Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-23

.sAn honest man is the noblest work
OF God is all axiom that is applicable
to Ben. Wade, Of Ohio. We have al
WAYS loved him, and love him all the
more for the frank utterances Of his
heart to a crowd of 10000 people who
assembled at Meadyille, Pa, on the lTth
inst.
The Senator spoke for over two hours
in a most effective manner, discussing
McClellan's military career and sharply
denounciDg its criminalities, coWardice
and failures. He gave in his adhesion
to the Baltimore Convention and It's
candidates and appealed to the people to
remember that this contest was one he
tween Democracy and Ariatocracy.
Referring to the protest OF himself
and Henry Winter Davis, Mfr. Wade
said:
Let Us see how this document came TO be is
sued The President vetoed an act which Ton
gresS had passed. He had Il perfect const!tu-
fional right to do 50; bu. he went further. and
issued a proclamation appealing to the people
in support of his position. In doing 50 he cast
an imputation upon Mr. Davis ana myself, VINO
Were. in q measure, instrumental in preparing
the bill He put forward his side Of the QucS-
ton. and whenever that shall meet him, be he
President. King or peasant shall put forth my
side too. Appause.] am ashamed to say my
party upbraided me, because was unwilling to
admit that President was infallible and
place the truth before the people. What would
you think OF judge on the bench who should
should mislead the jury? If | opposed the
President, did 50 because thought he was
wrong, and Tor rather Mr.. Davis and were
frank enough to set ii forth have little TO say
for myself. but | cannot suffer Mr.. Davis 10 be
attacked. If free principles are dear to you. MI
Davis has more merit than any man know OF;
he has done more to rid Maryland of Slavery
than all of the rest OF the men in 1t; iniliiitely
more than all those pitiful croal1ers who assail
him He has stood like rock or the truth, and
has won q noble victory; and his enemies shall
not traduce so glorious champion OF the nlom
and liberty, without q protest from me. VIII
not boast myself though one infinitely great
er than l boosted a little, but doesn't il show
that Mr.. Davis would elevate himself above the
miserable trammels OF party when ne an
nounced what he deemed a TRUTH and what Is
and soon will be the truth Pollticlans OBJECT
strain us to cover up the truth. LApplause.l L
think my position was right, and that of the
President wrong, and, so believing, will declare
it though the heavens fall and no earthly dig
nifty nor station shall stand between me and
truth.
The President deemed his course the
wisest and best and pursued it. Messrs.
Wade and Davis, with many others,
believed that course unwise and wrong,
and entered their protest. This was
their right and privilege, and no man
should impugn their motives. Whether
they acted wisely is another question.
The thanks of the hoOest masses will
be given Senator Wade for his noble
and timely vindication of Maryland's
great champion of universal liberty,
Henry Winter Davis. The puny efforts
of politicians can never throw cloud
over his grand achievements over slave
Nv in Maryland because he dared to
dissent from the views of the President.
The people will think more highly Of
Ben. Wade for the exhibition of that
noble spirit that forgets personal wrongs
and griefs in his desire for the common
good.