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Show Old Ben Wade, from whom very little has been heard in lato years, but who was knowirbcforc and during tho late sectional war as a violent abolitionist, who advocated the mct extreme measures of radical reconstruction, recon-struction, comes out in a letter to a friend, published in the Heuald today, to-day, breathing fury and vengeance towards President Hayes, whom he charges with having deceived him and betrayed his parly in his southern policy. Mr. Wade does not attempt to conceal his anger, and raves like a madman. What effect his tirade will have upon the republican party cannot be predicted. It is possible that he will iind somo follower and that a few congressional politicians in extreme radical districts may deem it wise to oppose the policy of the administration, but tho present indications indi-cations are that tho president will be sustained in withdrawing the federal troops from South Carolina and Louisiana Lou-isiana by tho largo majority of the members of both political parties, and that very little excitement will be aroused by the bitter antagonism to this peaceful policy by any faction that may bo organized under the head of Wendell Phillips and lit'n Wade. |