The New York herald., 1868-05-09

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ofder rom time to time to supply the Euro
pean demand and to keep the English in good
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% sod hsa wades a. Preside.a.
Bets are freely offered In Wall street, and
not very freely taken, that the Senate will vote
the expulsion Of Andrew johnson from the
White House. The Hon. Ben Buffers predic-
ton Is upon record that "Old Ben Wade"
will be in full flower with the apple blossoms,
On Tuesday next the Senate win vote on the
articles Of impeachment, and, assuming that
the result will be Johnsons conviction, II will
carry with il his deposition from ONCE. On
Wednesday, then, "Old Ben Wade,p Presi-
dent pro tenn. OF the Senate, duly sworn in.
win formally assume the functions of President
ad interim of the United States, whether in
the White House or at his private lodgings,
temporarily awaiting the convenience of the
President dispossessed. ai r'ag, cd si39iat
| What, then, is the prospect under ..''Old Ben
Wade" as President in place Of Andrew John
son 2 Looking at the hard, unbending character
of the man, as q Puritanical, fanatical, rough,
remorseless and bigoted old line Ohio abo-
litionist, the republican party in this oueer fab
| viii catch Tartar. They will have escaped
Scyua only to be wrecked upon Charybdis.
They VIII be out Of the frying pan into the fire.
From the antecedents. the record and the
general reputation Of Mr.. Wade his politicsa
creed embraces q belief in human equality.
civil political and social, and embracing all
races and colors, ,s'excepting Indians not
taxed" belief in the policy Of South
ern a negro i. supremacy. 90 and ,S GO y m;,a
measure Of Southern conHscations" to supp,v
the landless loyal blacks with homesteads and
fixed interest in the soil; belief in the
propriety and expediency of HANGING Jeff
Davis and at least few Of his most con-
spicuous associate rebel leaders. in order that
treason may be properly rebuked and iustics
satisfied a belief in the, radica, doctrine tba,
Northern copperheads. are but Southern rebela
In another shane and that Nortbern ren,,hlca,
conservatives are only shade or two better
than copperheads; a belief that the virus Of
Southern slavery stll poisons the whole str,ctura
Of Southern society and Northern anti-r.d;cal
politics. and that sbarn remedies ara ,naaded IN
expel IL belief in the beneacence of osr-
eral division Of tho land. and wo.,th 80 ~.
country on somatbinc like a scala ~ ecn,o,;,,
among the inhabitants tbereof. and an.,,v
belief in womans riobts neoroe. and, ali o..
ex- -ounded bv Miss T,ucv stone and c.oo-r.
Francis Train. includioc tho r;oht NJ .,se.oo.
and the right to hold Office and tb. r,oht to
as. = primary elections. 3 saaisl
y Now. when these ueneral nr;nc;rlo. s,-,. n.
noliticaI character If !. man ,vbo !. ~. .o,. "a
the oldest of the old line ahoI;tion;st. -. mo.
saw that he il not a man To be triaad Nth NO,
one who win stand upon ceremonv .sb,d R.n
Wade" ia. in fact. a sort Of Wendell, pbi,,;ns IN
the roueb. His early train;no-tbat of q wood-
chopper-was inst the tbino. to maka of =.
Puritan bv nature in the backwoods 81 ~. Ohio
Western Reserve man who wonld bev hts
way through the ranks Of his enemies in
the remorseless stvle of Cromwells Round-
heads. The Ohio woodchopper will. therefore
be apt to prove q harder customer to the re-
publican party than the Tennessee tailor. In
the gentle and amiable Illinois railsplitter and
flatboatman the radicals were amused with the
idea that they had servant. while he was in
reality, their master. Abraham Lincoln, how
ever, with logical mind trained in the pro-
fession of the law, knew how to manage. and
apparently without an effort. the adroites>
ro0, ..s 90 MI "'u ".u ". vnsso Ca"
""u "''0 'no o'Ails' in vi" Don
".uo "o "m n"'e 'no raw ma'er'si VI 'ne
o "o-opp0'' ".o'0 po's0si euu0''on'
nAe 'na' o' 'onnSon mas Deen nAeo rom MS
ne.ce encounters WIN no'tle oachwooos poll
"clsn' ON the stump
we snail tnereiore' DC prepared ior some
eA'faoroinary developmenss OF policy under