Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-14
NUMBER 1853.
Henry A. wise ON Record.
HENRY A. WISE ON LEWIS cAss.


a MANS A MAN FOR A. THAT
Extract from the Journal of the Select Committee
Of the House Of Representatives to investigate
the Executive Department, in the year 1887,
Doc. No. 1876, page 1914.
Examination of the Hon. Henry n. Mise.
Mr.. Mann moved that Mr.. Wise, the chairman,
be sworn, as he wished to PROFOUND to him certain
questions before he proceeded to the examination
of other Witnesses, to wit, Mr.. Bell and Parker
now In attendance.
i "Mr. Wise was sworn by reading himself the
oath and kissing the book. s
Whereupon Mr.. Mann propounded the follow
ing questions to him N
"Do you, OF your own knowledge know of any
act, by either Of the heads of the Executive De-
partments, which Is either corrupt or violation Of
their official dutiesy
was engaged In spsculating in the public lands
whilst scretary of War; that he made exorbitant
allowances to avorites paid for services never
performed another, after he had full knowledge
that the favorite had forged his official signature,
permitted commissions under him to be ante-dated,
and has ordered treasury warrant to be paid to
the assignee of disbursng officer who gamled Il
away, after 1t had been protested by deposite
bank, and was countermanded by the Secretary Of
the Treasury; and to have been guilty Of several
other acts Of violation of duty"
On page 1e, Mr.. Wise answered:
~ believe that the wars with the Creek and
Seminole Indians have been causes by want of in
tegrity in Executive officers of the government
and that the defeat of our arms, which has GOV.
cred the nation with disgrace in these wars, has
been owing to neglect or want Of ability in tie
War Department"
i Let the voters of Virginia remember that not
withstanding Mr.. Wise swore on the Holy Evar
geist, that he believed General Cass was engaged
in speculating in the public lands whilst Secretary
nf tbakt Ia IL H. ~
fayorites--that he paid for services never per-
formed, another after he had full knowledge that
the favorite had forged his Official signature, per
mtted commissions under him to be ante-dated--
and that he believed General Cass to have been
guilty of several other acts Of violation Of duty
/ let the voters of Virginia remember that notwitl-
standing these things, Mr.. Wise supported General
Cass for the Presidency in 184s, and acted as one
OF the Democratic electors In Virginia Rich.
/ Wing.
| rs MR.. WISE A WHIG OR DEMoCRATf
| Mr.. Wise has recently declared that he had no
| recantations to make, and having expressed him
self in speeches both as tremendous Whie and
monstrous Democrat, we would like for some Of
bis peculiar organs to answer the above query.
Perhaps the following extracts may enable them to
| solve IT.:
TREMENDOUS wHIa.
Ina speech in>the House af Representatives in
lS4l, Mr.. Wise said:
Let him who doubts whether am a friend Of
the Wing canse and Of a Wing administration.
stand up and show his face Let me see whether
he Is one who has, during an eight years war BEEN
side by side with me in the fororn hope against the
hosts OF spoilers, or whether he is one of those
eleventh hour mem who have come into. the
Whig ranks inst in time to share the spoils. Let
me see mis- stripes, his persecutions his tolls bie
wth mne 'au and n ssea safSs ess c apa
better Whig than am"
A xoSsrRous DEMOCRAT.
Ip his speech in Petersburg IN 1902 ne saia'
sentay in Rbssamocraa nemocTss sasa IN head
as well as in heart--a Democrat IN deed. Demo
crat In practice, Democrat IN faith that possesses
itself so upon my character that 1t makes me call
myself an infinite radical of Democracy"
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE OUT FOR HEN
RY A. WISE.
We fear that Mr.. Wise win have reason to ex-
claim "Save me from my friends before this gu
bernatorial canvass Is over. The New York Tri-
bune the great abolition sheet Of the North is out
for Wise for Governor of Virginia Can this be
on account of his unanswerabe" objections to
the Nebraska bill together with his strong de-
nunciations Of the Know-Nothings, to which the
Tribune heartily responds, amenY The Tribune's
support Of General Scott for the Presidency was
damning In the estimation Of Virginia Democrats.
How do they now like the Tribunes support Of
Henry Wise for Governor Of Virginia Here Is
what that paper says:
"Henry A. Wise has received the Democratic
nomination for Governor OF Virginia, after spirit
ed struggle. We are heartily glad Of H. Wse's
nomination is staggering blow TO the old fogies
who have ruled Virginia despotically for number
i Of years. They opposed him with bitterness in
their journals and the county meetings, and showed
! that he had been most inconsistent and ecccn-
/ trio poitician---a Jacksonian and violent denoun-
/ Ma l.sxl< ntnI
then antibank--a Clay man, Tyler man, and
Polk man--but they didn't prove him an old fogy
nor a blockhead, so the more they rowed him up
the more the people liked him, and the result is
| his nomination
"We do not feel sure of his election. He win
have the Wings and the hnow-Nothings on his
track, and II they should come all together, as Ia
quite possible, they may beat him. We should not
wonder IL he secs Sam in his travels through Viz
ginia this canvass No matter--the dynasty Of
old fogysm Is broken, whether he Is successful or
not and we trust brighter day dawns for Vir-
| ginia Should Mr.. Wise be elected, his term will
| constitute an epoch in the history Of the Old Do
mnion." >,
i In the Houss ef Representatives, on the 2Sth Of
january, 1s41 in the course of debate on the
Treasury Note bill, Mr.. Wise spoke as follows:
"with Mr.. Madison ! believe that National
Bank Is absolutely necessary and must, try what
4
| the end. believe such an institution not only
constitutional and expedent, but, a. Southern
man and States rights man, support II as the
best friend OF the South--I would create Nation
al Bank for the purpose Of restoring 70 Congress
its constitutional fiscal power, for no other pur-
pose. expect to support his (Gen. Hsrrison's)
administration most cordially"
MT. Wise against Catholicism In 1851
On the 2eth Of January, 1854, meeting was
held in Broadway Tabernacle, New York, for the
purpose Of adopting such measures as might be
deemed proper to secure the influence Of our ma
tonal government, in the promotion Of the prin-
ciples Of reig Gus freedom, and especially in the
protection Of American citizens in the enjoyment
Of their rights Of conscience and Of religious wor-
ship, and TO bury their dead in such way and with
such rites as to them may seem appropriate, when
sojourning or travelling in foreign lands
Mr. Wise was invited TO attend that meeting,