The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-11-22

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| right, but he must prove that he ia,"
| i indnired Of Mr. Wade what proof he |
would require of General Grant before sup !
porting him as Presidential candidate,
| Would letter iudorsing tho Radical poll
icy dot i
mo. il won't. We must have his'word |
backed by some official act showing him to
be IN sympathy with ue, and in favor OF the
doctrines we advocate. We won't take any
mans word after what we've gone through,
Grant must como out and show his hand ae
a pronounced Republican or he cant get
my support. don't know that my support
amounts to much, but what little there is
of il win 20 in the right direction"
AVAILABILITY,
Now" said Mr.. Wade, it 10 very
strange that whom men talk OF availability
they always mean something squirting
towards Oopperheadism. They never
think Of consulting the Radicals, who are
the only working men there are in the
Republican party. Oh, no We must take
what we get, suppose, But we are get
ting tired Of that sort Of thing. ! notice
that il is the bloody Radicals that bring out
the vote on election day they are the mon
who scour the country for votes, and send
carriages for sick Your Conservative
dovils never do that. Why, there hasn't
been an election ia Ohio carried by the
Wings or Republicans ever since / can re-,
, collect, except Just twice, wien the Dem
ocrats wouldn't have beaten us il 1t had
, not been for the Reserve. Ashtabula
/, County saved Hayes this time, and If the
! Radicals hadn't been out Thurman would
! have been elected. She can give major
ity any where from 1000 to 5000 She
! gave over four thousand this time. She'll
give FIVE thousand for pronounced Repub-
!, hcan PI esident next year, or she'll give
two thousand for an available gentleman.
. Men vote on principle here, aud II any
U body thinks that mere military record is
Z. going 10 win on the Reserve he's mistaken.
y The best Republicans in the State will stay
: at home. They don't care for shoulder
g s,rapH, but they do care for straight Re-
u publican principles, and they won't have
4 any other. General Grant, without plat
y form and a pledge, cant moro than carry
the Reserve. A pronounced Republican
will get fifty thousand majo.ity that's just
9 the difference between Availability and
d principle in the coming fight, aud men who
a. purpose TO cram no.party candidate, or a
L. 10 principle candidate down our throats
n MAJ as we'll make ! ole OF it, And ]
'e think it is great mistake to suppose that
It mere military reputation can win any
(. where in the next election. Recent oloc
k tions show that thatcr won't avail any
N longer In Ohio they came lear beating
r. one of the best soldiers Of the State with
/; peace Copperhead for Governor, in Con
t. necticut last spring, they beat a splendid
A. soldier with Mr.. English; in New York
ID last year, the Republicans beat soldiers
if running on the Democratic ticket, and sc
i on. The people want to fight political
ID battles on principle. If Grant wants the
70 Presidency lot him come out like mar
s, and say which side he is on, and If he il
D. strong enough on our side we'll elect him
As But it is neither wise nor necessary for "
ie to run an availability candidate. We will
" have the Southern States reorganized by
es that time, and they will vote right Ther
r. we can rely on enough Northern States t.
u, insure the election of our man, whoever
10 he may be.
Up Mr.. chase.
10 spoke Of the movement on foot to sc
., y, cure the Republican nomination for MIR
81 Chase, and asked Mr. Wade what h
" thought of it. Well, ho said he didn'
)" know how strong Chase was, though h
g didn't thiuk he was as strong now III thu
~ Reserve as he used to bo. But he woul'
make good candidate, and if nominate,
IA would be heartily supported, because h
y. was u pronounced Republican. "Th
II idea has got out some how or other sal
eL he, that have been disposed TO figh
VI Mr. Chase have never been anything @
TO- the kind In 1860, before the Chicago Cor
:. vention, Mr.. Chase wrote me letter askin
~. ~ me to sound the members OF the tw
W ne Houses aud soc what his prospects were
u. ~ | did so. took the Republican Senator
!. y one by one into the lobby aud asked iheT
", what were Chase's prospects in their States
u' found only one Bingham, Of Mich
AZ, gar--who was in favor of Chase in tn
too Senate, and only few in the House.
no wrote TO Chase that the thing looked
70 . little blue, but that perhaps he had bette
~, ~, como on and satisfy himself. Soon afte
III III this Dick Parsons, OK Cleveland, came
Washington and did little prospecting
He found 1t no better than had told hin
20 When the Convention was about to NEE
ny Chase waited me 10 decline. but how tli
~ de+il could do that? hadn't been non
NO mated, and didn't know that any bod
VA would be fool enough to present IN
ao name and lit would have looked very in
de pudent for me to decline Under such eli
tly cunstances. Ever since that Convention
le Chase and his friends had an idea that
he was opposed to him and trying to deie'
,ss him in one way or another Nota wor
,rv of truth in It, II Chase can be nominate
nj next year. Wcll anu boous AZ auJ iotOi
i'll, think Ohio ought to present united troI
try at the Convent on, an cast her vote soil
he for somebody, and if anybody tries to d
,er feat that result they are no friends
)ut mine. | have seen it stated that there al
of Den in Southern Ohio who pretend to a
of as my friends, and who would support II
lat merely to defeat Chase. They never wi
as. do anything of the kind with my consen
,er II Chase can be nominated think he W
ru, make good President, and we can ele
ain him"
ate PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Of Mr.. Wade related tho following abo
ul- AL: "Three or four days after the .
sassination, Johnson sent for me, and
went to sec him lie met me very cordial
Mr.. shaking me with both hands, said he WI
EAR exceedingly glad TO see me, aud that thel
Ike wasn't a man in Washington whose adviC
ith he would as soon have as mine. | told hi
lis. was very glad and very proud of tha
me We sat dowo, and he said he wanted
aid hear my views on public questions al
Ii public policy. Well, said |, The first thin
I'VE I've got to say to you is, be warned by Il
out fate OF all vics Presidents who have been
hat your position. Look atTyler and Flllmor
nld and pray 10 God every night 10 save yC
th. from their fate Johnson seemed asto
ere ished to think that had any apprehension
ORC of tina. kind, but told him he couldn't
les too careful, for he certainly would
tempted as they were. lie said nee