The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-27
WISE on FILLMORE.

OuSsu8 sit0 CSUvOS0 soes UPsSuB -
Virginia. M. Wise, the present 0sv.
srnor Of that State, declared from he
stump. before thousands Of Virginia
voters Of all parties. that the admin
istration Of Millsrd Fillmore wss
"WasAngton.iike." These were bic
words.-Nesc Orleans Bnllsix.
1t 10 proper that Gov. Wise slsuli
answer this extrsvagsnt charge him.
self. And here 10 the Response, which
we cut from the Washingsen Usiss:
Ls11Ea o. Gov. w,ss.
R,caxosp, Va, March :, IoSs.
DEAa Sn: I received yeurs Of ths
goth ult. this morning. The clip
which you enclose from the Baltimore
Republican Of the 97th February.
which purports to report the rsmarks
Of the Hon. A. H. Stuart in the Kaow
Nothing nominatins convention at
Philadelphis, 10 the 6rst and o, y
printed report Of those remarks ] have
seen. According to this report Mr..
Stuart said:
Even Mr.. Wise, It The time hs
stumped the State Of Virginia, said
that the administration Of Fillmore
was Washington.liks throughout"
Now, I am constrained to believe
that Mr.. Stuart could not have made
this reMark In the frs, place lnove-
uttered nor thought such sentiment
in my lie secondly, ] don't think Mr..
Stuart heard he ae oil on he stump
during my csavess u ~ did. - asvss
heard such Q senfimaet ften ~. sad.
il such wss reported to him, the rspsss
was incorrect and thirdly, Mr.. Stuart,
o member Of Mr.. Fillmores eabins,
could hardly have been 20 irnmsdsse
as to boast that anybody had ssid thst
NJ. Fillmore's administrative wss
"Washingten.like Txnousaauf.n ~
.rhs pIssssr was sso thick
Ter ALL rss psA,ss y ssiekr
Again, the report says:
"Mr. Wise claimed his election By
the vote Of II, 900 outside Whigs."
I must contradict this ststemess.
too, whether made by Mr.. Stuart Of
not. Certainly the cause Of civil and
religious freedom, maintained BY the
Democracy Of Virginia, was nobly
supported BY many Of the truly con.
conservative, conscientious. and Goa.
stitution loving Whigs Of our Stass,
but I never was able to fix their NUN.
ber. We gladly took them in q.
change for the renegade Democrat
who sneaked away iron their former
friends, and took . test oath, in The
secrecy Of the culvert, BY The light Of
q dark lantern. Whether these
Wings can be reclaimed BY the new
nomination at Philadelphia, time will
show. ] think they cannot b. Mr..
Fillmore 10 no longer . Whig hs he's
been changed BY the hoeus.pocus Of
the necromaney Of SAN" In The
next presidential canvas there will
be new issues presented BY Tie three
parties the white man's psrty-the
the black mans party
the Black Republican; the mulasse
pary-the cros, Of the northsra and
1outhe.n Know Nothings-ths ticket
of Messrs. Fillmore and Donelsea.
All nature abhors vacuums snd mon.
grels; and 10 do conscientious, eea.
and eonssitutional.lsviag
Wings Of virginiA Theycan put up
better with pure AAieans-wsoI,
Hat nose, odos, cbon.skin and gizsaed,
oot and sll-bettcr than they ean
bear that cross Of the Caueasian and
cuffcy which you coll a-mulssse
| ask you to publish this lettsr n
he Union, in order to eosrect - ~
,ort Of the speech Of Mr. Stuart.
Yours truly and hastily.
HrxAv A. Wms.