Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-02-21
NorwrnsrAxDINa Mr.. John Minor Bots re.

reporter has furnished that sheet with a very
full report of what Mr. Bolts was so anxious to
say, and at the same time so anxious to keep
out of the public prints, in his speech before the
Richmond Convention, From thecircumstances
of its delivery, and the political aspect of things
in general, this speech will be regarded as sig.
niHcant 1t is now pretty well understood that
Bolts Is an aspirant TO the Presidency in CO.
and that the speech he expects to oliver in New
York (Which will in part consist of repetition
of this) is intended to give him start in that
direction. Rather it is designed TO inaugurate
political movement of which he is to be the
visible head. 1t is therefore of interest to know
what arc Mr.. Bolts views on the questions of
the day, and what course he foreshadows for
himself and his political coa1jutors
In the beginning of his address he attributed
all the ills that had befaen the country--ex.
cepting the small pox and yellow fever-to the
Democratic party. The Democracy of Virginia,
be thinks, are as ignorant of the real state of
the country rs the peasants in Russian as
sertion which, by the way. may contain much
more truth than poetry. With respect to the
slavery question in the coming Gubernatorial
canvass, he thought that the Opposition might
that was Letcher's willingness to divide the
Commonwealth for the sake of emancipating
slavery in the Western part of the State. If he
were to canvass the State the first thing he would
do would be to bring
fletcher up to what is called the bnIlring;
and require him to say emphatically and cate
gorically whether he endorsed or repudiated the
administration of james Buchanan; and II he
repudiated the administration and the recon-
mendations of the President he would be COM
PEELED necessarily to repudate the convention
that endorsed him, for they have unanimously
endorsed the administration"
II Mr.. Letchcr endorsed the administration
he would have him just where he wanted him,
by showing up the short comings of the ad-
rninistration, and if he Iepudiated it he repudi-
atei tne convention that nominated him.
Mr.. Bolts reflected severely upon the admir-
istration, particularly the proposition to place
the thirty millions in the hands of the Presi-
dent; on which he has this language:
Look at the propositions proposition that
the army and navy of the United States shall
be subject to the control of the President: that
the treats making power shall he subjected to his
discretion, with an appropriation of ttty mil
lions of dollars to carry out his views. That con-
cedes the control of the army and the navy, and
the purse strings of the nation. Now, beg to
know whnt power Santa Anna, ms dictator of
Mexico, cxercsedP And beg to know what
power is left for Louis Napoleon, of France, to
exercise beyond that of having the control of
the army and navy of France, and the treasury
of the enpre2 What is there left of our con-
stitulion worth preserving.
This strikes us as being keen logical dissec-
ton of that proposition in very few Words
Truly when that authority is vested in the Presi-
- -,
worth preserving3
Mr.. Bolts takes his stand in respect to Cuba
in the following language:
believe it would be a very desirable thing if
we could obtain Cub1 by fair and honorable
means, which SEQ no prospect of at the pres
ent time. | believe it would be Desirable
thing as n point of defence for our Southern
coast and the Gulf of Mexico if it could be pro-
cured by honorable means, and without break
ing down the constitution of the United States.
But would not trust such power in the hnnds
of any mortal man that ever has lived. or ever
will live 1 would not be instrumental in es.
tablishing such precedent for ten thousand
times ten thousand the value of Cuba.
This is not frank avowal. it is artfully
Ssorded and is intended to bear different con-
s.ructions. Mr.. Bolts believes Cuba to be de-
sirable. That IS for the South He believes
however, that there is no prospect of getting it
at present. That is to cOnciliate the North
He would not entrust any one man. with the
business of buying Cuba-certainly sagacious-
but he is careful not to say that he is opposed
to its purchase by the general Government, or
by the scheming OF government clique. Intact
''it would be desirable thing" if it could be
obtained without breakins down the consitu-
ton of the United States"
Mr Rotts said he Xras n sfate,richfa man bpt
not in the Democratic sense of the term. The
rights of the general government were more
frequently encroached upon than the rights of
the StateS. But there were instances when tho
government had invaded she rights of the States
One was the attempt made to force Kansas into
the Union with constitution she abhorred-
He placed himself in direct opposition to the
Kansas policy of the Administration--which he
can now do with safety, as nearly all parties
unite in execrating that policy. Mr., Bolts did
not enter into the subject of protection as he
expects to do so very fully in his speech in New
York He read few pages of his Now York