The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-29
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what was his opinion OF Mr.. Greeley.
He said: "Mr. Greeley is wise man;
he has done some very foolish thingsi
but he perhaps has more knowledge
| on all subjects than any man in this
country. I think we'll of his plan, and
the idea OF cooperation, if carried out
| among the working classes, will do
| much to ameliorate their condition"
He then went on to show how, in Gin
cinnati, New York, Boston, and other
| places. working men had combined, {,
| started manufactures, and were doing
well. He showed how, by the princi-
| pie of cooperation, laborers in large
factories could build or rent houses,
| keep little supply stores, buy goods IN
large quantities for their families, and
| in various ways save about one-third
| of what it now costs them to live.
'EBut,D said Mr.. Wade, 1.-THE principle
| of cooperation is about as far as l
have got, and, though certainly good
in itself, 1t will not cover the whole
case, and still something more will be
required
! we called to the attention of the Sem
ator the fact that from the moment
they were set free, the negroes in many
parts of the South, had refused TO la
Dor for wages, and demanded share
| of the cotton they raised.
eyes" said Wade, "that is the princi-
| ple-give the laborer an interest in the
| proceeds of his labor. The negroes got
| hold of the idea almost immediately,
| and it is most wonderful they should
so soon have comprehended it. Why,
sir, when was young man L worked
on a farm for ten dollars Il month, and
| it never entered my head that 1 should
have share of the proceeds of my la
Dor; vet the products of the farm were
considerable, and the profits must have
been large. Itcertainly must be great
advantage to work on the shares, and
the negroes are the first large class of
working men who thoroughly compre-
Eend it," g..- -FE-=
The Senator then went on at great
| length to give us his views on the labor
question, and certainly they were re-
markable and striking, showing he had
deeply studied the matter. We are not
sure we have done rightin quoting Mr..
Wade, and feel that we have done him
an injustice. for no man can quote him
| correctly. You must hear and see him
to thoroughly understand him, and 1t
is not SO much what he Gays, as the
way he says il, that makes it remark
able. He is a self-made man, au orig
inal thinker, and perhaps the best in
formed man now in public life in this
country. His parents were among the
poorest people in Massachusetts, and
he never had but seven days schooling;
yet, at the age OF twenty-one, he had
EOAu d NdSI VI OOOhof Lhu5ISASN
the Euclid, and was we'll versed in
philosophy and sciences. BE read
the Bible through in single winter by
the light of pine torches in his wood
chopping cabin. he read much, and
reflected on all he read. His grand
father on his mothers side was min
lister, and had IL small but well-select-
ed library, and to this he was indebted
in his early youth for much valuable
information. Mr.. Wade says the most
difficult thing TO solve he ever met with
was algebra. He was work ng on Il
farm when he commenced studying IT.:
he had no one to show him, and he read
it over fifty times without understand
ing it. Often when following the plow,
he thought Tor hours over the mySte-
rious signs and letters, until they
seemed as large as his hand. He mad
read them so often they were constant
ly before his eyes as clearly as if they
We're painted upon canvas, but he could
make nothing out OF them, Gradually
he began to comprehend them, and he
has not forgotten the propositions TO
this day he then solved. Mr.. Wade Is
still hard student, anu what he stu
dies is thoroughly mastered before
will suffice to show his applications:
Last summer we were with him when
he was studying CUssar's campaigns;
he had Napoleon's Lite of the great
General, and, although the Senator
rose early and went 10 his study, and
continued there until night, he did not
average more than twenty or thirty
pages per day. Sometimes he would
read page two or three times over,
then ali the battles were stu
died and compared with other au-
thorities, bridges were carefully meas
ured and distances calculated, maps and
charts consulted, the notes of the author
examined and compared with the COM
| mentaries, and everything done that
might give clear and comprehensive
idea of the subject under Investigation.
Mr.. Wade ought to, and no doubt does,
understand the campaigns of Cesar.
| The habits of the Senator are peculiar.
| He rises at daylight summer and win
ter, and makes u o the fires in the house;
then he goes to his Office, makes the
| fire, sweeps it out, dusts of the furnl-
| ture, and goes to the stable to look
| after his horses, When he returns ne
wakes up the family, and then goes to
| his study and reads until called to
breakfast. After breakfast he takes a
walk of two miles, and returns to his
| study and reads until 3 o'clock in the
| afternoon, when the mail comes in. He
goes to the post-OfhCe, gets his own
mail and opens and reads it. All let
! ters to be answered at once are laid
| on his table and the rest tied in bunch
| and put in the drawer requiring atten-
ton" He gets over fifty papers and
| periodicals, and disposes of them in
this way: The Cincinnati papers, the
New York Tribune, Cowles' Cleveland
| Leader and the New York Independent
are laid away for his own reading, and
the rest are sent into the house for his
| family to read. Any one who notices
any thing they think he should see,
marks the article or paragraph, ana
Ilays the paper on the table, and at
night his vile reads 1t to him. dls
wife, who is a great reader, and most
intelligent and accomplished lady, gen
eralIy reads to him one or two hours
every night.
MF. Wade is very fond of Nasby, and
all his letters are read at night, so the
whole family can laugh with him, for
he saws he don't like TO laugh alone.
lComical books are often read to him,
and amuse him immensely His wife,
being asked for a Christmas gilt,
bought him "Old Mother Goose, and
he was so greatly pleased with her
taste, that to convince her he apprecIa-
ted her gift, he learned every line by
heart. and insisted on repeating it to
her almost daily. OF his periodicals
the Westminster Review, the Atlantic
Monthly and Harper, he reads himself
land the rest are sent to the family, 10
be marked ana read as the papers.
At6 O'Clock each, day Mr.. Wade fin
ishes reading bis papers ana goes 10 DIS
supper. He has not eaten any dinner
for twenty years, contending that two
meals day are enough for any one to
eat. and that he always feels better
when ne only eats twice. The rest oi
the family eat three times per day. Mr.
Wade cannot eat any thing cooked in
grease, and the sight of butter almost
turns his stomach. They have often
tried to deceive him by putting small
lparticles of butter in his vlctuals