Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-16
NUMBER l55.
A Democrai's Opinion Of MIR. Wise.

A Democrats Opinion OF Mr.. Wise.
The Abingdon Democrat, the leading Demo.
cratic journal Ia Southwestern Virginia, on the 2d
of September last spoke Of the spprehended nom
inaton of Mr.. Wise thus
"Some papers in this State seems determined
that Mr.. Henry A. Wise shall be the candidate Of
the Democracy at the next election for Governor
of Virginia Meetings have been held in the city
Of Norfolk, and In various counties of the North
west which appointed delegates to State con-
vention, and instructed them to vote for this ger
tleman. On the part of large number Of our
party, We protest against this procedure"
In the Democrat Of the same date, the editor
delivered himself as follows:
"0ur objections to Mr.. Wise, at present are, as
that gentleman said his objections to the Nebraska
bill we're unanswerable.' When we see re:
cantation of opinions he has uttered and published
to the world, in which he expresses the most
loathsome contempt for Democratic principles and
Democratic men, our objections to him may not 10
'insuperable.'
Again, in the same paper, he used the following
language:
i "In the Presidential canvass of 1910 Mr.. Wiso
was the acknowledged mouthpiece of virginia
Whiggery. In that capacity hc was the author Of
the most furious Trades against party and our
men, the utterance of which Is an offence of TO
much magnitude in scme eyes to require an
atonemcnt mo.e Notifying In its nature than four
| years service in the gubernatorial Office would be-
| With these remarks we apply the match to the
FIRST GUM"
| Again, in the same paper as If the foregoing.
| objections were not strong enough, he lets off IN
| this wise:
"We have lying before us remarkable docu-
inent, with the above title, Speech of Mr. WISE
| &C., in 1885, which has been recently exhumed
from mass Of political papers that were laid aside
a long time ago. and thought to be useless five
were Wing we would publish the pamphlet en-
tire, for We doubt, If in certain contingency, II
better 'yaller kiper' production ever issued from
the press; but being only Democrat, and arden,ly
hoping the success Of our party, we must restrain
our desires within reasonable limits, and instead {
appropriating the entire loaf to our own use, and
the behoof Of the author, will take crumb here
| and there"
/ But even this was not enough, and in the san Q
paper he bangs him with the following slur:
"The first thing that strikes US as remarkable in
this speech is the eminent services its author has
rendered his country. We find that, foremost upcp
the Wing 'watch-tower of liberty this faithful
sentinel placed hmself lie was the untiring IN
vestgator of the treasury for the Wings, and his
abors were nearly equal to twelve labors each OF
twelve Hercules"
Still not satisfied in the same paper he cor
tinucs:
/ "The next remarkable feature of this document
is the attempt to show the iniquity and utter fall
ure of the Independent Treasury system--better,
known as the SUBJ Treasury IA Democratic mca-
sure. To effect this argument, the term Dicta
tor is lavishly bestowed upon General Jackson,
who but short time previous had descended from
| the Presidential CHAIR
But even these are insufficient to express the
editors hatred Of Mr.. Wise, and with tears In ls
eyes he "ples up the agony" thus
I "The Democrats, in this speech are denominated
i the 'spols party, and the author says, i doubt
/ whether from the great number Of Swiss in otr
! land, they do not multiply proselytes by showing
how great is the reward for ever true knate whose
| principles exactly suited to place. show
the effects only, to deprecate the cause and tbs
great cause Of all our evlsis, bad men in powerr
In his paper of the same date, us IL out of breath
in urging objections TO the author Of the 'yaler
kiver," he spoke of and quoted Mr. Wise
! follows:
"In 1889 Mr.. Wise was savage. Read how he
would serve Democrats
| "If they 1.-THE Democratic party would send Their
| 'gen-d darmcs' 10 the precincts and prick the FIRE.
men from their polls by the sharp points Of their
i bright bayonets would thank them, for the fury
| would then begin in earnest, and the standing
| army of the oAiceholders would be buried beneath
the sods Of our court green's
Again, hear his compliment 10 the same paper
! of what Mr. Wise had said Of General jackson,
Mr.. Polk, &C.:
"On page Is, there is an argument in favor of
| the Tariff justifying Mr.. Clay on that question
on page IA an argument in favor of distributing
the proceeds Of the sales OF the public ands, and
| justifying Mr.. Clay's position that question
both of which we are compelled TO omit for want
OF room. For the same reason cannot give the
graphic description Of the manner In which Mer-
lin prince Of the wizard tribe'-Mr Van buren,
wheedled cajoed and diddled that weak old gem
tlenan, Andrew Jackson page ~ On page 8,
i there is fling at James X. Polk, tolerably well
known as a Democrat who Is denounced as the
petty tool Of tyrant,' and on page IA, Mr.. Buch-
anan, for whom Virginia voted twenty-odd times
In the last National Convention, for President u
stigmatized as a Federast--Mr Wise himself,
leading the Buchanan hosts in the Convention"
Still, in the same paper, he pursues Mr.. Wise
as the bloodhound pursues the hurt deer" and
foreshadows bis demolition thus:
"We may be wrong in saying that the utter
Of such sentiments ought not TO be our candidate
for Governor, but until we hear the echo Of this
gun, we shall not believe IT, Our mortar is loaded
with Mr.. Wise's own speech, and Il Its contents
would cause damage when leveed by Democra',
who can tell the devastation that would ensue e
the euemy's guns we're charged with IL
Again. in his paper Of the 80th Of the saline
month, the editor was certain Mr. Wise would not
do In the Southwest, and gave expression TO that
opinion as follows:
We have taken especial pains to ascertain the
sense of the people Of Smyth, Tazewell, Russell,
Scott and Lee counties, and with solitary excer-
ton In all Of them the preference Is for others. To
be sure about Washington courthouse there a
few who are for Mr.. Wise.'
In the same paper, he takes very independent
stand, and talks as follows:
Our opposition to Mr.. Wise is based on the
fact that he has not recanted opinions uttered
against Democratic principles and Democratic men.
We have published one Of bis speeches filed to
the brm with denunciations Of our party and Of
men the memory Of whom the party revercs."
\ With particular and special reference to Mr.
1 Wise, the Democrat Of the 14th Of October last,
speaks It's sentiments In this way: