Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-25
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The esPresident and Chief Hurried

salmon i. Chase, fiYIng The, highest jul
dieial office In the United States, and ashigh
as.RHVAiff the aNRofhda1an ofiif6 whose term
is for life-has perambulated the country
mkkihy st6hp Speeches elHctioqeeripg for
tl&sIPrpadency! No otNIer Chief ] ustice
of the United States thus descended from
that elevated position. o. Among the sques4
tiOns that Judge Chase has, discussed with
all tile bitterness of partisan aud the sbit1
tefness Of q demagogue, are several which,
in alLhdmaif probability, win come before
cialdkeisidi.= = TRelofIIe6 he h0ids ~ n9t POI
litical-heis, by law, the head Of that Court
which. .interprets the. Constitution, an is
tie Court of last fdso u fof tllef sett enent
o6yexed ques ions I From bi dee sion therS
Is no appeal. Yet as the head of the SUI
preife Court, Judge Chase DISCUSSES great
law questions to mixed assemblies Of whites
and Iiegroesoand- decides upon yhe stump
great questions which eater1awyefs than
he would decide ia their law libraries aftei
careful aud 9feloHged study .as4;5rT !
This mingling OF politics with law, maxi
ing the head of the Supreme Court, during
vacation. a mere political brawler, has reF
ceiyea the Condemnation of the best law
yers in the Republic and of all who believe
tliatthejUdkSsShou bot only keep Aloof
frbG poJitid1 Adiscussiohs3 but shohh be
above the suspicion of being actuated by
partisan, fer 1ings in the decisions they
make. The Radical press and Radical oIa-
t0rs have not one word of COMMENT TO be-
stow,upon this brawling political Judge.
President johnson. invited to- attPud in
the ceremoni sattenjait on laying the cor
nerStone ofrnnolTaent BOO ptePlsen a.
Douglas, en- ronte TO- perform tgat duty, :
called on by his constituents to'render an
10 10 nha
with treason to the great princfple plesAupoh
which he whSr elected<SDhAti the Federal
Union must be preserved. In dc
feddings lfiNself against these. charges,
he shows that his policy is TO re-
store sshe nUhi6h9 and t1EIt ctfjey who
charge him with being talse-to theaConsti-
tuition and the UgiOB, lopegly run counter
to the stern requirements OF the C0nstit1-
-tion, and that it is the Radical Congress,
and their followers, who declare that the
Union j. discovered, and their efforts In re-
tusing them representation IN Soagress,
is calculated to widen the breach. and ~
y Eeep the States fromeveF again being UNI
; ted In the bonds of Federal Love- A.,,. /
Because he does this the Radicals like
he>PhariseesOf old, throw mp thetE hands
n with asOFto of holy horror. They say, 1t tisd
undignitied for President TO make
/, isDe9ches to his constituents and to odefe1d-i
himself from Radical calumnies. The office
he holds Is political one-the people are
8 hisi constituents, forsto ttani he owesi his
election, The office, Judge Chase holds lis
not political-to fill it no votes are cast, add
the incumbent is placed, by the Cpnstitll-
tioI, above, and beyond the people. Yet
i. the men who have no word to say against
the course Mr. Chase has pufsHeds are
? sh0cletlthat Andrew, johnson should dare
defend. himself before the people. II the
President would only lend himself 20 the
y views of the Radicals his conduct would
be a right. AS he refuses, to violate the
'Co1stitution at their bidding he'is wiobg
! IAhd Chase is right. SO 80 G3OO't SslH