Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-07-12
Senafnr Chase, Of Ohio.

The whg papers of the South are IN the daily
habit of chasing Chase, the free-soi senator from
Ohio. as a democrat. This is especially the case
with the Nashville Banner. Andyet MT ShaSe
was an original whig He supported van buren,
for President in 1913 against Gen. Cass and help
ed draw up the Buffalo platform He has no 9TH
err pretentions to democracy than he derives from
this source We may then call Chase Wing
and hold the wings responsible for his conduct
with the same proprety that the wings can Hale
and Rantoul democrats: but he never acted. and
never professed to act, with the democratic party
of the Union
Referring to a recent speech of Chase's, in which
no calIod himself asdemocrat," the Southern
Press saws: 1.-THE Press has no faith in eitherthe
democratic or wing party, and criticses both freely
and unfortunately: -Nosh. Ban
.sPrior to the Mexican the democratic party
of Ohio was in harmony with the Southern de.
mocracy. The democracy of Ohio had adopted
the principles of free trade and supported cordial
Ilv the annexation of Texas. The wing party op-
nosed both measures-but both parties dlsavowed
and repudiated the Abolition or Liberty party, Of
which, Mr. Chase who had been whig, was one
of the leaders Mr.. Chase was strenuous oppo-
nent of the annexation of Texas and the extension
of Slavery. and was in favor of aboshlng 1t in
this District and in the territories, and in the dock
wards and arsenals, and opposed to the election
of Shareholders for president. lie was even hos
tile to Mr.. Clay for supporting the Missouri Com
promise.
oIn 1847, the Ohio legislature instructed the
Ohio Senators in Congress to support the WilmOt
Proviso-thc vote consisting of the wings OF that
body. and large portion of the democrats. But
in 1848. Mr.. Weller was nominated by the dem
oerats for governor and in the canvass denounced
the Wilmot proyiso. He received the cordial sup
port of the party, and was almost elected. In the
same year. Gen. Cass, on his Nicholson letter. re-
ceived the vote of the democracy and of the State
for President. But Mr.. Chase opposed Mr.. Wei
Ter and General Cass, and supported the abolition
candidate Martin Van Buren, for President
i Nav. Mr.. Chase went to the Buffalo Convention,
was on the committee of Resolutions, and drafted
those that were adopted, or some of them. Such
was the position of Mr.. Chase at the close of 848
He had passed from the wing party to the liberty
party, and from that to the freesoil party, which
| nominated and supported Van Buren,. He had
never acted cih the Democracy Of Ohio, but ARRAYS
opposed it.
1848 and the lower House disorganlEed for
A lone time in consequence of the contested cleo
lion in Hamilton county. The Democrats IN the
House were not numerous enough to admit the
Democratic claimants; but lacked two votes
There were two freesoers in the House that were
friends to Mr. Chase, and, after long struggle,
these votes went over to the Democratic claimants
and then was elected Mr.. Chase to the Senate of
J the United States, by the unanimous vote OF the
Democratic and these frce-soil members. 1t was
coalition precisely like that by which Sumner
was elected only much more sudden and uneX-
pected. By the terms Of the coalition the Hamll-
ton Democratic claimants were to be seated Mr..
, Chase elected to the Senate, and Mr.. Spading, a
| Cass Democrat to the Supreme bench, and others
to other offices. So much for the assumption in
Mr.. Chase's speech that he was elected as Dem
ocrat. Mr.. Chase knows that but for the two free
soil votes he influenced in the House. he never
f would have visited even the dreams of the Ohio
: democracy, their candidate for the Senate But
a that Democracy supported the annexation of Tex
as, in 1914, the Wilmot Proviso, in 1847, MIR.
Weller, who bitterly opposed it in l848, and also
General Cass who equivocated about it, and then
elected Mr.. Chase in the beginning of $40. Such
is the sort Of party, this veering to every point
of the compass to obtain majority that the South
a is called upon by supplemented gentle
y men to confde in for the preservation of her
i rights,
: We commend this extract to the the considera
ton of the Banner, and hope We shall hear from
= that paper more of Chase's democracy.