Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-01-25
Senator Wade.

The Cincinnati Gazette, speaking Of Mr..
Wade's speech on the Harper's Ferry Inva-
sion, Ghe greater part of which we publish
ed some weeks since, and would have pub
lished the whole if it had been accessible
to US, slys:
The able and manly speech of Senator
WADE on the resolution providing for a
committee to investigate the origin of the
late invasion of Virginia, and the circum-
stances in general connected with that af-
fair. deserved earlier notice at our hands
1t is one of the most explicit. direct and
u~nshrinking expositions of Republican SEN
timent and purposes yet made on the floor
of either House of Congress during the
present session. Without the least dis
sembling. or any timid desire to conciliate
Southern frc-eaters, he tells them frankly
and plainly what the Republicans hold and
intend to do, in regard to the question of
Slavery. In SO doing, he commanded their
fullest respect. In truth, We may say
without exaggeration. that no Northern
Senator is more highly regarded, personally,
than Judge WADE, 10y his Southern associ-
atcs. They know him to be Imam of gen.
uine sincerity, courage and ~uprightness.-
They never insult him, yet no man deals
out home truths to them 50 un%sparingly as
he. In his bearing. and in the respect
shown him, he is almost the exact opposite
of Mr.. SEWARD,
1t is well known that Senator TONES,
ono Of the most rampant Of the fre-eaters.
and who exhibits his plantation manners
to almost every other Northern Senator,
DOUGLAS included, has treated Judge
WADE. (their seats are side by side) with
uniform courtesy. expressing great admiral
ton for lis frank and honorable bearing,
as well as for the marked ability, which
all recognize. This is the common senti-
ment of Southern Senators toward him
Even Senator Mason, one of the very last
men from whom we shouldd expect such
an Acknowledgement, (and who would not
make it as an empty compliment in adj
dressing the Senate just after Judge WADE
had closed his late speech, referred to him
as 1.-The honorable Senator from Ohio,
Mr., WADE whose manly character none
admire more than | do" This reputation
for undinehing ~frankness and unbending
firmness, is apolitical power of incalculable
value in times Ike these. Had Mr.. b.
A possessed but a small modicum Of
the nanhncss, integrity and plucky honesty
of FRAME WADE he would never have
made the miserable wreck of himself he
has. These are qualities that must be
more carefully sought for. and more earn
cstly insisted on in our public men, from
highest to lowest Brilliant oratory is
nothing, for the man who would serve the
people, compared with these sterling attri-
butes of true manhood.
Judge WADE has been regarded by many
as one Of the most ultra men in the Repub
lican purity. If su;h be his true character,
the fact could not but become manifest. in
a speech like that now under consideration.
He has no opinions to disguise, and his
subject was one that required a man in his
position to give the very worst side of Re-
p~ublicanism, if any bad side it has. We
propose to call the attention Of the people
of Southern Ohio especially, to some of the
most characteristic passages of his speech,
that they may judge how far he goes be-
yond the opinions of such Republicans as
CoRwIx and MCLEAN.