, 1867-10-18
A Radical shelved.

A Radical ShelVed.
One of the most gratifying results Of th
Ohio election, is that Ben. Wade. the coarb
and vulgar radical Senator, is to give plae
most likely to George H. Peudleton, stateH
man of rare culture, and gentleman &
polished manners. Even radicals Of gentle
manly instincts, who have had an opportH
nifty Of observing Wade's boorish manners, p
the Senate and out Of it, will feel relieved It
his withdrawal from what in other days WIS
termed the most dignifsd legislative bodyn
the world. We know that Ben. Wade, aid
men Of his ilk, have done much toward d.
tracing from the dignity of the Senate, bit
notwithstanding all this, the grave and digii-
fed conduct of the majority of the Senators
is well calculated to inspire respect. A slight
biographical sketch of the Senator, whole
head has fell before the sturdy blows oftle
Ohio democracy, may possess interest for tie
general reader: Ben Wade was born in
Massachusetts, with the commencement Of
the century, and having mastered the rdi-
ments of an English education, he migAted
to the then frontier State of Ohio, where be
fourished for time in the capacity Of q
Yankee schoolmaster. He next turned his
attention to the study of law-that convent
ent refuge for men too lazy to work. Ad-
milted to the bar, he soon became Justice
of the Peace, and from that it was an easy
step to District Judegship The post Of
District Judge he retained down to 1851,
whea by fusion between disafected demo-
Gratis and iTeesoilers, he was elected to the
United States Senate for full term. He
was elected a second time in 1857, and is
now serving out his third term. He entered
tho United States Senate in the same year
with Senator Sumner, and with the exception
of the distinguished Massachusetts, radical,
has served continuously longer period than
any of his colleagues in the Senate. Since
his advent on the stage of national politics,
he has been consistently radical. He was
among the very first to advocate the eman>
cipation of the negroes, and with Sumner,
was one of the earliest TO agitate the ques
tion of giving the ballot to the negro All
through the war he was forever barking at
the heels of Abraham Lincoln, and denOunc>
ing him as not sufficiently "advanced" in
bis anti-slavery views. In 1864, be reso-
lutely opposed the re nomination of Lincoln,
aud with Henry Winter Davis, united in
the publication of an address to the people
of the United States, in which the President
was denounced in the most opprobrious
terms. Under the rule of party discipline,
he was subsequently brought over I'd the
support of Lincoln, but up to the day Of the
assassination he was known in Washington
circles as the personal and political enemy
of the President. True to his antecedents,
he has been among the fercest of those who
on the Senate floor have denounced the wise
and statesmenlike policy whereby President
Johnson hoped to again weld the Southern
States to the Union. Destitute of all char>
ity, and stranger to the finer instincts of
humanity, be has uniformly favored and ad-
vocated policy that would give the Southern
States over to a condition of ANARCHY, and
without doubt inaugurate a war Of races.
With this record, toward the close of the
99th Congress, he was elected to preside over
the Senate. This was in anticipation of the
impeachment of the President, when it was
proposed to inaugurate the burly Ohioan in
the Executive chair. This, however was
even too much for radical digestion, and 10
face OF the fact that Ben. Wade was to sue.
ceed to the Presidential Office, the imDeach-
ment project hung fire. In the late canvass
in Ohio, he went into the contest boldly
bearing the banner on which was Inscribed
"Negro Suffrage" aud ia the fight he has
gone down never to know political resurec
tion. On bis political coffin, may fitingly be
placed the inscription, "Rade in the balance
and found wanting"
DISTRICT Coukr r-The District Court comI