The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-07

men that the vacant Chief Justiceship shouId no
given TO Mr.. Chase. That the President has
Inouent nj to SO bestow this Office is therefore
properly matter Of public conRratulation. and
Mr. Lincoln will receive the thanks of the couptrv
tlat DIS Judgment Is so perfectly in accord with
the popular wish.
MI. Chase was known for his eminentlega attain
ments and bis high standing at the bar long before
he rose TO any political distinction. From this.
indCCd his course 10 early life cut him of CON.
plCtelyi for he so Identified himself with the Abo-
luoniStS OF quarter Of a century ago and more
InaI poliucal advancement was then impossible
But It was not merely tue humanitarian aspcct of
the question that iUduced him thus carly To idsp-
uy himself with the Auti-S avery party: he dis
Cetned that in the growth Of the slave power. and
i!S constant enro'ohmeuts upon constitutional
liberty lay our future danger and that out Of
this little cloud, seemingly then not bigger than
mans hand, was 60 come the tempest that was
70 try the strength and endurance OF our repub-
ECau form of government
In the course OF time pOli.gu, parties came TO
him, ana, while his early principles have never
been forgotten nor denied, he as a popular Repre-
sentative, as Governor, Senator, powerful can.
didate for the Presidency, and as q Cabinet Miu-
lister, has led the advanced column Of the steady
progress of popular love of liberty and true
republican Government, which has so far carried
tue nation triumphHnty through the most trying
and terrible war the world has ever seen, wlged
on the Cearest issues ever accepted by anv
people. To no man in the country, probably, has
constitutional law, its relations to the absolute
rights of the citizen and the reserved rights of
States, been subject of seyerer and deeper study
than to Mr.. Chase. The natural bent OF hi, i1-
tcllCct aud the habits OF his life have alike fitted
him for judicial position.
In the coming events, when the civil and mill
tary powers have done their part there win SIN
remain an important work for the judiciary TO do
in the reconstruction Of the Union aud in settling
upon sure foundation those great principles
upon which the Republic is TO be rebuilt. To no
hands could 1t be so safely entrusted as to those
OF Mr. Chase. II was not merely proper that the
new Chief Justice should be q man learned in
the law It was absolutely essential to the per-
petuity OF the Government that he should also
be statesman Of wide and comprehensive views,
and one whose mind is habtuated TO the Contem-
patlon and study of the new order Of events
which are CrOwding 50 thickly upon US
Never since the Union was formed has the Office
OF Chief Justice required more varied or more
eminent qualities of head and heart never has
the appointment to that distinguished position
needed more careful consideration, or demanded
wiser adjustment of all the relations involved
in the selection. In the choice he has made Mr..
Lincoln has bestowed it upon the man who, among
all his compeers, stands out, by common assent
as best fitted by nature and education to fulfil its
duties.