Des Arc weekly citizen., 1868-04-04
old Hen Vvade,s Policy.

The last number of the Lexington (Kv) Statesman contains a letter from Washington correspondent, in which the writer, after confidently announce tug that the President twill have to walk the plank" proceeds to speak eff the policy that is to govern old Ben Wade after he gets to be President As the Statesman in order to give im- portance to the statements of its corres- pondent assures us that he is "an emi- nent Kentuckian," we make an extract touching upon "Old Ben's" alleged intentions with regard to our own State:
 Old Ben is one who believes that in this country every one must be either rebel or radical and of the two hcsshas slight preference for the latter. He will make the fur fly from rebel otiice- holders and Republican sneaks. Sneaks throughout the length and breadth of tho lond may look out fer squalls. Kentucky will come in for full share. The hands of the Radicals will be upheld in the State of model politics, and an earnest effort made to interrupt Gov. Stevenson's friends in their little amusenents of negro -killiag, blo wing up and burning schoels-houses, and hanging Union men. The occupation of Adjutant General Wolford will soon be gone. The Democracy andtheir rebel masters feel that their time has come. They turn to the brazrn sarpint erected by their Moses in the wilderness of recon struction, my policy, and are not heal cd
 "Kentucky will come in for a full share r .'The hands of the Radicals will be upheld! Y The occupation ot Adiuiant General Woltord will soon be gone!" Such, according to this Rad ical correspondent, will be the conse- auences of Andrew Johnson's deposit ion from the Presidency, and old Ben Wades accession thereto. Wel' IL may be so. We have seen so much Q! Radical outrage aud oppression, of Radical wrong and usurpation within the last few years, that we cannot be astonished at the commission of any enormitv or villainy they can venture upon with impunity,
 Ben. Wade is the embodiment of Radical venom and vindictiveuess, and we have never doubted that the inia- nous party of which he is member only reirained from planting upon Kentucky the iron heel because they were afraid to do it. They hate Ken lucky because she is Democratic. They thirst to be revcuged upon her for the reason that she condemns the treason of Radicalisnl, and remains faithful to the Constitution sand the old system. They would subjugate her because she clings 10 the white mans government. They would doubly punish her because she made no attempt to withdraw rom the Union, and thus failed to furnish them with pretext for reconstructing her as they are reconstructlng the ten Southern States. But Kentucky has not been proceeded against up to this time because of prudential considera- tions, and we are of opinion that the same prudential consideration Will still restrain her enemies. Old Ben Wade has all the rancor of q thorough bred Radical. and would doubtless be for pitching into Kentucky at once, up holding the hands of the Radicals, and interrupting not only Governor Steven sons friends but Governor Stevenson's administration but old Ben is not con- sidered by any means a Solomon by his fellows, and even in the event of his nominally assuming the Presiden- tial functions it is not intended that he shall be anything more than puppet in the hands of Congress. "Wade's policy" indeed If the impeachment iniquity results in the removal of the President, and the nominal elevation of Wade to the chief magistracy, any one of half dozen Congressmen We could mention will in reality be more President than the old Ohio demago- gue.-Louisville Courier