Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-01-05
From the Richmond Enquirer. April H. LIS
MIR. WISE IN ISt3
7" he Ei@or cj III" EnY"rcr:
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pfH sir; yesterday WAS great day III old Nor
lhumbcrland. Mr.. Winc wis here and the hi.h cll-
lacler h." brought with him. acquired in Congress- and
from ia" l!hSuSH drew "ui an unusually large con-
course "i prr,uiS had oii,.m heard III his powers
before the people; but his efforts ihi~
rc,prl my most cytravnsant calculations. lie ,I-
chained the attention "i his audience Tor about four
hours, III speech characterized iur ability rlnlurnc".
ana the in''Si wIhrrnIT slGcnsm. lie commenced
by giving history al his Iniiiicnl career. begun
about ten Years aGr in the Congress al the United
States, and showed, cnnrlu|ivcly, that inr the
great principles which NJ present agtatc the cnunry,
the Bank, the larIli, Internal Improvement, bIstrIbu
t"n, und Ambition mr., concerned, n" has not c!augr
"nr "t "r little. The evidence he addurcd was ire
sI"lihlr. y" candi and umrr..udi miul Cuuil
have listened To him md moi h"cn convinced. lie
stated, twhal have doubt WAS the tacl that John
Tyler WINS nominated ii Harrisburg, brrHusc at his
States Rights Rrrubiirnm Whig principles aInl thai
there wa, i'll that Convention unlun al National
Republicans aud Siulr3 Righis Whi-s. l"r common
Object twiil the understanding ii,ut III" States E-iS
doctrines were I" be- carried out, ii they surc''"dj
aLd that OhJ,ct, the defeat Oi Mr.. Van Buren, I"
whose reelection ilr. Wise wis them "pp"-rd-that
this same Republican portion oi the Wing party WAS
that fra ncnl ri the old Jackson party that Ind gone
of under the White tlng nf ':}Ghat would ri!
and water uitr, the principles "t ilIc old ilnnllt"-
nlnn Federal party, and those "i ia" Republican
States Rights portion of the Wing pnrty ul lSl''-ai
that, upon their asccndanry tn power, should they,
1.-THE Fedora; portion al the Wing party =" lSlh NJ
tempt tn carry out the Federal doctrines, the Stat:
Rights p"rtiulI who hui sympathy inr them III
principle, would rehrand that llc party c"nInom "f
$40, must he dissolved into lis original clcmcutS.-
This, Mr.. Wise demonstrated, a5 with pencil ut
light, was the relative position uI the Republican n
Federal wing OF the great Whl!; army, when General
Harrison came into power. la relation I" his Han
over letter, 10 which nllusion, IN way hy speech,
sIgn nr manner. wns made lie explicitly sad, before
hr ever MriGtd his support III any form 10 Nj. Clay,
he obtained distiact uvowaI Of hi. sentiments, AMI
Il Pfcdg. III regard to hre cIrdiam y1tai>. sad he,
MIR. Clay, we differ widely upon fundamental prln.
ciplos, which must ever h' gull between IL. unless
relIului,lrd by you. How do you stand "m til" sub
icct oi Bank Virginia i-uppuSc, Ia one" "Why,
my dear Sr, replied Mr.. Clay, this In ful!lrc
which, whatever may be- my theoretical views, the
public mind IN hot """ ripe Tor, aud am perfectly
willing t" leave to rhc urbir"mcm oI i"Tbi" Of1-
man," But, Mr.. Clay, On the subject ot The Tariff,
you nrc looked upon the father OF this system ana
YOU wcddc I" II, you could hardly be tcmptcd
IL give II up. ! am unc"nrrWnslnSly "pprs" {"
it," "Why,' said Mr.. Clay, "a!l wanted in til" trst
instance was To give II stimulus I" the mnnuiartur
ing interests OF the country. lh0i Is already done
| am perfectly willing To abide by the Compromise
Act-howevcr much wu dirr upon the subject M.O
rt'sc0LY, prGr'iculg, r" ~N ts toe0h"". "Bnt thcm
Mr. Clay, um the sub cct o Internal Improvement,
how are YOU :" "Why, my dear Sir, all wished was
la encourage u spirit oi Improvement among the
States aud rhi, lla- been Carried already To-" inr by
the State. themselves" But on the subrc oi Ab"
tinu Of Slavery in the D,rir Mr.. Clay, you admit the
bower Of Congress Ia net upon III" subject upon tho
nriuciu. ui cAclllsIc lcgs Itinn. 'My dear Sir,
rrinncd Mr.. Clay "wh,c tiles" ARE my Opinions, con
-ciennl,Sv formed, | am son III Virginia, md II
stakeholder ui kentucky. and ! would Snl,r the tor
lures "i the iuiuI-ItI"I, before w"nd SiSn bllI
having Tor its object the abolition "i slavery III the
District in any manner give counlcnnncc 10 the
subject. Now, by these Professions, aud tests. how
wide We're Mr.. Clay and Mr.. WI-", pc0-r1hY 0pa,H
and had Mr.. Wise ever r.'l-ni Ia suppose TINT
Mr.. Clay, as gentleman, would literally J"!m these
pledGcs Let those who are holding up this Hanover
letter in Judgment against Mr. Wise, take it in con
neIiou with these pledges of Mr. Clay, and Mr.. Clays
own Hanover speech ANA they are welcome to all
the advantage they can derive. Mr. Wise admitted
he had undergone more changes with respect 10 Mr.
Clay, a. a man, than he had done towards any
III his irihat hr went 10 Congress the rst time
with strong prtiucrs aud HO very kind feelings to-
wards himthat il long time before hs iinh al
Introduction TO liiIu-and that when pnh'r"' copp'
ration brought them together: he irn 'ne g.,
and p'Ircr u the Ch1rn'T. NoW' WI " ''' 81! M w.
reasons which he assigned, and which nrc pcrieStly
satisfactory cry uulciuIiced ana honest nu' he
has no opinion oi Henry Clay, either ~ P""'"""
or as u man. He ha- Jruitc hl- respect to''" "' 7"
hVh.
Rut 10 r,urn To- the canvass o 1870, and the crcn.
which have surrccdr, In $50, pending the contest
oi that memorable campaign, whilst Mf. |'ny was
ina, forward tn succeed Ii.irr llarri1nn ana 1"
h.. tho power b,hmL th" ihr"m. greater man 'ii;
throne t-rif IN h- Administrations, Ii" was t!'" EN-
thusins,r n,imir-r "i Mr.. W Wsc, never mrriIn. him
after separation, however short, but with the NJ.
most coriialiiy and kindness. After the election, and
Virginia hnd gone agnili-t General Harrison wih
was his manner On inr-ting Mr. Wise III Washington
Cordial a. before W, says Mr. Wise, hnt with the
cold saluiatinn "lIow DO yoa d" Sir c"nSrntn
late myself that Virginia la- go": i"r Mr. Van hn
rem; we viii no longer be- embarrassed by her rrcn
linr uniuns" We'll inny thIS rNprcssIun have str1ck
Mr. WIS. with ulnal.nlcnt. In" clnven foot was
,hown-thr policy nf the Federal Wings was developed
hy their leader. mo longer embarrassed by her pecn
lIur opinions" BY which he intended contempt and
dcrriun of "Nirlnia nbsrnctions, or "t srlcl con
strrtion uf our glorious Federal Constitution. From
that hour Mr.. Wiscs confidence wa gone AMI
who could blame him irr indulgng I,.''m@s III III
dgnatlon toward. Il innlI, who had w"rInrd iIIn,
SELF nrtfully into his confidence; and when hc hhd
seen the Wing ticket triumph despite ct the "pp"-I.
un of Virginia. turned his back upon his pledges. and
Ii-rcn:,Icd thns, cuuri,.sir- nnd cvrs, which chm.
ru,rrizc the intercourse. al mutual irI"ni.! With
such man, ambition Is the vortex, which swallows
up every kind feeling: ul The human heart un'I leaves
scarcely rrdrrninG luaiy h"'ni. An extra So
sion of Congress WAS called, and, though Mr.. Clay
had arred Dy0,irag 90 nl"mG with Alr. I-r, all
those measures which had been rrI"lircd hnd gwen
up by Mr. Clay. in lSl' were r"hSit IN h"t lIiisir'
through his lstrumcntahty, I" 10" pnnc'i OF upon
the nation. The Bank question, which was l" be Ie'
tn III. enlightenment, ut public opinion, was -nnchr'
from the mopIe--a rivalry WA b"Snt between Mr.
Clay and Mr.. Webster, III consequence "i General
Ilurr'ru preference for the latter AMI ere Inc OH
Chief had been killed by the annoyance oi hungry
nt;ir. s,ckcrs uhr Simon Purrs al lSiO,l AMI III"
cnur.. uf p,irnl aspirGln,s Tor the Presidency. Mr.
Clay secretly ahmed ~ hS administration tins artillery
of war All this Mr.. Wise proved, and proved snii7-
iactorlv The c"mpr"nl-c net was '"i"t'"I' ANA an
olnlS bankrupt law passed, contrary i"cVcfy '"S"
Mr. Cay had made Mr.. W Sr.
Mr. Wisr in the course I" i~ address, irillinlah'-
10 viuIicntrd John Tyler agaliI- tn" charges ni
tr,arhcry I~curnri,u, Arn"'li-in. nm"ral'y fra"i'
and the thousand AMI one coarse ana tl''
ciuus cpithcts which have been icaprd upon iI'h bF
EoLcrnl WLi"nrv without stint aud without inca
.rrr. II. proved beyond the possibility Z" doubt
that Mr. TYLER had always been opposed To the con
of Il Bank nnd that Il" coui'i h"' nav"
si,,ucd "A charter without l1ryrY-that thcrc WI" u"
cyIJcurc tu Show that General Harrison would
;,urd Bank charter; and hc quoted the letter" "i
the G,.rul in - wherein he states, the fahk oil 'ho
I-n;,,J Sin,s i. unconstitutional, II not being hccs
-nry To carry nut expressly granted p""rt' "''"
that had he the power, he would Issue h"'f j","'
onJ revoke the Charrr-and, also. the wing hiites7
in Richmond IN 1910, wherein II IL clnI'Nd 'oi "'' en-,
r,l Iarris,n that he is much "pp"e"d l" me lug |
t,d States Bank, lis any man could be- ana ~, "
ar uuou that subject than Mr.. Van BurrlI. hr' N''
..J he advised freely with Mr. Tyler upon Inc f"p
'n, If :. B.nk-that lac differed from him a. 1" It's
.nnstitutiouav but, ut the same tllnc urged 'i 10
oke that course which his cunsclenc" dlctaird' WIN
,ut rerard tu whom il might offend. ar whom Pc''S,c
that il he could d" 81, as di Mr. M"'',""' |
,,, IN the principle 0f stare dT'lS, {" 10 s' o' '
al :. core md SIGN only n ful-blon,'ed ah'IH'' II"
nnngrc only such Il. would confer most hcI'el' upon
he country; hui 10 take his own course ia the lmmI
,nJ nut o comprnmit by hi- advice. III. character ''
,ous,rnre, or his honor. Mr.. Wis" saih he hai .t%
,ueny witnessed the agony OF 'hnt inhn "i, ,,rm.
r,, nraa,ion and had seen him almost swch' ,'r"!s
# Lond and wished that he could have been N Ms
place, a. he believed he had the nerve 10 '"h %
with scorn and contempt upon hi. rev"rs ana S'nn-
ierers. and those reptiles who's" business 'J an'j
mil nriynt. character 10 subserve party ana "''.
' r.nJ. Mr. Wise farther sHia, they had irGt eV
""s .rv w"v %"i they could to enrap John Tyler and ni
The very bill prepared by Mr. Clay him1; I c"!n'% Fmn
The same obcrnn feature ar that cn.minnsi OF f ms"x "a
which Mr. Clay had ro"''mptan"IV dc".i,. %n% c"u,I
,aHs irnm"J, or any friend Of Mr.. Webster. would
nvs nys ' msl his unqualified NJ a"1 he want, Ant,
,J tIs creii, himself Of preparing tn" hliI ana sff
nC through Congress, all tn" Wig msasG - ' ,%eI ~