Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-28
The Chase and Seward Leagues.


Il is the game Of the Loyal Lsaguers. az
OF all secret ploitere. 70 keep shady :" and
"covsr their tracks" /" in the Indian fashlon--
But facts leak out occasionally as to their ori.
gio, character and objects. This League !"
business originated In Philadelphia, and is an
invention Of ]. W FoRNRY, an Administration
Office holder and toady. FohNRY, In contro-
versy with the New York World, admitted that
II was. Presidential movement Ia one Of his
letters from Washington to the Philadelphia
Press, FoRNEY said under date of March Goth,
1868, and over his signature Of "Osoasional, /"
that "the campaign for the Presidency In 1864
haa been opened by the Union party" and that
"they do not wait for the opposition to assume
the initiative" This was said at the time
FoRsRY was urging forward the " League +"
movement, add is, therefore, fair indication
of one of its leading objects. ~
The person designated In tho secret conclsvcs
of these FoRary " Leagues " as their candidate
for the Presidency 10 1864. was Secretary CHASE.
But almost simultaneously vita thls League"
movement for CHASE, another similar one was
started under the auspices Of THuRLow WEED,
of New York, 10 favor Of Secretary SEWARD for
the Presidency. This latter move on the po-
litcal chess board will clear up some things
that might otherwise seem quite inexplicable.--
It was designed to bring within its folds the
conservative Republicans and the Democratic
party generally, and thas overthrow the ach0me
Of the radical Abollti0nists under the leader
ship of Secretary CHAG.
Secretary CHAsE and bis New York friends
saw at once through this SEWARD game, and
went to work to form "Leagues," to be con-
trolled solely by genuine loyal" Abolitoniats
men who do not intend the war shall stop un.
I'll |, has put fnal and total extiDgulsher upon
slavery. Tho consequence is, thas there are
two "Leagues" In New York cty-ono sym
ra,hlzed with BY RAYMOND, of the Times, 0
SEWARD organ, and the other BY GREELEY, OF
the Tribune, CHASE organ. This leads to oc-
casioual jarring and sparring between the two.
So, they have tSo Loyal Leagues in New
York city-a SEWARD and CHAsE League
The latter held mecting-a public demon
srslion Tor toe benea, OF Nj, ,CHAsE--iu Union
Square, New York, Oh INC i7th OF April TO
this meeting Mr.. CHASE addressed hi1 famous
iester, In which he said that slavery must die
mo matter whether as consequence or Oh
JEcr of the var-thus publishing his manifesto
that his object and that Of bis radical support
ere in the war is the extinction or death. Of
slsvery,
II would seem that this letter is intended to
become the platform of the CHAsE Leaguers.-
We have before Us cspy of the letter in the
form Of printed circular, iuclosed in an en-.
veloJe inscribed Loyal National League
Hall u the League, sl3 Broadway. New York"
To this way it ia circulated through the mails
(postIaId) ell owe, the country. Toe object IL
requires no tr5phet to tell.
The SEWARD League had its public demon
s,ration on Monday, April 2l-, few days after
that OF the CHAsE League. 1t was held in
Madison Square, New York, and JOHN VAN
BuaES aud JAxEs T. BRADY were called on to
give II an odof Of Democracy. The friends Of
this latter meeting pronounce the Othof feeble
affair, while the wire puIlsrs OF ths CHASE
League are equally ce,tsia thsrtheir movement
alone eao succeed Wethink the people, when
they come to understand their object, will put
q qulelus Oh the schemes Of both.