Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-08-26
Governor Chase.

Governor Chase.
Our distinguished Chief Magistrate
graced the iute Commencement exercises
| of Dartmouth College, his Alma Mater. By
HE presence On his way there he passet
through the city of Concord New Hampshire
The lnaependent Democrat, published in
that city, on that occasion paid him The
compliment of the following brief biograph.
icsl sketch: sa fzef
This distin guished SOD Of New Hamp.
shire and present Governor of The grea'
State OF Ohio, visited this city, accompanied
bv his daughter. last Monday tarrying with
friends over to Tuesday, and the meeting o!
the Alumni st Old Dartmouth, where he
graduated in 1896. thirtv-two years ago
He 10 one Of the very few examples of the
compatibility Of true manliness and rigid
adherence to principle, With the attainment
of high position and eminent professional
success. 4
Salmon p. Chase was bern in Cornish in
thi5 ate, January i3, rs0s, and ia con.
ecqhently hfty-ye1rs old. Losing his father
At the early age Of 10 years. he was sent to
school q. Wortbineton, Ohio. under the
charge Of his uncle, Bishop Chase, and sub.
sequeutly removed with the Bishop to Cipcin-
natl, where be was studen, FOR some time
in Cincinnati Col ege. In 1924 he entered
the Junior class at Dartmouth. Soon sfter
graduating hs went to Washington City
where he taught school aud studied law at
the same time in the office OF that eminent
orator and juris,, William Writ While
there. he hrst became interested ia the cub
ject or slavery, and at the request Of a
Quaker friend, dfafted Petition to Con.
gress fer the Abolition OF Slavery and the
slave trade in the District Of Columbia.
which vas signed By 100 of the ci,izans
Of that district. In 1880 he wac admitted
to ihe bar BY the Circuit Court of the Dis.
trnt Of Columbia, and immediately removed
to Cincinnati. and entered upon the practice
Of the 'aw, He soon after conceived and
commenced the gigantic work Of compiling
and eodifying the psst and present laws Of
the State Of Ohio, work nf crest la5or
which he .ccomp lished in three years giving
70 the profession I work Of s,3oo octave
pages enriched by explanatory notes Of ell
the decisions pertaining to tho ssrversi
statutes. a. well as by valuable sketch Of
the history Of Ohio This work at once
established his reputation 10 scholar and
lawyer, and still stands monument Of bis
fame. 4
The next succeeding fifteen years Of his
life were years OF arduous snd successful
labor in his profession, in which he came
to stand among the foremost members Of
the Cincinnati bar True to his early con-
victions and sympathiss IN favor Of freedom,
he was engaged in nearly all the important
cases involving questions Of personal Free
dom. which are constantly arising upon the
border lines between the slave and free
States; and always conducted them with
eminent ability. Earnestly and lsboriously
devoted to his profession, party politics en-
crossed little Of his attention until the great
question of Texas annexation and ,he ex-
tension Of slavery by the National Govern
ment came in 1874, c.luminaied in the war
with Mexico and the events which folio wed
down 10 l848.
Mr.. Chase was one OF the leading archi.
tects Of the celebrated Buffalo Platform
which asserts that "Congrcss can 10 more
make a slave than il can make a king"
and ardently devoted himself to the cause
and principles inaugurated by that great
movement of the people, which though not
successful in electing the candidate was
successful in aronsing the country, and
r. Sing the question Of slavery extension 10
n national stand point from which II has
never fallen. Among the States most
thoroughly aroused in that campaign, was
Ohio. the Eegisla'ure Of which, at its next
session, elected Sslnson p, Chase to the |
United States Senate for six years. Howl
CALAMITY he bore himself in a body then
illustrated and il'us,rious by such men as
Clay, Calhoun, Benton snd Webster the
records Of Congress and the country viii
tell. Always wstchfuI. always able. and
always true, on all q"es.ions respecting hu
more thoroughly converssn, with all the
grsst interests Of the country. Ths public
treasury had no more vigilsnt sentinel, Of.
hrisi corruption, no more xeslous opponent,
national ecoHomy and the national honor,
no more devoted champion,s Left out of
Congress BY the resctionary ebb that follow.
ed the elec,ioh Of Pieroe and preceded the
of the Nebraska issue, he was
taken up by the people Of Ohio
and msde their Chief Magistrate in 1865