South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1859-05-13
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR WISE.

As belonging to the current political discu,s-
ions OF the day, as well in respect for the pro-
mincnt position held by the distinguished wri-
ter. we copy from the Huntsville (Aia.) Aivo.
cate the subjoined letter from Gov. WISE, in
which, it will he seen, he expresses briefly but
emphaticaIiy his opinion upon the merits OF the
leading measures Of the present Administration
Gorcrnor Wise 10 the Hon. Darid Hubbard
RIcuMoSp. Jan. 3, 1859.
My DEAR Sir: You say in your address
to me. My once friend" Why not friend
nn'o as ever onccl 1t is n self solace of
mine that never lost n friend once won,
and never won an enemy by any fault of
mine for which | can reproach myself I
hope that you don't reproach me with hay
ing forfeited your esteem in the lcust degree
regret that the lapse Of timo and distance
have removed us so far apart that we have
not had the opportunity Of more frequent
interchange of personal attention. but I
hope that the regard or respect of neither
! for the other has diminished.
l am sorry to be informed ''that the .S,uih
IS no'r Il mido'o" A widow is forlorn
being. and demands all my sympathy. 1t
is true that am n married man already,
aud cau't tender tho lady in weeds" my
true and gallant" devotion as Il husJtad'
And were | in state OF single blcssedness
it would still he against nature for me to
tender my hand to the South in holy we'd
| lock. for claim to be born of her womb
and to be as loyal son aS ever sucked
the milk Of his mother, aud to be rea-
dy to protect her i'll veal or Voc against
every enemy and every evil according to
+. the best ability with which Gul and her
nursing have endowed me- Protect her
! -Aye.!f do not may my right hand
forget its cunning. From what? From
! aboiitionlSts and protcctionlstS, and land
! Jobbcrs anu treasury robbers. Yes, as I
always tried to do, much to my own cost.
| And from the trcachery of sous of her own,
| and for the folly Of her sincere friends too,
| mean to try to protect her, as have tri-
cd of late in vain. would protect her
! from the authors of Kansas Nebraska bills :;
! from the frecsoiism of Badger amendments;
from the effects of repeating laws establish
! ing and protecting slavery in the Terrific
; rie% !; from the false protection of non-in-
tervention, Withdrawing all prctcnsion to
! protect all persons and property equally
and alike OH the common territory of Joint
settlement; from Lecompton policy that
had not the wisdom even Of -1;sop's cock in
! the fable; from the compromises of Eng
lish bills, which stripped US of every pari-
Gle of prestige VIC had left from the wick
edncss VI force and fraud" and the folly
Of minority attempting to establish rule
of IT'S ait a,fts' in the face of un uu-
scrupulous majority. We we're strong on the
moral ground Of equality. We rclinquishel j
that IN attempting 10 assume more than c.
quality. and VIC lost all character foT Justice
We were wise once III demanding no more
than our due, and We have been foolish
since and of late in trying to deprive others
OF their due. -Esop taught the cock in
the fable to say TO the horse when he enter
ed his stall, iii you wont tread on my toes,
| wont upon yours" But our cock has
crowed like chan1;r!ccr the defiant notc,-
"Ll"TtleS jchi or lie has said to IRON
shod hoofs, I'll stamp your toes off," We
have tried to play the same game Of snatch
as snatch can" with the most snatchinq
snatchers in the world We have challcng-
cd 4 competition of settlement with 4 thin,
stavcho!ding. agricultural population on
our part against majority host Of COM
merca!, trading. free white, free. soil people
who have not all homes, AID who are keep
ing sharp lookout for them. and who can
use Sharpe's rifles, put into their hands by
tanaticism, to acquire them. All they ask
is for the rule to be once fixed that you can
take all you can and bold AL you can take,
and that no power of Congress or other
power is to interfere to hinder the strongest
in taking and holding all.
Now, have raised my warming Of lutc
against this weakness and wickcdncss OH
our part. have tried to protect my wild
owed mother, the South, by giving honest
hial counsel against tue whole household
The Rcubcns have tried to sell me into H.
gypt for my dreaming" But am never
thcless loyal to the house Of my father and
loving to my misguided brethren, aud I
mean to redoublc my efforts the more to
save the house of Israel If must be driv-
en- out as dreamer. | will at least preserve
"mlnc integrity aud time and the day OF
famine will show wiF;Sc counsel and whose
course will have saved the household and
fed IT, and all the land Of the stranger too.
Ay; aud is Democracy as well as the South
to have no ut-spoken. honest counsellor
Are we to be given over to the Federal gods
| OF racihc railroads Arc We to pat Eu=pU
l".o"! To out Adams Adams in putting
internal improvements by the General Gov
crnmcnt on the most omni potent and indcG-
n,tcly stretching power Of all powers of the
Federal Govcrnmcnt-Mc wur jorcr p
Are we to abolish ad valorcm and adopt the
specific duties TO supply a tariff for revenue,
the standard of which is already eighty
ono millions OF expenditure on three hun,
I dtcd aud twenty one millions average rate
OF importations Arc we to Increase eigh-
tty-onc millions Of expenditure to the un-
known litni,lcss amount required for rail-
roads across this continent: for post Offices
that don pay expenses for pensions un-
heard Of 10 character aud amount: for a
land ofbcc which gives away three acres for
every one sold, and brings us in debt for
increase of standing army such as our from.
tiers and Indian wars aud protcctorates of