Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-22
Letter frem Governor wise.
70 the Editors Of the Enqxirer
RICHMOND. Va. March 1a,b

RICHMOND, Va, March 18th. 1856.
Gent'emen !, al once, express nv &c:
knowleigmenls TO the Hon. A. II, n slut
Tor his proper explanation" in hi. latter ut
me lta lost to the Editors Of the Richmond
wing, OF the remarks made By him il, the M.
! NO ma Convention OF the American party at
Philadelphia. was sure that bis remarks "a
he states ere "misrepored n that be cnpIJ
not have protested ITO have any personal
knowledge on the subject" Of my imputed saw.
ing that Mr.: Fillmores administrator w,s
Washington like thoroughou," or a, all; thai
lie spoke IRON the common report Of the coun
~ !. that the time laid for this DECLARATION
would DO more remote than the year 1855; thu,
Inc place would be as indefinite as sin Win.
chester, and probably in other counties in
the lower end OF the Valley" that he did not
make me remark abou! the Zoo Wing votes a.
all and that he did not hear me on the stnmn
Ia 1852. was, in word, sure that the re-.
port was "a cock aud bull" story, whj,h
gentleman so respectable as Mr. Stuart could
| not and would not endorse.-And thank ar
Quart Tor taking the pains TO give the clue to
the oilglnatlon OF the hory that | had ever
thought and ever said that the admiui,,,aIin,,
OF his OWL cabinet chief was "Wa,Aiarfon Ike
throughout" He doss no. 20 TO Winchester
hor dows the Valley 10 tbs lower erd. but he
cites hat seems Ike proof of something sim.
iiaf 70 Tue TACT charged at another place, TO
| wit, al Ssauuon in 1859. Ii matter. not for
what was said in Slaunlon was very much in
substance, admit the salne, as that which was
SAID at Winchester and probably in other
counties IN the lower enG o the VaIIey.u And
| Will explain 10 Mr.. Stuart Tho true and COR.
reel Interpretation Of HE editorial uo:ic. >
which he extracted from the S,aun,on SmeIs-
tor OF 22d September, 1852 WAS ,beh can.
ras'lngihe Valley as "a demoela ATTIC e!setor. /
Appealed 10 " higs. and /, ut not unsucessulI,
70 snow them that they were ahsoIvsG ifon al
ahes'ahee 10 Inc party which had pu, Mr. Fill.
more aside and taken up Cen Scvt As a n or,,.i.
able candidate. The repor, in the Spec,.Ia, >.
neither full noraecurate, ou, it nj sub,lsnlis,-
me stasslnen', That placed hat said Of st
Ultimate, not upo" my opn estimate Of hin or
MS ddmtnts Idtton, bu' upon The estimate " hicL
the Wings themselves had placed upon him. both
as nan aud President. Iheu-not ILb.u
panegyfiz-d him az psragon OF political pe,f fec
son; Mey-not l-had. szalIed him onia level with
The Father Q! his Country, and had praised In,
Pollcy as washing on-like throughout nj
you peaseS Hey-not allowed ofno det,,t
IN his Administration, and had exullsd in I'M.
sou.h, especially in his execution Of Tho fuai.
i've slave act. | pus.ed all their encomjut:.s.
MOI mlne, Q? his mind, his heiyes md IN.
lnoasuresj pull HIN Oh Than orn pedestal tou
Ann, and then asked: why he hal been sat,
aside fol another, and one mol known to h.,
a better candidate Why had thee not said ,r>..
Fillmore, "wel done, good ard faithful sst--
want" you shall be made ruler over all limos
yet another four years 1heyagreed with his,, q
not l-on all federal policy, ava they had
eIainsl 'ha' none was pueI as public RAN
han he was. Hhy tca, he rejected b. hi, partut
did mol Pretend 10 give tho answer bu, c.iI.
up .u'Hard Fillmore hitnsslf to ans,csy why.-
read rs celebrated letter 10 Mr.. Babcock, in
which ne expressly nlinates beforehand tbs
reasons why he would be rejsctsd by hi. psrty.
Hs-not said that as a true pa.riot he had
faithfully executed the laws'-hs pleaded
that he had done his duty, according 10 h,s
oath OF sftice; he said hs had executed tho tu-
giive slave at and that you'd cost him The nom.
'nation-that would make hltn unayslRbIs-.
that would dlsafiecs The ausi-slavsry faction
with his admstara,on-tha poud cause h,a
rejection By The Whig eonvcation! 1hey had
said all this OF Mr.. Fillmore, and hs bud IRA,
dictsd all this OF bis own iae and fall; and |
put i, 10 Virginia Wings, If WI hat They aad hs
said was true, whether they were no, atsolyea
from ali allegiance 10 party convention which
had punished a President. whom then deemed
so worthy, for tho same crime of oss,ing tic
Law OF this Constitution against lhe "hj.p.s
law Of abolilonism : Such was the oeat 80 II
my argament aud appeal, and such WINS tho
|
MIR. Stuar. may we'll sse how easy and natural
II was, for listener, even to have mistaken
ealogies which was qonlipg from Wing press.
es and Wing orators upon MIR. Fillmore. pad
reasons which | was quoting from MIR, Fill
more's own letter to MIR. Babcock, for ecofsi.
ums and argumen OF my swn. NV own a.
gnmen. was to grant their own premises. To
take them on their own eEounds Tor argument
sake. and thereby prove that they were bound
mr. In Z ha~
II II was natural, then, for Mr. Siua:t 10 ei,e
credit to the report, ".hat Mr.. Wise had
commended Nr. Fillmore's adminisira,ion "A
Washington'lke, he and every fair minded
man will see how easy and natural i, was for
! such mistake, aud the report OF it to have or
| lglnased. repeat, ihat | never thought. or
uttered snoh a sentiment as my own in 10, lilo.
Remember that, during the canvass Of '5a.
| thu tho lower end Of The Valley" al Berkeley.
mado the same appeal to Wings, and asked
them: Where 10 sui, their own estimate Of
man 'A',r o." faith and policy, they could have
| foand better candidate than Mr. Fillmore
| hhom they themselves had so much praised
Why was he rrjecled2 There. too, road n,
own account Of the reason why Baltimore hal
semi up champion OF Gsn. Scott, a psrsonni
friend OF mine, who attempted 10 give the rop
son why. He SAID the truth was that the Wbiy
party was like a gallan. who wen, Hynen
hnn1tg; no met blushing maiden oil swsst IS
bean'iiul modest, graceful intellectual soft. and
Attractive, but without '',he avaiabili,es.a
and widow, eta, and forty,n with wealth in.
stead OF vii; the gay Lo.laori gave his hand 10
to the widow. with his eyes and his bern fix
ed upon tho maiden. lrepled by saying, tina,
Mr.. Fillmore was rather like a poor deserted
Wife, for thee Whig party had been joined TO
him four long years; but took the Illustration
as II was: Mr. Fillmore was the maiden al
s~ ee. ls. and The "lat and fcr.y" widow was
General Scott ! Icon,rasted The two the Ian.
Ter dressed in iurbeloughs and tounces until he
Haunted hnery like a very holyh of the
garden OF love; but could'n, iorbsar 10 com
ment upon the immortality of marrying for.
morey-of marrying with the hand one way
ard tue eyes and hea another way But there
was something worse in this matrimonial Desc.
hon. Why was ,rifc Fillmore deserted for
uMoW Scott Ii was because the former was
not 50 available, Why no, SO available? he
cause, as he said in his Babcock ls,ter--no,I-
that he had faithfully executed tho laws-,h.
fugitive slave act especially Where Southern
Wings, conservative Wings, constituun-ovnc
Wings, 10 support the nomination Of Gen. Scttt
for that reason-a reason which assaied the
most sensitive nerve Of the " hole South, which
shocked The moral sense and outraged all Jus.