Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-03-14

rsr Though we have aot the honor of the Guber'
material request to that etect,y of regard to
,hs o;gnity of the Office he holds, and the good
,ann,s of the realm over which he rules. trans
Car "a our humble columns the chaste and elegant
rescript:
Tn the Editors Of tn, Enquirer;
RICHMOND VA March IL, 1856.
Gentlemen: am obliged To you for publish
inc NV letter of the Sd inst. TO the Union. aud
vii he sti, more obliged you will correct
geographical error Of that paper, not yours. Ii
ryr,,,ea the last sentence thus-"They can put
m he,ter with pure Africans wool fiat nose
dor. tbss skin and gi--urd, foot and ALL" &c. II
should read: They can Iat up better with pure
Africans-wool. Hat nose, odor ebo-skn ana
gissard. foot and all, i&c.
Yours truly &C.. HENRY A. WISE
Let no pressmptaeus commoner imagine that
his High Mightiness should have been content
with the fame Of the conposition,ss it first read.
Glory enough. that might have been for an ord-
nary author-but the renowned and gifted pen.
man INDUCES nobler aspirations. His genius
scars into a region of beauty and sublimity un-
approaohahe to others. He has right 10 be
printed right More than that, he has right to
encore himself. and set twice before wondering
and enraptured world the nspired picture of "ebo-
skin and gizzard feot /" lie has a right and it is
generously done, twice to hold tolthe public nose
deleoteble 'odor" of the .'pure African. Other
Governors the old Dominion has had, who were
net knowing OF the tastes ndhabitudes Of their
the subjects and who strangely imagined that per-
sonal dignity and gen,lemauly language became
the chief magistrncy of Virginia. Such might
have been the opininion of Henry of Jefferson,of
,Tazewel Mcdowell and others-but they belong
ed to ruder ages and history should not deal hard
" with them for their ignorance. Mons arons
changes tout celia Progressive Demoor acy has
carried us ahead of that. Dignity is now n days
reckoned unbecoming high office, and deoency is
is of all things most indecent. Some member of
the Legislature might make great hit by offer
ing motion that the Governor be invited to
oh ange his linen in the presence of the two Hou-
SEES. What an age we live in. En- dpani
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'WANTED.-A nickname for Senator Hunter
something striking, appropriate and popular
Since the days of "Old Hickory" no man has
been elected President without this indispensable
requisite Experience has shown that it is worth
ethan the most illustrious services, or the
most Respondent genius 1.-The Little Mngi-
can.'' ''Old Tippeeanoe," Young Hickory"
Rough and Ready and Frank" Pierce won
their way to office by virtue of the deeds which
these names chronicled,or the qualities that they
Indicated. Affection public or personal, demands
pet name. All the democratic aspirants bear
this seal of popular regard except. the unlucky
Senator from Essex. Douglas is 1.-THE Little
Giant" Buchanan is "Old Buck" Wise is II he
Tribune Of the People" with many aliases, Mar
.ey is patched Breeches,' the President is
Frank" Pierce-Hunter alone is without such
certificate Of the love of the people. Nobody
even knows what his full name is-whether Rom.
illus Mucius I orquanus Hunter or Run Mad Tom
Hunter. viii some one oblige us and the pub
lie by filling up R Nj T Il. or
still more by inyenting some nickname typical
of the mainland pleasant to the public earl Gov.
Wise, of the "gi1sard. foot" is great ut such
things-will he not exercise his genius on it, A
nickname!-a nickname! kingdom for nick
name