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the aria and triekery Of politics Of The old
school, aud had ltttle eysnpAthy with what slo
scctntsg'y called tho deltsnte theories Of moi.
GrU reform.

NEu EClOtlH+
IT'S rNMtrfRs
llls personal cntnittcs were very bitter ana
,lncDmrromising. Lis controversies With Johra
Quincy Adams, when tho Inter became mem,
term, werep frequent. aud often insulting nhd
TIM LAST or ms nAcH.
Mr Wise waa about the last repfcaentta1t'ss A. o o.
Is e hola1ge s II 10 elsss xci j. now nearly a.
press, II il probafo that no saei class Of mon
will exist III this country d9an. lGo po..,ca t1,
Glc arc gone The ,Iay Wien tlle stump.spocGf
Eas thc ouly political educator has gone. II
takes eomcthfne na0rs NOW than flnrt1, lot
words to put down yor amtag0ns; enm ma yGv v
shooting ] them. ri.e t1dys Of tic old Virginia
arrogant aristocracy. arc ended: Tho people
hayc changed viii, the ttnios and the country.
Wise represented tho c1ass wnlGm ms oeeome
oi ' 'i American politics but witch the countrywi
W The 'I Zinc las gone for t1e existence Of any
:sos f Il Ta ps Hsp sados Gses a pp GpSfss e.
scmInatfon Of popular Intelligence.
SLAVERY THAHRp THE BcuOol~noUsB.
The tIno Is past when thc Governor OF great
State cnn approve such resolution az this OF
tic Vlrgnia Legislature:
Eetol1kd, That tho Committee Of Schools And
Colleges inquire into the expedicncy Of seporttnX
bill prohibiting School. commissloners throughout
er. male OF female, who halls from the north Of
ID ia ho state Of Virginia for Ieast ten SUCCESS.
Yet tho time was IN Gov. ,1Ylsc's day when
such motion was considered necessary to the
salvation Of the State. Tic Yankee scs,oolmis-
tress WIS the terror Of the plantation. There
Fawkcs plot always Ii, l,er sehesning brain. 30
"enfctyH required that tho sc.loom.stress
should lie pillorIcd; aud Gov. Wise, believe,
10 on record a. having denounced the public
school systcm NJ q danger to tho Republic. In
good, suLasantlai ignorance there was safety for
Ills State aud system.
HIS VANITY,
There was at that titnn on exhibition In The
1psG pfatt' at pe.ure t Mss .5s
qusntly purchased by tho Government, and Is
Ii now In the hall of tho Rotunda Of tho Cnpl-
tol. Columbus. tho central figure Of this piet-
urc. 10 of heorlc stature, and represents tho
ttmcs. triumphant over tho uMciv'lizcl New
World, which was typ1cd by tho ttmld Indian
equaws, who crouellcd beneath Y. Mr.. Wise,
In Ills speoeh, represented himself as that great
pared tho Administration malority In Congress,
which lie opposed, to the timld sgtiaws crouch
Ing nt Collmbus' feet. Such was Henry 4.
Wise IN 1857 md such WAS he yesterday morn
,,}g ,mg when he turned his face to tho wall and
TnH uNAvKs AND ol1LRY puRL.
Tho famous Graves md Ciliey duel, In which
Henry a. Wise was tho sceond of Graves, ought
not to be passed without mention at time
enrth. The duel was the fourth Of national
consequence In this country. It infamed tho
entire Union, and probably more than any Of
t!lo duels whicl, lad proceeded Il, aroused The
ntroctots Duc!ing Code, which was ona Of the
crowninE Elortes Of tho Slave system. Tho
whole atfafr was barbarous and dlsgrucetul to
NIL cencoIned. Jonathan Ctllcy was a Repre-
OF debate he had made some reflections
upon ]. Wataon Webb, now. living, then editor
Of the Courier and Enquirer of New York.
Ciiley had refused to 0ght Wobb, bceaalse he
Gfs7os Ssoaeaa e. Class Of ea sea.hern n0aGe Pe
caters, who took Wehb's quarrel upon them
selves, and challenged Clltey.. The duel oc-
Cured Feb. IS, 1888, on tho old Dladensburg
and about nine miles from the City of Washing.
ton: The wcapons we're rifles, tho distance 30
yards. Clllcy was killed At tho third lro. After
tho frat and second llres, Ciley apo'ogfzed IN q
himself On tho third ire he Iii, md died In
three rnlnutca.
Tho following ConercsLmen were present:
Jones, Of Wisconsin,, who seconded Cilley;
anssoa GTttSndcn {Gf tho Missouri s Ce4pro'nlssl;
Duncan, OF Ohio; and Bynunl, Of North Caro-
lima. The record Of tho duel, which Is contained
III the books on luclipr, shows that the Wholo
aiYair was learticss m1rdor.
.1Onicr GRnrIHy ON ru,s nurr.
rb, ions,cst o-ttaIa ~ to, H., i1o-nma n,
IN Tia ~ uc dIeGSeg cS
carly-was hts account Of THIS duel. Tic article
was Wrlttan 1Inmedtately after the sad affair,
time that itA substantial portions arc here re.
~. .an,,a, ~ ,...r .., .,.,u. c.
r.acr wn r.. IN. IN ssen ano @ n9
Hna IT, snhuanoa nso ~ T. M forsu IL W.
anc lcra hn ehonscs E,,ur o onin Gan TX snc
cmran milf ~ ~ E; IL " a 1.a,c un!y aho a.
MnoI~ s"n.iaen ~ ,H hnSn . M.en Inls
wIicH eIacts and na,iiasca III afroctv e ogpis
o"n ,.so ~ tas tha ~ n. eJso . @ mHet Masc
.xas not rntittcd ~ ho r. .ua' ~; m0no
nn9 y ~ ~ .h.sa ~ ~ Nv sgI, ~ - seh'eah
Fly, Fly, y ~ nn9le WnA natalE IN escape from
nn"YNe ae, H drayss @ aa onee con-
he"tea, HVMaoses unGonsc'onsiys 70 hcaF ti!S noto
"c,e ~, as ba con1Iar.. @ o 1 ~ 70
soe was riobt In tSn Vlaw t of II tha "ci.u r,a
lonur, but fearfuliy wrong In tho oyo Of roa.
sou, Of niorntty, OF humanity, and tho
imperative lews Of fuan ind Ood, 0f tho prIncl.
pals, ono sleeps cold and stE beneath tho Les pail