The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-15
THURSDAY, AUGUST Is, 1867.
Chief Justice Chase.

tune Of Chief Justice Chase, representing 'u'''
yvhereas at the commencement OF tue war ne
WAS worth only some ten thousand DOLLARS he
ia novv having an income tax on seven nun
drod tbon.and dollars. Whether or not TINS
o,,.~,o or;o;poted with Thurlow Weed, of the
NJ, York Commercial advertiser, is inmate
rial. he endorsed and expanded it, sending IL
forth TO the world piquantly larded with
sneaIing inuendo and cowardly hint, sug-
casting ISLANDERS which he dare not boldly
utter, and falsifying by implication where he
lacked the audacity to openly lie. To the
credit of the National Intelhgencer, though
bitterly opposed to Chief Justice Chase politi-
Oally, it had the honor and manliness to come
out and fttingly rebuke the hoary libeller OF
the Advertiser, and to express that confidence
in the integrity and moral worth of the dis
tinguished head of the Judiciary which is felt
by the community generally. Other leading
Democratic papers have followed the excellent
example set by the EnteIIigencer so that the
miserable libel has been suddenly kicked out
of all decent society and sent back to its pa
terna roof for shelter.
The fact that Thurlow Weed charges any
one with dishonesty is almost proof positive
that he is honest, for if we have in this coun-
try any one politician whose name is the uni
versally accepted synonym of PENALTY, it is
Tburlow Weed. In New York he is known
as the ''Father of the Lobby" which means
the father of that system of corruption,
bribery, and theft that has made the "lobby,"
both at Albany and Washington, so UNANIMOUSLY
notorious. He is now an old man, but his
avarice grows with his years, and he has ar
rived at that state where he thinks the whole
world is as corrupt as himself. The idea that
any man can occupy public station and not
steal, when stealingi is possible, is inconceivable
TO Thurlow Weed. He has lost all conception
of honesty, if he ever had any. The idea that
an officer should have executed a great public
trust involving the management of the finances
of the nation in the midst of tremendous
war, and not have made himself rich out of it,
is so utterly beyond Weeds comprehension,
SO incongruous, so opposed to all his instincts,
so absurd, that his libel of Chief Justice Chase
is probably less malignant than on its face ii
would appear to be. He doubtless thiaks that
MIR. Chase ought to have stolen, if he did not
Salmon p. Chase has been in public life for
nearly thirty years, occupying in succession
the high offices of Governor of the State OF
Ohio, Senator in Congress, Secretary of the
Treasury, and now that of Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States Through
out his whole career he has displayed some OF
the noblest qualities of craftsmanship. His
record is consistent one. He espoused the
cause of human liberty in this country in its
darkest days. He was its champion in the
United States Senate when he stood almost
alone. He has lived to see it triumphant over
all opposition. He has remained faithful to il
throughout. Unlike his distinguished Co
laborer of former years, the present Secretary
of State, no cloud rests upon his later career
And while he has thus displayed the virtues
of consistency of action and of devotion tt
principle, he has been also striking exampl
of those rarer virtues in public life of mora
integrity, Of personal uprightness, of sobriety
temperance, and truth. If there is a ma
among US who deserves to be calle
a Christian statesman, Mr.. Chase is tn
man. Added to all this, Mr.. Chas
is a statesman of great practical ability. q
is not mere theorist, or rhetorician, or speecl
maker. He has thorough acquaintance wit
all the problems which go to make up I'll
actual duties Of the American statesman. H
administration of the finances of the natio
during the most critical periods of the Rebe
lion was of the very highest order. The grei
stumbling block upon which our foreign en-
mics prophesied that we would fall, was I'll
raising of money. The men we had in abul
dance, but modern warfare is an affair of finant
as well; and here it was supposed that we wei
weak and would fail But Secretary Chat
carried us safely through, and absolutely gaV
to the country, as one Of the fruits of the gre
struggle, the soundest and best system of Gu
rency that it has ever had. Had he RENAME
at the head of the Treasury Department, az
had he succeeded in maintaining in all
branches throughout the country the faithfu
ness and integrity of execution which he i
aupurated, we should probably ere now ha
Witnessed the resumption of specie paymen
and permanent and material reduction of t
burden of taxation. Transferred by Preside
Lincoln to the higher and more responsil
nosition of Chief Justice of the Suprel
Court. he has added new dignity to Il
d;st;nouished office. His decisions h'
baen able and impartial, and fortified
oDiuions worthy of the highest fame of
,,aost ranowued predecessors. And at the p