Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
From the Delaware county Republican.
For Vice-Pfesident, BENZ. F. Wade.

from lhe DeldNdIe SOuhty i'0P""iAN'
For Vice-Pfesident, BENZ. F. Wade.
The struggle for the Vice Presidency promi-
ses to be more animated in the Republican Ma
tional Convention than it has ever been for that
office The very fact that Gen. Grant seems to
be settled upon with extraordinary unanimI'y
for President. directs the attention OF the peol lie
to the second highest office in The popular gift.
The Republican Central Committee OF our
State having directed that the national delegates
shall be chosen by the delegates from lhe re-
s3ective Congressional districts, leaves 10 the
State Convention only the choice OF tour dele
rates at large, and the nomination of candidate
for Auditor and Surveyor General. This deci-
sion will probably render it impossible for any
one of the four or five candidates Tor the wee
Presidency from this State to receive a soliG
vote at Chicago unless, indeed, he happens 10
be the clear aud unnIistakaDle choice of cur
people Gov Fenton, of New York, is strong
asp;raut and would we think. be an available
candidate but he Is COMP ldined of IN some
Quarters because of lis generous and eloquent
letter recommending the burial of the Union
and Confederate dead in the cemetery at Antic
tam. The popular Lame OF Hannibal Hamiin
of Maine-and deservediy p pular now, be-
cause he was superseded by Andrew Johnson
in lS64-wus not presented when The Republi
can Legislature OF his own stale nominated
General Grant few days since. Several dis
tinguished patriOts of Indiana have been sug
gested, and Chief among these Senator Morton
and Spe aker ColtaX have many ardent support
ers Either would give immense strength to
the ticket. From the South a number have
been recommended. The Baltimore d8scrjcot:t
earnestly urges ex-senator j. A. j. CresSwell,
and several Cf the Tennessee papers have ralS-
ed the name of Governor BroWhlow, and we
notice that Governor Hamilton Of Texas Hor-
ace Maynard of Tennessee, and General Geo.
II. Thomas are presented IL Tic same colnec-
ton.
But among all these names there is not one
that would be more acceptable to the progress
siye sentiment of tie country than Benjamin F.
Wade, of Oh o. a.ting Vice President Uf the
United States. Like I'll pioneers he has had to
encounter incredible opposition, but ioneer-
Ike he has steadily made his way Through al
impadmeItS" belonging to ihe natural antag
onIsts of wrong, he neY-r counts Tie cost Oi
any undertaking lie believes to be right, and
never looks behind, but pushes on 10 Clear the
obstacles before him. IL cannot be denied that
il is TO SUCH as he, The people eve the enOr-
NOUS advances in rcc"nstructing the govern
meat Oh q republican loundalIUn. AsSailtd
without measure by his political opponents, and
sometimes questioned by his political friends
because Of his determined spirit, it must he
said, 10 his credit, that his adversaries always
know where to ind him, and that his f:ieLds
have never known hin 10 faltcr in the darkest
hour. The crisis through which we have pas
ei, SO calculated to uhSettle convictions, &C.
s;Toy lrejudiccs, and 10 make necessary new
remedies for new diseases, required eX.raOrdi-
nary qualities Ill the leaders CT pu.Ec opinion
ana We believe that, bu for the sclf-reiiant and
indOmitable perseverance of men like Wade,
the ship Of State would long ago have been lost
among the divisions and doubts Of party lead
ers. Among the many evidences Of Mr.. WGde'e
usefulness the country can never forge. him Us
the intrepid Chairlnan Of the Joint Congress
sional Committee on The cOnduct Of the War, a
body whose eXtraVl d.nary industry, zeal and
determination saved millions of money, and
protected The army from iucifitie t LtIiCcls and
corrupt contractors.
Bora in Massachusetts, at the beginning CT
the century, where he Received limited Cdu-
cation. and afterwards i'm rOved himself and
others by teaching Sclo,l, his carly lie was de-
voted to agricultural pursuits i'll the State OF
OIlo, and he was not admitted to tie bar Until
ne had reached his twrnty-eigh. h year, at er
which he rapidly rose in the coihaence OF his
neighborh0Dd, being chOsen III succession JUS
tlce OF the Peace, Prosecuting Attorney, State
Senator, and finally President Judge of Ills own
Circuit. In 1851 he WAS elected Senator in
Congress, and has served without inLt trruptiOn
down 10 the present hour but he will be SUI
perscded on the 4ih of March, 1869, blythe cop
perhead Judge Thurman, elected by Tie recent
Legislature of Ohio, in consequence OF tie uu-
expected defeat Of last October. In these Is
years Of public service, Judge Wade's political
record Is without STAN and II he should Oe
placed upon the ticket with General Grant
(whOse firm friend lie has been from the begin
ning,) he will give the whole country, and in
deed the whole world, such assurance Of a
man" as to render another betrayal OF lie sec
Ond Office OF the Republic an uiIer impossibiii-
ty while he is at his post. Genial in manners
and kind in heart, lie is also, as We have said,
stem in principle. No m;n secured more OF
the re p Of The p:O-slavcry leaders before Sc
cessUn, because, While bearing himself with
eminent Co1rtesy, he took caIe TO notify them
tl.at lie SAW thr, ugh, and was resolved 10 cheek
their designs. He is not po ician This is pro-
bably the first eabAra'e VOID thai has been said
in his favor for Vice President Elected PreSi-
dent of :he Senate alter the 1t tirtment of AIr.
Foster, of Connecticut. he was immediately
made the target Of opposition caumny, but nu
one who now watches him in that high position
will fail to be struck with tie dignity of his
bearing, the justice Of his decisions, ard the
regularity Of attendance.
1t may be alleged that General Grant being
himself western MAN, the candidate for Vice
President should be taken from the eastern OF
middle states but while giving full weight to
the argument, let US not forget that General
Grant should be charged to the whole country,
and not 10 any particular section.
SECESSION IN THE CANADIAN DoMxIoy.-The
dissatisfaction in Nova Scotia has spread to
New Brunswick, and both these Provinces are
now clamorous for secession from the confed-
Grated Dominion" The blessings that were
to result from political reorganization prove to
be but Dead Sea apples fair to the eye, but ash