The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-25
,,.,,,os OF GHIsr JusrIcH GLASS; : :

-, or CHIEF JUSTICE 4CHAsE.-S,og
ftssii.. .hs storm Of Radical detraction
sr 0s;ast = Chief yustice Chase for the esase
asa s. e his decisions uponssthe Supreme
IN la,', nd in The Senate, that 8 correspond
oen'" a, who is understood to have his
en' las. .s writes to the Cincinnati Gazette.
eohi, nut, IN his defence Referring to the
haa.s # his raising tho question Of eligi-
s s;';,s q the President pro tempore of the
o''". ., 70 the Presidency, ne says S,
Se aWr, Chase never raised the question,
..r argued about 1t, never wrote about It
new, finished opinions for others to write,
or u.s ssw the article in the Iateligencer till
never .nnr half the papers in the country
d'{s zoe, % a,tributing its authorship to him..
hsa S.r he improper to add, that when the,
h E..., was finally brought to his attention
suol1n,;c;,ly said g haze not spoken OF
he eAS ;Sct to aav one, SAGE to say, IN reply
tie s "cSSt;nas, that it ,ras matter Of Too
,,ts importunce for me. 10 express any
% ,.,ty or iA-considered opinion one acay or
~ other about It, $50 Al
- !, @ much for the effort to fasten upon
!, Chef Justice the raising Of this ques-
Hs 80 question, may add, on which such
, ,:Dh as BENJAMIN F. Butler have declared
!t., Il presents plausible appearance, and
%s'"onds the most careful Investigation.
''s mSow as to the ambitious aim. 1t will
r-obably be news to most Of these SANDER
s that the Chief Justice IS not ',o,o In the
w. e., I NJ succession to the Presidency at all.
- ~ ri, no, be news to those who, having
I,,rred gepublicanism from him in the
j.rs when his present detractors were
yninp for Jeff. Davis in the Charleston
rnnyention. or mobbing abolition lee.
,n v like Wendell Phillips in. Cincin-
sst; are not now disposed to follow
these dctractors in the hue and cry
,ys;pst the most distinguished and,
consistent of their early leaders, that his
sense of propriety reyolts from the posi-
b;litv of such succession. 1t would be
indecent and SHAMEFUL exclaimed the
chief Justice, when the matter was brought
10 his attention-apd he spoke with a
warmth quite unusual with him-sit would
hc;pdecent and shameful that an officer who
must Of necessity, ny eho -iS4uaotuoht-o VI
the Constitution, preside at the trial OF the
President, should, in the event of that trial
rsgltiw il a conUiction, become the. success
Sor Of the man he has jast aided IN trying
Tn to this time our legislators have had the
wisdom to sec this. ! deeply regret that a
bill now introduced in the House proposes
70 outrage the common sense of the fitness
Of things by placing the Chief Justice in
the line of succession but sincerely
trust that the wisdom of Congress may be
sufficient to defeat SO improper mea-
sure" - s 80 ~
The Cleveland Leader puts very en-
yhatic quietns upon the reports connecting
Mr.. Chases name with the Democratic can
lidacy for President. 1t declares that it
"has authority for saying that he would
rot take, nor for an instant consider, q
nomination from the Democratic party for
any Office whatever This ought to be de-
csive. The Leader adds, with equal en-
yhasis, the gratifying statement that Mr..
jhase has no political aspirations, and
will withdraw himself from active and
PARTISAN politics to the serener duties tc
which his present high Office assigns him.