New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-06
WISE IN HIS SOBER MOMENTS,

In another column will be found Gov. Wlse's
speech, or rather Mr.. Wise's speech-fOr he dis
claims speaking az GOyernOr-made to the South
ern Commercial Convention at dinner given to
the members by the City of Richmond. 1t con.
taius some very sensible things The Governor
being water drinker, in the midst of noise and
confusion preserved discreet sobriety. His
view of State Rights seems to agree very much
with the doctrines maintained by the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin in the case of Booth. ~ will
remember" he said, "the Constitution Of the
United States, and will also remember the
"Constitution Of Virginia. l have, like every
"other pilot whose ship is well provided, more
charts than one The ship sails not
." only over State waters but over Federal
"wsters will remember the chart of
"the United States when on Federal waters and
rhen come into the State ndters I,ciH then remem-
Der that there is another chart to steer BY" The
policy which he proposes to adopt in case of
trouble is safe and cautious. He talks blusterngy
indeed about /" laundering like god' fighting,
without regard to odds, and going down in the
deep sea with flag flying; but after all these
hourishes what he really recommends is to keep
out of harms way, as much as may be; in case of
a storm, to keep the anchors down as long as pos
sible, and when the sea becomes too threatening,
then TO try lying TO.
His remarks ON scctionalism and on efforts BY
one section Of the Union to regain that due weight
and power of which it may have been unjustly do
prived We especially recommend to the attention of
oh hras ssta L.
eial Adreriser of this CITY, and other journals Of
that stamp. There is, however, more than see
SOCIALISM in holding these conventions. It's high
"and ehicf object is TO hold your Union SAFE. II in
"e course Of erents one party in union becomes 50
"reGk as 10 be likely TO become prOrneia.ed, there
"e0n be nothing more dangerous to the perpetrity Of
"he UniOn than such reaknsss. You must, there
fore, exert your wisdom and energy to restore
the equilibrium"
The Governors ideas about the impo.sibiljty of
depriyiDg New-York of her leadership in commerce
so long as she maintains her present physical ad-
yantages and concentration Of capital, are very
judiciOus. Though the Union were divided into
two thousand fragments, New-York would still be
the commercial capital Of the whole country, for
lQt very same Tcdcuus tudt LO0QOu the cOLi-
mercial capital of the globe. And we may OBJ
serve, by the way, that it was the perception of
this very fact, AID the idea that probably New
York might make more, in commercial and
financial point of view, out of the Union than in
il, that made George Clinton, and the powerful
party at the head of which he stood, so Indifferent,
or, to speak the whole truth so hostile to the adop-
ton of the Federal Constitution.
Ii the Southern people will take Mr.. Wise's ad.
viee-leave of attempting to maintain political
supremacy to which neither their numbers, their
wealth nor any thing else entities them-s suprem-
acy founded, toe, upon so slippery a bssis as the
constant extension of Slavery-and will go TO work
" Individually" to better their condition, and
especially that Of their laboring white population
We might expect great changes aud improvements,