The New York herald., 1868-06-30

nave become one OF the lost arts Of the republic In
his love FOR the Union the Chief Justice gave utter
ance to the following eloquent appreciation OF its
beauty and It's strength
have never calculated the value Of the Union l
Know OF no arithmetic by which the computation
can be made. We OF the West are In the habit OF
looking upon the Union the ark OF heaven, with
ost thought that It can ever decay or fal-Senate
lie advocates the rights OF the States and opposed
| to centralized federal govornment:-
| NO well wsher to the permanence OF American
institutions will desire to augment the tendency,
states In a centralized and consolidated federal
| government Inaugural, 1885,
Following this principle he pronounces the people
| the source OF political power.
That the people are the source OF all political
power Is the fundamental principle OF democratic
institutions. To secure true and complete express
sion Of the popular win must, therefore, be leading
| object In every system Of representative govern
ment.-InduganM Address, 1855.
| As man is more than his circumstances, as free
dom Is better than wealth, as rights are more I'M
portant than institutions. 1t becomes to look well
to the fundamental ideas which determine the char.
acter OF government and the course OF its practica
The basis OF American institutions is the demo-
cratic principle Of equality among men, They rest
upon the solid foundation OF popular consent. The
primary objects OF their establishment are the de.
to secure these ends It Is the duty o the people who
established TO amend or change them. To organize
and administer government upon these principles Is
the work OF republican people.-I0td.
Holding these views OF the true principle OF our
institutions Mr. Chase gave the following views Of
model State:-
The institutions OF Ohio were framed In precise
harmony with the ideal 0f state 1t existed IN the
minds OF the great master builders Of the confederacy
and OF the Union.
This ideal demanded first OF ALL the absolute free.
dom Of every individual, guaranteed and secured by
impartial law; next invioabiiity Of conscience and
just protection to all forms OF worship and religious
organizations; then the sacred observance OF com.
knowledge by universal education. There was
nothing narrow, nothing ilberal, nothing unjust in
1t welcomed the immigrant to the freest partcipa-
ton with the home born IN the inestmabe blessings
OF popular institutions
1t pledged the States to be formed under 1t to per-
petual union with their sister States.
1t established the sovereignty Of the people upon
the indestructble the only indestructibe, foun
datiOn OF the rights OF man.
Organized under these auspices and In accordance
with CHS IDEAL Ohio may Justly be styled model
State Of the American Union.
1t Is an honorable gratifying distinction. Let it
be our care, gentlemen that its lusre be suled by
no act or omission OF ours.
Upon the soil thus consecrated to liberty and
uni0n-upOn the foundations thus wisely laid, OF
equality and justice let US go on In humble depen-
dence upon Divine favor to build yet broader and
higher the noble edifice Of truly democratic and
republican State, never forgetting that man is more
than institutions and right the sole vital principle
OF flaw.-Inaug1rat Address, 1883.
On the questions Of finances and taxation he said-
"Money is machinery, whose work Is exchanged
AS far possible, the aggregate Of taxation should
be reduced by the Introduction OF rigid economy into
every branch Of the public service and the greatest
care should be taken to apportion Its burdens equally
S e No aad no
should be shown towards description Of property
or class of owners rather than towards another.-
Inaugural Address, 1856.
No general objection exists to q mixed currency
OF coin and notes, exchangeable for coin at the will
Of the holder without loss while all mere paper
money systems pregnant with fraud and fruitful OF
ruin, justly incur universal reprobatOn.-
1t is the true interest Of banking institutions as
well as OF the people that all legislation concerning
| them should AVOID even the appearance Of special
iavors. The most absolute impartality in the dis.
tributon OF burdens Is demanded by every cOnsdera
tiOn Of policy as well as of justice.-Message, 1857.
| The following sentiments on the right Of suffrage
Indicate his high appreciation of the privilege and
the projections which should be thrown around
| it,
The right OF suffrage Is sacred 1t Is the right to
vote which makes the citizen sovereign 1t Is the
right which, Of all political rights, Is to be most scru-
pulOuSy guarded and most resOluteV defended.
Every citizen native naturallzed is entitled to
| the most absolute freedom and security in the exer
else Of it.-AeSSdge, 1857.
In regard to pensions to widows Of marine and
| naval officers and sailors:-
The whole object Is to place the widows
OF the officers, marines and sailors OF the naval
vice OF the Revolution in precisely the same'con-
dton In which the widows OF the officers and soldiers
of the military service are in regard to pensions.
II establishes equality between the two arms
| 2O lS5l.
| The Chief Justice the AvailPb BILE Candidate
Views of n Leading virginian-DcmOcrncy
Dies With Any Other NInn-What the New
| York Convention Should DO-The South
Committed to the Nominee-Chase the Choice
Of Virginia.
| RICHMOND Va, June 20, 1s6s
The following Is a copy Of a letter written by
| J. Harmer Gilmer, Jr., who recently expressed him.
self In favor Of Mr.. Chase as the New York nominee
in response to large number Of letters that he has
received from friends in the North and West de-
manding to know If he really favors the Chief
Justice.
| Mr.. Gilmer as President OF the Young Mems Con-
servative Association Of this city, is representative
and from all the indications during a recent trip
| through the State, he embodes the views Of the
jority OF the people here. Seven out Of every ten
citizens in Virginia favor Chase on the ground Of
expediency:-
DEAR srsYour kind favor q The isth duly RECEIVED
cause your letter touches which peculiarly sensi
q ~ ai.~n H via
an or any dim ons
Of the sGr ,, r.d,a.e. unsao,nsd mound.
that remains to the living -.
sS'. . S New
that possible but then know life or death with
the South IL the Platform 10 all right might vote for
Chase but what political dsgrace ~ This one sentence
from fsnas The North and es. similar 70
asking, "Can be possibe that you Chase y
And answered them ssI now, briefly and hastily
|
The individuals who sworn from the impusesof
sefpresevaon and patriotic determination preserve the
government Of fathers classified democrats but
they democrata What the old whiparty
and Of the CONSERVATIVES republicansi neither whg
democrat am simply anti radical and the utter overthrow
Of the TO be the sole object Of the New
YORK But many seem think that no one should
| Convention
assembled In n fearful crisis of the country, simply
to mix party cement and TO pande TO the ambition Of
menr Do the representatives, Of the States gathered In
council for the first time beginning OF the
assemble TO rebuild party establish free and
honorable Cnony presume that when the Union has
been unsrung such length time after
Of dscord the voice Of Virginia for ths first tme mnsles
In harmony with that OF Oregon, and the Of the
BY their represenaves gladly meet that they