Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-05-02


States. The trial, however, is so near its close
that the admission of Senators from any OF
these States to participation in the verdict is
not likely to become practical question. Spea
king IN this boint, one cannot but feel little
vexed at the course of Republican members OF
Congress in referance to the admission of Colo-
RADIO. Had she been admitted, we should have
counted two more good Radical votes in the
Senate feel no compunction in saying that
we might have counted with confidence upon
their voting for conviction in the present trial;
because in m my views, the case Is SO clear
that nothing but the blindest partizlnshlp or
still more unworthy motives could induce any
one to vote otherwise. Their absence at this
iunc ture is the m ,re provoking, because there
were 50 many good reasons why the Territory
SHOULD have been admitted. Her population
was larger, at the time of her last application,
than that of several other Territories was at the
time of their admission, While her prospective
rate of increase is incomparply greater Her
mineral wealth is now beginning to become
popularity known, and the rapid progress OF The
Pacific railroad toward her chief city viii at
tract uOOu Oh thl1 NiiiSS'AOA NNA
inc the present spring and approaching summer.
Her Senators and Representatives elect are men
of such wel-known loayalty, high character
and general accep, ability, that there could not
possibly have been any objection to them on
personal or party grounds, and it is not easy to
conistucre the nature of the considerations by
which this Territory has been so 'ng excluded
al. HI
for the PRESIDENCY has been foregone conciu-
sion with skillful readers of the signs OF The
times eyer since the publication OF the cores
p1ndence between him and Andrew johnson,
on the removal of Sheridan, developed, Incl
dentally. the real sentiments and opinions OF
the reticent hero on the great issues ofthe day.
But no intelligent man appears willing to risk
his reputation as political prophet by predic-
ting who will be our candidlte Tor the Vice
presidency There are so many nearly equally
and good men in the Republican purity that 1t
is hardly possible to select candidate from
among them upon the ground that he is the most
fit for tie position. At first, the delegation
from each State will, of course, prefer the
claims of his fav orite before the convention:
but there is reason to believe that that body
will ultimately select, from among all the reia-
Bile men who have been spoken of in connection
with the Vice presidency, him whose popular
| ity will be most likely to secure US the lsrgest
| upmber of votes in the ELECTORAL college. There
may be many charges of opinion before the
conyention assembly, and there may be good
cause for such changes. Mr.. Wade's cabinet
and forcgn appointments may absorb all the
present prominent aspirants for the Vice presi
dency, and leave the friends of the noble states
man of Ohio master of the situatian at Chicago
A great deal of real solcitude is expressed
and felt by the friends and life long admirers
Of Judge Chase in this city on the widely circu-
lated rumor of his political tergiversation. There
is good reason to believe that Mr.. Chase en-
tertains and has expressed opinions which JUS
tify loyal men in pronouncing him no longer
reliable as a safe counselor or Trustworthy pub
lie servant It would seem Incredible, at first
thought, that the able and revored statesman
to whom the cause of liberty throughout tile
world is so deeply indebted, could, by any os
sibility, after dGyoting lis entire youth and
manhood to the service ofGod, voluna arily sac
rifce the few remaining years of Lis old age to
the Devil But let us be charitable. Mr. Sew
ard ouce stood higher with his party than ever
Mr.. Chase has stood but Greedy, Dana, and
few others saw and said that he as man not
to be trusted; and the subsequent course Of
Mr. Seward has verified their assertion. The
great Party of Progress is strong enough 10 get
along without Mr.. Chase; but let us still hope,
for his sake, and the current rumorsto his pre-
judice are without foundation in fact.
The latest development Of the Woman's
Rights question is the position assumed and
defended by Mrs. Julia Archibald Holmes, the
accomplished correspondent of the New York
Revolution, who has determined to re-assume
her maiden name and now signs her letters ''Ju-
liza Archibald" Listen to her ':Neither, law
nor common sense enjoins it on woman as q
duty to merge her name and identity in. that of
h.r husband. The custom is only one of the
tyrannes Of fashion to which thinking women
will no longer submit" Good for sister Julia.
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