Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-01-24


ed with the Wings as to their course, de-
lounced their whole policy in advance,
md warned them, with singular accuracy
and truthfulness, of the rocks on which
they were rushing to wreck and ruin. 1t
advocated the only Treasury note bill MIR.
Wise had ever voted for. He said:
al shall vote for it
"lst. As the friend of the coming ad- |
to provide it with the means
Immediately necessary to carry on the Gov
eminent until the next regular session OF
Congress, in December next.
''2d. To prevent 3 called session Of
Congress-. -r
sd. To prevent, during the present
year, q premature revision of the ComPrO-
mise Tariff sct-R premature agitation OF
the National Bank queStion-and 10 pre-
vent the passage OF law at any time to
empty an empty treasury of the revenue
derived from the public lands, to make
.prste1t for increasing the tariff, OK, to in
crease the tariff TO make prete1t for die.
tributing the revtcus from lands."
Under these heads he put forth his OPT
Mons in advance on the Tariff, Public
Lands, Distribution, State DebtO, and the
whole policy recommended for the Wing
administration.
The Wings exultingly inaugUrated Gen.
Harrison. The day hs delivered his in
auguruI his lungs were strong. The cast
OF bis cabinet was taken out Of his hands.
lie put himself in the keeping of MIR. Web
s!er. Mr.. Wise left Washington in no less
disgust than did Henry Clay of Kentucky.
Had Harrison lived, the Wings in Nation
al ranks would have split in twain. They
were already rent Asunder. But Harri-
son died and MIR. Wise rushed to Mr.. Ty-
ler's side. II any doubt what course he
took, let them look to the Vetoes. Veto
on veto, Of Banks, Tariffs, Distribution,
and Internal Improvement bills. Let
them go 10 Robert N. Il. Hunter, to John
Y. MaSon, to James Buchanan, TO Clifford
Of Maine, to Caleb Gushing, TO hundreds
self. Let the dead rise and satisfy them.
Let them go to the graves of Calhoun, Of
Upshur, and Gilmer. Let them go to the
sister Republic Of Texas.
With what feeling of exultation might
not Mr.. Wise look back upon the stormy
struggles of this eTentGul period ? AS the
animat:ug and presiding spirit OF the Tyler
Administration, he had inflicted the last
blow on the falling fabric OF federalism.
He stood in the breach, resisted the ter
riblest cohorts of Clay, and finally drove
them back, balHed AMI defested. He
had helped to save the country-had re-
| stored the aScendency Of Democratic prn-
eiples in the administration Of the govern
mens, and paved the way for the rtturu
of the Democratic party to power. The
country saw Bank, Tariff, Distribution,
and all the great measures Of the Wing
party, fail under the blows of the Execu,
live veto and Mr.. Wise led the devoted
band Of patriots who stood by Mr.. Tyler
in the House of Representatives Worn
and broken iu the struggles Of Ehis mem
OrRble period, he was induced, after Tie
victory was won, and The Texas negotia-
lions concluded, to accept the mission to
Brazil but before his departure from the
country, he united himself with Robert J.
Walker, JohU Y. Mason, and the true
trusted Democrats in measures for Secur-
ing the succVsslon. In his letter OF 1852,
he says -" Mr.. Polk and myself had
been personally alienated, yet nothing
the news Of his election. How l main
tanned the policy of his administration in
my mission, his appreciation, The State
archives, the private and public letters
Of John G. Calhoun and james Buchan-
nan, will show. Nothing that did, did
he condemn, and much that l did he
warmly and officially approved" In
October, I847, Mr.. Wise returned TO Yir-
ginia, and retired to his secluded resi-
dence in Accomao. In this happy and
unaffected aud humble retirement," said
he. ga State Demo cratic Convention
called on me 10 be one of ito electors in
l848. cheerfully responded 10 the call
and did battle rs best could, Tor Cass
and Butler, losing noshi0S at least 10 my
part Of the field"
an elector on the Pierce and King tcket.
lie was representative in the Baltimore
Convention, and after contributing to The
nomination of Mr.. Pierce, he trAversed
the State in the service Of the party In
1851, he drew up platform OF principles,
which the democratic members of the
legislature and members of tho Conyen-
ton adopted as their own. In 1852, the
Democracy of the State Convention, &C
ceptod the resolutions which again he
drafted for the party. The Democracy
have accepted and endorsed the princi-
pies Of Mr.. Wise, and he cannot now be
suspected or mistrusted.
From this hurried survey OF the public !
career Of Mr.. Wise, it is seen that with |
the single exception of his support of the
Bank { Of which he has long since repen-
ted, and for which he made ample atone
rnent in sustaining Mr.. Tyler in bis We
toe. with this single exception he has
never deViatcd from the principles OF the
State Rights Democracy. If We take his
support OF men as the land mark Of his
course, we see that he first supported Mr. |
Crawford then General Jackson in I328I
and again in 1889 Judge White in 1886;
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