The New York herald., 1864-12-04

even BY the usat ardent sDirits ar tia A.sst;. Ast;;;
slavery pariy,, He Is failure In finance, .
bitter partisan In politics, q, man Of intense
and rancorous hatreds, ffth rate legal au-
thority, and the most open contemuer and
slandercr Of the very tribunal over which the
Fourierits abolitionists now ask that he may
be called to preside. We cannot think that
Mr.. Lincoln will stultify himself and insult the
public Intelligence Of the bar and country by
any such nomination; and therefore Mr.. Chase
may be dismissed. -9.
Mr. Stanton, Il would now seem, ID equally
out of the question. His health, which was
seriously impaired, is already much improved,
his illness, as he maintains, having been caused
solely by tho miasmas and exposures of his
recent visit to General Grants headquarters,
and not by any general "breaking down" under
the perfectly monstrous labors and anxieties Of
his last three years in the public service. 1t is
probable, therefore, that, shortly after tho
opening Of Congress and tho sending in Of the
department reports, Mr.. Stanton will carry his
picturesque beard on tour Of observation out
West and down the Mississippi- perhaps pass
ing from New Orleans to Cuba and from Cuba
to Mexico, with the double object Of improving
his health and looking after the chances Of
carrying out our "maniiest destiny" in those
benighted regions, Immediately on the concur
sion Of our domestic troubles.
Stanton thus out OF consideration as we'll as
Mr.. Chase, it is altogether probable that the
Chief Justiceship will be given to some emil
nent lawyer of the West-the President being
very likely to follow out In this matter his
personal prediction for Judge Davis, Of nli-
nois, in whose character, judgment and acquire
ments he is known to repose the highest conf
dencs. Judge Davis presents availabilities for
the position second to those OF no man in the
country, and his nomination would be received
with respect, If net with positive favor, by the
leading aud representative minds of nearly all
classes OF course there are many co1serva-
t.ves who would prefer Reverdy johnson, Of
Maryland, to any gentleman yet named In this
connection; but IS Mr.. johnson is supposed to
have put himself beyond the pale of admins
tration favor-in which he previously stood
highly his pamphlet In defence Of General
Fitz John Porter, even the conservative classes
OF the border States would far prefer Judge
Davis to either Chase or Swaine, the latter of
whom is being fussily and uselessly pushed
forward for the Chief Justiceship by certain
very well known interests in Washington and
elsewhere. Looking dispassionately over the
whole field, and with our knowledge that the
picturesque Stanton is out OF the question, we
think Mr.. Lincoln cannot do better in this
matter than give tho reins to bis personal
wishes-snd those We know will lead him to
select his old friend and former associate,
Judge Davis, as the chief expounder OF our
national laws and fundamental policy.
The Innuence Or enc West ia ths Unioa--
The CopPsrheaA Press.
There Is . copperhead press, here 10 the
East and . copperhead press in the great West;
but there Ia difference in charActeS and con-
duct between the two. Before the election
they were both alike the exponents Of q
clamorous opposition. Now We hear very
little Of tho copperhead press. in,ths West It
Il no more the offensive and unsorupalous a.
sailant Of all who favor the Union cause. II is
quieter In all ways, and gives epesy evidence
Of its disposition to accept a. the real VIII or
tho American people the decision given BY
that people on the 9Th Of November. In this
we may see that the copperhead press Of the
West was the exponent OF a,panty fairly op-
posed to tho administration but desiying most
earnestly to change the personnel Of the gov
ernment II was opposed to Abraham Lincoln,
to his acts and measures, and did its utmost to
put another man in his place; but the people
decided against the party thus. represented by
the Western cepperhead press;: and now that
press in Its modified tone shows that the vio-
lence Of ib opposition ended there, and that
though II may oppose party, q candidate or
principle, 1t does not oppose the United States.
In this submission to thepspNlar verdict IL
cannot be doubted that this press represents
the opinions and interests Of the Western
States. However earnestly the West may con
duct an opposition to any candidate, the West
ern people know that thsis future prosperity
must depend upon the-unity Of this great IA
tion. Attempts were made BY the rebsl
government to get the. Northwest to try q
separate confederacy, and anscrupulous poll
ticiaus made use of this idea But Il Is An idea
thatwill never have any danger in II 80 long q
the Western people remain the clear-sighted
generation that they aDe. 1t is their interest to
see the supremacy ofsths United States govern
nsnt re-established oser all this continent, and
that interest silencss in their midst any oppo-
sitien that is not fair one-any opposition
that opposes the coantry and not pasty. The
West will not lsavAus while they have to carry
their products te.the sea down the Mississippi,
hy the great northern lakes, and over the
numerous lines Of railroads to ths Atlantic
States. So long - the territory Of the United
Statss b subjsot TO oae govsrnmest these greet
lines OF Communication will be free TO all, and
the Western States will keep o. In their grand
career Of progress until they bscome the centre
OF the UnioS with rich States atill further West