Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-08-23
The Public Credit---Mr. Chase.

One OF the most gratifying proofs of
the healthfulness Of public sentiment at
this extraordinary crisis is the just and
discriminating appreciation which has
been given to the Secretary of the
Treasury, for the manner in which he
has met the financial exigencies of the
Government and the country, in the re-
port just submitted to Congress. 1t
cannot be questioned that, at such a
time az the present, the greatest civil
ian is in some danger of being over
looked, amidst the crowd of gallant
warriors; and that the most inconsider-
able soldier who sgnalizes his courage
in an unsuccessful slirmish, or an in
discreet advance, may win more fame
and admiration than the man who sug
@ests or promotes measures of the
largest utility to the people. Military
renown is, at all times, seducing to both
those who receive and those who confer
it; and it is only natural that III these
exciting days, popular attention should
be chiefly fixed upon those honorable
lists where the prize to be won is so at
tractive that the highest talents are put
in requisiton, and all their force and
splendor exhibited in the struggle. 1t
must, therefore, be acknowledged as 4
very wholesome Indication OF practical
strong sense and enlightened judgment
on the part Of community, when we
find the citizens bestowing upon the Ia
bors of wisdom and knowledge, by
which the credit and prosperity of the
, country are secureI those applauses
which are usually reserved for the great
achievements Of war. 1t is true, indeed,
that judging a priori, one would be apt
to think that the statesman who would,
at this epoch, devise plans for paying
the current ordinary expenses Of Gov
ernment, providing the interest due to
the national creditors, procuring the
vast means indispensable to the defense
Of the Union, and establishing fund
wherewith to pay the principle Of our
debt, is actually doing nothing more,
not only to increase the comforts and
wealth of his country, but to multiply
its resources and enlarge its power than,
any person who, in any other mode,
may seem to direct its destiny. Yet, in
most countries and ages, the incense of
public accla nation has been lavished MT
! on such man. It is to the honor of
our fellow ow-countrymen--of human ma
ture itself-that in the instance of Mr..
Chase, the truly useful qualities of the
political econ omist are recognized by
all thinking Americans as equally i'm
portant to the success Of the great cause
as the prowess, or skill, or splendid ac-
complishmcnts of our heroes in the field,
and infinitely more important than the
snowy attributes of the thunderers in
popular assemblies, or Of those who
blaze in Congress.
The report of Mr. Secretary Chase is
the result Of nights and days Of success
full toll. By his sagacity he has dis
coyered-by his clear and cogont elo-
quence ha has expounded and recon
mended-anl by his well known dex-
terity and laborious perseverance he
will ultimately effect such an improve
ment in the financial system Of the Gov
ernment, as all men, however disposed
| to criticise him from personal or parti-
san motives, will rejoice and exult at if
they lore their country and the national
! Union.
| We give this commentator in no
Auditory spirit, but because it is due to
one Of the first statesmen of the age,
who has steadily pursued the best inter
ests of the country without any of those
claptraps that excite the Imagination
and influence the passions Of multitudes.
-Bul'imore Patriot.