The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-03-16
sscre.ary Chase lsAsarap..

The secret circular0 Clique at Washing
ton, having .'ran before they were sent" and
having made a, pfodigious leap before they
/ 9ot te the ssiis have been brought TO sudden
hAlt In sbort, their occupation IS gone
they are played out ?
! e Mr. Chase has written letter formally
yMithdrawipg his name from the Presidential
canvass. The letter will be found in our col
.umns to-day.
Mr.. Chase very justly says, in spirit and in
substance, that united efforts and energies. and
harmonious councils, were never more i'm
portaat than now, in putting down the rebel
lion, and urges the friends of the Union to
let nothing divide them, in their work and
labor for its restoration. This is the right
ground, true and patriotic, and if it had been
taken. prior to the. issue OF scurrilous PAM
phlets assailing the head CT the Government,
and prior to the resort to rsecret circulars" it
would have been better, and saved great deal
of distraction, dissension and bitterness. But
even now it may not be too late to compact
and concentrate energy and power for the
overthrow ofthe rebellion.
.si If now, the friends of Mr. Chase will cease
sstheir unjust charges against, and assaults and
unfriendly criticisms upon Mr. Lincoln, and
if the friends of Fremont, Butler, Grant,
Banks, etc, viii refrain from cabals to pro-
mote the interests of their favorites, and be
content to let time and events bring forth
their due results, in accordance with and in
obedience to the voice Of the people, we can
pass safely through the Presidential canvass
+ and successfully wage war with the rebellion
at the same time,
Pc 1t is about time for loyal, patriotic Union
men to postpone hurtful political strifes,
strategies and dissensions, and unite as one
man, in saving country united and free, for
E the future development Of great powerful
and prosperous nation. :. 8, -
Gov. Chase, for himself, has laid down the
political battle-ax, and counsels his friends to
do the same He extends the Olive Branch
to warning and discordant factions. and urges
that the ranks be closed up, and solid and
united front be presented to rebel enemies in
! arms, and their sympathsers and abettors in
our midst. This is'weit. The counsel is
wise, the spirit Of the act patriotic. -
1t is but just to say, that though the people
do not now want Gov. Chase for President,
they do want him to remain in the place he
now occupies. They applaud him, and con-
side in him, as the financial officer of the Gov
eminent. Aud while they think Abraham
Lincoln, as President, is the right man in the
/ right place, and wish his continuance for an
other term, they also, feel, with nearly, if not
|! quite equal nraninity and cordiality, that
Salmon P Chase, as Secretary of the Trea-
sury, is also the right man in the right place,
and that there he should remain in the service
of the Government and the country.
Gov. Chase having now decsively, with
drawn disturbing element which was full of
peril, aud justly caused alarm, all will breathe
freer and easier, and we may now look with
confidence for civil and military success, and
the restoration of the authority of the Gov
ernment over ali the States aud for the bright
beams Of smiling peace to crown the whole.
For results like these, let all the loyal unit
edly, labor and patiently wait. .7e.efs