Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-09
Mr wise and Inc candiaaey.


h. had any Published appointment. y #e st
will appear nsx,. If Mt all, do not Ez.e .f..
lonely errantly through the State f ##'#.. A.
10 have added any thing to liz eh.h#ss as {. sta
ddatr. or his reputation an orntar. AnoH
every -peech he ha- tnade has hen isllaw i hv
accounts nf srcas WINS 10 the rank = Ii. opp,
ueni, anl ~ apologies from his f,e d. ~ &c
coun, Of hi, woru aud feeble condi. N.
Mr VIZ might with equal dgait, aud atyan-
tag have -pared himself the voluntarily assumed
io.i> If tn campaign. II is tfur that Judge
SUNNI r. Wien candidate for the saine Office,
udlr,-.el the people at various places, bal
5- pa hing biz fidelity 10 one Of the
uiians # the State had .,een scat
s#.zf OVER The cnmnansf att, aud it
4 and b party h. repre ented,
-u,.,lI mt AL rrpel thrn- II has not
ecu a eo,l4fn. IN tbis STATE, for the candidate
ior It's higae~t otiiee, 10 seek it by the election
eering arts If the politician. The people of Nir-
GINA have been trained to look upon the Chief
Magistracy of the Common wealth "a an office Of
the highest dignity and houor-too high to be e
Their soaght or lecliaed by any citizen. 1t would
have better comported with their Of what
was becoming if Mr. Wise. after frankly ayoH-
ing his sentiments upon matters OF interest to
the State. had. Ike his competitor remained ut
home, content, like him, to abide the free and
controlled verdict of the great inquest of the
Suite.
But in addition to the indecorou. and unscemly
spectacle of candidate hunting the governor
ship of this pround old Commonwealth il smore
than doubtful whether Mr.. Wise has advanced
;s;u hv tha Ia I'm
and the policy he has advocated. Accepting
the nomination originally with scarcely cond
ton except a pledge to do what Rae would have
no authority or right TO do, # governor. viz ITO
draw the sword of tho State" he came before the
people the advocate Of IN extravagant system
Of internal improvements and an impossible
scheme of free education Soon abandoning
these. either unacceptable to the people,
too tame for the ierce-sprit that the contest had
aroused in hn.hc has devoted himself since, with
u lc,oclty Of hate almost unparalleled, 10 the vi
turcraton and aause of large majority Of his
orpouents-as midnight consprators,' 9TH"
dark lantern party," "dures of the abolitonist-,"
LOUSY, Goddess. Christless, seoundrels, tra-
tors md FOOLS" Interspersed with such viii
ticaiion as this has been persistent misvcp-
reservation If the course of his competitor upon
the questions If Constitutional Reform. and his
views upon he subject Of slavery, together with
ranegvrlcs of the Catholic church, aud snecrs
at "Protestant Popes" and the "Pre-hyterian
Elder"
This is the temper and these are the sentiments
with which he has presented himself before the
people of Virginia, seeking the highest honor and
soliciting the grayest trust, they have the power
the canvass into an issue of denunciation # ma
tive citizens, b, cause they have determined to
introduce certain reforms into the law pertain
ing 10 citizenship, and to guard more carefully The
freedom from improper influences Of those who
are 10 make our laws, and because they have
chosen their way of etfcctng these desirable
results. lie seems totally to have torsotten she
fact that the people sovereign. aud have n
right, regardless of the dictation of politicians
to determine for themselves what laws they will
have enacted what men they will vote for 10 en-.
act and administer these Laws, aud in what mode
of pr mary aud general consultation they will
acre. upon hofh he laws and the men mind
less re-, asei il,ln Mr. Wi-es seems to be 10 die
tatr ta Hr people would have seen in the Anrri.
ON .ass.s#=st hat the exercise of that right
s'l 'HVea q. p, l,unr sovereignty which pertains
81. the trs., e,ti1ees.ai this country. No nun. with
proper appreciation Il the rights of the people,
would think of denouncng them as .traitors and
fools" because they had chosen to cut loose from
the leading strings of party guides and 90 into
private counsel with each other about matters of
public movement. Nor is it TO be expected that
they will tolerate such naughty and calumnious
insolence from any one. They are not dogs to be
kicked into obedience, nor slaves TO be dashed into
subsection. They will bear to be reasoned with.
but recognize no human power above them with
the right to outlaw and mathematics them Mr.
Wise is not King to behead for treason, nor a
Pope to damn for heresey. The people are no
less the Of all power for having entered the
councils and taken the obligations of American
ism. If Mr.. Wise, giddy With the prospect of the
sceptre, has forgotten this, the people will send
sons of republican democracy and popular SOY.
ereignty.
A friend of Commander Page, in view of the in
situations levelled at that gentleman in the atfa
of the Water Witch. publishes a letter received
from him upon the subject with view of coun
teracting any false impression that may be gath
cred from the ex parte statements already before
the public. Com. Page talks of the affair as on'
of the most fragrant outrages ever perpetratet
upon our Gag, and denoun.es the conduct of Pres
idept Lopez in unmessured terms. he takes !
for granted that the United States will send son'
in tructinn TO the commander on the station t.
pauish the insult. and adds that if he can get thu
nd az Al fra an