Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
fFrom the Cincinnati chronicle 9th ult ]
Mess MEETING at Marrow.


There was a general turn out of
Warren County people at Morrow
Yesterday afternoon to hear Hon. B.
F. Wade and Hon. ]. H. Warrick.
The latter entertained the audience for
an hour with argument and aneedote
with good effect, being frequently ap-
plauded The chairman of the meet
ING, Dr. Roop, then introduced Ex-
Senator Wade as ''the old war horse
of Republicanism," and he was greet
ed with enthusiastic cheering. His
line of remark was similar, in the
main, to that pursued at Salem and at
Xenia, as already reported in our col
umns.
In regard to the Congressional cleo
ton in the Third District, Judge
Wade said the Democrats were giving
their attention to an effort to check
mate Grant when elected, by getting
as many members of Congress as
they could. He therefore charged
them to look we'll to the Congression
al Districts. Your nominee in this
District, Mr.. Smith, is a man who is
every way well worthy of not only
your confidence and esteem, but of
election by rousing majority. Take
care of your elections of Congress
men, end the Presidential election will
take care of itself.
The opposition parade in all their
papers as a reason for their course,
that the Republican party has done SO
do that way in your private affairs
When a man has performed a job to
your satisfaction, you don't on that
account, drop him and take stran
ger. TCries of That's So" Only
the Almighty governs without any
mistake. He has conducted the af
fairs of the universe to the satisfac-
ton of all right minded men, but
none of US, take it, would want to
change Him for another magistrate
that sits in another place. Great
laughter Now; to stay up the hands
of that emineRtly wise, patriotic and
just magistrate, President Grant,
whom the people will elect in Novem-
Der, 1 say elect your Congressman in
October by such majorities that the
question of reconciliation will be set
tied; that the Democrats will be for
ever reconciled. That's Mr.. Greeley's s
favorits word. He goes around cry
ing, like revival preacher, "Be ye
reconciledw not. to God, but to the
rebels.
Of Hon. Oakes Ames and the Pa
cifc Railroad "Credit Mobilier'' fabri-
cation, Judge Wade said:
/ / know Mr.. Oakes Ames, wealthy
business man of Boston, whose word
with his neighbOrs, wherever he is
known, is as good as his bond, and
no one who knows him will believe a
word of these charges. He con-
demned these sweeping charges
against public men. His hearers
know that it is not the practice of the
people to put up men for Congress
who are open to charges of fraud and
villainy. l was eighteen years among
them, and have never known dis
honorable proposition made to Con-
gresham. When you find a proved
case against a Congressman, don't
spare him; but these sweeping charges
J against public men are d;shOnorable
to those who make them. They fire
quently originate in transactions in
the lobby. Some lobbyist finds ou
that a member of Congress is going
to vote for a measure. The lobbyist
then goes to some friend of the meas
ure who is green in the business and
makes him believe he can have an in
1uence with the member, and gets {
large lobby fee, which the man thai
" pays it thinks goes to procure a vote
| And then the story goes out that suct
a member of Congress sold his vote
when the member of Congress neve
knew anything about the business.
As to these wholesale charges
+ against the Republican party, what
e ever. just cause of =coEnFlaint-has ex
> isted has been owing to the men wht
have gone off to Cincinnati and callet
themselves Republican Democrats
[Cheers.]