Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-03-24
froa the n. Y. Evening Post.
A CHASE.

Among the changes which have taken place in
the com position OF the next Congress, most OF
which, We are happy to say. are tor the better,
there are some which we calIoi but greatly regret
OF this kind, is tho failure to re elect Mr.. Chase,
lot ONO, to the United States Senate, whuse place
is iii-surplied by MIR. Pugt, n man not at all dis
linguioied by character and capacity from the
raLDle Ut members whose votes, in the Congress
which recently CLOSED, passed the Nebraska Till.
If the election OF senator hy the Ohio Legislature
could have teen held under such circumstances as
to make it ii fair expression Of the popular will,
that is to say, If the choice had Leen made hy Il
legislature elected after tie passage Of the Neiras
XII bi!l, Mr.. Chase would have been returned to the
Senate by Il large majority.
We are sorry To lose Mr.. Chase from the Senate,
not merely On account vi the ability shown 10y
tim in the discussion Of the important questions
which have lately aeItaied the Union, and the un-
~linching courage with which he has maintained
what we esttem The right view OF those questions
but also on account of the confidence We had
learned to place III him vhrLeNcr other matters OF
Importance were brought before the Senate. We
shall miss his eluqueI.cc in tie debates of that
budy, the courtesy and dignity which graced the
pant he bore iii them, and his Conscientious ahstl
nclce from appeals to the prcjudices Of the day
hu. more than, this, We shall MISS the right,mihd
rdness Which made it II pleasure to watch his pub
lie conduct aud observe his votes. On the EulJccl
al slavery his course WAS predetermined. lie was
pledged to II certain policy, and we wanted no sc
curity fox his vote. 1t was in regard to cuntrover
sizes on ether topics that we had most occasion tc
admire his couisc. Mile olher ,nLprs Of CON
gross whOnl we esteem. hesitnled and doubted, lost
their way, and allowed themselves to be seduceC
into the support Of schemes devised for the emul
uments of individuals. Mr.. Chase brought with
him to Congress well settled principles OF legiSla
ZION which made his duty plain to him in all case,
Of this kind. aud neither fear nor the hope Of favor
has ever indu led him To desert them. We couiC
always rely on his vote in favor Of liberal CONNER
cial Legislation we could always count on his op
position to a corrupt or an extravaganza appropria
tipn; we could always depend up,n his ro.upera
ton to restrain the action ut the federal Sovcrnmcn
within It's proper sphere. We know If no membe
of Congress whose votes and speeches show Il II NOR
conscientious and steady reference to sound prin
ciplcs of legislation. lie has never been prevon,et
from voting right by the apprehension Of beiu.
misunderstood. Nut in u single instance has tina
powerful external pressure, which ut Washingtu
so often swayS the vote Of tho two houses. beel
able to crowd him from the ground which his DIV
honest convictions prom pied hin 10 take.
Purity CT intention is not enough n a publ
man, il must he accompanied by decided views {
puhliG duty as well us by iniieXlhie iirmness.-
The man who has false and confused notions {
how he ought To act in a public statiun, or who
naturally irresulute, often d O. as much miSchit
as 1t he were absolutely corrupt. The clearUc'
and consistency OF his views, and the fearless COZ
stancy with which he conforms his practice
them. juiT ed to his experience Of p%lrilmentar
life, would have made Mr.. Chase IL most impurtaI
associate Of the able and true men who have r.
Gently been elected to the United States Senate,