The New Orleans crescent., 1868-04-03

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q Lord. Lord. how his world Il given to lying.r
But whether the lying u done by sturdy old Ben.
Wade Il, with unparalleled unanimity by ell who
undertake 70 vrits about him, mot settled ques-
last fall-I wrote about Il 70 the Commercial.
leDethfly, and III swear truthfnIly-but sturdy
old Ben. said Il Wa al 9 id lie. He never said
Grant talked horse oh, 20, not he and Is for
the profanity with which that letter Of mine was
%sss On N.Y. ny ps1 HsHi Be- q % Ss III
swore b my life, said sturdy old Ben. in denying
the contents Of that letter, and made other high
toned remarks which couldn't tinsertin the Com
wsdese- the American court language Of the near
"Misefy Ioves company and am happy to
know that am not alone 10 the enjoyment Of
sturdy old Ben.'s wssthful denupcistion. had
editors Of the New York Tines, to whom sturdy
old Ben. gave the lie for the report Of his sgrarsn
speech in Kansss, and on the question Of verscity
thus growing up. Forney assured the country
SonS-WScS 81 take 70 Ss fair Warning n so to st. sturdy
old Ben.s bondholders 70 sell out st sacrifice.
To Mr.. Seymour Of the Times, and the Infamous
and unprlnciplsd Mack Of the Commercial is now
Sssn suds os
Ben. Forney decides the case against Townsend
- circumetantial evidence, to wit: The use Of
profane and ungrammatic language. He says it
can not be true that sturdy old Ben. spoke III Of
have done it In language at once irreverent and
unsyntactic. That's Forney all over. but to my
mind the representation Of sturdy old Ben. with
ont o swear to every other word, would be primG
gentlemen would ruin sturdy old Ben. by de-
sfroying his strong hold upon the American heart,
which is called blutIness In him, but goes by the
unsavory title Of boorishness In others.
Bat sturdy old Ben. ssys it's add lie, and the
question OF veracity comes mp between him aud
Mr.. Townsend, - to whether he did or did not
abuse Mr.. Chase and the Cleveland Leader. /
have seen gentlemen who were present at the
conversation, and they concur In vouchng the
Il omits much Of sturdy old Ben.s blasphemy.
Mr.. Townsend addressed him respectfully as an
applicant for pass to the reporters gallery, as
the correspondent of the Leader; Whereupon
sturdy old Ben. launched forth into torrent Of
G. id Chase papsr,v and all that sort Of thing.
I sm glad Of It. I rejoice that Mr.. Seymour, OF
the s1imes. and myself have found . partner In
distress. The Leader ponnced on me last fall,
ished II In my face. Odd Chase paper,v
eli: How does the Leader like It, When the
scrptural raRamuf6ns made sport of q venerable
gentlemen who had no hair on the top OF his head
n the place ~ where here the WOOL ,S Susl' tS sOw
der made more than sport Of me, and the bear
has got after it. The Leaders, experience will be
ike mine, that every time you refer TO sturdy old
Ben.'s record, you wake to ecstacy the living
Tyre rDder slight photographed modification.
Won't somebody else try their hand at the busi-
nesss The noble army Of martyrs Is increasing.
Three d--d liars. win not do for sstart-Seymour,
Of the New York Times, the undersigned and Mr..
Townsend All who want TO join our brigade
must call on sturdy old Ben. and write something
about him. Sturdy old Beni bluh old Ben dear
old Ben sweet old Ben truthful old BenI ~
Notwithstanding Mr.. Wade's we'll known and
often svowed hostility to Chase, streak Of good.
ness comes over the old man once 10 while, aud
he relaxes occasionally the vgor Of his snimosity.
An instance occurred few days ago. One OF
that class Of people which was 90 large in the
days Of dnelinR--whose businessis the divine one
of peace making. and who are known generally
as the friends TO both parties f-called on Mr..
Wade and suggested that in order to secure the
support Of Mr.. Chase's friends in the next cam
paign be Wade) had bettsr, when 10 the presi-
dental chair appoint the chief justice minister to
England. This, with the assurance from the
" friend Of both parties that it would heal all
wounds, reconcile all differences, make every thing
lovely. and elevate the anserine bird on q lofty
pinnacle. Mr.. Wade is described to me-andI
get the story direct from "the friend to both
parties "as struck with the newness Of the idea.
and convert at once. " I'll think over it, said
he. Or is this another id liey