The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-09
Nv Chase and the Presideney-;His
Views OF Party. so
From the Syracuse Journal.

WASHINGTON, June, 1S6S.--Reference
10 unite often been made Of late 10 the
MICE given by the Chief Justice TO lead
~. ~ colored men from the South e1a@s
'''s ismcs II. Harris, of North Carolina, is
II known rs one of tina ablest and NEST
".;, RepublicansE in the South. He was
">.ent|v offered a unanimous nomination
- congress in the Raleigh District, but de-
STned because he thought it would have ON
;.;nrious effect in the North. fiss a'ie go
IN Thursday last, after his return from
rb;,aco. he called upon The Chief Justice.
1;re other leading men Of his race, he had
.sen consulted with. Mr.. Chase. Several
;n.;ma,ions had been given him of the sur
Use the Chief Justice felt because he had
rot called as usual. Soon after the bordi-
nary civilities were exchanged Mr.. Chase
h h to talk on politics BY asking how
thew felt down South.
Mr.. Harris replied g that many Of the
Republicans were feeling rather bad and
that they were uncertain Of the future,
esnecially since the failure of impeaeh-
"How is that ~, asked Mr.. Chase. DER I
al shall speak frankly to you, replied
Nr, Harris, elf you will allow me, Mr..
chief Justice. The truth is, that we not only
fear the effect of impeachment, but we fear
mpch more divisions among our friends.
We arc told, Mr.. Chase, that you yourself
ore engaged in n movement for the organi-
nation of third party. We have always
felt the highest regard for you, and there
was time when we had hoped to see you
the Republican, candidate We saw no other
marty but that, and cannot now" gE /
Mr.. Chase replied very emphatically that
he "never had any thought Of organizing
athird party movement had never been
consulted thereon, and would not consent to
run on one. 4 l5.,gsi s s Is-.s,. \. $500 +
Harris then told him that there was q
great deal of talk about his being q Demo
cratic candidate on o platform of universal
amnesty and universal suffrage.
In substance, Mr.. Chase replied that he
had always been an anti-slavery man, and
always expected to be-, that he never had
gone down to any man or party. InslS4S,
in Ohio, neither of the great parties could
elect a senator without the aid Of the, lib
erty party. The Democrats made o propo-
sition to its members, and agreed for their
support to repeal the black laws and elect q
Free Soiler to the United States Senate. He
was himself elected on that coalition, and
the bill repeating the black laws passed as
he had himself drafted it. He had not gone
down to them-they had come up to, him.
If his friends placed him o similar position
now, he was in their hands. ~ go
He also said that, as was stated, he had
always been opposed to impeachment, con-
sidering it wrong and ill-adyised, whether
in principle or policy. For this he had
been grossly abused. Abiding to reports
in newspapers, he stated that he had not
been in the White House for many months
In response to fear expressed by Mr.
Harris that the division nthe Senate might
prevent the southern States being admitted
TO representation if the President vetoed
the bill, the Chief Justice was emphatic il
assuring the North Carolinian that, IN his
opinion, the President aooald not ueto an.
such bill. He then passed on to o defence
of Mr.. johnson, declaring that he coulo
not be charged with opposing the recon
struction laws, and asked Mr.. Harris il
good commanders had not been selected
The latter referred to Hancock, to which
the Chief Justice said he thought the Gene
raj did wrong at New Orleans.
Senator Ross came in while Harris was
present, and an introduction took place, the
Chief Justice presenting him as man who
refused a unanimous nomination to Con.
rress. Harris said in doing so he held only
the good. of his race in view. Ross said
that he had heard of him, and should have
been glad to have seen him on the floor Of
the House He further remarked that this
was meant seriously, though he was charged
with being renegade to party and freedom
and that it would yet be found who was the
true man. -ags.z-s u ~