Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-03-16

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Douglas saw I'm moment he was
hopelessly caught, and attempted to re-
treat, but Wade bounced upon him, and
gave him a whitening rebuke, while the
chamber shook with roars of laughter.
Mr.. Douglas continued to badger
Wade. sometimes getting the better OF
him, but often getting roughly handled,
until Wade, worn out with defending
himself, determined to become the attack
ing party. Soon afterward the Little
Giant was bewailing the fate Of the ma
ton, and picturing the sad condition We
would be i'm il The Free-SOilers succeed
ed. Having worked himself up into pas
sion. when he was 1T the highest pitch,
Mr.. Wade rose in his seat, and said, with
indescribable GOODNESS;
WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
ABOUT TIP"
Douglas for a moment was surprised
and dumbfounded. and then attempted
to proceed; but the pith was Knocked out
of his argument, and the Senators all
smiled at his earnestness. Douglas sat
down in disgust.
Mr.. Douglas afteru ard said, sThat in
terrogatory of Wade's was the most eff
fectiYe speech l ever heard in
the Senate. COnfound the man,
it was so ridiculous. and
put so comically, knew not what an
swer to make him, and became ridiculou,
myself i'm not being able TO tell what /
was going TO do about it."
WHY DON'T YOU RUN AWAY.
1t used TO be customary for slaVes in
Washington to beg money from Northern
Congressman TO buy their freedom. A
poor but smart-looking boy accosted Mr..
Wade while in conversation with a
promiscuous company of Northern and
Southern Senators. and began to beg for
money to buy his freedom. Il never
give money TO buy slaves" said Mr..
Wade; when, seeing the pleasant looks
of the Southern men, he turned to the
boy and asked why the deYil don't
you run away ?'' The Southerners stared
at one another, and the darkey started
off with a new idea in his head, when
Mr.. Wade called him back, and, handing
him 10 bill, salt: "Here is $40 to pay
your expenses. Now, run away out OF
slavery. my boy, the first chance you
get.'
WADE AND TOOMBs.
Wade one day replied to TOombs, ct
Georgia, and TO all appearances used Ian
guage which would COMPEL him to chal-
lenge him. Several friends went to
Wade and begged him to desist, but the
old man grew more and more violent,
until ToOmbs indicated his intention of
calling Wade to account for the language
he was using, when Wade quietly sat
down. seemingly having accomplished
his object,
hn tbar OF -, nfh
er in surprise. and it was manifest to all
quarrel with ToOmbs.. That night a
friend of the Southern Senator called on
Mr.. Wade TO know If he would retract
the offensive words he had used.
NO, won't take back a word" was
Wade's emphatic req ly.
Then" said the friend of Mr.. Toombs.
''it will be necessary for Senator Toombs
to challenge you to mortal combat"
"This is just what | want. and we
might have got to the point without all
this palaver," said Wade.
you surely cannot be in earnest, Mr..
Wade," said the Southerner.
sWhy, of course | am. You see. sir.
we Northern men do not like to fight.
Now. am opposed to the code, and so
are my constituents; but you fellows
have broken Summers head and we
must spunk up little, or you will break
all our heads. The shortest way to end
this matter is to kill off few of you, and
/ have picked upon old Toombs as my
man; he will have 10 challenge me. Then,
of course, l will have the the choice of
weapons, and will take my old rifle and
- me if don't bring him down at the
first crack"
When Toombs heard of what Wade
said, he replied: Il can't challenge him !;
| if do he will kill me-"
1t appears that Toombs and Wade had
been out together shooting with rifle
several times. and, while Toombs could
shoot well with a pistol, he was poor
rifle shot. Wa.le was an old hunter, and
at a distance of 100 yards could hit a dol
lar almost every shot.
Mr.. Wade afterward said to the writer:
at old Toombs had challenged me that
time. as expected he would, l would
have made him put patch on his coat,
the size of dollar, over his heart, and
the old fellow would have got democrat
lied when he saw me drawing bead on
1t, and missed me. while ~ me if 1
wouldn't have cut the patch y
Not only did Toombs refuse to chal-
lenge Wade, but 10 Southern member
could ever be induced to send him chal-
lenge, no matter what he might say.
CHAsE'S OLD FROCK.
During the impeachment trial of Pres
ident johnson very amusing occurrence
happened one day between Mr.. Wade
and Mr.. Chase, who presided at the trial
The session was to open at II o'clock
NJ, and it was within twenty minutes of
that time, and the Chief Justice had not
made his appearance In the Vice Presi-
dents room. The hands of the clock
crept slowly but surely nearer the figure
II, when suddenly the door was thrown
open and in stalked the Chief Justice. He
walked hurriedly to the wardrobe, but
his robe OF Office was not upon its accus-
toned peg, nor on any peg. What was
TO be done! Pages were summoned;
this, that, and the other room, desk, and
drawer were examined, but no robe was
discovered. In the midst of this excite
ment the grim, honest old hero, Ben
Wade, made his appearance, with a nod
and grunt to the Hurried occupants of
the room. He walked to the nat-rack.
and, after depOsiting his hat, went 10 the
sofa on the other side of the room to
leave bis umbrella in a safe place. The
excitement was still going on when
Wade, after learning the cause of the
trouble. without entering into the furry
of the hunt, leaned over the sofa. and
with his umbrella hooked up an uncer-
tain looking black bundle. Seeing that
it was the long looked for robe, he held
it toward Mr.. Chase with. "Here, Chase,
here's yer Old frock you've been making
such confounded fuss about" The
pages smiled smile. The Chief Justice
was too overjoyed to do anything but
speedily get inside of his robe. and il on
that morning the crowded audience saw
the Chief Justice look retlder than usual.
they now know the cause OF it it was all
about that frOck.