Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-20

Mr.. Wade was one said: "The ma
iority have rights and duties, and I /
trust there Is fidelity enough to them |
selves and their principles and to their /
country, in the majority to stand to- /
gether at all hazar DIS and crush this |
facfious minority.
Instantly MF. Wade spFang to his |
feet and shaking his Est at Toombs |
reared out Have a care, sir; have a /
care. You can't crush me, nor my /
people. You never can conquer US F.;
we will die first. | may fall here In the /
Senate chamber, but I will never make /
any compromise with any such men, /
You may bring a majority and out /
vote me, but, so help nae God, l viii /
neither compromise nor be crushed
That's what I say to your threat"
A Southern Senator one day said |
roughly to Wade. IF you don't stop
your abolition doctrines, we will break /
up the Union, We will secede, sir p
Wade held out his hand, and said COM
leally, "Good-by Senator. If you are
gong now L pray yoa don't delay a
moment on my account.
Senator Evans, of South Carolina, |
a very grave and good old man, one
day was exhibiting Ia the Senate
chamber and speaking of a copy of
GarrisOn's LibeEatOf. with its horri-
bic pictures of slaYerT Turning to
Mr. Wade, who sat near him. he said:
rs It not too bad that such a paper
should be allowed 10 exist? Why
will not the authorities Of the United
States suppress such a slanderOus
sheet? Can it be possible that any pat
riOtic citizen of the North will tolerate
such an abomination 2" Senator Wade
put on his spectaeles. and looking at
the title Of the paper exclaimed IN
surprise Why Senator Evans, in
Ohio, we consider this one of our best
family papers!'' The Senators roared;
but Mr.. Evans, who had great respect
for Mr.. Wade turned sadly away say
ing, = am sorry to hear you say 50,
Mr.. Wade it show whittier we are
drifting"
Notwithstanding Mr.. Wade's bitter
opposition to the slave power, the
Southern men always respected aud
liked him. Mr. To0mbs, the Georgia
fre-eater, said to him, in the Senate:
my friend from Ohio puts the matter
squarely. He is always honest and
outspOken and straight forward, and |
wish to God the rest of you would i'm
itate him. He always speaks out like
/ a man. He says what is the difference,
and it is. He means what he says
you don't always. He and / can agree
about everything on earth except our
sable population. "
Such was the opinion the fre-eaters
entertained of Mr.. Wade. There was
not one of them but believed him a
thoroughly honest and brave man
! They respected him for his sincerity
and fidelity to his principles, while
they hated and despised the cringing
and faWning rotten doughfaces of the
North. There was not a Northern
! denagogue in Congress who would not
have given gladly all his ill-gOtten re-
putation to have had such a cOmpli-
ment paid him by a Southren Senator
as was paid by Mr.. Toombs to Senator
| Wade.
| In personal appearance. Mr.. Wade
/ is at the present time a rather heavy
set man, about five feet eight inches
/ III hight, dark skinned, and very
| healthy looking. His eyes are small,
! deep set in his head, and jet black
They are restless, snap and fash, and
when he is angry, shine like Goals of
! fire. Two tufts Of hair on his per
/ trudiug forehead answer for eyebrows,
and the hair 90 his head runs down In
/ a sort Of DeninsulaztoEard his nose,
1 both sides of the head, over the tenn
/ pies, being naturally bald, almost to
! the crown. He is slightly stopped, but
walks without cane, and is sprightly
and active. His jaws are firm and
and large, the upper one being strong
and compact. The lips are full and
round, the upper one doubling at the
corners Of his mouth over the lower
which gives the Senator a ferOcious
and savage sort of look; and this it is
that causes so many persons to misun-
/ dersrand the true character of the man,
/ and mistake him for a fierce, hard,
cold man; when he is, in reality, one
of the Warmest, kindest-hearted men
In the world. His face is not hand
some one, and if you examine it in
detail, you will say he is an ugly man;
and yet there Is In that face a sort Of
rough harmony, an honest bluff heart
mess that makes you like it. There is
nothing weak, bad or treacherous
looking about it, and when he speaks
the features light up, and the mobiliz-
ed eOUutenance gives to the straight
forward words such an interest that
you no longer remember his hom eli
ness at all. When sitting silent or
listening, he has a way Of looking at
one with his piercing black eyes, that
often disconceTts a rascal or dishonest
man, and is often most annoying to the
innocent and honest You feel he is
reading you and weighing closely your
motives for what you are saying
There is no use in trying to deceive OF
lie to old Ben. Wade; if he don't find
you o ut and hint at your motives rest
assured he understands you, and only
keeps his belief to himself, because he
, does not desire to wound your feelings
He can put this and that together and
find man out almost instiDctlvely. He
is painfully sharp, and on this account
quite disagreeable to persons who have
, a loose way of expressing themselves
without regard to facts. We don't
think Wade ever owned such a thing
as a fDger-ring or breast-DiD. He
dresses in plain black and wears
= stan ding collar of the old style, aud il
always scrupulously clean. Always
talkative and lively when out of biz
seat, is silent, grave and thoughtfu
> when in the Senate Chamber. Any
one who looks at him from the CALLER
2 les dS u6 SitS uhliy III LHE lCC I E6Sl
!, dents chair, presiding over the delib
erations of the highest tribunal in tht
land, will-ss6 IN his quiet Tepose a pic
ture of real strength and dignity sucl
, as should characterize the American
J, Senator. Looking at him in his sea
d to-day one can imagine what mus
e have been the feeling on the Southern
side of the Senate when nearly twelv
IS years ago he rose in that chamber, Of
o the day after Charles Sumner ha,
n been stricken down by Brooks, an
p uttered those memorable words: mi
s President, if the hour has arrived /
e the history of this Republic when il
IT Senators are to be sacrificed and pa
Is the forfeit of their lives for opinions
sake, I know of no filter place to di
y than in this chamber, with our Senat
u robes around us; and here, if necei
sary, I shall die at my post and in m
> place for the liberty of debate and fre
le discussion"