The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-27

An Extract from Rem. Wade,s speech
I'm the UnIted states senate Last

in the United states Senate Last
Monday.
'I have never had but one
polar star to my action, and that adj
here to, whether / am in almajority a or
in a minority. never intend to be
tempted from it one single inch. i
have fixed my eye upon the great pr1n,
.eiple of eternal justice and right, and
it has borne me triumphantly through
all difficulties in my legislative career
since had a seat in this body. can
triumphantly say that have stood
upon this floor when had not ten men
to support me against the entire Senate,
and when the principle 1 advocated was
unfortunately more unpopular than
whole Senate startled by the idea of
universal emancipation ten, or fifteen,
or ven,fye years ago2 Talk about
unpopular doctrines and attempt to In
timidate me by the intimations that i
shall be found in minority among
the people! know the people better,
think. / know. that tread the great
pathway of rectitude and right, and
don't care who opposes me. God Al
mighty is my guide. He goes before
me and Strengthens me. BE has never
failed me yet, and L don't fear He Will
On this OCCASION. Now, Mr.. President,
will not boasti but1 with many 9TH
GE5 OH hOOAY SaAA 1OOEA OtAGtA ~ OoA
preceding course; and, on this subject,
with great satisfaction, 1 think, sir, that
1 can say, with Paul, that I'VE have
fought good fight We are not en-
tirely throught with it, admit
We may have a little further to
go i'll the same direction, but
our path is fortunately easier that 1t has
been. Yes, sir; / keep the faith, and
have no doubt in its final triumph.
never feared it, and IHneyer had the
least doubt how this whole thing would
be settled, and it will all come right if
we are true to our convictions. give
the President full credit for all he has
done, and honor him for the manner in
which he has insisted on the great guar
antics have already alluded to. He
has commenced, us it were, to complete
this great arch of Freedom right. BE
has laid the foundation deep upon the
road of justice and right He has de-
manded that before the law all men
shall be equal, He has demanded that
slavery shall be abolished. I agree
with him SO far, and honor him that he
stands firmly where he does. But, he
has failed to put the keystone upon the
arch that he has built; and If you leave
it where it is, it will go to ruin. want,
when this question is once settled, to
be entirely done with it. 1 don't want
eternnlly to be fighting over the ques-
the rights and privileges of the Amerf-
can people. Now sir, say to Presi-
dent johnson, to the Democratic party,
and to the people of the United States,
that will never yield the contro-I
yersy until all men in America shall
stand upon an equal footing equal be-
fore the law in every respect. When
they,will fix it so thatth can be done, Il
will give up the controversy in which i
have been engaged for SO many years,
and no man Will rejoice more than / that
1 have been relieved fromit. was one
of those who was an early advocate of
bringing those colored people into your
army, invoking their aid TO put down
the rebellion. Over and over did L urge
it upon the Executive two years before
1t took effect. Their employment in
that capacity enforces upon me duty.
Would lend my voice and my vote to
induce that people to leopard their lives
indefense. oftheir country, and then turn
them overto the mercy,of their enemies?
Sir, the man thatwould do doitdeliberately
and knowingly is the meanest of Gods
creatures! Tempt them into the ser
vice, let them fight through the war,
and then desert them TO their enemies
Wisconsin did not altude TO this at, an.
His whole syndpathy ~ was with. III the reo-
els-the men who endeavored. 70 de-
stroy the Gonstitution-the men who
have buried three or four hundred thou
.sanClrof our bravest sons. They were
the men who had his sympathy; but
the brave colored men, weak and unin-
fluential, yet who gave you the strong
est aid, without which you could never
have got through the war-they have no
part Of his sympathy"