The Lincoln County herald., 1868-06-25
3. p. chase.

following as tho views Of Mr.. Chase .
the present political Situation Of tie couu
Try:
| The following comprises an au.horits
two embodiluent and exposition oil III
views Of Chief Justice Chssc. II consti
tutes platform that would be eutirel
acceptable to him, and one that he woul
support. Ii embraces the exact words Q
his replies to certain questions propound
&C to him by distinguished Democrats:
Universal suffrage is recognized as
Democratic principle, the application Q
which is to be left in the several State
rnder the Constitution Of the Unite,
Sto,es 10 Statos themselves.
Universal amnesty and the complet
removal Of all disabilities on account o
participation in the late rebellion, is no
only wise and just measure Of publ,
policy. but essentially necessary to tn,
beneficial administration Of the Govern
nent in tho States recently invol,cd il
civil war with US, and full and satisfac.
tory re.estabiishment Of practical rela
tions Of those States with other states ol
the American Union.
No military Government over any State
of the Union in time o! peace is compat
ib.e With the principles of civil liberty
established by the Constitution, nor car
the trial Of private citizens by militar,
commissions he tolerated by people jeal
Gus Of ,heir freedom and desiring to be
free.
Taxes should te reduced as far ss prac.
ticable. collected i,npar,ially aud with
strict ecpnsmy, aud so appor,iSned as to
b,ar on wealth rather than upon labor;
and while all national obligations should
be honestly and exactly fulfilled. no spe.
cial privileges should be allowed to any
classes. individuals or corporations.
To tie above principles we'haye but
little or no objection; bu. the prcpos!.
ton to nominate Judge Chase as the
Democratic candidate for tho Presidency,
we believe to be decidedly detrimental to
the party, and will meet with opposition
from. q majority of the best and trusst
men Of the country. His past position
upon certain important principles Of De.
mocracy, as we'll as his known connection
with Radicalism, render him unpopular
with the masses Of that grea. party now
laboring to save the country from anarchy
and ruin and the desire that the National
DemScratic Convention may place him DC.
fore the people as the candidate Of their
choice, is confined within the circle that
conceived it. New York Wall stree. bro.
kers and the bondholding aristocracy
seuerally-aud money and means will not
be spared by them to secure his nomina.
ton, or some man who favors their PCT
idea, that tho national debt, interest and
principal, must be paid in gold
True Democracy has ever labored, and
will still continue to labor for the accom-
plishmens Of tho "srcutcst good to the
greatest number" not Forgetting that jus.
tice is due the minority and if the party
is divided, the battle lost, We may charge
it to the fact that, instead of supporting
true and tried men from our own ranks,
who have stood boldly and de6autly iu
tho face Of all opposition, we have turned
from them to men still on the threshold
Of Radicalism, aud who lean toward De.
mocracy only because their own party
have grown 50 corrupt as to be denounced
by all who have one spark Of honesty
left IN them.
Salmon p. Chase may be good judge,
aud it was for his honesty in this capac.
ity (for which no one respects him more
thau we) that tho Radical party read him
out Of their ranks. We confess VIC were
somewhat surprised to find even the small
amount Of justice in the Radical party
that tho late impeachment trial devel.
oped; but for this shall VIC take up Chase
10 preference to PESDLEToN, or other
men Of like standing, who have ever been
found on the side Of justice? Cetainly
not. We trust that calm judgment and
a consideration Of facts as they exist, may
control the Convention, and the party
saved from the division that threatens 1t
John II. Surratt was released on bail
last Monday until the 29,h-bond, twsnt,
thousand dollars.
Chief Justice Chase pronounced sen
tcncs oftwo years Imprisonment aud ,
6ne Of $4,000 on John II. Anderson, ,
revenue collector of Richmond. Ander,
son is q nephew Of John Minor Bolts.
The Washington Express, o neutra
paper has sold out to company who viii
hereafter publish it as q Democratic
sheet. 1t announces either Hancock O