The true Democrat., 1857-05-26
From the Cincinnati Enquirpr Wise and Hunter.
HENRY A. WISE.

They are the very best types of two di,tir,. classes of American statesman, both of ubicb commanl to au equal degree, the respect and confidence of the American people In Ina | bold, courageous, brilliant assault upon erro,. iu the rough and gallant encounters ou the bg,,. iug>; in all ardent, impulSive, crushing, iney. haustibIe vigor in debate, and au inyIucTs tenacty and herOism in every kind of warr,s Henry A. Wise has few equals in our bj,to-r His lion heart Is full of generous, m4ulvin pulses, and his mind is perfect volcano, from which the lava of bright and burning thougb, Is flowing constantly. Though his phv>jcl system Is much reduced, and at the first view torUids the idea of great effort, either of body or mInd-his large, startling eyes glaring wild. Iy in his skeleton head, and his long snare arms hanging loosely down his lauk bolv-vet does he never appear to be in rest, inactive medltatIve or pensive, but in ceaseess volume and current there rolls from his thin lbs a torrent of ideas, that seem, like a great crowd rushing out of burning theatre, to press so closely upon one another as to create a painful apprehension that, not finding exit. they may only serve to render more destructive the con. hagration within
 There Is no necessity for anybody else to say '' "N'H' AAOul A. " SC W III GO all the that Is necessary to be done for the next twenty years, op every imaginable subject -poltcs, reIlSon philosophy, foreign and domestic af- IaifS, slavery and MormoniSm, education aud oysters-aud do it well. too. eXpres,in1 Q commonplace Ideas or stereotyped phrases, bnt giving something new, striking and ori4. nal, ln quaint queer, forcible, telling style Such IS Henry A. Wise, as he appeared in . M aS hfItrtpt pltv- f, .f-.
 HUNTER.
 How widely different a man is he who is re. glrued by some as the r.val of this brilliant eccehtrlc and chivalric Governor of Virginia A staid, sedate, grave, quiet, thoughtful ma1 ot rather solemn though handsome face. ina gravity of which is frequently lighted up by a pleasing phiauthroplc smile; who walks, sits speaks and thinks with decorous method and deiloeraton, but always wisely, deceutlv. ably aud honestly, is R. II. T. Hunter. native of the same section of country in which Wise first saw the light-Lower VirLinia-whence l have come oue-haif of the Presidents of the 1 Union, and vet is now the poorest part of the 1 whole couutrv.
 Mir. Hunter has been in public life since he attained manhood; and, though but fftv.our years old, has passed regularly through all the 9raIes ot political promotion to his present | high position in the Senate of the United States | And, what Is still more remarkable in one of such uniform success, he has never been a strong partisan, but has adhered with intlcxi- be determination to his own political ideas, not unirequenly regardless of what are called party ties And in such dehections he aas been ottener right than wrong, for it does not detract from the reputation of the democratic party to-day, that 1t has at times erred or fail ed to stand up to its principles, that it las welded to sudden and temporary excitemsnts and given its sanction to measures of which it has afterwards sorely repented But the crown Ing merit of Hunters character and career is that he has never been led from the straight path ot principle and truth by such seductons and influences. The plan of political life laid down by him at the start of his career has been faithfully and carefully carried out.
 ! Such are briefly the characteristics of the two eminent men of Virginia, who are now so prominently before the people of the whole country, and whom, despite the efforts of small mmds and petty intrguants, it will never b9 ! possible to place in rival and antagonistic att tudes as statesmen and democrats, as patriots and Nirginians.