, 1866-03-16
NUNLBER,I3.
PA -.4-t " ifd
. Who Is the rraIrori

The telegraph reports the redoubtable7 Ben
maae, OF ohio, as beviag, in the United States
senate, denounced President Johni6u as tfAi-
tor. During the war for upholding the Authority
sf the Government Of the United states snd
crushing rebellion, this same Wade was pffnci-
pally conspicuous for two. things-keepipg his
precious body out Of the reach Oh DANCER and
namperiug and abusing those who were rislin6
their lives in behalf of the country. IL isaweil
RnoNh laet that history does not record q reyo-
tuition or rebellion which at its rpsree
had as fair prospects Of success as did he Soutb-
etn Es9eloP, Tbs 1qEgI g s BeqPle did not expee.
the South the work Of rebellion 1 ad been urtttv
well organized, and the Wadcs, Summers. and
Greeleys Of the North, were crying ont ~ Tie
Southern people to secede If they wished to:
that II they attempted secession, no obstacles
would be thrown in tlfeir way. Thus at the out
set, there were exceedingly fair prospectS that
the Southern rebellion would succeed. Those
prospects continued good until after the com
mencement Of the third yeag Of the war --apd
even during that year, the Greeleys, Wades, and
others Of the radicals, were urging Government
to make a peace, even at the expense of recpp-
nizing the Southern ConfcderacY as an indepen-
dent power. Such being the position Of affairs,
the rebellion held out seductive allurements to
men of ambition, intellect, and l;tle patriotism.
President johnson was a native of the South :
the Southern people knew him and had delight
ed to honor him. be was acknowledged to be
man of commanding intellect and great influence;
and had he linked his fortunes with the promis-
ing cause Of the rebellion, be would undoubted-
ly have been honored with high position. What
did he do in the emergency He disregarded
social and political ties, breasted the storm of
popular fury with which he was surrounded,
and, regardless of life, limb and property, took
up arms in behalf Of the Union Can any one
doubt thai in this he was influenced by the high
est and hollest motives Of patriotiSm-the most
solemn sense OF duty? And having thus taken
his position, unlike his cowardly defamer Ben
Wade, be did not seek to keep his body out of
harms way, but kept himself at the front, com.
batting armed treason until the close Of the war,
subjectihg himself to trials, hardships and dam
gers, the least of which would have appalled, the
craven hearts of those who now have the un-
blusding hardihood and Wickedness to accuse
him Of treason to his country. Had there been
drop of tTeasonabe blood in President John
sons composition, he would Baye manifestedGhe
tratorous instincts at time when treason pro-
missed to be paying investment Men of Pre-
sident Johnson'S stamp-of intelligence and COM
mon sense-do not brave and combat treason,
when to do so is hazardous in the extreme only
to turn traitors after treason has been crushed
and made hateful and odious in the eyes of all.
Yet, such poltroons as Wade, who never struck
a blow or uttered a hearty word in behalf Of the
country during the time of its peril-who, dur
ing the nations danger, could only engage in
factio1al broils and partisan cOnspiraees-dRre
to pollute the language they speak, and to insult
the common sense of the people, by charging in
the frenzy OF their partisan malice that such
man as Andrew johnson is taitor. Let God
and the people award the palm of loyalty, honor
and integrity, and of treachery, cowardice and
falsehood, between Johnson and his malicious
defamer, Wade.-S. f. Call.