opinions and position with
boldness characteristic of himself. Mr..
WISE Is not only right in the stand he now
takes, but he is learned and elaborate. orig
inal and amusing, in his mode of discuss
ing New York politics. He treats his es-
capude after the charming little "Union
Club" very much as The Chevalier Wy
KorF does in his pursuit Of the coy Mss
GAMBLE in rMy Courtship and Its Conse-
quences makes joke Of it, which it
was, and which we ourselves PERSISTED in
making of it from the first. Mr.. WISE
has written glorious letter, one OF the
very best things he has written at all, to
the New York Ha,ds. We quote:
You must not wonder tina, your Demo.
cratic friends in Virginia are often coniu-
sed by names aud things in New York
We wish to see united Democracy there
OH the old grounds OF Jefferson and
Jackson. We hear Of hard, and soft, and
half Shells; and the ideas we form OF them
can be best illustrated by a subject Of nat
ural history. We have i'll onI waters, gen.
tleman, cruslaeious animal called cab
IL SEA fish, with fins aud claws al both ends,
and It can run either end foremost. Poke
al him this Way ana he runs that-that
was, and he runs this He is remarkable,
gentlemen, for his transformations. AT one
tins .-aich him and crack bis claw and his
shell il hard, very hard, hard enough for
barnaci.ss to grow on his back and it will
not sepa. ate or be detached from the inner
cuiicle. In that state he is the hard crab
proper. at another time, catch him and
crack his ciaw--when he is hard be sure
to crack his claw, gentlemen, aud you will
find that, though his outer shell is still very
hard, yet it Will seperate and can be de-
tached from the inner cuticle or film over
the muscles. H,e.is then called the "peal-
err his shell Will peel off from, without
DtSdkIDS tllC luHGl SANiis catch nIIl
and you need not crack his claw to see
What lie is. for his outer shell is then OPEN
ing at every suture, aid the crab is SWELL
ing Out Of its hard and taking upon itself
its soft shell. In that { tate he is called
cluster" bursting his shell. And as "pee-
ler' or buster" he is very fat, and a bait
fit to catch the very "lnonarchs oil the
deep" with! Later sill he has slipped out
OF his hard shell. by a SOFT of peris:altic
motion. and left it along the strand and has
become wholly soft crab. In that state
he is good bait too. and is prayed upon by
hard crabs and other ifs hes, and he is in.
ert and can hardly crawl out Of harms
way. Then, again, this same crab gen
tlemen, begins TO harden Fl ON soft 10 hard
again, aud he had before soltencd from
hard 10 soft. Found in this, his second
intermediate state, he has become poor but
more active, is not SO good for bait, aud is
called buckram," for that he is so like
the fabric OF that name, and his shell is
then flexible like vellum So that GU see
we have an idea CT some hards who are
"peelers, tending to sofIs, and some softs
who are 'buckram," tending to hards.-
Aud there is such hardening 10 soft and
such softening to hard, that we cannot
distinguish the politicians Of New York as
we do the crabs-sometimes by sight, and
sometimes by touch and sometimes by
cracking their claws. But this do say,
that think you are Democrats; that / can
distinguish You Enthusiastically by the plat
form OF principles you have put forth, and
l am anxious aud ready TO stand bv and
with and for any portion Of the Democra.
cy of New York who will unite on the
platform OF civil aud religious liberty. as
defined by the Constitution and bills of
tights of our State and Federal governments,
aud as defended by our State Soveregnties
and our Federal Union. cannot and will
not unite with any Wilmot proyiso, with
any dark lantern, or with any sumptuary
law party.
That is clever, frank. full, bold and hon
est. Nay more, it is right. IL cannot and
'eiH mol ante pith any Wilnot Propiso, wih
any dark lantern, or ,eiM eng sumpiuary.
lao party" That is the watchwo.d of
victory for the Democracy in 1856. No
partnership, no coalition. no fusion, with
free soil or the lesser denominations OF the
hour. We can shake hands with THE
FEARLESS tribune OF THE PEOPLE" over
that.
Candidly, this letter Of Mr.. WIsE's to
the Hards is one Of the bes. that he has
ever written, and it affords US unmtasura-
BILE pleasure that so distinguished Virgin
ian, who represents SO many Of ,he best
traits OF Virginia character, has thrown
the potential influence Of his endorsement
into the scale Of those devoted, untiring
and valiant defenders of national principles
--the Spartan Band ofthe glorious National
Democracy ofNew York. w. shall pub.
l'sh his letter entire in our next semi.
weekly issue.-Rich, Examiner.
Gen. Twiggs, u. 8, A. arrived in Mac