The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-03

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course Of Its remarks, it says:
ssThese things being SO, we cordially
sympathize with the popular indignation
al the degradation Of the ernine worn
by Chief Justice Chase during his elec.
tioneering tour among the canebfakes OF
South Caroline. II If Mr. Chase; feels
himself unfitted'fo the Office of Chief
Justice, if he knows himself to be inconav
petent to discharge its duties and meet
! its responsibilities. he can tender his res
ignation, which will beat once accepted.
But while he holds the Office theis NOR
alll 5onnd not to disgrace.it The Office,
is a .ublime one, and tho illustrous pre-
decessors Of Mr.. Chase appreciated its
dignity and Importance. We can i'm.
agine Chief Justice Marshall shudderin9
with indignation in his grave as he sees,
the Chief Justiceship transformed into q
temporary refuge for q restless politician
who uses its high prerogatives toprose
cute his plans for securing q Pesidential
nomination, careless whether. or not
those plans may involve the country in
n sanguinary social war. The circular
letter sent to- thelWest by Mr. Chase
reveals what lis purposes are, and his
stumping tour among the Southern ne
groes develops themeans by which he
hopes to succeed. He intends, if posi-!
Bile, to be our next President and he ex.
poets to accomplish this by means of
ultra radical and. perhaps, the free ne.
gro vote. This vote he desires to gain
through.the agitation of the negro suf.
ferage question, as a sort of appendix to
the abolition question. We oppose this
lamentable scheme, not bdoanse we be-
lieye that it has the slightest prospect
of success, so far as Mr.. Chase is con.
cerned, but because of the degradation
of the Chief Jnsticeship in being thus
dragged through the mire of politics,
land because of the dreadful consequences
which may follow snch an agitation as
the Chief Justice has commenced.
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t,"At this crises, and while the govern.
ment is considering how, to solve this
difficult and important problem, Chief
Justice Chase visits. the South. He
comes .ostensably TO establish or reopen
the United States courts although his
presence for such an object is. entirely
superfluous and unnecessary. Really,
withouteXteunation, lie comes as fire.
brand to precipitate conflict which ,ib
| is his solemn duty to prevent: Without
delay he sets himself mp rs an authority
outside of the government and, there-
fore, in opposition to the government;
for during such crisis he who is not with
us is against, ,lls. Knowing tile I'M.
mense gravity Which attaches to his
words on account of the}position he ocA
cupies, lie calls together two or three
thousand blacks, and does not hesitate
to suggest doubts of the policy Of the
administration towards them, adding the
significant sneer that he--the great me-.
gro.worslipper--is mo longer in its
councils" Inthe very face of the con-
stitution he announces that lie s'knowsno
reason" why the privilege Of suffrage
| may notbe mt once and universally given
to the blacks, thus predcciding a consti-,
tntional question which may possibly be,
brought before the Supreme Court for
its decision. 1T is bad enough for the
Chief Justice to volunteer these, semi-iili-
dicial opinions; but it is worse for him
to volunteer them for political purposes,
going into the market TO bid for negro
votes against the person who arrested
Eex,G Governor Aiken, sbecause,that South-
ernloyalist had thirty thousand dollars