Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-15
Mr.. Wise in PETERSBURG.

iAr "lse III petersburg.
In order that our readers may have the ear.
lest opportunity of knowing, and the longest time
for bordering ON Mr. Wse's claims to the office
he now seeks present a summary of his
speech in Petersburg last Wednesday night
We much mistake the sentiments of the people
Of Virginia, II they do not find in the feelings
doctrines aud policy Swallowed forth IN that
speech more to condemn than approve The
,ketch is taken from the Petersburg lntclligcn-
Ger Of Friday:
"After couple of disappointmenis the good
naonle of this CITY were favored Wednesday even
ing with the long promised speech from the Gu
bernatorial candidate. The performance came
off at Phoenix Hall, which was of course filled TO
overlooking on the occasion. We will observe
hv way of preliminary that, much 70 our grntih-
cation. we returned from Philippi not only SAT,
and sound nut rnthor inygnrated by the scenes
which wr Witnessed We saw our spectral risi-
tor l. was indeed the ghost Of Henry A. Wise
literally sgeakiug. Tor Fl prefored DlhL We
can saw with unaffected condor, what very few
who heard Mr.. Wise will venture to dispute, that
his speech was the very worst adapted Ia secure
the nopulnr suffrage in this quarter Of the coun-
try of any We ever heard il had not even the
merit of plansbify, and although garnlshed up
with tinsel eloanence. failed not only 10 con
vince, but even To alnuse. lie was evidently en-
barras-ad by the awkward and ridiculous pre-
dieament in which he now stands. and was no
more the Henry A. Wise of former days than be
will be Governor of Virginia. Ii would almost
seem 10 US that Mr.. VS. effort was deliberately
made for the purpose of throwing off instead of
acquiring votes. His whole policy ~ developed
i directly in the teeth Of nine tenths of the yo-
ters of this part Of the country whether Wig
OF Democrat He advocates n stupcndous sys-
TEN of internal Improvements Of Virginia, irrcs-
r l..,,. He H.I.
aud Of ihe amount of additional taxation which
this oYortaxed people now burdened with
Indeed. on this point. Mr.. Wise was moro exphc-
il and emphatic than any other; for he took
especial pains to tell his audience that if lie
was made Governor, he would in his official ca
pacity, well ny his personal intercourse.
1--WE suppose he meant lobbying in the Capt.
iu usr all his influence TO carry out such q
system of internal improvements as could not
fail greatly 10 increase the taxes of the state.
But If was not alone ON this question that MIR.
Wise advocated an erroneous system OF public
expenditure and oppressive taxation. He re-
haShed Mr.. Jetiersons thoroughly speculative
system of education, which not even he, with his
almost omnpoteut power tn Virginia, could
persuade the State 10 embark in. We do not
wish 10 be misunderstood. We are ms much in
favor Of popular education ne Mr.. Wise or any
other individual. Bot IA secure that great bes.
sirg we should pursue the dictates of common
sense which rule mems conduct in life. IL we
wish to build "A house, and have five thousand
dollars and no more TO pay tor II, we certainly
should not lay out the whole IN digging out
the foundation of palace, and thus deprive our
selves of our contemplated shelter. Aud So, AS
far as education il concerned, would begin
with the means that nre i'll our power, and grad
ually expand il rs those means increased. The
world we have always heard, not made in II
day, and We will venture to assert that Mr.. Wise
not, at the time of his birth unless like old
Felix Grundy, The was born yeteran.us strong
and ms powerful as he is at his present mature
age. Having disposed of that subject Mr.. Wise
trod upon his most marvellous anteccdcnts as
gingerly as if be had had basket of eggs I'M
der his feet. At this somewhat sur
prised. for we always believed that Mr.. Wise
was bold man. ready TO stand by and defend cv-
cry act of his life On this head we must say
were somewhat ngreeably surprised; for we
had been informed days before hand that il was
Mr.. Wise's intention TO fay us alive for our re
ference TO his past conduct, and we had been sol
EMMY warned Ia make n will disposng of our
vast estates and possessions. How agreeable
was it then, to come off without a scratch but
feeling rather CREASED up than otherwise. At
some period of the speech. Mr. Wise went oil To
Sebastopol but how long he remained there and
what be did there cannot rememberas his WIS
ithad reference to his principles and
opinions than to the man in the moon.
Mr.. Wise's reference to those dreaded mon
steers, the Know \ othings, WAS severe, to be sure
but nothing like as scathing as we had been
taught to expect. In fact, Mr.. Wise declared
himself to be in full possession of the signs, sym
bols and passwords of the Know Nothing Order
As that Society is VIGOROUSLY n secret body ant
as Mr.. w. is equally notoriously not mcmbo
of il, but its open and fierce donouncer, the con
clusion necessarily is, that he has received hi
information, if any be really has, at the hands q
some unworthy member of the Order. Finish
ing with the Know Nothngs. (who will most as
suredly finish him. Mr. Wise proceeded 10 max
the most inconsistent and selfdestructive exhi
bition that was ever witnessed The distant pub
lie will hardly believe us when We tell them that
candidate for the Office of Governor of this Pro
testant old State of Virginia. protesting himsel
TO be a Protestant and violent hater of the Pope
spent long time in denouncing what he cnlle'
Protestant Priests. whom he charged most ridicu
lousy with being aspirants for political power, n
if there was any union between Baptists Metho
dists. &c. and praising up. and indeed euloglz
ing the Roman Catholics. to whose acts he attrib
uted Magma Charta and the Declaration of Indie
pendence. This is certainly a most scise mode o
securing votes for Governor of Virginia, aud vii
certainly have most attractive effect upon tn
thousands of Protestant voters OF this State VIII
hate Papists and Roman Catholics they do tn
deYil."
A SPECIAL MEssAaE.-Itis said that Presden
Pierce is preparing Special Message in rela
ton TO the Black Warrior case. The President
it is affirmed, will not recommend any particu
lar course towards Spain, but will confne him