New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-06
POLITICAL.

Gov. Wise's little letter has called forth much
comment from many quarters The Ph'fadetphfa
Press agrees with Mayor Wood in denouocing il as
forgery find. il impossible to believe that the bold
and chivalrous Virginian who, in 1852 go gallant
" encountered the Black Knight with his visor
dowp' and who welded hls trenchant bat
tle-ax foremost among the champions OF the
Democracy would have written such doc
ument," and adds I" that the genunsness of this
letter would at and forever smother all the pros
poets of Mr.. Wise for the Presidency, and that no
terms Of censure wouo be too severe TO be applied to
Presidential candidate resortng to the machinery
which is recommended by this letter. The Prori-
denee Journal doubts the genuineness Of the epse,
mainly on the ground that it is so short. The Daily
Ne1rs (reputed 10 be Mayor Woods Organ says:
"We have DO doubt it is forgery, and aver upon
our owp responsibility that Gov Wise has never writ
ten such letter. 1t forgery, and we beieve that
some Of the Den who infustiiouslS but conhdentaHy
exhibited it at Albany knew IT to be forgery Ii we
are wrt pg let produce the proof. they do not
they will rest under the imputa'ion now cast upon
them during the balance Of then lives.
If this letter is nat forgery, the use made OF 1t
by persons claiming to be respectable Is, In Our
opinion, little less deebsibe criminal. II be gen
uine il is evident that some person has addressed
Gov. Wise, who s an honest, open hearted and free
spoken map in the language of friendship, for tpe
purpose of procuring from MIN letter lu reply tor
public use which would iniure him as well rs accom-
phsh other despicabe ohj,cts in this Sts'e
"a fraud has thus been practced upon the Governor
as infamous in its conception and execution ms IN the
conduct of the persons who have thus become parties
TO il in the they have made OF the letter Bat we
repe at tbst in opinion, it Is forgery not,
produce the proof and the Of the gentleman to
whom it was written.
But The Journal Of Commerce, which does not ap'
pear to be entirely listed with the document, says:
"We are not permitted to question the genuneness
Of the production, since the original ~ been seen by
and fy imn nlip lance
must be plsced and compelled to deal with 1t
according to it's merits.
The Commercial Advertiser, which thinks that the
letter was intended not for publication, bat for private
circulation says:
There is no room for doubt upon the subject II was
written with Gov. Wise's own hand, to gentleman
well known in Dem cratic political circles here, and ITS
history down to its public ati on he inds putaby
traced. We have good reason to believe that not
word was altered, not marx of punctuation changed
from the original, and II 1t does mol orlng upon .ae
writer The political fate which he 80 elegantly predicts
for Senator Douglas ther the Den ocraac party are
shade worse than we take them to be.
All our Contemporaries apparently agree that the
eps,le will not brighten Gov. Wises prospects for the
Presidency. if, indeed, it be not suicidal
The Albany Statesman of the 4th, says
Some curious developmepts attended and followed
the meeting Of the Democratic Safe Committee yes
terday aud sufficient food for speculation has been
furnished both In regard to National aud State IN
tripues to keep the uuterred well supplied for the
next ten or twelve months The result OF the pro-
ceedpgs at the Deavan has been entire and cordial
reunion of the Democracy; for although Fernando
Wood will keep up show OF opposition TO the rue OF
the Albany school of poito, ans, he hiss IN tact been
their mos useful ally and the entire dissolution ot the
Hardshen faction witnessed yesterday, vas tue work
of his hands. With all his sntecedents and all his
sympsthies with the Soiis he has been the d'p0m0
whose shrewdness and Ingenuity have been used 9y
through SO many years Of sl and de'est and event
ualiy to cast it TO the earth, mass Of ruins.
The same journal also says ION what information
we cannot sa,) that "theIe is no doubt that among
other things, the Democracy yesterday agreed sub
statislly upon the ticket TO be run this FALL and that
the Convention will only be expected to go through
the form of ratifypg the agreement All the present
State officers to be renominated except tue Hon.
Gideon j. Tucker, Secretary OF State, who declines
the canvass. Efforts will be made to induce him to
reconsider and perhaps he may do so-but IT ne does
not, the Hon. David X. Floyd Jones is to be solicited
to ill up the ticket
--Speaking Of the resul, of The election for Court
officers and members of the Legislature IN 81 Lous,
The 81. Ions Democrat says:
"We publish this morning returns of the election,
as fer received; and II they cissppont our IN st
sangu hopes they a. the same time give undouoted
assurance Of substantial victory 10 the Free Deinoe'
racy and their alhes Out of fourteen candidates,
have elected ten Lcndlng majority OF the Board Of
Commissioners. The four candidates elected on the
other side are not indebted for their success to the
strength Of the National Democracy. These csndI-
dates were three four r-guarly-to,ned tickets,
exclusive Of the National Democratic ticket. lhey
were on the American ticket on the Independent
ticket on the Citizens ticket, and On the Worklng-
mans ticket. We thoroughly appreciated The motive
which gave rise the formation OF these tickets anu
we informed the public repeatedly tha; their euot'
would be 10 give ala 10 the National Democrat'c ucset'
The results prove We not mistaken Ihe So
called nor party, independent movements have pro;
duced their net results, the election OF four a'ona
Democrats. We Deco comment no farther on ths iact
Ii will be our duty, at early day to revie" Tue
coutes and draw those nferences from iis results with
which they pregnant. 81.
The election just closed is perhaps the most sgnh-
thu; has taken place in this county Tor many years
II preseuts great houS Indirect issues, dentauged
from the complications which that anamoly, third
party fails to beget What hiss been done IN toe
County Of ST. Louis, may be done on much WIDER
theater should pause with merely setii1g the
example 10 the State, and the country at large. Let
US adv the movement until the OPposition IN Ms-
eouri is consolidated in body Politics admit o. 20
truce 10 pause to recede Let on then, aGd oy
~. adv aoherance TO great issues and disregard o'
mpor ONES be prepared to dispute this State with the
National Democracy in 1860.
The 81. Louis Republiean in summing up says: