Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-04-01
MR.. CHASE AND THE DEMOCRATS.


dltion Of this astonishing report is MI
J, Chase's ambition to achieve the Pres
dency. 1t is also its refutation. tn
more MI. Chase might wish for the Presi
dency, the more would lie natural
shrink from a Democratic nomination
A man who wished to ascend Into th
skies might as we'll try to get There b.
descending into thesea'iu a diving bell
If there were any truth in these rdmor
about Mr.. Chase, they would show that
so far from being ambitious, he was seek
ing way to escape from political life en-
tirely.
Taking the other side of the question
it is likely that the Democrats would bc
glad to get Mr.. Chase-if they dared
They have no candidate. There is moi
to day a single man in the Democratic
party who holds natioi a. position aud
Yields national influence. There is
Seymour in the East, Pendleton in the
West, Woodward in Pennsylvania, Nc
Cellan in Europe, and johnson in--no,
halt out of tho White House. The race
of jackson, Calhoun, AMI Douglas is ex-
tinct. 1t is singular fact that the sew
en- years struggle of the Democracy has
not produced one man capable Of arous-
ing the enthusiasm of the party, and in
whose support it can spontaneously unite.
This dearth of statesmen is the result of
the absence of all craftsmanship in its
policy, and proves how far below the pol
itical average its alliance with the REBEL
ion has dragged it. 1t has been beating
its heal against stone walls so long that
there is no wonder that it has knocked
out its brains. In all its national rela.
tions, it drifts about hopelessly In local
and State elections, it can do we'll enough
with men of local reputation; but in THE
Presidential canvass itmnst have leader
who is known to the whole country.
IF the Democrats could get Mr.. Chase
that want would be supplied. And it is
probable that somebf their leaders. TO
whom Office is everything and principles
are nothing, have looked with longing
eyes upon the great Republican states
man. They may have argued that the
trust which the people repose in his judy
ment and intergrity'rhlght be transferred |
to the Democratic party, should he con-
sent to become its leader. 1t may have
seemed to these gentlemen not absolutely
to bring about such happy
'esult Lions have been known to lie
Town with lambs, and Tammany has seen
n the Happy Family at Barnum's Mus
um how animals appointed by nature to
ate each other to the end have, by lit
lie policy, been brought to the most cdi.
wing and pathetic attachment. Having
one thus far, they must have seen the
ccessity of a reform in the Democratic
'arty. When q nation of cannibals in
ties Clergyman to become its king, its
rst ster, of course. must be to give up
Ian eating; and, if the Democrats really
esire Mr.. Chase, they are certainly ready
D take the negro to their arms and 60 in
Or the payment of the debt. By the ex.
emit Of such sacrifice, we may know the
alue they place upon the Chief Justica,
hey can only get him for their candi.
ate by giving up the worst, aud there
're the most important, articles of their
reed.
And here is the absurdity of this most
idiculous invention. If the Democrats
o over to Mr.. Chase, they Republicanize
heir party; there would be two plat.
orms essentially the same, and the only
ucstion before the. people would lie one
t personal popularity. An idiot of or lima.
y education would laugh at the idea Of
he Democrats giving up Democracy. 1t
as been said that lin j SCI they abandon
d their principles when they nominated
Union general, but it must be remem-
'ered that they took Mcclellan becduss be
Tas failure. They had said that'the war
vas an outrage on the South, and natural
y supported the man who had made it a
o. turc TO the North. But they gave up
10 principle then, and are less likely to
10 SO now. Nor would Seymour or Pend.
eton permit the New-Yofk Convention to
20 outside of the party for candidate
md. if the leaders would consent, the
ank and Gle would not. Mr.. Chase on,
my platform would be pretty candidate
or the men whose chief political creed is
hat the negro 10 the descendant Of the
,orilla. 10 put man known to doubt
his fact on the ticket would be to dis.
gust that mass of sturdy voters which
constitutes the strength of the party.