The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-08-12
Gov. Wise on the New York De-
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Wise ON New York politics-his last,
ercatcst and best--which we published
! yesterday, Is perfect model as an episto-
larry composition. II is brief, simple,
clear, frank, and full of matter as hard
boiled egg. Let us, like Captain Cutie,
briefly overhaul it. The Governor desires
the vote of New York in the Charleston
Convention; but, alas! he discloses TO a
New York politician his plan of opera
lions, and so 'all the fat is in the fire.
The Governor says;--
have apprehended all along that the
] Tammany Regency would carry united
! delegation from New Yok to Charleston.
For whom? Douglas, | know, is conf
/ dent; but you may rely ON it that MIR.
| Buchanan is himself candidate for re-
nomination. and all his patronage and
power will be used to disappoint Douglas
and all other aspirants. Our only chance
is to organize by districts, and either
whip the enemy or send two delegations.
This is Napoleonic programme. The
spirited writer next declares that, with
Virginia and the South united, Douglas
will be ruled out; that che will then kick
up his heels" but that, "if he should run
as an independent candidate, and Seward
runs, and / Governor Wise) am nomi-
mated at Charleston, can beat them
both" Well said, brave warrior Or, if
the Convention should adopt squatter
sovereignty, the South will run an indie
pendent candidate, qahd run the election
into the House. Where then would Mr..
Douglas be? The lowest candidate on the
list " Alas poor Douglas!
Such is the substance Of the last mani
festo from Governor Wise, and it is all
that we wanted-all that we could ask
to render perfectly ineligible his twenty
nine column letter on squatter sovereign
ty, and his six column letter on naturali-
zation, the African slave trade, Mormon
polygamy and schnapps. We thus per-
ceive that if he can elaborate the sub
stance of a briefnote into heavy pamph-
let, with an illustrative political map of
the United States as a frontispiece, he can
reduce volume of important matter into
the compass of o page of foolscap. 1t is
the difference between writing for Bun
combe and writing upon business. High
sounding phrases and constitutional chop
logic rule i'm the one case; but in the 9th
er the politician throws off knapsaol and
goes to work with the emphasis of Zou-
ave. And so, little confidential bill of
instructions like this of Governor Wise
is worth a cart load of Buncombe speech
es and manifestoes contrived to throw
dust into the eyes of the dear people.
The consequence of the disclosure of
this last Presidential card of the great
Virginia letter writer must be tremendous.
One little letter too much in 1914, on
Texas laid out Van Buren, and defeated
Henry Clay. The famous Nicholson let
ter did its full share of the work of de
feating General Cass in 1913. Good old
Zachary Taylor was only saved, as we are
told, through the prudence of his friends.
in keeping him away from pen, ink and
paper, after he had written enough
Thirteen letter-writing Presidential dem
ocratic candidates. bakers dozen, in
1862 were killed off by Captain Scott
In the same year the most accomplished
soldier of the age was detected by his
correspondence after "a hasty plato of
soup" Letter-writing has thus been
singularly fatal to our Presidential can
didates. As the pious job prays ooh /!
that mine enemy would write book! :"
so may each cautious old rat aspiring to
the Presidency exclaim, "Oh! that mine
enemy would write letter, and still an
other letter, until we shall have trapped
him."
In the disclosure of this last model
composition of Governor Wise, his conf
dental friend has dropped the trap over
him, and there he is. lie has at least in
this experiment been taught the folly of
tampering with our slippery New York
politicians. They are treacherous set,
and are not to be trusted beyond earshot.
But the great mistake of Governor Wise
in this New York movement appears to
have been the omission Of Daniel S. Dick
inson from his Charleston schedule. This
remarkable oversight, in its consequences,
may prove fatal to Dickinson; but we
think it has already disposed ofthe hope
full Virginia Governor touching the vote
of New York in the Charleston Conven-
ton. With either one set or two sets of
delegates in that body, the chances for
this vote are now all against him.
The only alternative left to Governor
Wise is to prepare to run as an indepen-
dent Southern candidate, first making
sure of Virginia as 'a unit" and next of
"a united South" This movement may
require still another pron,o,ciamicato, in
Guiding Mr.. Dickinson and Horatio Sey-
mourj but for the present, so perfectly
clear, comprehensive, convincing and
conclusive is this last model from Cover
nor Wise Of compact and pointed letter
writing, that we dare say Mr.. Douglas
"will kick up his heels" and Mr.. Buchan-
an will chuckle with satisfaction, as they
read it. We predicted, in explanation of
his late pamphlets and rhapsodies,
browning and clinching manifesto from
the Governor, andlol the Herald is among
the prophets.-N Y. Herald
Bas- The fate of Plumer, the pirate.
who is under the sentence of death in
Boston, for having murdered the captain
Of vessel, has called out great deal
of sympathy. A very extensive list
of signatures to a petition for a re-