Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-29
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The Brs. WApr Republicans are fond Of hold
ipr him up as a, model Union man He is
Union man Of their sort--one opposed to the
Union formed in 's9, and in favor Of its disaoiu'
ton. This was his open and avOved pOsilion al
: period long anterior to the breaking out oi the
rebellIon. Yet he and such as he denounee
those who are for maintaining the Union IN i'S
original integrily, as secession ymPatniHets
and traitors They know that these epitne's
ius.ly belong to themselves, and seek 70 ohno
The people and escape their Indignation By hurl-
inc false and malicious charges OF disloyai'y
and treason against the only truly loyal Un'on
men In the country.
Brs. WADE, in late speech In the City OF
washington, spoke of Mr.. VALLASDloHAA, mem
ber oi Congress from the Dayton district, as "a
man who never had any sympathy with the Re-
Dublic (wADE did not say "Unien," for that
word il being tabOoed); but whose every breath
IA devoted to its destruction, just as far as his
heart will dare permit him to 60"
Il may be well to look into the record OF the
man who briggs such Wholesale accusations
against q member of Congress from bis own
state. In August, 1853, nearly seven years
ago, BEN. WADE, then ss now United States
Senator from Ohio, made speech at Portland
Maine, from which the following passage is
taken. The Boston Atlas, a Republican paper
friendly to Mr.. WADE, reported the speech in
full at the time. II has also been published in
McClusky's Political Text Book, and the extract
below has appeared in all the Democratic
journals of the country. Its genuineness has
never been called in question by Senator WADE.
In that speech, he said:
There was really no Union now between the
North and the South, and he believed no two
nations upon earth entertained feelings of more
bitter rancor toward each other than these two
sections of the Republic. The only salvation
of the Union, therefore, was to be found In d.
yesting il Of all taint of slavery. There was
no Union in the South. Let us haUe Union, or
let us stceep a,oGy this remnant ichieh zoe call
Union. b,
BEN. WADE and his eulogists and supporters
hold the same opinions now that he and they
did seven years ago. They are for new Union
OF Republic (the latter is becoming their rally
ing word), divested of call tains of slavery"
and II they cannot have that, they are deter
mined to "sweep away the remnant which we
call UniOn.''
We have said that BEN. WADE is DiSuDioa.
let. The sentiment quoted above from pub
lie speech, which he has never denied or repudi-
ated, is ample proof of the charge. But COM
ing down 10 later date, We find him three
years ago, counseling insurrection and rebellion.
He thus got the start Of JEFF. DAVIS by at least
eighteen months.
In 1859, BEN. WADE made speech to some
ladies', who had presented an association in
Ashtabula county, called "sons Of Liberty"
with banner. The presentation was made at
the time when the application for writ of hG-
bsas corpus In behalf Of some Abolition rescu.
srs, was pending in the Supreme Court in ses
sion In this city. The speech was published at
the time in the Republican papers Of Cleve-
land. In making it, Senator WADE said:
LADIES: | stand before you tonight to ssy
that those men of 0berlin and Wellington act
Cd Just as / should have acted, and Will act
whenever occasion presents itself. And more:
I win seek opportunities to violate the Fugitive
Slave Act. .sisisf -o
f8ifss - So
Ladies' and fellow-eislzens, the hour of trial
has come Twenty of our neighbors are in
custody for helping "John" on to Canada.-
Nov, shall We tamely submit in the face Of all
our boaslings and threats7 In the name of
God YET us be true 10 our lDoTds. Let us be true
90 our professions and principles. II ls ST.
gFsms Gsuyt Of Ohio does not grant The hGbeds
corpus, he people Of the Western ReserUe must
grani i--sposd in hand II need be--regardless
Of the cry Of fsave the Union''-regardless of
every thing but duty, but morality, God and
Justice. We will march to Cleveland and lib
crate these Christian felons. There is no other
left for rs. If Se are not towards,
Cringing slavee--if We are not dead and inseD-
sible to the principles OF our fathers-if there
is one spark Of "give ne liberty or giveusdeath"
left in us--if we are not ready 10 become field
hands on cotton plantation, We will rise and
shout in the ears of tyrants, "Teign ye people"
until Onr State and nation are relieved from
the base thraldom into which they are now
plunged. nai @ '-a
4 The Supreme Court, Rs is well known, did
not grant the writ, and BEN. WADE and bis fell
low sympathizers in insurrection and rebellion
had not the pluck to march to Cleveland, sword
in hand. But they were then as now regard
less Of the cry Of Save the Union,'" and set.
ting an example Of resi,tance to the COnstitu-
sion and the laws, and Of defiance to the au-
Ihority Of the Government. ..s.l.5 4 GO