The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-21
GOVERNOR wIsEs LETTER.


in the Administration camp. 1t kills North as
well as South. Says the Richmond Wing:
"Those men in Congress who have taken
their stand for the LecomDton Constitution are
completely endorsed by this letter from Coz.
ernor Wise, and aciu henceforth be denounced
by their constituents as more Southern an their
riesos and feelings than our oacn Southern
Fire Eaters. Strange times are these, when
demagogues North aud South assume any side
of any question which selfinterest and ambi.
ton may dictate. Gov. Wise, although ready
to dissolve the Union in the event of Fremonts
election, is now pandering to the Abolition SEN
timent of the North, with view to the Presi-
Dental nomination in 1860. May Heaven snatch
the country from the deadly embrace of ambi-
tious demagogues and reckless place hunt
ersl Only through great popular revolution,
which shall whelm with confusion and ruin
the Democratic party-a party more jesuitcal
| and dangerous than any that ever existed in
any age or nation - can the country expect
redemption from the political decentralization
now prevailing, and which is increasing and
spreading with every succeeding day. For one,
we say it boldly, FIAT We prefer being ruled
over by an open, frank, conscientious Black
nation of a party whose principal leaders are
imagination can conceive Of"
This is doubtless deserved, and is a caussic
rejoinder to the Governor, though he is nearer
right in his letter than any Of his critics. We
are happy to notice that the Wing prefers the
Republicans to triumph rather than the Demo.
Gratis in 1860. This is far better philosophy
than that of Governor Wise, who, in such an
olr &c he Ix,o L.
would.
The Richmond South gees into sublime
passion over the letter of Governor Wise. 1t
says:
"The Governor rarely writes without produ.
cling sensation but, for this performance, we
venture to predict an unexamPled effect on the
public mind of the country. From one end of
the South to the other it will be read with
establishment and modification. From one end
of the North to the other it will be read with
establishment and exultation.
"Governor Wise comes forward and, by stg.
matizing the work of the Lecompton Conven-
ton as a usurpstion,' as unveiled trickery and
shameless fraud arrays all the influence of
his personal character, official position, and Sec
tional locality, against the only fair, just, and
satisfactory settlement Of the Kansas contro.
accomplish. Astonishing development, indeed
No wonder the Black Republican press betrsy
such excess of joy; no wonder they exult in the
glory of anticipated triumph over the Admin.
istration, the Democracy, and the South
16- The gentleman whose sudden death is
related in the following article from the Cincn.
natl Gazette, was among the earliest and best
friends of the Anti.Slavery movement in Gin.
cinnati. We knew him we'll, and can bear tes.
timony to his many and great virtues.
Death Of Thomas Emery, Esq-Melancholy DC.
currence.
THOMAS EMERY is DEAD This painful in.
telligence, which it ia our duty to announce
this morning, will shock many of our readers,
especially his fellow.merchants who met him on
'Coauge yesterday afternoon, in his usual
health and spirits.
Mr.. Emery had recently completed an ex.
tensive building on the corner of Vine and
Water streets, for the manufacture of lard oil
and candles, and the machinery was being put
into operation yesterday for the first time.
About FIVE o'clock, he was in the fourth
story of the building. There was considerable
steam in the apartment, and this, with the
heavy weather that prevailed, rendered it
| quite dark. In walking about he accidentally
| stepped into the hatchway, and fell through the
| floors into the cellar, distance of about sixty
feet. One of the hands, working on the floor
| from which he fell, saw him fall through the
hstchwsy, and ran down stairs as rapidly as
possible. In his excitement he fell from the
| first floor into the cellar, and was much in.
jured.
When Mr.. Emery was taken up, few min.
utes after the accident occurred, he was dead.
| Several of his bones we're badly fractured, and
| the probability is, that he struck each floor as
he fell, and he was undoubtedly dead before he
reached the cellar.
Mr.. Emery was Q native of England, but has
| been a resident Of tkis city about thirty years
| He failed in business in l84l, but having sub.
sequently regained his losses, he settled in full
with all his creditors, paying both principal
| and interest, though legally released from all
| its liabilities. BE has since been very success
| full in business, and had accumulated q fair
amount of wealth.
Mr.. Emery was quiet and unassuming man,
strictly conscientious in all his dealings, and
| was much respected by his fellow citizens. In
his charities he was systematic and LIBERAL
he made it point meyer to refuse to give for
| q worthy object, or to permit himself to be
| asked the second time. BE seemed to regard
IL privilege W cOuIlDutc tOW8FO6 relieving
the wants of his fellow creatures, or to promote
| the general interests of the community.
| He leaves wife and six children to mourn
his untimely end. 1t was an interesting fami
ly, bound together by the strongest ties of affec-
ton. The blow, by which the circle has been
broken, falls heavily upon the widow and chill
| dren. The deceased was a member of the
| Baptist Church. Verify, Gin the midst of life
| We are in DEATH Cincinnati Gazette.
A legislative caucus In Wisconsin has en-.
dorsed the Kansas position of Senator Douglas.
This will be the case with nearly all Northern
Democrats; they can have no hope of success
after endorsing the Lecompton fraud.
The correspondent of the N. 2. Times aays !:
"Whatever may be the faults or fobles of
Governor Wise, of Virginia, no one will accuse
him of insincerity, or of looking two ways at
once. Nor will he wink at these eccentrici-
ties of character, even in q President. Hear
ing that Mr.. Buchanan was accused of having
been originally in favor of the submission of
the whole Constitution of Kansas to the PEG.
pie, Mr.. Wise addressed him private friendly
letter, which he sent on here by his own son.
The answer was 80 equivocal and unsatisfac-
tory, that the Governor concluded at once that
| the charge was true; and am told, upon ez-
cellent authority, that be is nov engaged in
collecting evidences, with view of publicly