Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-25
The OnesfInn.

The friends Of Mr Chase cann6t but
regret the appearance OF the Ponsroy
eireulaf. &c Is understood, indeed, that
the Secretary himself denies any prsvi-
ous knowledge Of it That could hardly
be otherwise, for it would clearly be in
consonant with the self-respeet OF any
/ honorable man to continue 10 form part
Of an Administration which he con
demned as injurious to "the cause OF
human liberty aud the dignity and honor
Of the nation, or 20 be the comhdeatlaf
adviser OF President whom be bad de-
nounced as so corrupt as to make the
''one-term principle absolutely essential
70 The certain safety OF our republican
/ institutions
Bat while we fully exhonerate the See
retary from any actual eompteity ia the
preparation or publication Of such doc
ument, there can be no doubt that the
movement to present bis name for the
, Presidency has been fully known to him
and not disappFoved Long used as we
/ have been to respect Mr. Chase, We re-
gret this fac, profoundly; not, certainly,
Z because any citizen may not honorahly
wish such distinction, nor because we
! believe him to be inadequate to the Of
| fee, but because his action inevitably
| divides and distracts the loyal men Of
| the country, aud because we cannot see
/ in what way his removal from the Treas
I ury 20 the White House will counterbal.
auee the immense disadvantage Of such
q change at the present iunetuTe.
IL 1t were true, as the POmeroy pro
! gramme sets forth, that the reelection
Of Mr. Lincoln is impossible, or that
his reelection would endanger tie eoun.
try aud human liberty; or that be has
corruptly used his power Of patronage,
We should, on any one Of those grounds,
advocate some other candidate; because
the defeat Of the Union siandard-:earer
the peril Of the nation and Of liberty
and official corruption, are greater dan.
gers to the country than q change in thC
] Presidency.
Iiut as Mr.. Lineoln's reelection seem.
to US infinitely more possible aud prob
ably than his original election; as hi,
administration can by no impartial spec
tator be said to have imperiled the eoun
try, or 70 have injured hamaa liberty
and as the impulatiou Of corruption nS
more eleaves to him than to Washington
we must look for other reasons befor'
sylnpathizing with any effort 10 expos,
the country to the consequences Of al
changes that follow a change Of th,
President II is not that Mr. LiHeolr
has any ether "elaim" than his reeor'
tlat we so earnestly wish his reelection
Ability and honesty are the only claim
TO the Presidency which we recognize
We find both in him, while we eertainl,
do not deny them TO others. But thi
is not a question Of claims II
were, on what ground could General Ere
mont aud other good men be overlooked
IL is a question of national policy an'
coed sease, How can the country b,
carried tkrough the necessary excite
ment of Presidential election in tht
midst of civil war with the least DANCE
aad distraction THAT is the question
Is it likely to be done By general wrau
gle among Union men as to whether MI
Chase, or General Frement, or Genera
Butler, or General Grant, or somebod
else, are more likely to carry out th
present policy OF the war, and seeur
peace by liberty; or by the general as
sent of the friends Of all these gentle
men that the man who is no less a love
of liberty than they, who has oficiaIl
initiated and pursued that policy, an
who has born himself with marvelou
sagacity in bis difficult post, is the ma
to pursue that policy to the end7 W
know not what either of the gentleme
named would do; bat We do know wha
Mr.. Lincoln has gone. Is it perfectl
clear that any one Of them-and no ma
can respect and admire them more tha
we-woald have achieved nobler result
= for the eoantry and human liberty tha
he? And is the chance that they migt
do so worth the inevitable riskf
Ii is wise friend in another state wh
writes US: I" Ii is difficult to understan
how men really desirous TO advance I'd
cause OF hsarty aud 81 the Union cal
with the remembrance of the zoo, 0l