The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-05-12
A Battle Cry against Political Treason.

! A letter Of Senator Wade Of Ohio, abou
which so much has been said, deAouncinl
the Southern policy Of the President de tdcto
was first published by the Nee York. Time
yesterday 1t will be read with intense in
tcrest by every class of citizens;
JEFFERSON, Ohio, April o 1877.
| Mr.. [. II. PaiHter, Washington, II. e.:
Ny DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 5tl
was duly received. You ask whether | re
member what | said in favor OF Presiden
Hayes in my endeavor to procure his nomi
nation at the Cincinnati Convention. | d.
remember it, after what has since TRANSFERRED
with Indignation and bitterness OF soul thai
Il never felt before. You know with wha
untIring zeal labored for the emancipation
OF the slaves Of the South, and to procure JUS
tice for them before and during the time
was in Congress, and | supposed Gov. Hayes
was IN full accord with me on this subject
But have been deceived, betrayed, and even
humiltated by the course he has taken, to q
degree that have not language to express
During the first month of his administration
we find hun Closeted with two of the worst
and most malignant enemies OF the Col0red
race that can be found IN all that slave.curs.
ed region, and there consulting with those
malciaCtors how best he can put these cOloreG
people under the iron heel OF their most bit
ter enemies ard reduce them to condition
infinitely worse than before they were made
free. feel that have emancipated these
people, and then TO leave them unprotected,
would be Il crime as Infamous as to have re-
duced them to slavery when they were free.
And for Hayes to do this to the men who had,
at the hazard Of their lives, given HIM the
votes without which he never could have had
the power to do this terrible injustice,
No doubt he meditates the destruction OF
the party that elected him. A contemplation
of all this fills me with amazement and mex
presslblc Indignation. My only consolation
is that history informs me that better men
than ever pretended to be, have in like man
ner been deceived. Some have attempted to
excuse him by saying that he means well, but
hell is paved with just such good intentions.
Truly yours, Is. +. WADE.
These are the words of man who means
what he says. Mr.. Wade was a Republican
before Hayes was born. lie was one of the
founders of the Republican party. He fought
the battles against the champions Of slavery
before the party was organized, and through.
out lts long and memorable career he has
borne conspicuous part in all its great strug-
giles. His name appears IN every page OF It's
history, and his bold, faithful, uncompromis-
ing devotion to its principles is known and
appreciated Of all men.
MIR. Wade has never more faithfully uttered
the sentiment OF those who are Republicans
in spirit and in truth, than in the letter quoted
above. What he says Of the sO.calied policy
of Mr.. Hayes is precisely what all earnest Re
publicans think and ieel.
And yet, as Mr.. Wade says, Hayes proposes
to destroy the Republican party and set up Il
bastard Wing party in its place in his own
interest Truly says the Good Book Though
thou shoudst bray tool in mortar among
wheat with pcAlIe, yet will not his foolish
ness depart from him The example of Ty-
Ter and Of Johnson might have warned him,
but he would not be instructed. His punish.
mcnt cannot be avoided, or long delayed; and
1t will be adequate to his otlences.-N. !.
ISUV.