The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-01
5tlisfeltaneons.
Severe Charges General Blair
on Secretary Chase.

On Secretary ehaSe.
General Frank Blair, brother of Hon.
Montgomery Blair Lincon's Postmaster
! General, delivered speech in the House OF
! Representatives few days ago, full of Bit
ter invective, and abounding with the most
! serious and damaging charges against Secre-
tarv Chase charges which, if true, stamp
the Secretary of the Treasury as corrupt
and dishonest man, wholly unworthy Of the
high position he occupies
Immediately after the delivery of this
speech, President Lincoln recomnissioned
Blair as Major General ic the army. This
| fact makes it evident that the speech was
not only indorsed by Lincoln, but was proba-
bly, delivered at his special instance and re-
quested
1t is well known that an III tensely bitter
! feeling exist between Lincon and Chase,
growing out of the fact that they are rival
candidates for the Presidency Although
!. ChSse sent Il letter to some political friends
in Chic, pretending to withdraw his name
| from the canvas, yet it is well known that
this was one Of those sharp political tricks
for which he has always been celebrated /;
and lat he is this day more anxious to be-
! come President than was Caesar to be declar-
| ed Dictator after he had thrice refused the
crown. In order to accomplish his ambi-
! tious purpose, Chase is now pushing forward
Fremont, 50 as to divide the Abolition par
| ty as much as possible i hoping thereby to
compel the withdrawal of both Lincoln and
Fremont, and thus secure his own nonlina-
ton without serious difficulty But Old Abe
sees this, and Fremont sees it too and
hence the former is determined to admit OF
no opposition in the Baltimore Convention,
while the Pathfinder is equally determin-
ed to have the exclusive control Of the
Cleveland Convention. The only way for
Chase to be equal to his rivals is to get up
another convention Of his own at some suit
able point where greehbacks can do the
scheming and voting.
Below we give few extracts to show the
temper and spirit of thisspeech:
THAT Secretary Chase was a peace man
opposed to the employment OF troops a.
gainst the South, and that the Secretary
had never abandoned this position, and
was now endeavoring to frame a pro-
gIamme by which there would be Il perma-
nent dissolution Of the Union; that under
the Secretary's trade regulations, five bar
rels of purcussion caps lately wont to the en-
envy; that contraband goods go the same
way constantly and that through those reg
ulations the S6crctarys s son-in-laW, Senator
Sprague, x'ill make t,co millions Of dollars; !;
and that finally the Secretary uses his posi-
ton only to further his interests III the Pres
idential game, playing Fremont against Lin
coin, only that he may betray them both at
the last moment as AN uncompromlsed man,
upon whom the friends Of both parties can
consistently unite.
The following are the concluding passages
of the speech
Mr.. Speaker have deehed it due to my
self, since | was allowed committee by
which to prove the allegation that ! have
made here to say this much in justification
Of my action in the city Of St. Louis, in a
speech which | made there, and also in Il
speech which made on this floor in regard
to this matter.
1t will be recellected that when | first
offered this resolution, it was couched i'll
plain, simple language without any assault
on the Secretary of the Treasury and it was
not until one Of his friends on the other side
rose and assailed me for attacking Mr. Chase,
by offering the resolution that | rose and
gave my reasons for 50 doing. Then, sir,
this affair was sought to be turned into Il
personal matter; and an attempt made to
drag me down by engaging me in contro-
vcrsy with Chase $ uuderstrappers, COM
menced by the agents of Mr. Chase in St
Louis is brought into this House A judi
cial investigation has recently been held in
which it was conclusively proved that Jay
! Cook Il Co., who figure so largely and dis
gracefully in these letters in connection with
the eleven millions excess of twenty-five
! bonds are principal owners Of the Phliadel-
phia Mqui,cr. | should have guessed as
much from the fact of the abuse heaDed
upon Inc by this Treasury organ about this
Mr.. Chase banking agents, as well as his
! Treasury agents and special snd supervising
special agents, have all been brought into
requisition to forge and counterfeit and tell
lies to break me down for exposing and
holding up to public contempt and scorn
| their employer and master
| In addition to the profits realized by Jay
| Cook & Co. on the fraudulent subscription
| for the eleven millions excess Of fvc-twenty
| bonds, which, - the bonds were twelve per
| cent above par at the time Of their issue,
the profits Oh them have exceeded million
and quarter OF dollars, this firm has also
made profits on the negotiation Of the five
| twenty loan, and other brokerage business
for the Treasury department, according to
! the statement Of Secretary Chase, by him
self transmitted officially to this House, the
sum of $450,00O, as near as | recollecr, not
! having the Secretary's communication be-
| fore me- A million and three quarters of
| dollars realized by a banking firm i'll less
than nine months is a comfortable compe-
tency for two or three private gentlemen,
| and would aid in the establishment of "a
| great many newspapers in the interest OF Mr..
| Chase by these men, who are shown to be
banking on political capital to greater eX-
tent than upon their money. Accordingly,
we find great many newspapers III favor OF
Chase for President, and very few people
No body is simple enough to believe that
the distinguished Secretary has really retir-
ed from the canvass for the nomination to
the Presidency although he has written u
letter declining to be a candidate. That
letter was written because the . strictly pri-
vate" circular of the Pomeroy committee
unearthod his underground and underhand
intrigue against the President. 1t was such
a disgraceful AMI disgusting sight to make
use of the patronage and power given him
by the President against his chief that even
Chase got ashamed to occupy such posi-
ton publicly. For that reason his letter
was written; he wanted to get down under
the ground and work there in the dark as
he is now doing and running the Pomeroy
machine on the public money as vigorously
as ever.
The work is now being done in Fremont $
name, and that poor creature is unconscious
of being made catspaw to accomplish the
objects of his intriguing rival. His plan is
to hold convention Of Jacobins and red
republican revolutionary Germans at Cleve-
land, Ohio, precisely as Calhoun used poor
John Tyler to hold side convention in s44
to force the Democrats to drop Mr. Van Bu
ren, The Cleveland convention is whir
convention which will say to the Union con.
vention to be held at Baltimore: /" If you