The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-09-14
Extracts from Senator Wade's Speech
at retroit.
MR. WADE ON MR. DOUGLAS.


He said ne diI not wish to be under
stood as traGucing "Brohcr Douglas,
whom he had met almost daily. He rath.
or liked him socially, but his political
heresIes he felt il his duty to expose
When Kansas mad been suffering from
.he wrongs inflicted upon her by her in
vaders when her sons and daughters
were slain for no other criu:e than that OF
loving liberty and seeking to establish it
in that territory or the Popular Sover.
ei5 nty principle and when the friends
Of Kansas peiitione I! Congress for pro
lection and redress, Brother Douglas was
among the mosi vehement denounccrs
and opposers Of the petitioners. When
Kansas had met and adopted Consiilu.
tion prohibiting slavery, in the exercise OF
the right Of Popular Sovereignty, and the
Republican House OF Representatives had
passed the act ofadmssion with the Con
stitution so adopted /; when that bill was
sent 10 he Sena'c for approval, and every
vote that could be had in the Senate was
required, where was Brother Douglas ?
He, was "sick." Lnughter.) Whenev.
er anything was to be done for slavery
they nevei heard anything of Brother
Douglas sickness, but as soon as freedom
required his aid, though seen about every
day, he was always sick and could not
attend in his seat. (Cries of chats so -
1t had been remarked that Mr.. Douglas
WAS now travelling in search Of his mother,
Daughter but his, M. Wade's opinion
was. that he was in search Of The Demo
cratic party. (Laushter.)
DOUGLAS, FITZPATRICK AND JOHNSON.
lie would not vote for brother Douglas
because he dcspiSed craven, hearted man
When brother Douglas had occupied
the position OF Chairman oflhe Committee
on Territories for ten long years, a causus
was got up in the Senate. and in order to
evince the distrust in which he was held
by his associates in that body, they voted
him out Of that position. And who was
most prominent in this conspiracy against
Douglass 1t was none other than Fi'z
patrick, whose name was placed on the
ticket as the nominee for Vice President,
with that Of Douglas who accepted The
nomination and consented to run with the
man vino had thus conspircd TO destroy
him He (M'. Wade,) could re-
pccs Christian lorbearance, but when it
assumed the characteristics OF the spaniel,
that would .urn and lick the boot that
kicked him, he thought torbenrance
ceased TO be virtue Cheers. But
Mr. Fitzpatrick took manly view Of the
matter. and said he had not asked TO be
placed in nomination with Douglas, and
would not run with him. lie Mr.. Wade, J
respected Mr.. Fitzpatrick for this, and
would in no case consent to run on a
ticket with man he had once kicked.
daughter and cheers.) But they had
placed on the ticket with brother Douglas
one Of the most ultra slaveholders-a
man who had short time since declared
in Philadelphia, that capital should own
labor-rererring not merely to the labor
OF The colored man. but TO that of the
white man as well Yes, Mr.. Johnson
believes that every lnboring man should
be the property of his employer. And
this is the man Tor whom the Northern
laboring men are asked TO vote for as
Vice President. and on popular Sow
ereignty" platform. (Cheers and laugh
ter, 1t was true Mr. johnson was not
nominated by the Convention, there was
not even . committee appointed 10 make
q nomination in case of Mr.. Fitzpatrick's
refusal to accept. And yet he was, doubt.
less selected with view to carry strength
with the strong pro-slavery party in the
South.
THE WANT OF TARIFF.
There were several points at issue be-
side the slavery question tho p,u.votivn
OF native industry; the improvement of
rivers and harbors, the construction Of
the railroad TO the Pacific, and the grant
ing OF free homes 10 the homeless.
With regard to the first, il was greatly
to be regretted that the system embod-
led in the tarif.measures OF the old Wing
party had not been carried out. Had ii
been, Detroit this day would have been a
great manufacturing city. Instead Of
sending $500, 900, 600 away 10 foreign
countries, we should keep it at home and
distribute il among the mechanics at