The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-30
our NENT CHIEF IrSrIcE.

our NEXT CHIEF ITSTICE.
i From ~. Tr,.vrs.
We presume our readers sufficiently Intelligent
10 piece little cmphusi, uu tie 20 sip from day TO
| day telcEuphed from Washington respecting
| prospective appointments 10 important stations.
| The sIouden's, we doubt not. mean Cd state
| facts but they mus pcrtnrue send such inf1rmi-
Non as 'hcy can pok ups and this is iueyitaD'y
/ unSih-'autial. It the President had already
| dCCucN-as We think he hts not -DU the uontu ,-
uons :" hc made D the sen itc most week or tier,
| he would naturally keep hi- Ch aicy fO himself 80
l ~ az once 90 avoid fWtlC,s f.muustrlu.es uqd
1 ltsNt himseli1 up TO The last moment pCrfcr' 81
hee 20 change, should reasons for so doing tran
slrc lriOf 20 the meeting of C0ngrC,s. We iu lge,
| Therefore. that those who grlygIy telgera1I from
| Washington that "Mr. Chase's chances are i'm
l proving. "Mr Cha,e's nomination is now im-
I Io' '-llIt, No. &C. simply rc-tClO the gossip OF
! the washington hO.cl-, set aN0at by men who
I know just ss much OF the matter in question as
/ We ou-tlat Is, nothing at all.
/ , ltt we hope for the appointment Of Governor
Nhase as the successor of Chit Justice fancy
not GccaGse "e know any thing OF tho Pte-ilan"s
L Iltui, ,.uons, nut because of the manifest fitness
OF eurl appointment, and because of the gtuera
] lSco-niion OF that fitness. Ii aIl hose whose
Nuul'' % Che premises Is worth considering were
Z u.igt tomorrow, and each by himee asked
| 10 uawc the man who ought to be Chicf-Iust.re
= Chase"
Because Mr.. Chase, besides being an experienced
ana eminent lawyer and one OF the very tbfp,t
ol our pubic men, who has filed i'm suicagsi11
Lme P'sts OF United States Senat,q, Governor Of
OhO twice eeCtodD Senator agaiu and score
ItaTy or the Treasury, is known 10 be tbOrourhIy
ImDued with the understanding and love of thit
1SPIt OF impartial justice and liberty which Is
- IeS.t''u noncelortn 10 guide the policy and gov
HoiH ut jurisprudence OF cur Union. Ambitions
bahH aspiring as be has been accounted. no man
tyeHeNt' that he would strike hands with the
k9,"V' power Tor any office or dignity on earth.
N
40 be so known was to rcuOunca the hose of over
3emeig'ng from despsed and powcrless minority.
1 An. ng !hosc who might be made Chief Justice
le Is the man most certain to intIse into our
fatioual Jurisprudence the benufcent spirit of
IretCom for all Others may fal,er: even the
atluu may temporarily relapse into her Old
tuolatJy OF brutal force of guilty gain; but Gov
lfnCr chase must die a he mas lived. the chain
hlou ana cNpOsItur OF the new spirit which flashed
Forth from the burning interior of b1mblrdcd
Eumtcr, and cleaned from the CORY breast, of
Hhe NlaSsuchusctts volunteers 50 trcacherousy
NutchCrCd In the nsurgcnt streets of Baltimore
FNothiug would give the country such firn, we'll
grounded assurance that the revolution which is
Eiaibiy Kidding our land OF slavery will never 20
backward as the appointment Of salmon p. Chase
Nyourt
In saying his we cast no reflection on any of
Ahe strong and true men whose names have
Tecentiy been connected with this post. We can
Hyell afford TO admit that they are all able iursts
vnd worthy citizens. Yet no one will contend
rldt any VI lutlu pdsSt, NIL Oul1t III ltBtl or
General ability, while all will admit that in the
HIti-siayery cause, Mr.. Chase is an older II not j
tetiei soldier than any competitor. The radical
nhAugc in our laws about to be effected by the
bending amendment of the Federal Constitution
fnyitcS, If il does not absolutely require, change
fn the spirit of their judicial exposition. The
tHne should be put in new bottles. With salmon
II. Chase in the sea. of John Marshall, we should
lOnfueutly hope that all lingering traces of that
Vpirit Of caste which has so long been the btne
End the shame OF our polity, would be bAnished
1O the moes and the bats, and the rule OF lmpur-
hial Freedom be thoroughly inaugurated.
Il We do not know how these considerations
Ttribc the President, but we are confident that
the Senate feels their force. Aud we look to that
Hody TO faithfully "advise" the Executive with
Eegard to this important appointment.
EHE GREAT PROBLENI AND ITS SO.
LUTON = HANCOCIS'S NEw ARMY
i CORPS.
kr0u ne Times.
The formation of the new Veteran Army
kJorps, 10 consist, when completed, of twenty
Thousand men, and to be placed under command
Gbf the gallant Hancock, indicates the purpose OF
khe Government TO stimulate volunteering during
hhc winter by every possible means. The con
Ntant drain upon our armies by the casualties
E)attle, by dsea e, and by the expiration of terms
Bf enlistment, demands constant additions to the
Forces IN the iIeid.
4 Nov that the people Of the North have pro-
WOunCcd SO stTOlgly, by the reelection Of Mr..
NincOn, for the pr usecutiOn OF war against the
t)ellious south, until it is brought petely AMI
hOreYtT under the supreme control Of the Govern
Hnent il is well worth while to consider how the
lontest can be brought most speedily and de-
EidedIy to a triumphant close. For there is mere
Hitter e. be no thought of weak compromise, no
Uuestiou of armistice or submission, only unmiti-
gated and unqualified hostility 10 the rebel South,
Nlntil, through war, peace shall again prevail
sDuI Generals say 1t can be done, and the army,
Ely it, almost unanimous yOte atlirms the opinion.
~ he people declare it shall be done.
4 Ale our armies strong enough tO accomplish
khe tud
\ Tie summer battles in Virginia were, for both
Hides, among the most destructive OF history. IL
HAS h,en supreme error to suppose that this
namIa aign was commenced with gre tly prepOa-
keraliug forces on our side. Notwithstanding
Ehe hopeful ana popular belief the armies OF
Heade and Lee have not been lar from evenly
tnatched, even in point Of numbers. som where
nlbOut 30 600 tutdntTy crossed the Rlpihln-.ney
tTeIe confronted by Rebel force of $1,000 20
$4,000. Butler assembled the James with 5000
Fac was met by an equal, ii not even superior
kOrce.
! Grants policy, the offensive, the only true,
nnanyl ana military policy Of the prominently
HpOwtiiul North, COmpels the enemy every where
10 the defensive. Wherever we move, we find
EigorCus Toe, strongly inteuchcd or protected by
lines OF rapidly constructed breastWOrks, and de-
kended by men WHO baIde the rifle as we'll as the
4iXe AID the spade. The advantages derived from
this general defensive syscm TO which the SoutI,
kts the weaker power, is more and more surely,
Hay hy day, compelled u adhered has really tar
hnOle Ilun doubled her effective aud acJut
frength. All know ana realize now how Il few
determined men, well posted, can successfully re-
list tie attack OF superior numbers; history is
FILLED with the glory o. heroic acts Ulder slca
circumstance, and Ala JOul is the la.est name
fhat has been inscribed ON the lasting record Of
such LeTosm.
n The position on the James nov bears to such
tases striking anGU-y. With greaE advantage
Ot place and centrally on the size OF the 3gsls,
ne VIII require greatly superior numbers Tor u, 90
Eccomplish very decided results. Alt, In fact
Hhe policy and practice OF the COntcdera'y is %
Preserve as long as possible thai fogerlr pJ 8, io1
Al ON which The science o. war teaches 20 So
hnauy advantage grG CD be oNpoc'Cd. An So
Wong as our armies are compelled 80 a'r exec
VliOriy, we must keep ia the helJ q largely suPg-
kiGr lOrCe at every point.
Doubtless such has been the design of the Al.
uninistIUtOn. But tie summers draft, we an
uow now, was really but little better than a sum.
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