Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-09
Mi. wise,s chances IN virginia.

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lie Senatorial and Other elections which aIe pend.
ng lie scvera, States. il Virginia the contest
| isliteaily between power aud The people. al
Thai government patronage aud encourage eau
DO 10 secure tho success Of Wise, has been OF will
be accomplished Tie State government, II now
mucl, stronger than IN former YEAS, male 50 w
lte influence md extensive connections Resulting
from the extended system Of public works now IN
progress. Tic Richmond regency sat the meFi.
dian Il lis power, and lis principle exponent, me
Enouitef, teens from, day 10 day with frantic ap.
peals for Wise, and deuaDcia,icns Of the Know
Nothinss. The amnesty against this Older among
The subotaina,es Of The two governments Of ilieif
respective capitals Of Richmond and Washington
has become almost denoniac in itsYiolence. Tue
reason mo, that they have any particular
10 Know Nn,hingjsm ps such, but they have glow n
desperate III view Of lis certain ttianlph over theIf
own patty, and the consequent transfer Of public
ollieets to oiler hands.
Tie speech o.. MI. Wise at Alexandra lasl
evening, aud the meeting 10 winch u was audtesS.
I'd, furnish strong lfeIho'llohs OF INC fesuit ~
Virginia. The loom IN %lnch he SpoSc con'u ac'
conmolate eight hundred OF thousand persons
II was filled, but thele was no such oYciilow as
way eynec,rI. Persons who went 10 The place
hslf Al, lonr after the greal Ola0r commenced,
found little or no diilicnlty IN getting admisson.-.
4 large rnTt Of lie audience was composed Of
lnenltefs Of Congress aud strangers, WHO went
(to,n Washington City, ami Of Know Notlngs'
These Two casseS OF ltslIletS constituted maJoT.
Is Good rieT prevailed, bnl most OF the entlIusl-
asm manifested cane from The Know Nothing
branch of the audience. MI. Wise managed very
Lex,eriously 10 llnOw upon the Know NoihlaEtSm
OF Massachusetts, anil tic North genefally, tue
suspiciuu uT AbUitiOnisnlS but even that was q
b,pbeor which excited no alann aMOrg lhe Alex
sntjrians, They have become used 10 IiIemeSs-
age OF The kno@ Nothing Governor OF alasSachu'
sets was repeatedly aud loudly chez tod though
Mt. Use convicted thu Gu"eIn0t 0i hostility 10
The fugitive ACT, aud very Jecldet preference TOT
his own State and It's laws over ilc South nnd lis
lnws. His mmor excited laughter; The eltquenGe
Of some OF his illusions to Virginia and llrf con-
tliOn and prospects were responded 10 with leST-
Is conlmendation, but no pait OF his addttSS pro.
juccd any enthusiasm except what ietciieu 70 The
Know So,hinss, aud that was among The KNOW
Nolhinys themselves. The very topics u It's
sppecII showed the yciy utltE pioSllaliOn Of ms
pa,,y in Virginia. lie made no direct allusol 10
the actual present i'SHe IN federal politics, llIc
Kansas aud Ncbiossa law, md ITS principles hRu
constIueuccSj but inEsHed from NE ll'h'a anu
eyasiya REMARKS which he made on collateral sub
tctg, that no was decidedly opposed 70 ana Htep'
iy rejected the repudhhUn OF the Missouri Com
nr5niise aud expected nOtiins but misery aud dis
uscr 10 flow fIonl that aCt OF disORot alId inlaY.
Ilc denounced and reuuunced tie comptnmiSc oil
1850, and sIOke with bitter contempt Of the iuG'
tive law, anil will condemnation 0i the admission
OF California, and lilo purchased Of the lanl claims
n[ Texas. All these were Democratic neoSlIfes,
70 which the party stands pledged, but which
pledges il will OF course Tepnliate, whenever con-
yeuiGnt. lie stated his position OIL tho question
Of the public lends, uul was diSc1veteu 70 W
equally opposed 10 the Homestead scheme, anu
Hunters plan Of absolute donation 10 luz SlaleS.
Both these hte Denocfaic measures, AMI tic last
~ necullarly C,eatiOu VI the Virginia Dcm0rracy,
There is, then, no Democratic patty III ViFslnla,
or Mr.. Wise Is not It's representatives. On every
vital point, except that Of Know NolhinElsm, ht
is n, Issue with Il. And though on this lust point,
in asreemun, with tie published decafaion OIL
marty faith, Ills is nOtOriOll>y tie very article
which has prohuGed The ScISnl IN the DGnlUcIacy,
and upon which one half IT'S numbers stand ~
tiyed against the other half. What chance Is
there for Mr.. Wiser Obviously none nj all' ~
ia |, 50 powerful was his cmbatr, ss'len', that lie
sought relief out Of the Stale, nIld about one
third Of his larangue was deynied 10 dissection
VI Massachusetts politics. and 10 oil assault upon
Tie Unitarials. But not even down III MaSSdcnu'
sets cdul liz escape the ilexoTaOle pulsuit o, NE
Know Nothiugs, ,Hnd the uuli slavery pfe)nIice'
aud pieiiciOnS OI the Onief III TINT Stale uiu hn'
n. All. nl,I,pn nFn n Ii.
M abJu, them, because they kn;w the position
OF Massachusetts, on slavery was mol N The least
respect altered by the prevalence Of Know NollI'
insisnL Nor did Le succeed IN alarming them by
calling their attention IL Tie fact that, as near 10
Virginia os Baltimore, exists q chulch, oyef tlIe
door OF winch stands The Tremendous inscription
"To MoriUs 7heos," the members OF wtlcl are
eligible 10 tie orieG OF Know Nothing. At almost
every pause IN these astounding revelations Tie
hall rang with applause for Tie Know Notlnss.
as O public speaker, Nj. Wise Is nnqueSli0Ilabl!
great, but os n politician anu patty leader, he
nobody and nOwiIefe. lie has not The patient
study OF character, The intimate knowledge 0i w
pnplic records, and Tic acute perception Of tint
altl opportunity, leqoiret IN hun who woul con
troll Tho people, ami guide nations destiny. ~
shot, II Wig Of Soiidlty Of ctatactef, aud un'
blemlshed reputation, Lo SET up usslIlSl him "
The Know Nothlngs, Mf. Wise will be eStinSusli'
cd.
The President hasMale yarionscalls for volun'
teers for service in New Hampshire. lie inst ap
peaed 10 Gen. Cass aud Mir Latham OF California
the Nesior nlld the AchlltS OF Democracy Tue!
al first consented, and then declined. lie next de-
ssnated Gov. Seymour uf New York, but Tie
Governor had private engagements, which could
not DO neglected. As y last te'ott, Gen. Lane Is
reported 10 lave Ittn dtaIlek fOt the service, bn'
he is no, the sort OF man to take among the granite
Democracy. upun tile whole, The AdmInIslIn'
ton aid Tie Democracy ats IN IS bad way ~
New Hampshire as in Virginia ALEs's'