The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-27

OF the Tuplu tAtSu6lOh VI oNi AIiO1 AIN]
tant lines towards the Mississippi is every
day more and more encouraging, we should
begin to look cheerfully out to sea, not only
10 restore our lost trade there, but to lind
new fields for adventure and prosperous
commerce.
With Regard to Mr.. Chase and the
New York Convention.
Mr.. WILLIAM Brown "has come to
town" without swallowing hogshead
down. as the old song has it; but has
thrown q tub to the great whale-the peo-
ple-in order to create a diversion, it seems,
in behalf of the ship on which General
GRANT sails said whale being apparently
very much intent upon upsetting said ship.
Mr.. WILLIAM BRowN at a recent meeting
of the Kentucky Grant Club, held at Frank
fort, ayowcd himself as the intimate friend
of Chief Justice CHASE, as knowing all
about his opinions, sentiments, and motives,
and the circumstances by which his noml-
nation was defeated in the New York Con-
yention.
Mr.. BR0wH gives q history Of Mr..
CHASE'S expressed views from time to time
with reference to the Presidency. BROWN
on the lst of July resigned his position as
committee man on the GRANT State Repub-
lican Committee of Kentucky, and also as
clcctor for the State on the GRANT ticket,
in order that he might assist to secure the
nomination of Mr.. CHASE. lie immedi-
ately went to work TO effect that object Ill
cooperation with members of the Republi-
can party and prominent Democrats.
As early as April Mr.. CHASE, in letter
to Mr.. BNowN, expressed himself as having
10 aspirations for the Presidency. He
spoke of the talk that there was then of
"unitng all the opponents of military as
ccndancy and military commissions on
" one candidate, and making me (him) that
candidate" But he declared that he had
no idea that with his known principles
I" in respect TO restoration on the basis OF
universal suffrage and universal amnesty
there would be any such issue made upon
him.
Mr.. Brown reviews the course Of the i'm
pcachment and Judge CuASE's relation to
1.-THE violent exhibitions Of temper by the
extreme Radicals-the menaces against
Judge CHASE aad the conservative senators,
&c.,-aii Of which led to the apprehension
that the House of Representatives meant to
usurp the whole powers of the Government,
including supremacy over the Senate as
well as the Executive, and the conservative
men turned to Judge CHASE to save them
from the pcrils Of the hour. These con-
sisted not only Of Republicans, but leading
Democrats, who proceeded, says Mr.. Brown,
to commence the work of educating their
party to accept the view of nominating Mr..
CHASE.
On May 30th he applied to Mr.. c., tell
ing him the state of feeling, when he said
81 viii not surrender my honest convic-
tons will never admit that the black
I" man has no rights which any one is bound
"to respect" Mr.. Brown piled Mr.. c..
with arguments to show why he should not
object to the use Of his name, informing
him that he heard many Democrats say
they would unite with him and his friends
/" on his own PLATFORM" and concluded by
saying that "his humanity, his duty to
"his friends, forbade his letting this op-
portunity CO." and spoke the browning
"honor to an eminently successful life !" to
be called by the ''voicc of the people,"
g to lay aside his judicial ermine and as
"sume the serene and lofty dignity of the
Presidential HONOR
Mr.. CHASE seemed deeply impressed
with this view of the case" and left the
matter in the hands of his friends with
the distinct understanding that he had
sought nomination from no party, and
had changed or abandoned no conviction.
In an interview with Judge CHASE on
July lst Mr.. BRowN inquired what he
would do if the New York Convention put
forth the theory Of the " southern REACTION
lists" that "this is white mans Govern
ment," and "to deprive the colored people
" in any section of the country of any right
" or privilege they now enjoy"; and Judge
CHASE replied: In such case it would be
:" the duty of every patriot and of every
friend Of humanity to rally to the stand
card of General GRANT" Mr.. Brown then
defines two parties, which he says composed
the New York Convention, which he calls
Progressionists and Reactionists." 1t
is needless to repeat what he says. 1t is a
mere Radical view of the opinions prevail
ing in that body. The main point of diff
ference, as he states it, was that one was for
accepting Radical econstruction-which
had enfranchised all negroes and disfran-
chised large part of the withstand by
60 peaceful means and moral suasion " to
remove the disabilities from the whites.
The Reactionists opposed Radical recon-
,iruction as unconstitutional and void. Mr.. |
sowN says if Judge CHASE had been
nominated he would have repudiated that
art OF the platform which declares the