The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-08

out platform and without a pledge,
can't more than carry the Reserve. A
pronounced Republican will get fifty
thousand majority; that's Just the diff
ference between availability and prin-
ciple in this coming fight, and men
who propose 10 cram nO.pRrty Caudi-
date, or II no.principle candidate, down
our thrOatS may as well make Il
note of IL. And 1 think it Is a great
mistake to suppose that mere militia
ry reputation can win anywhere in the
next election. Recent elections show
that that cry won't avail any longer.
In Ohio they came near beating one OF
the best soldiers of the State with a
peace Copperhead for Governor; in
Connecticut, last spring, they beat a
splendid soldier with MIR. English; in
New York, last year, the Republicans
beat soldiers running on the Democrat
&c ticket, and so on. The people want
to fight political battles on principle.
If Grant wants the Presidency let him
come ont like man and say which
side he is on, and ifhe's strong enough
on our side we'll elect him. But II is
neither wise nor necessary for us to
run an availability candidate. We will
have the Southern States reorganiZed
by that time, and they will vote right.
Then we can rely on enough Northern
States to insure the election OF our
lldu1 lV DCs
MR.. CHASE.
| spoke of the movement on foot to
secure the Republican nomination for
Mr.. Chase, and asked Mr.. Wade what
he thought OF it. Well, lie said, he
didn't know how strong Chase WAS,
though he didn't think he was as strong
now in the Reserve as he used to be.
But ne would make good candidate,
and If nominated, would be heartily
N,l L.,
ced Republican. 1.-The idea has got out.
some how or other" said he, "thut L
have been disposed to fight Mr.. Chase.
have never been any thing of the
kind. In 1860, before the Chicago Con-
VentiOn, Chase wrote me letter, ask
ing me to sound the members OF the
houses and see what his prospects were.
did so. 1 took the Republican Sena-
tors one by one into the lobby, and ask
ed them what were Chase's prospects
in their States. found only one man
Bingham, of Michigan-whow was in
favor of Chase in the Senate, and only
u few in the House. l wrote to Chase
that the thing looked II little blue, but
that perhaps he had better come on
and satisfy himself. soon after this
Dick Parsons, of Cleveland, came TO
washington and did little pros
peetiug. He found it no better than l
had told him When the convention
was about to meet Chase wanted me to
decline, but how the devil could l do
that? l hadn't been nominated, and
didn't know that anybody would be
TOOL enough TO present my name, and
it would have looked very impudent
for me TO decline under such circum-
stances. Ever since that Convention,
Chase and his friends had an idea that
was opposed to him and trying to de-
feat him in one way or another. MOI
II word oftruth in ii. If Chase can be
next year, well and good.
AT any rate, think Ohio ought to pre-
sent ~ united front Mt the Convention,
an cast her vote solid for somebody,
and il anybody tries to defeat that re-
suit they are no friends of mine. L
have seen it stated that there are men
in Southern Ohio who pretend to act as
my friends, and who would support
me merely to defeat Chase. They new
er will do anything of the kind with
my consent. II Chase can be nomi-
mated, / think he will make good
and we can elect him.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Mr.. Wade related the following about
A. j.: "Three or four days after the
johnson sent for me, and
| went to see him. He met me very
cordially, shaking me with both hands,
and said he was exceedingly glad to see
me, and that there wasn't n man III
Washington whose advice he would as
soon have us mine. told him l was
very glad and very proud Of that. we
sat down, and he said he wanted to hear
my views on public questions and pub
lie policy. Well, said l, the first thing
I've got 10 say to you Is, be warned by
the fate of ali Vice Presidents who have
beer in your position. Look at Tyler
and Fillmore, and pray to God every
night to save you from their fate. john
son seemed aStonished to think that l
had any npprehensions of that kind'
but / told him he couldn't be too care
fnl, for that he certainly would be
tempted as they were. He said L need
have no fears; that he meant to stand
by the men and the party that elected
him, then went on TO advise him
what to do. l told him the first thing
to do was TO order the trial of few
of the leaders of the rebellion, be-
fore Il military commission, and to hang
them when found guilty. He said that
he would do that very thing, and would
with JEFF. Davis. He told
me 10 hunt up the law on the question,
and l agreed to do il il he would maine
some one to help me. He named Ben.
Butler. Butler and called on him a
day or two after to find out ex-
aciIy what he wanted, and we
nau II long Tain WIN
told us he meant to hang the lead
ers OF the rebellion right away, as soon
as they could be tried and convicted by
a military commission. As we went
away, Ben. Butler said he was delight
ed with johnson; that he seemed TO be
n regular trump. We looked up the
law of the case, and in few days l
called on him again. talked TO MIN
about this very question OF reconstruc-
tion. He said he was very glad II was
a matter with which ne had nothing to
do; that it belonged to Congress e&ciu-
siyely. and he should let Congress take
care OF 1t, We parted, and soon after L
went home, with the assurance IRON
him that, he would take no step not
by the leaders OF the hepuo'
licau party. l heard nothing from nun
until about two months later, when
met John Covode at u hotel In CleVe-
land, and learned that sthe President
had been in close communion with Cop
Derbeads and rebels, and had said 10
Covode that he (Johnson) could DO
without the Radicals better thhn tue
Radicals could do without him. About
"A month after / went on to Washington
for the winter. and / called at the White
House. l found the anieroom iull oI
rebels and Copperhehds, and was
soon convinced, from the style IN whlcn
L was received, that Johnson had iound
friends and advisers outside of the ke-
publican party. / knew then that ne
mad started on the downward track'
and made up his mind to betray the
marty. and the country, too, II he could.
i tried my best to keep him in, but 1t
was no go.
MRS. LINCOLN.
During our conversation, the subject
oF Mrs, lincoln and herrecent disgrace
IuI conduct came up, aud, rememo Der
ing that Mr.. Wade was one OF COM
mittee appointed by the two Houses 10
: ,-.-,, ;s,t,ta tha neCnniarY condition In