, 1868-05-22
The COMING Man.

" "haek, " in letter to the Cincinnati Commsr.
aal, turned loose the following tart and trench.
ant paragraph on "old Ben. Wade -
"Lord, Lord, how this world is eiyeu 10 ".
ing" But whether the lying ls done by sturdy
old Ben. Wade is, with unparalleled unanimity
oy All who undertake TO write about him, not 4
settled question yet. l had an Interview with
sturdy Ben. last fAll-I wrote about It In the
Comnereidl, lengthlly, and I'll swear truthfully
but sturdy old Ben. sWore Il was a id lie,
he never said Grant talked horse oh no. moi
ne and as for the profanity with which tha,
letter WAs favored, why, bless your soul, that
was pure malice on my part "I'l be id 70
bell If ever swore In my life," said sturdy old
Ben. in denying the contents Of that letter and
made other high-toned remarks impossible 10
insert 10 the Commercial without a translation
nom the. original Benwadese-the American
court language OF the near future, gentle reader.
MISERY loves company" aud am happy to
know that an not alone In the enjoyment OF
sturdy old Ben. 3 wrathful denunciation, Ihad
previously an associate in the person of enc OF
'he editors OF the New York 7Snses, TO whom
sturdy old Ben. gave the lie for the report of his
agrarian speech in Kansas, and on the question
OF Veraeity thus growing up, FOrney assured the
country that sturdy old Ben.'s word was as good
as bis bond, which take to be fair warning 10
sturdy old Gems bondholders to sell out sac
rifce. To Mr.. Seymour, of the Tmes, and the
Infamous and uuprincipled Mack, of the Conner.
eiaI, is now added Mr George Alfred Townsend,
who, it seems, has been grossly slanderiug sturdy
oid Ben Forney decides the case against Town
send as cireumstantial evidence, to wit: the use
of profane and ungramstic language. He saws
it cannot be true that sturdy old Ben. spoke in
OF Mr.. Chase, because Townsend represents him
to have done 1t in language at once irreyerent
and unsyntactic. That's FCrney, all over; but
to ~ mind the representation of sturdy old Ben,
without swear to every other word would be
Primd fdeie evidence of fiction. Fifteen minutes
as gentleman would ruin sturdy old Ben, by
destroying bis strong hold upon the American
heart, which is called bluffness in him, but goes
BY the unsavory title of boorishuess in Others.
But sturdy old Ben. says its id lie, and
the question OF Veracity comes up between him
and Mr.. Townsend, as 10 whether be did not
abuse Mr.. Chase and the Cleveland Leader. l
have seen gentlemen who were present at the
conversation, and they concur in vouching for
the truth of Mr.. Townsend's statement, except
that be omits much Of sturdy old Ben.'s blasphe-
my. Mr.. Townsend addressed him respectfully
as an applicant for a pass TO the reporters gal
lery, as the correspondent of the Leader, where,
upon sturdy old Ben. launched forth into a tor
rent Of olasphemous invective against the Leader
as cd id Chase paper" and all that sort
of thing. am glad of it. | rejoice that Mr..
Seymour, OF the Times, and myself have found a
partner in distress. The Leader pounced on me
last fall, picked up sturdy old Ben.'s disclaimer
and brandished it in my face. "G-d id
Chase paper" ehl and how does the Leader like
itf When the scriptural ragsmufins made sport
OF venerable who bad no hair on the top of bis
head in the place where the wool ought to grow,
grow, grow, the bears got after them. The
Leaders experience will be like mine, that every
time you refer to sturdy old Beu.s record you
are sure to "wake the living Tyre" under a
slight photographed modification. Won't some.
body else try their hands at the business2 The
noble army of martyrs is increasing. Three
id liars will do for a start-Seymour of the
New York Times, the undersigned and Mr. Town
send. All who want to join our brigade must
first call on sturdy old Ben. and write something
about him. Sturdy old Ben bluff old Ben
dear old Bee sweet old Ben truthful old Benl