Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-04-07
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.

The Republican papers throughout the
country are industriously engaged in dis
cussing the qualifications, strength and
availability Of the several candidates for
the Chicago nomination. The White Cloud
(Kansas) Cief, not wishing to be behind
its contemporaries veu,ilasss its opinions
Of the aspirants for the Republican nomi-
nation for President. Its first choice is
EDWARD BATES, but would be satisfied with
SEWARD or LINCOLN, while iss opinion Of
Chase, Cameron and Carl Schurz, 10 any.
thing bu. hsusriLy. We append thu. por
ton Of the article relating to the last nam
I'd individuals -
"Tbe friends Of Chase, principally con
6ned to wire workers in Ohio, ere making
desperate effort in his behalf. lie wo'd
be the weakest candidate Of the four we
have named but nevertheless, he will be
offered. We think he now occupies the
highest position he will ever attain, and
the highest he deserves. Chase, through
his friends. has ever been graspisg; and .
Republican paper in Ohio .ru y says that
he wants everything We first fad him
. leader Of miserable At clifton in faction
Ohio, receiving present Of silver pitcher
from tbs niggers. A. leader of the Aboli
tienists, be directed the power OF the par
y, and every other means within his reach
TO assis: in defeating Henry Clay and ex-
esptiag james Buchanan, Clay never had
viler slsnderer than that same Abolition
faction. No man who reveres the memory
Of Hesry Clay, can ever support Chase
for the high office Of which he aided in
defrauding Clay, without first sitting his
feelings and his recollection. We next
End Chase' friends dickcriag with the De-
moeratic members OF The Ohio Legisla-
ture, 10 secure bis election to the United
States Senate, in which they we're success
full. Now he is in the Republican ranks
grabbing ter the big loaves and fishes
Always favoring the Democrats, in their
warfare against the Wings, he aow seeks
honors at the hands of party composed
three four,bs Of old Wings. When his
6rst term in the Senate expired, bis friends
foisted him into the Gabernatorial chair of
Ohio, and reelected him FOR second term
At the close Of that term, the Sen.torsbip
was again vacant, and Rnbody but Chase
was fl for tho Office. His strikers, from
enc end Of the State to the other, roundly
abused every person who had the temerity
to prefer another man, and disparaged the
merits and abilities OF every rival candi.
date Chase was elected and now, even
| hocoso ho hos ootarod uoo, H.. -
duties, his agents have the impudence &c
endeagor to thrust him into the Presi.
dency. when he should rest content with
what he has But Chase's failing ever
was = morbid ambition for place, and hs
never scrupled to ride into power over The
heads of his friends and bet,ers This trait
was exhibited when he was member Of
the Abolition faction, in his treatment o.
Samuel Lewis, one Of tho purest men the
State of Ohio ever possessed. Politically
Chase is a hog!
lone of the four men above named, vii
in all probability be the nominee for We
think the chances of Cameron amount I,
about a. much as Cameron himself-al
hu.nbug. A we have said, Seward seem.
to have the lead now but the action o.
the Charleston Convention, and Other
events, may have q great Influence in di
rccting the choice Of the Chicago Con-
veniion.
"The principal man in the Yves. who
is doing all in his power to create dissen
sion and i'll feeling in the Opposition rank.
is leather-he1 dca Dutchman in Wiscon
sin, named Carl .Sthurz-Mc leader o.
those German radicals and imprdeticable,
who imagine that they hold the destiny o.
the country in IN their hands, and Mredte,
10 boh If they do not get their first choice
II il were rot that Wisconsin il 90 strong
y Republican that she sanuot be anything
else, Schurz would have driven her in dis.
gust to the Democracy long ago. Severa
years aimee, when he had been in The
United States scarcely long enough 10 &C
quire > citizenship, the Republicans o,
Wisconsin put him forward ~ their can
dida,s for Lieut.. Governor and, although
the Stats went largely Republican for thu
balance Of the ticket, he vas defeated. -
Not satisfied with this popular verdict
the Republicans Of that State still persis,
in putting him forward upon every occa.
sioa. they have recently appointed him
one Of the Delegates n large TO tho Chi
cago Convention. and he seized upon the
occasion 10 make rabid speech, 10 which
he took particular pains to abuse the
Whigs, and other Oppostionists, who have
not fully ideatifed themselves with the
Republican party, but are willing to CO.
operate with il to defeat the Democracy.
The Wisconsin Delegates are instructed
TO vote for seward, and this emission Of
Schurz was thrust st Bates. Such men
are not calculated to do any party great
deal Of good, 10 the way Of conciliaIion
and harmony. Everything must be done
according to their faasticsl actions or
they are Of II their object 10 to rule or
ruia, the sooner they are Oh tho bs.tsr.'