Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-21
An Extraordinary Letter from GOV.
WISE

OF TENNESSEE.
An Extraordinary Letter from Gov.
Wise.
The Buchanan party in New York, finding
themselves very much bothered in making favor
there with the free sellers. in Consequence Of
certain opinions UTTERED by Gov. Wise in the
speech which he disgroeed his Office by making
at the Buchanan ratification meeting in Rich
mcnd. one Mr. Isaac Butts. of Rochester. al.
dressed him communication on the subject. TO
which MIR. Wise replied in letter, from which
Mr.. Butts publishes the following extracts:
ReHNoSp "a, July p, 1886
Isaac BrrTs, Ese-
DEAR SrR--ln reply to yours Of the 23d. touching
the pending canvass. let say that anxious 4 syn
pathize with your sentiments aud feelings. The df-
ference between the North and south tnncling sla-
very. ought II be an honest dernce Is Is 50, ain
oenbdeut. with true patriots sd# l#t. rats a.
sure ,oA that ask pa man efrt ~ - pro-sll
very man IN sentiment OF action. Fle,ve You ha.-
estly to your convictions. ,5aitailus NoHr oH4I
individual conduct and your conduct as a citizen Ia
your own State. am content that YOU should. f-
Yourself and your state he anti. slaye1y and
voter. Aud ! am sure that you viii honestly leave
me, in my State To my election pro-sA,ey and Tint
you will not attempt TO deprive of my equal at's
or lawful proper, in the Union nj States. " agr..
10 disagree, aud leave thc subject where the eoh#
luton tADd II anu leit Ito tie NfAlitHmtHl Nf
federal compact. But agitation dsturbs the COM
pact itself; and il is that about which there is So.
tIoaa st,fe and bitterness. You ana lstl.l.t #iI#
subject alone--simplr le the law reign Tho pet -
tors says. there Is a higher lay aud this make tc
mischief
Nav, as to myself the HERALD, T3btqe aud 7,as9
have said most mendiciously thai ID" spoke IS 10 The
influence Of the tate OF Kansas the value OF slave
property | never uttered a word ON that topic iu
fitsH a, 70, .ult a..
prove it, send you several copies ofihe speech Ny
opinion was aud Is, that the admission Of kansns
with or without slavery, will not affect the price at
slaves in Virginia at all. What said was, that III.
extension Of the Missouri line the Pacific mud the
allowing OF negro slavery in California, would NAV
affected the price of slaves in Virginia bY inercasin
their value 10 dig gold. have said more TINT If
would have freed all the breadstan growing slave
States--have left slavery only 10 the large cotton
growing and Sugar growing md the gold mimi.
states, aud have thus diminished the federal power
of the slave States and further it would have eaa-
hie1 The slave tree Their slaves ut larger
profit than they can now sell them.
HENRY \ WISE
This letter. upon its face the y. Y. Herald
sell says, i evidently written TO the latitude of
York State aud to quiet the nerves of the shaky
Democracy OF sho Van Buren, Buffalo school ~
Who would have expected 10 hear this great
champion Of slavery declaring thu, be "anrions.
iy sympdth,ses with a man whose obvious mo-
tive ia writing 10 him is t. extract something
that Eill make Mr.. Buchanan acceptable 10 the
anti slavery sentiment Of New York that there
ought 10 be an honest diftrenes' between the
North and the South touching slavery That he
asks mo one on tarih 10 Be a pro siarery IN
ssn,insnf or action" that he is willing that the
g a ~ Il Ii q.
conduct" citizens Of their own States; in
other words that he docs not care how much ia
ns:icism is encouraged. how much falsehood j.
propagated, how the South is traduced and the
spirit If sectional hostility stimulated, provided
these things are dome wjtbi4 ,ho States; license
which would excui pate the craEtest fanatics among
them! But what amazes Us most IN this letter is.
that Mr. Wise should ooneede that the subject Of
siaveryis within "the drbitrament Of The federdi
compact What does he meant What can he
mean! Can it be possible that he is willing to
leave slavery in all any of its relations to the
decision and action of the federal government
If that is his meaning he does not represent the
people of the South; he does not speak the voice
of Virginia; he is not sustained by the opinion
of a solitary human being, that we know. in In,
Commonwealth of which he i the anworth,
chief magistrate. We arc obn.ud to oonclud,
from this language either that Nj. Wise 50 be
lleses. or that for the sake of cohcaing ia,
North. he is willing. for the time 10 have i
thought he 81 believes Further what are we Il
think of Mr.. Wise speaking approvingly of a
measure which would have freed all the brcan
stuff growing slave Staie,l" Does M MS
desire 10 see pirginia a ffee State Uoes h,
desire Ia see Mary Wand. North Carolina, Ten
nessee Kentucky and Missouri added to tht
class Of free Statesl l. he willing To see thof
destiny disconnected from that Of the other sAv,
States to which they united by So many tie
Of interest and affection aud alta he'd to that q
the Northern States witch have severed amo,
the last ligameBt pf brotherhood From his Ian
goage 10 this Northern correspondent we ar,
again forced To believe either that he il willine
to this done, that. 10 serve purpose. he i.
willing to have the North. for the time, so think
in either case, be grossly misrepresents the sen
timents of the people of Virginia. The suppo-
si,ioI that they are bound to the South and at.
tached to her institutions by no higher consid
Grafton than the market value Of slaves. is a ca.
iumny. There is not money enough in the world
to buy out Nirginia's identity with the slave-hold-
ing States. Their cause is her cause, and their
Sate will be her fate. If any thing emanating
from the extraordinary character whom untoward
circumstances have placed in the Executive man !.
sion at Richmond could astonsh US, it would be
this letter. at this time. 1t might have come
from Rochester to Rchmond it should never
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