Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-02-27

SATURDAY EvEnSs. $3.50. ia Z, 49,.
rae Cn7SE.LIsC6I1I 1SEq EI9sl
Mr.. Chase and LiasJln Ave fmAll
proclaimed wsr sgaiaas sash oth>f. "a |
ths cont Of promises 70 b. one Of sx-
essdi1e bitrernsss. The circular ot Sen.
atv Psmes<y, chalnAAn Of IRE abolition |
National Executive Committee. has very |
naturally, and very justly. reused the
vsath Of the Linsoisitss. It is not our
quarrel, but il d one which may very
materislly affect the dsuoasatis party
and the nation, and it 10 perhaps veil to
analyss sbs oSs1icsins iu6erss,A
I. is we'll known fact, says the Chi
cago Times. thst, until Mr.. Chase en-
tered the field for the nomination, he
exercised . gresser influences in the Cab
met than any otkse member, ard Il il
perhaps not too nvch TO Say shat he
controlled the Cab,nst. Mr.. Seward and
bic friends complaiusd Of his undue in
6uence, and they we're snubbed in
manner which, had they proper pride
and self-respect, would havs compelled
the Secretary Of State to retire. Mr.
Chase has been most active and influ-
entail in applying the pressure" which
has changed Mr.. LiocoIn's policy from .
conservative to radical one. The Sew.
ardites steadily opposed the change,
though yielding support to the measures
adopted. .--v
MIR. Lincoln is not, therefore, support
cd by the selt-styIed conservative wing
Of his own party because its leaders ap-
prove his general course. They are in
6oenced in advocating bis reelection byt
hostility to NJ. Cbase, and the hope tbst
they will be able, should Mr.. Lincoln be
reelected, to control bis administration
and divide its patronage. To make this
point 80 clear that there can be no ques :
ton of its correctness, we repeat what
We have Indirectly stated, that Messrs.
Chase and Seward have been respec.
lively leaders OF the radical and conser-
vatve members Of the Cabinet, and tina
Mr.. Cha,e has governed the President.
II the administration has been tail :
ure, and is subject to the charges made
against it in the Pomeroy circular, there
is no man in the United States who is
in as great degree responsible for the
Encouragement and criminality as Sal
mon p. Chase. Not only is this true as
TO the corruption which has reigned
among the appointees of the admins
tratioD, but it is true as to the policic.
which have perverted the war from its
original and lawful object to an aboli tior
crusade. He was among the FIRST to pro
claim that emancipation was the objec
and not an Incident Of the war.
1t was treacherous ingratitude 10 him
While occupying place in the Cabinet.
and controlling, to so great an extent, the
measures Of the administration, to send
out q secret circular, stsbbing the repu
tasion Of Mr.. Lincoln among the "loy Il
Union" pattisans Of Mr.. Lincoln. No,
only was it treacherous ingratitude, bu,
II was the acme OF effrontery and hypoc-
r'sy, when We remember that M. Chase
wa, himself the administration which he
assaled. It is not surprising that the
L'ncoioites in Congress and out Of il
should, after this manifestation, doub,
the propriety OF giving him s'unlimited
discretion" to buy all the gold which
Inc govegOnent may not need.
Whas unauthorized demagogism is il
for Mr.. Chase and his partisans to claim
that Mr.. Lincoln is not an abolitionist.
Only few days ago, Garris on, the tath-
er Of abolitionism in America, indorsed
NJ. Lincoln in Boston, the womb in
which he begot abolitionism. Does not
Garrison know the ism, and is lot he &C.
quainted with his and it's disciples! We
cannot help thinking the Pomeroy cir
culsr is little lame in challenging the
abolitionsm Of the "heir of John Brown
especially as there was no necessity toI
rescrting to falsehood, or to truths in
volved in doubt to make out q case
against him.
With the exception of this imputatior
upon the genuinen 50 of the President.
conversion to the ism, the circular wa.
truthful in its statements, and it's in
uepdoes, ingenious as they were, sug
gested but fraction of the imbecilit,
and eriminality Of the administration.
Ii Mr.. Chase was treache.ous and un
grateful in sending out the Pomeroy cir
culsr, the President was indecent,
crafty in obtaining Endorsements from
State Legislatures. The contest between
them 10 as disgraceful as the means with
which it has been aud is prosecuted
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