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II will be remembered that the famous q" gixzard-fcot
epissis written contradics the report hss be lMr
wise) bad uttered UosgAt such sentiment IN Ais
ye. as hat Mr. Nmores administration had been "wash-
ingtoolike."
lie says In that letter 20 the editor OF the Union
DrR SIR-f received yours Of the 29th ult this morn
ing The slip which enc'o from the Baltimore Re
publican, OF the 9th OF February, which purports
port the remarks Of the Hon. A. II. II. Stuart in the
Know Nothing nominating Convention at Philadelphia is
the hr and only printed report OF those remarks that
have Seen According 70 this report. Mr. Stuart said =
Ercn Mr. Wis,, at the time he stoaped TIE STATE Of Vir.
gina, said the Standardization Of Fillmore Washing
Snow, constrained continues Mr. Wise sto believe
that Mr. Stuart could not have made this remark In the
hrst place, sEvKR uttered thought SUCK sentiment
ffe secondly, don't think Mr. Stuart heard me nj
all on the stump during my If no did, he never
heard such sentiment from me, and such was reported
to him, the report aea. ineorrnf &c. Ii. A. Wis.,"
have emphasized Mr. wises language to call attention
TO the positive, unqualified In which he repudi.c
the sentiment Mr.. Stuart had imputed him. he docs
not content himself With saying he cannot remember ma
king Of such remark but denies and out that he
did so.
Now, intend to prove that he both thought and
uttered the identical sentiment attributed to him; and
shall do so by Witnesses whose competency aud crcb
ity would hang the best in the United States the
event dependent on the question OF life and
death IL will be that the fact is not established
mercy by the unaded meory OF some Of the most homo
rsbe men in the STATE but m is proved by ooeaporane
Gus record made at s ,nos't and produced take
witnesses will have to admit that there Is no escaping
from the fact proved except upon the hypothesis Of
Mr. Boteler, that his memory ia defective.
The accompanying letters Of Mess.s Boteler Pendle
ton. Sherrsrd, and Kennedy were sent TO Mr. Stuart
here last spring but receivedby him believe AFTER he had
replied Mr.. Wises zzardoot" letter and therefore
late be used by HIM in that and hence
they published at the time But the Govern
ors endorsement Of the administration Mr. Fillmore was
deemed by good political capital to be used do
sing the In my district 1.-THE Tenth Legon) wher,
his Excelencys word ought and have no doubt will be
regarded the highest authority, applied to Mr. Stuart
TOT the OF these letters in the canvass which he
promptly accorded TO IL nv purpose to have
used them till should take the field sctively but since
his Excelency has proper asssil Mr.. Fillmore and
his supporters here In Virginia. the occasion Is proper
10 justify the immediate production Of the evidence
show what Mr.. Wise thought and said Of that admnisrs-
ton four years ago, and since which Mr. Fillmore has
held public station, and his opinions have undergone
change 10 justify these wholesale and bitter assaults
Mr. Fillmore yet in Office, his administration was like
that Of the Father Of his country ask upon what prn-
cpe Of manly fairness he usti6es his reckless denuncis
ton of that patriot statesman now Mr. Wise did pro-
nounce that lofty praise Of Millard Fillmore And as
would not charge him with uering what he did not
leve take it, fact proved beyond dispute that four
the present Democratic Governor of Virginia
had fault to find with the mantle satesman-the pa.
rot then in Office whom support for the Presi-
dency which he could have found against George
Washington Then, why does he denounce all those who
think he thought tour years ago? will not I'M
dertake to answer the question: though perhaps might
be done. Respectfully,
J. D. iMBoDEN.