The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-02-25
TIE LIscoIs-CHAsr squabble for nsmi-
8 SO sna6on forlths presidencyis every day grow

The L1NcoLs-CHAsE squabble for nsmi-
shakon forlths prresidencyisevery day grow
ing more interesting and the efforts Of each
! todamase the other areleading to some rich
Developments. 1t is an old maxim that
.swhsn, thieves fall out honestmen get their
|. dues" and the contest for the nomination OF
the Republican party is not likely to afford
IAN exception to the truth Of the general
!, rule. The ball may be now considered
rairly opened and instead Of dealing in con-
lectures only, as to the desires and plans OF
the presidential aspirants, the country may
rely upon the fact that CHASE and LINCOLN
0have entered the lists as rivals.
~ Our dispatches yesterday morning con-
!. tanned copy of the "strictly private" cir
cular which has been scattered pretty wide
" throughout the country by Mr.. CHAsE's
friends. 1t will greeted with peculiar
emotions by those who, for expressing the
-yery same sentiments of condemnation OF
Mr.. LINcoLN's course, have been stigmatiz-
, ed al "Copperheads," "symphatizers with
the rebels and whatever else OF vitupera
ton and abuse s. C.. PoMERoY and his asso
ciates could invent. 1t shows, in glowing
colors, how mean and contemplate the
men are who, for party purposes, knowing
the falsehood we'll, stigmatized large class
Of their fellow-citizens as disloyal, and!now,
when they have another purpose to serve,
resort to the very same thing which they
50 bitterly condemned. A few weeks ago
it was considered by these men to be the
ranksst form of treason to speak of Mr..
LINCOLN in any terms but those of faWn-
ing adulatios@ 'Honest Old ABE" "our no'
ble'President,' was altogether lofty char
scter and of a nature too far refined from
the dross which debases ordinary humanity
for common men to criticise or say aught
against. To even hint that he was any.
thing but an Apollo in physical beauty, a
Nestor in eloquence or Ulysses in counsel
was to incur the odum of "assailing the
government" and aiding and abetting the
, rebels in arms. The court journals chron-
icled infinitely the circumstances of his
daily life, when he walked and wnen he
rode, when he slept and when he dined,
what he ate for breakfast, and whether he
took soup at dinner, but we regret that
they have as yet failed to inform us whether
he SEES molasses on buckwheat cakes and
whether he prefers it "krinkle-krankle' or
all in a COB" Presidential opinion upon
this question would doubtless set it at rest
until after the next election. ~-'
- But now all "the divinity that hedged
about" our President has been dispeled by
the potent influence of greenbacks, and Sal
MON P. CHASE and his employees have dar-
ed to hint that Mr.. Lincoln should not be
re-eleeted. They intimate that they edit
fer from the policy of his administration"
believe that the interests of the country
demand change in favor Of vigor and
purity and nationality" and declare that
"erea if the reelection Of Mr.. Lincoln s0era
desirable, it is practically impossible" They
also have the irreverence to intimate that
the dignity of the nation would suffer by
bis reelection and even "give aid and com
fort to the rebels" by hintinglfha hat the pub
lie debt may become "a burden too great
to be borne" Coming from Mr.. CHASE, that
10 ''ths unkindsst cut of ALL" Have we
not been RECALLED with homiles going ito
prove "that national debt is national
blessing ?" have we not been taught that
the longer the war continues the richer we
all become, until we could almost feel our
pockets swelling with imaginary gresnbacks
and everything became green before our
eyes2 and have not all the loyal people
been taught to look with distrust upon
those "copperheads" who dared to darkly
insinuate that it was possible, in remote
contingency of events, for a financial
crash to overtake us2
We believe that all the exceptions to Mr..
LINCoLN's administration taken by the
CnAsE circular are timely and pertinent,
but while we doubt not that Mr.. Grasses
elevation to the Presidency would be a
great improvement in many respects, we
cannot believe that its general result would
be favorable either to the cause of the
Union or to white mems liberties. As out.
siders, we will endeavor to watch the con.
test narrowly and, with very slight lcaniugs
to either side, be the better prepared to do
justice to both. The mania for President
making seems to be particularly violent
just now. In addition to LINCOLN and
CHAsE, we have Fremont looming up as de,
termined to be andidate, whether nomi-