Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-01-03

verseer, chief reporter. amanuensis, scribe, ac-
countant general, man Of all work-nolhlng was
well done without The aid Of his dabolical gem
u.s."
Referring to ,i,e Investigating Committee, Mr..
Wise said TO Mr.. Polk, "Now, Sir, propose to
show you that yo,v Committee obsyed the will
of their master Yes. as you had done, by pack
ing and stocking the Committee. 1t was your
Committee peculiarly and emphatically yours
its appointment, its conduct, lis honor or iJamy
will forever attach itself TO your name"
Comparing the case Of Tobias Watkins, who
was incarcerated fur four years for little deial-
cation of less than four thousand dollars, with
shat of Swarlwout Price aud uthers, who walked
away unforbidden, NE Speaker thus accounts fol
the difference
"Ah sir, but he was gtntlcman-he belong
ed to all the decency,' to the silk stacking gen
try'-he was not one OF Your Locoiocu deiaullers
he was not unfortunate To the amount of mil
hons She was no rObber on large scale-he was
not one loo full handed to be touched by the rude
hands of the tipstaf was nola deiauter Of the
ureat democracy, and. puor fellow, he suffered fol-
being gentleman! BY the by, sir, that word
reminds me of the fact that il was during, or not
until the past summer. your party first discovered
that yo,t President was gentleman! The dis.
covery was made first. think, by granny Richie
That venerable gentleman took ina to task fol
finding some gentlemen in Petersburg. and, as
set of, it seemed. boasted that President Van Blu
rem, too, was actually gentleman! Very strange
that man whom they made President the sue
cessur of the 'itusirOus in S37 they did moi find
out to be- q gentleman until the Summer of S3o
| They must surely have been trying 10 make him
out Wing. For myself. always knew he was
in the ordinary sense, gentleman and it was
nurtiying to me 10 see that the Enquirer. by i'm
plica,iun at least. had supposed anliI lately thai
the President Of the United States could be Other
than a gentleman Judging, mean. trum its boas
of the sudden discovery but my colleague there
| (Mr Dromgoole.) will not, however, recugns.
| Mr. Richie as genuine Locufoco editor. Mr.
Dromeoole said. No. no. he is Conservative. +
There is cheering consideration connected with
this discovery. though by the Admins ration
press it is the brightest omen which has occurred
tr wears of Mr.. Van Buren's downfall. Yes. sir
that cry of 'geAtltman' upun him by his friends
will finish him-with the party which SUPP orts
him, they night as well have cried mad dog p
1t is certain prugnoslic that he is going down.
From the hour that father Richie made that fatal
discovery, the mans doom was sealed. But, sir
the gentleman defauller, Watkins, as was say
Ing. met his fate and now that he has been pu
rlfied by The fires Of the law, we may be permit
ted to do him Justice. and To make him the instru
ment of re,libutiou. | call him up; invoke his
wrongs. his sulerngs, his injuries. his eXpiation
10 rise in Judgment against his prosecutors to con
denim them. Where is he now? In a station
where he is, no doubt far happier than in his day
Of pracariouS and terror haunted show. when he
! toled as a pour slave in one of the stalls of your
Icunent factories called Departments. He Is
nnw all humble apothecary: and here will say
Tor the benefit of all who would be honest and
who wish to be clean, that he keeps for sale the
very best of palm soap' and chloride Of lime, and
other chemical compositions, 10 take oft the spots
of loceiocosm, and 10 cleanse from all corruption
| recommend 10 certain sub Treasury gentlemen
to go aud buy but what if they be once washed
white as snow. they will, like the hog, return 10
their wallowirg in the mire."
lf The doctrines preached by Mr.. Wise liz this
extract are true. that gentleman himself is now
in bad way. for he is einphalicaly the candi
date Of the eIte-ihe upper-ten Democracy.
We might multiply extracts, showing this con
sisient Democrats opinion OF Democracy and dis
tinguished Democrats in 1888. He asserted that
''millions OF the public money had been applied
by officers of the Government 10 private uses.
wiih the knowledge Of the Naturalization, J" and
attributed all the dishonesty of the government
officials to the Democratic blood in their views.
Witness, The following paragraph:
"Sir, will put to the gentleman and 10 the
House case in simple equations--in the rule OF
three II Samuel Swartwout, who was 4 Conser-
vaive and So but half n genuine Lorotoco. stole
million and a quarter. how much would he have
stolen had he been full bloOded Cloud laugh
ler.) suppose AT least two millions and Il half.
II seems. however,. that he got all the money be-
fore he turned Conservative. (Laughter) Sir.
even. allowing he had any Wing blood in his
veins. can the gentleman ascertain whether II was
this or the other sort Of blood that prompted him
to these depreda uns7 Certainly the Locofocc
predominated in him."
Next week we propose TO give further quota
tiuns from the consistent record of Henry A.
Wise. in which we will present his views on the
Sub Treasury In The meantime, let those who
boas, of bis consistency reconcile these hard say
ings with his subsequent support of James X.
Polk. who, during his administration. appointed
Levi Woodbury. Judge of the Supreme Cour! Of
the United Sates