Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-21

Qualifications needed in Member OF Coh-
gress from the 18th Cengressionni Ois-
trict.

Qualifications needed in a Member of Con-
gress from the 18th Congressional Dis
trict-
One objection urged against the reelection
of Mr. Wade to Congress, is said to be, "
LACK of SOCIAL POSITION at Washington -
Now this defect if true, may not be so serious
defect after all. 1t will depend very cOnsid-
erably on what may be considered social Po-
sitIon ct Washington" and kol7 that is to be
gained there. If it be meant that a represen-
tative in Congress fr0m this district, should be
favorite with Doughface President and his
SlavehoIding Cabinet and their subordinates'
then it is certain, that Wade is not the man for
the place and it should be forthwith filed by
one whose tastes, instincts and GRPetites will
place him instantly in the highest social posi-
tion at Washington"
But high social position in that sense in
which, Gf at aIL,) il can be made available TO the
material interests of constituency, can only
be had " at Washington" for us price. The
social aspirant," if he be ''Blaek RepublI
can" representative at Washington, must be
prepared to pay for the advantages of gratifying
fhis kind of political ambition The Slavehol-
ders are the arbiters of " social position" al
Washington, and slavehol3ing is sine qua noE
an indispensable ingredient in the compost
tion OF a Washington gentleman; and TO be a
Doughface is an indispensable prerequisite to
the social position" to which our ncIt repre-
sentative is expected to attain. Now then
which of the two Republican competitors Of
Mr.. Wade, is expected to realize this bad EN-.
inence,' in such measure as TO open the national
Treasury TO the material fo1ntS of tins district
so as TO eclipse what has already been ae-
quired for the district, under the sturdy and un-
compromising independence Of Wade But
more than this-it IS the City Of Cleveland
through some of its dilettanii Statesmen, which
is found opposing Wade for beng minus the
desired social position at Washington. Now
as one Of the plain men of the country portion
of the 18th Congressional District, l would ike
to ask our "social position" representative
that is to be, what more he expects to accom-
plish for the District, by the potency Of social
position" than Wade has done, without sinking
his individualiFm in that unwholesOme mOrass
And it is the City of Cleveland and its upstart
aentilty thirsting for ''soeinl position at Wash
inpton" is it, which is after Wade, to place his
political "hide on the fence - Well what has
the city of Cleveland lost by Wadeis lack Of
social position at Washington Let US see
-Wade's first term in Congress was signaliZed
by the division of the State into two judicial
Districts for holding the United States Courts,
with Cleveland as the place of holding said
COurts-an item of some importance. His sec
ond term brought with 1t, an appropriation OF
more than two hundred thousand dollars to be
expended in the City of Cleveland in the build
ing of United States Court House, Custom
House and Post Office besides appropriations
Of about forty thousand dollars more, for I'm
ishlng and furnishing the United States Marine
Hospital in the City of Cleveland. Now then,
if such things have been done for Cleveland
under the unpliant aud fOrbidding administra-
ton Of that unpliant back bone Of Wade's, what
may not be done under that of one, basking in
the sunshine of social position at Washing
ton Z" BEAU NASH.