Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-10
From ns Diay Republicans Bs6aio, u douglas organ
Aug and.
Horny A. Wise and the Presidency,


Mr.. Wise is evidently an earnest man as well
ambitious one. lie 10 seekinga nomination
from the Charleston National Convention, with an
eagerness that is really distressing to his true
friends. aud Ia the disgust of all sober rejecting
Democrats who are not disposed to assist in pro-
noting the ambition Of n recent convcrt--of one
who within the recollection of the youngest voter,
ha. been n violent Whig-a rabid Tyler man. re-
wardcd Tor these latter services, by the lucrative
appointment of Minister to the Court of Brazil for
three years. during which peril he drew 1877 800;
and il is only within brief period, that he
scted over To the Democracy. Now his vaulting
ambition leads him to claim the Democratic nom
nation tor the Presidency.
MIR. Wise. or any other man, may attempt i'm
posslbilitles-thcre is no law to prevent hiv doing
what he pleases 50 faras trying to DO President
or Vic" President but he much mistakes the tenn
per- tho character, or tho common sense of tho De-
mocracv of tho United Sta'es. embracing the
South ~ well ns the North. il he supposcs for M
instant. that there in the remotcst chance OF his
cciying the nomination ut Charleston.
In fact. we have until within II very short peri
I'd, regarded his mnnnnyeres. and those of his
friends especially in this great Site, rather II
subject Of ridicule and pity, than ~ serous, and
done with any hope of ultimate success.
Mr.. Wise il regarded asa wild, eccentric, I'M
reliable person, by three irurtIis uf the people
\" sensible or sane man, would no mure think of
clecing him to the Presidency Of the Nation than
they would Wyman the Ncntrioquist, who is now
playing IN engagement Mt Barnum's Museum, rs
Wise is playing his engagement rs Governor Of
Virginia, at Richmond.
The Inst bid for the Presidency il made in n let
ter of six columns, dated. "Rchn,ond, July Is, Is
30" This letter is intended for the North, the
eccentric Governor having. mouth previous, ad-
dressed II letter of twenty-nine columns to MIR.
sanford in Alabama, intended for general South
perusal. The North has to thank Mr. Wise
for one mercy. lie has only given them six in
stead Of twcniy-nne columns for summer read
ing.
The occasion of the letter Of the Governor is
made ly the celebrated Udorh Wolf, who is more
knnwa t. fame tho importer of Scheidam
SctHJplls. ''Woirs Schnapps," than poll
,icn. tloiph ism Virginia llebew, and the on
~ political connection we ever heard of his max
ing, was to be bondsman Tor the extremely soft
Collector Schcll, of New York, and this pccuniary
obligation will account for the retention of Hart,
and many other l>raete-. in tho Custom House.
There fifteen other names to whom the letter
ol Mr. Wise is addressed Two are named ellen
messy" and We presume they IRE tho celebrated
Brandy lmporters. But will return to the
Suiject matter of Mr.. " lscs bid, by letter:
Mr.. Wise gave his opinion upon the naturali-
cation laws These are clear and condensed, rs
MIR. Wise has had the advantage of reading the let
tcrs of Caleb Cushing, John NJ. Bolts, and MIR.
Black. on the saDlc subject, and has CLEANED from
them the popular and unpopular points, aud his
letter very adrotly embraces the first, and avoids
the second
In reply to Udoph Schnapp & Co.'S. question.
about rc.opcning the African Slave Trade, Mr..
Wise is decided, because lie has to be so. The
Department Of State contains $50 letters, of the
most violent, rampant character against African
slavery. In fact while at Brazil, he became Il
mononuniac upon the subject and addressed notes
and letters constantly to the Brazilian Secretary
10 stop ''the infamous traffic"
These New York Engineers Udolph Wolf Hen
messy Co.. do not fatter Mr.. Wise nor show their
owh extensive political reading in even asking the
Governor his opinion upon subject that he has
50 largely cxpntiated upon; and 81 the Governor
thinks tor he raps them over the knuckles 10y a
reference 20 "my voluminous correspondence with
the Department Of State from August 1874 to Au-
gut. 1871"
In reference to Congressional legislation for the
protection If slavery in the Territories. the Cover
nor is extremely verbose, but II read his letter
right, he leaves it where the Constitution places
it, What in the world does this mean? All our
Hard leaders, have been called traitors and Mr..
Dickinson ignored because they were not deemed
sound on that particular part OF the Goose, c"n-
grcssiona legislation to protect slavery in the Ter
ritories-and objected to sustaining it!
We do not wish to be seveicon Gov. Wise, or his
opistolary abilities: for, rs we said before we are
not vet prepared TO regard him as serious can,li
"o'o W. 'Hc pttiocTacy we w
not believe he will have the Virginia delegation
with him ar for him. Evidence reaches us every
day that Senator Hunter has ten times The prih,d-
'y strength, and will carry the Virginia delega-
ton. ii Mr.. Douglas does not.
One omission made by Mr.. Wise in his let
ter. He did not express an opinion in favor of
either "Wolfs Scheidam Schnapps" or "IIennes-
sy's Brandy That was unknd for we are in
clined to think that his New York querists cared
more for the opinion of the Governor on those two
topics, than for all his political opinions.
PROPER HERDIcT.-The Coroner's jury who
have had the late railroad massacre under consid-