The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-16
Ben Wade-Hfs Ways and Hi
Sayings.
Correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial.
" ASII1NGTnN March u 1858.

Correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial.
WAsmNGToN, March u, 1868.
"Lord, Lord, how this world is given to
lying" But whether the lying is done by
sturdy old Ben. Wade is, with unparalleled
unanimity by all who undertake to write
about him, not settled question yet.
had an interview with sturdy old Ben. last
fall wrote about it to the Commercial,
lengthily, and I'll swear truthfully-but
sturdy old Ben. said it was all Id lie.
He never said Grant talked horse; oh, no,
not he; and as for the profanity with
which that letter of mine was favored,
why, bless your soul, that was pure malice
on my part "Pll be ID to hi if ev-
er I swore in my life" said sturdy old
Ben. Wade in denying the contents of
that letter, and made other heightened re-
marks which [ couldn't insert in the Com
mercial without translating from the Ben
wadese-the American court language of
the near future, gentle reader.
"Misery loves company" and | am hap
py to know that I am not alone in the en-
joyment of sturdy cid Ben's. wrathtul de-
nunciation. 1 had previously an associ-
ate in the person Of one of the editors of
the New York Times, to whom sturdy old
Ben. gave the lie for a report of his agra
rian speech in Kansas, and on the question
of veracity thus growing up. Forney as
sures the country that Old Ben's word was
as good as his bond-whioh I take to be
fair warning to sturdy old Ben's. bond
holders to sell out at sacrifice. To Mr..
Seymour of the Times, and the infamous
and unprincipled Mack of the CONNER
cial, is now added Mr.. George Alfred
Townsend, who it seems, has been grossly
slandering sturdy old Ben. Forrey de-
cides the case against Townsend as circum-
stantial evidence, to-wit the use Of pro-
fame and and ungrammstical language
He says it cannot be true that sturdy old
Ben. spoksill of Mr. Chase because Town.
send represents him to have done it in lam
guage at once irreverent aud unsyntastic.
That's Forney all over but to my mind
the representation of sturdy old Ben. with
out swear to every other word, would be
prima .facie evidence of fiction. Fifteen
minutes as a gentleman would ruin sturdy
old Ben. by destroying his strong hold up
on the American heart, which is called
bluifness in him, but goes by the unsavory
title of boorishness in others.
But sturdy old Ben. says it's ID liz
and the question of yeracity comes up be
tween him and Mr.. Townsend, as to whe th
er he did or did not abuse Dir. Chase anC
the Cleveland Leader. | have seen gentle
men who were present at the conversation
and they concur in youching the truth o.
Mr.. Toynsend's statement, except that i
omits much of sturdy old Ben.'s blasphemy
Townsend addressed him respectfully as al
applicant for pass to the reporters gal
lsry, as the correspondent of the Leader
whereupon sturdy old Ben launched fort
into a torrent of blasphemous invectiv
against the leader as cd ID Chas
paper" and all that sort of thing. | al
glad of it. rejoice that Mr.. Seymour, c
the Times, and myself have found par
ner in distress. The Leader bounced O
me last fall, picked up sturdy old Ben
disclaimer and brandished it in my fac'
"G-d-d Chase paper" Ell! How doe
the Leader like it? When the scriptur;
ragamufhns made sport of a venerable GEL
tleman who had no hair on the top of hi
head in the place where the wool ought t
grow, grow, grow, the bears got after then
The Leader made more than sport of me
and a bear has got after it. The Leader
experience will be like mine, that ever
time you refer to sturdy old Ben's RECORD
you wake to ecstacy the living Tyre" unde
slight photographed modification
Won't somebody else try their hand &
the business? The noble army of maj
tyrs is increasing. Three id liars wi
do for a start-Seymour. of the New Yor
Times, the undersigned, and Mr.. Towr
send. All who want to join our brigad
mus. first call on sturdy old Ben. and writ
something about him. Sturdy old Ben
bluff old Ben dear old Ben sweet oil
Hen Truthful old Rem