Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-12
THE POLITICAL SITUATION,

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The Negotiation Between Mr.. Chase
aud che Denaoeratle Paray-HmPera-
tIVe Condition OF sIae chief Justlee7-
decentralization aud slae Tax BILL 81
Correspondencs OF the Nov York Times. lRs-
publicanJ ,s fss4isss
WAsHINeTON, June 6.-The speculation
upon the terms Of capitulAiion between
Chief Justice Chase and the Democratlc
patty still continues, but from sll that shas
thus far transpired Il is very difScuit to de-
tsrmine the actual status of the negotiations
Perhaps either the party Of the FIRST part,
or HoFstio Seymour, 8. L. NJ. Barlow and
Dan Voorhees,, Of The party Of the second
part, could give the details il they we're so
disposed but they, do not seem disposed.
However, your correspondent has been sati
isfed within the last few days of certain
imperative conditions, which enter into
the terms proposed By the party Of the
fEst part, and which, when thoroughly IN
deFsto0d By the second party, are altogether
likely to defeat the surrender. Il whl sdd
that these facts come 50 direct that they
may be implicitly relied upon. ssaU3
1 Firss, then, the Chief Justice insists upon
making his own platform. He viii not be
candidate upon any other. Hesays he can
change his party, perhaps, bat not his prin.
Iciples. Hence If the Democratic nomina1
ton ia accompanied with an exposition Of
principles at variance With his well-known
views on suffrage, finance and recoRstrue-
tion, he cannot accept it, His position, lin,
brief understand to be this: Reconstruc.
ton must be accepted as an accomplished
fact suffrage, in the reconstructed States,
universal OF impartial, must also be held
70 be an irreYersible fact; the credit of the
government must be maintained in good
faith, its contracts carried out in letter and
spirit specie payments resumed at al early
/ day, and the National Bank SYSTEM pro-
tected. These are the leading points which
be demands shall be conceded to him, and
If conceded, what will the Democratic par
ty have left tOfght for2 But, on the other
hand, be is not without some material
which, while he does not regard il in the
light Of a concession to the Democracy, yet
affords a common ground upon which it so
happens they can mutually stand. This
consists of two ideas--universal amnesty,
compensated for by universal snffrage)
and opposition to the military element of
reconstruction, especially in its assumption
of judicial powers. He would restore The
Southern States TO their positions in the
Union at the earliest possible time, and
give them once more the sovereign con-
troll Of their own affairs, subject only to the
changes Of condition wrought by the war.
He thinks the Democratic party are bound
to be defeated, unless they accept the
results Of the war in good faith, which
includes reconstruction, of course, and cease
fighting over settled issues. b, ~ ~
Now, If any one supposes the Demo-
cratic party will surrender on such terms,
they can have little faith in its record or
its honesty. 1t never was party of expe-
diency. 1t went to the wall because it
adhered to dangerous principle and the
mass of its adherents will cling to its neck
with as much tenacity as the mass Of the
Republican party cling TO the ideas and
principles Of progress 1t will be sub
lime sight when the Democratic party
sbandons its record Of the past, and surren-
ders to the Chief Justice on his own terms.
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