Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-21
Fuf Ihe CIeVeIanu Lender
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covert effort is being mads By certain en-
biaOI political eliquss to bring about th
slsOti & another in the place Of on
nObs Senator, BsBjamin T. Wade, and .
one deeply interested in the welfare 0
the country and conscious OF the impoSt
ance Of the part which the United State
Senate must take in the affairs Of the Gov
ernnsnt during the ensuing Senator's
tern, cannot refrain from calling upOI
your lesders, and ell lovers Of the trues
aad highest interests Of the Union, to pu
doWn this effort to iDjure Mr.. Wsds, an,
through him every lover Of Liberty en-.
the Consultation. That the object aimee
atbythe intriguing Maohisvels cannot b
accomplished BY any direct attack upor
"0ld Bsn"-ths universal fsVorite Of. the
whole North, and The man almost above
al others hOaored and beloved BY his con.
stitusnis,--they full well understand; anG
hence the attempt is made by insinuation,
Implication, and inuendo, to throw q net
around the old lion, while the mice may
set nibble st the public crib.
Within a few days articles have sp.
peared in certain interested public jour
nails, eunningly starting of with the i'm.
piled SuppositiOn that some one is to be
elected d Tie place Of Senator Wade, and
the question et once put, " Who shall il
be p And here comes in the wonderfully
diSi1tsrestel patri9tism Of the Wire-Hork-
ers. 1here Is great need Of q msn CON-
biRing cortain peculiar qualifosdOns be
must Be great hnsneier, or sone such in
dispensabls matter; he must zot be too resh;
aver careful man is nsedEd and then the
generous writer's who are 50 much exsr.
cised for the public veal, proceed to in
form their readers that the discovery has
been made that M So-and-So combines all
these pre-emingot qualifications, and is
Just the man T. III the place Of Mr.. Wade.
Nov there's sns thing entirely left out
Of the ooUAt in ell these instructive ap-
psals to tie dear people, and that is that
Mr.. Wode has no intention Of desertinR
his pos in this hour Of his oountry's need
ami Yeril, unless the people Of his State
VI 49, ~ " laf atAA AA-A EANEGE NN his
SfAIz HAVE 10 SUCH WHHl
Thsre is scaroslya friend Of Republican
ism in the entire North, nay, in the Union,
who dosl net look upon the position Of
benjemin p. Hads in the U. s. Senate as
9 toigsf of strength Since the initiation Of
this monBtFOus Rebellion, whenever doubts
or fears have ssssiled the heart Of the
patriot with reference to the loyalty, COM
peteney, or efficiency Of men in high places
Ct Washington, not sn eye bat has turned I
to "Old Ben Wade Of Ohio" es to beacon
planted on rock, when storms are out,
end the good Ship Of State drives. reelinR.
before the blasts Of treason, and blazing
with the red light Of intestine Warl Not
9 Northern heart true to Freedom and the
Constitution, but has thrilled with hope
and condolences, as the q Old man fearless
Numbered forth in the Sensts-ehambsr his
ecathing deHuneistion of Treason and
Traitors, end sounded the sublime buRle-
call summoning the nation 10 the defence
Of Liberty and the RigAt. Brave as q
lion-hrn as r0ck-isr-sseing as the eagle, |
and soaring as high above the hawks Of |
plunder and the jackalls Of place, be unites /
% these noble qualities the comprehensive
-
BE integrity Of the patriot.
And now, l ask, is this the time when |
the services Of such . man can be dis. |
pensed With Tried and tOue, able and |
willing, Mr.. Wade stands before the peo- /
pie, after ten years Of Senatorial service, |
with record untsrn nhed with q single |
blot-s record Of which every true Ohioan |
is proud; record which shines like star |
through the gloom Of his countrys tribu.
stion.
It is said that the rebellion is substan.
tally crashed, and intimated BY those who |
wish to see Mr.. Wade supplanted, that |
though be has been good man in the past, |
. different man-perehance more careful /
and eOHssva.iOs man, would do better in set /
Ting up accounts with baflsd and defeated |
The truth is, that il ever the
country needed the services Of such men /
% SenstoF Wade in the past, she will need /
them more than ever during the ensuing
Tour or hVe years. Nc sooner will the Be- /
cossion snake be fairly under the heel Of /
& reused and indignant people, than the
sfy Of compromise WITH be raised on the 1
part Of the cringing traitors Of the South,
md their secret sympstizers ct the North. 4
An effort will be made to let these traitors
back into Congress, as foreshadoWed BY the /
speech Of Oarlile. With the blood Of our
brothers stil vet upon the soil, the nation
81 treasury exhausted by this wicked war,
md The govefnnent saddled with 9 heavy /
debt incurred therein, an attempt will be
made 70 cheat us Of the priceless and le-
yihmste results which the Northern people
have right to demand therefrom, and to
sssnimats ths bruised CARCASS Of Slavery,
And heal 10 Founds received during the
var. Win hands still red with the blood
u the best and braEest Of the land the trail
l0r and fratracide viii not fail TO attempt TO
iietate terms 70 the Government; snd ser.
Tile and designing politicians viii not be
wanting ct the North and at Waship gtou
% re-echo the demsnd-men who viii steal
Into Office with masks covering the real
sympathies OF their hearts, and conceal.
Ing with hypocritical lies their oorrupt
snds, and who will let no opportunity elm
b clog the wheels Of justice, and psrpetnate
N evil which should be trampled out, or
let to die Of inanition.
The fact is, never In the history Of this
Dr any other country, did q great people
heed the services and experiences Of its great
men more than We do nov; and those very
qualities for which Senator " Hsde IS known
hon Maine 70 California are the very
qualities which We most require in the
senate otthe UBited States al this time,
md from this on, until the moment5us ques.
ions involved in the closing up Of this war
sFs settled forever.
The individuals who have been put for
Esrd By AOss opposed to Mr.. Wade. are
ioubtless some Of them, perhaps all Of them.
good men. / Hould not be understood A.
lnimating te the contrary; bat what I do
Bay iE, that en- old hunter who is goinR into
battls 70 1gh for his life, will not exohsneo
.hs cid rise, tried By the experiences Of many
campaign, and known to be reliable and
rue, for any new and unrtisd weapon.
isEoTSr prePossessing may be It's exterior.