Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-11-12
A nav wlrn INV. WADE.

A DAY WITH HEN. WADE.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati c"@'' .
t,srciai, under the head OF "a day with Zen
Wpdc" communicates some excellent no'cs
of his interview with the distinguished OH"
Senator, 10 that paper Among other things
written We find the following
GEN. GRANT
Referring 10 Presidential matters, Mr'
Wade said II had looked 10 him TOR year
past MS il the Republican party would iaee
Grant mp Tor President, and run hnh IN wuh
hurrnh. lie was sorry to see hat diSpo'
-iii0n, and believed no good wollu come "'
il. "Thc. trouble with Grant is" said he,
"you DON'T know where he stands, II seems
very singular that man could have lven
through Tins terrible war without idrhlliNo-
ing himself with any parry, aud That men
pretending In lie Republicans should Try !"
rush him into the White House without ASK
ng Him II single question as Ia where nc
stands on the great ISSUES NOW hclprs lhe
country. Still, have tell II In my bohrs
that they would do thai very thing"
raskcd Mr.. Wade he had ever convrrsed
with Gen. Grant on political topics
''I have tried 10 do il, slid lie, "hnt |
never could bring Him out When | saw /
tile popular current appearing to run IN MS
favor, thought ! would like to know how |
| he stood on the great questions before lis
| whether lie WAS tor johnson or Congress, OF
what the devil he was for; hut never could
yet anything ont Of him. AS quick MS i.u
talk polilics he'd talk horses, and he could
talk for hours on that without getting urea.
We'll, horses are very good, hut in these
times IL man may he Ill right ON horses and
NIL wrong on politics. Grant may ne AL
right Tor whit know, but then again he
may he all wong. II he wants 10 he Prosl'
| ,t,.,,a l,,t, xaira nD1 tlp Nplpp Di the men
act with, he must not only he right, hut
lie must prove that he is v
inquired of MIR. Wade whnt proof he
would require from Gen. Grant before sup
porting him as Il Presidential candidate
, Would letter indorsiug the Radical policy
do!
, NO, it won't. We must have his word
backed by some official act showing him to
he IN sympathy with us, and in lavor oi the
0 doctrines we advocate. We won't take any
L mans word after what we've gone through.
a Grant must come out and show his hand as
Il pronounced Republican or lie can get my
support | don't know that my support
n amounts to much, but what little there is ol
Y, it will GO in the right direction"
AvAiLABiLITy.
n. Now said Mi, Wade, sit IS very
strange that when men talk OF availability
= they always mean something squirting to
IS ward Copperheadism They never think o
p consulting the Radicals, who are the only
=, working men there nrc in the Republican
party. Oh, no; We must take what we &c
supposed But we are getting tired OF thn
cs sort of thing. notice that it is the blood.
Radicals that bring out the vote ON election
ca day; they ure the men who scour the counlr.
, ior votes, and send carriages for sick men
NJ Iour Conservative devils never do That
lg- Why, there hasht been an election in OH
es- carried by the Wings or Republicans eve
bt since | can rccollect, except, just twice
when the Democrats wouldn't have bcaie
~ il it had not been for the Reserve. Ashtabl
)OO la County saved Hayes this time, and il th
in Radicals hadn't been out Thurman woul
,t have been elected. She can rive maiorit
=" any where from 1000 to 5000. She gay
over 4, 900 this time. She'll give 1000 Tor
md pronounced Republican President next yea
eor or she II give . 600 for nm available genll
~, mnn. Men vote ON principle here, and
anybody thinks that Q mere military reeo
is going u win on ihe Reserve he mistake
GOO The lest Republicans in the State will 81
for at home. They don't care Tor shouldt
,,- straps, but they do care for straight Repu
~ Can principles, and they won't have Al
'eS' other Gen, Grant, without platform a
without pledge, can't more than carry I
etc, Reserve. \ pronounced Republican "
,cls gel 80 600 majority; that's Just the diiletel
,..., between availability and principle in I
NV"' coming fight, and men who propose 10 cr'
hchl Il nO.paIty candidate, or n nO.pllnClplc ci
vcr didNtc, down onr throais may as well mi
tul, 81 note of 1t. Aud think il is n great II
, take 10 suppose that mere military re-
"lS tatiun can win anywhere in the next ecCt
ans Recent elections show that that cry Wo
.rtat avail any longer. In Ohio they came NJ
beating one of the best suldicrs of The ST
with peace Comprehend Tor Governor;
me" Connecticut, lasl Spring, they beat spl
male did soldier with MI English; in New No
sub las, year, the Republicans beat soldiers n
ming on the Democratic ticket, and So
i. The people want to fight political battles
i"s' principle II Grant wants the Prcsidcr
lipts let hhn come oul like man and say vii
side lie is On, and If he is strong enough
,,,ui our side wen elect him. But 1t is nett
',, wise nor necessary for lis 10 run an av
sne ability candidate. We will have the Sou
iblic ern Slnlcs reorganized by that time, and Il
will vote right. Then we can rely on cnor
,rcd Northern States 10 insure the election
.,,, our man. whoever lie may be.
V"' MRS. LINCOLN.
u ~ During our conversation, the subject
The Mrs, Lincoln and her recent disgracelul c
lille duet came up, and, remembering that
Wade WAS one Of n committee appointed
the two Houses to investigate tic pccun
'"e" condition in wnch MI Liucon's umly
left, and report a bill Tor Their relief, as
him if il was true, as stated by Mrs. LInct
that MIR, Lincoln left little or no propt
icks. hchind him mo, said lie, TITS a d
ctGr lie We locked into that matter very c
a,,t fully, Tie Illinois men wanted Us 10
IN" her 100000, and We agreed to do so,
cd to appeared that She really needed it,
e. sent for the administrator oil the estate,
j. III lie testified that MIR. Lincoln LETT 80, 90
'N Government bonds, OF something like t
II ne' besides some little productive property
'nlng Springfield, lllinOis-n all, about 500,
want We thought, then, that $4,000 Woul'
lmrn ennugh--the same us was paid to the WI
,..s of Gen. Harrison, Mrs. Lincoln was
oue' well OIL and didn't need even what she
, and She took 100 hoHes of something or Othe
ile.- don't know what-away with her and
n,odn Commissioner Of Public buildings sY
there were fifteen other boxes that she "
~ 70 ed 10 carry off, and he had 10 inlerle
g re- prevent her. At any rate, She cleanet
S wus the White House, didn't know but
about she was going to run a big hotel with al
carried OIL.
patch CRIMES.
Ninth The Office of Mr.. Carrington, tho Dil
OF an Attorney in Washington, was set on fir
10 the Wednesday, and hut for its timely disco
u me might have been destroyed Mr.. Car