Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-16
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OTE LOYAL" CHIEF JUSTICE
Our Washington dispatches Of yesJer-
day said that Chief Justice Chase had
notified the President that be could not
preside over the court for the trial Of AIr.
Davis in the city Of Richmond, as there
Is no regularly organized court in that
city. The President being Of the opinion
that he could not be tried elsewhere, q
general impression prevailed that he
would be released, with the understanding
that he shall leave the country and not
return. As the rumCrs concerning the
objections Of the Chief Justice ID trying
him have been repeated several times
and have not been ClCtradicted, It j.
probable that there Is something Of truth
in them. We need not remind the raa-
de-s of the TINES that we have, more than
once. more thanintima-edt that the record
Of the Chief Justice would furnish
abundant material tending 70 justify the
revolt of the South, not only SO tar as the
question Of moral responsibility II con-
csrned. but In the euunCiati0n Of doe
trines virtually asserting the legal right
Of secession. john G. Calhoun has not
more plainly taught the right Of a State
ID gnnul a law Of Congress than has
salmon 7. Chase, and il viii require q
very ingenious casJist 70 make "a dis
tinction between notification and seces-
sion The Chief Justice Is as thoroughly
radical - Wendell Phillips, but has
neither the courage nor honesty or this
distinguished hrain-furnisher Of the Re
publican party.
In an srtielo written by Mr. Chase for
II H|nIHa ~ Hrra
cen hundred aud siXty-One, he said, ia
speaking of the then impending civil
war;
Politicians and dolarls msF gab5le
and weep tears lf imbecllity over the
. breaking up Of an unnatural compact,
but reason, justice sud humanity VIII
gladly accept 10 as one Of those cheering
evidences that Providence + working for
tie creatures Of earth through the process
OF events. Ile Afr,cIliLeI people q The
south lays proclUra,ai = work which
We believe alvauelug civilization 2ud
the TEACHINGS OF Christianity would ere
long have demanded at the hands OK tle
free people OF tho North. The completely
with the baTtari-ali Of slavery which the
latter have had forced lp0n them bg the
Union has lec0me more uurdelsoMe
. every wear. and must have been thrown
of Voluntarily before the lapse oi many
wears. Separate peaceful existence Of the
fv.o SECTIONS is preferabie TO a union
which Is Unsatisfactory t1one audreJards
. the prOgress Of the other
There s. much more OF the same plr-
lort I'm the article from lich we have
quoted, and IN the Speeche- ui air. Chase
before and after ig was written. His a4-
yoaacy Of uullidc3tiOn when urging the
DasSaye Of personal liberty blll' IN
Ohio Is notorious, aud should be sustain
a.s ,-r9re the position then taken by
him, certainly Jefferson Davis might
very confidently rely on an acqulii4l II
erraigned before him. The extract fully
i9sfI1ss the rebellion, and asserts that
had il not been prccipltaos- IJ the Soulh-
athe Union must hage been voluntarily
thrown on bv the North before the lapse
of many years Davis and his ass5-
riare- therefore anticipated but a short
tiine the iuJ5Etipps OF the Chief Justice
and those acting With him.
With such a record, II Is not surprising
that he should make "a thorough and
careful examination % to discover reasons
trhv he could not preside at the trial OF
Davis. Il j. even less surprising that he
should find them. We can imagine with
what feelings he would listen 70 the pre-
spBtsticg 0f authorities by the courteous
but rem5r5eiyssIy logical O'Conuor, a.
sisted by the willy and sagacious LAWS
Wien among the eminent statesmen 0I
. our country Who have taught the right
. of recession and the advantages 70 be
derived from a separate and peaceiul
. existence Of the two sections 70 bis name
and teachings most prominently ap-
There is no regularly organized court
in Richmond, AYERS the loyal lnlon-
loving. learned Chief Justice. W hose
business is il TO organize O court thefe 2
Is not Richmond in hisdistricJ2 j. there
not o United States Marshal ana Clerk
there ? Is there never 70 be a regularly
,rgqnize-I court in that districty Ifthere
is what hinders its organization now ?
We can readily suTmlse the answer.
J There Is no civil government there. The
pierD0nt Government has no legal au-
-bority. Virginia Is In the territorial
condition, and an act organizing a gov
a-nmpnt with ia her iiil4lts Efs not passed
C'oDyress. The Radical back bone" in
fLst 'boiv Is to be stifened up by this opin-
IN oftne Chief Justice on the eve OF lie
azsen nblaRe. The opinion is cehapceot
tba President and a declaration OF
v-s- a-aiust his policy. II Is notice
served on him 0y the Chief Justice tnat'
10 far as he can control OF influence the
sari0D of the Supreme Court, that Court
5bslI aat szailst him and declare his en-
tire proceedings IG tns york ot recon-
strustion void and without warrant ID
law. s ,.o
Publio opinion, propricty, anc' We
tbink. law. demand that Davis should pe
r-ied In Richmond and that the Chlei
TUsriea ehould preside az the trial IL
v-ss thcre he acted as President OF the
Confederacy during Its existence. ne
rcsided there, and il was there that he
made var against the GoyernlleLl T.
There should attach 10 his trial 2 Il 81 al-
thoritv aad solemulty with W1ich u can
be invested by Law, and for TINS reason
he psopls have demanded that the liial
should be before tho LhieI Jtsllpe oI ne
Silpreme Court. II IL shall appear tnal nc
cannot be held 10 answer elseH mere, ahd
NJ. Chase persists IN his ret1sa. go q
.,enize q court in that city, II VIII DO foT
~ reasess w have here given. Al
beart as d.si0yEl 70 the Union IS Davis,
and an sdro6stc Of the same principles
mon which the latter relied for Justlnca-
tion In his treason, be shrinks nom tne
shame OF repudiatiug ail tho record ol
"a public life. and does not dare 70 meet
the frIn indignation which the lnainte.l q,
qnce Of that record on the pencn Wo--a
nrov0l-e. ADDED 20 these consideration
are the hopes Of an ambitious demagog ue
who ,iEhes y iEgratiate himself "IA
his party. and the desire % rstalifls upon
the President, who has placed his heel on
the radical element to which the CIllei
& Justice looks for furtherpoiticat adVance-
, ment.-C Chicago Tines.