New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-04-20


We are confident that the entire Republican
press of the country will join most heartily with
us in an earnest appeal TO glorious old Ben
| Wade" TO reconsider his refusal TO allow his
name to be used in connection with the pomi-
| nation for Governor of Ohio. The work To
which he has devoted the best years of his life
is not finished yet. and in no way can he now
/ give so effective finale 10 it as by acceptipp a
nomination which, We are assured, will be ten
dered to him with a unsnimity so cordial. earn
/ est, and enthusiastic. The nomination of Mr..
/ Wade will not only be an assurance in advance
| of success but il will place Ohio at the head of
| the Republican column, with one of its old
| thirty thousand maiorities. Such result will
have inspiring effect on the Presidential
campaign of 1872, arousing and terminating
the Republican party throughout the country
and giving promise of such victory as will
forever put an end to the Democratic threats of
restoring slavery and reviying the crushed is
sues of the rebellion. These hopes and antici
pations can only be shown to be futile by an
overwhelming defeat in all coming contests
! triumph Just such we are confident no one
can so effectively accomplish in Ohio as Mr.
Wade
We have recently spent two months in daily
companionship with Mr.. Wade and can fully
understand why he has become entitled to the
public life who have attained undisputed title.
among all parties, to this distinction Mr., Lin.
coin and Mr.. Wade being the exceptions among
the eminent men of the present generation
Both possessed the same traits of character
being distinguished for open and manly ex.
preston of sentiment neither wayering nor
changing to catch the popular breeze, and a
freedom from trlckery or chlcaneTy to ensure
success. Neither of them ever entered into
Ill;
sonal preferment Mr.. Wade was originally
elected to the Senate whilst travelling his cir
cult as judge, and was twice reelected with
out taking any personal part in the contest. So
with Mr. Lincoln, even when nominated to the
Presidency, and re-nominated for a second
term the fist was unexpected, and the latter
a spontaneous call from the rank and file of his
countrymen. Their hard common sense and
plain matter of fact treatment of all subjects
enabled them to cope with the most eloquent
and experienced debaters, and few men of the
present century have been listened to with
greater interest or have influenced and swayed
the popular mind to wider extent In kind
ness OF heart, and amiability of temper in
purity OF purpose, and In respect for the rights
and opinions OF others, those two Western
statesmen were perfect counterparts whilst at
the same time it would have been difficult to
IND any who were more tenacious of their own
rights and opinions. or who have shown more
bravery or boldness in expressing and main
tanning them.
MIR. Wade is to-day although far advanced
in life, possessed of more energy, activity, and
executive capacity than most men twenty years
his junior. In recent letter to the Cincin-
natl Gazette General Boynton thus speaks of
has performance of the duties of President Of
the Santo Domingo Commission, which so fully
expresses what we proposed to say in this con
nectlon that we appropriate it, and ndorse it
TO the fullest extent:
80 far as the official portion of the party
was concerned, Mr.. Wade was its brains and
practical director. His associates were very
able In their way. 1t was not an ability, how
ever, that could work on hour after hour with
steady purpose and definite plan, holding the
work prescribed by the resolution solely in |
view, aud bending every effort to perform it /
WIN the utmost promptness consistent with |
such thoroughness as was possible. His com
mon sense In the matter soon caused him to be |
regarded by all on board the Tennessee as the |
one leading spirit of the Commission. From
first to last, those who had known Mr.. Wade |
for many years in Washington, were surprised |
at his ylgor OF mind as well as strength Of |
body. He seemed younger and stronger, both !
mentally and physically, than when he vacated |
The ice Presidents chair in the Senate. Quiet |
and rest have restored the waste which the |
severe political duties of the war and its sue |
ceeding years had caused, and today, for any |
public work which may be demanded of him !
be rs both younger and stronger and in mind |
and body more vigorous than when he left the !
service
Throughout he was the plain. practical /
matter of-faCt His rrtfpusses3ion and /
hard common sense never deserted him. Those |
who had known him longest, and admired him |
always, were most surprised at the vigor he |
displayed and the executive ability he proved |
himself in so large a degree to possess thou Oh |
they had ever credited him with no small por-
ton of either. Where daily and hourly con
tact served to dwarf others, he steadily grew in |
the respect and esteem of all As to the duty !
he was sent to perform it was honesty of pur- |
pose that marked his course rather than the /
partisan support of annexation that has been /
widely attributed to him. And when the whole |
work was over, and the report made, he, more |
than any other one man, Is believed here to |
have decided the President to do what was so |
gracefully done to remove the whole matter .
from the list of questions which were distract
ing the party. Bat. American.