The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-19
Don Platt, the Washington correspondent of
The Cincinnati Commercial, thus spicily venti-

Don Platt, inc washington correspondent OI
The Cincinnati Commercial, thus spicily ycnti-
latcs his views as to 'Thc Coming Man.
have been ut some pains since my arrival
here to ascertain the fUrcc Of what Is now
known as the Chase movement Any one look
Ing over collection Of exchanges, can srct n
glimpse OF it; but in addition, 1t has been my
fortune to meet and converse with men whose
feelings views and prcj,idicrs make uncrrinw
indication of the current.
Inc iact ls the late elections nave made the
CHIEF Justice TO tho Democratic party what
Grant was TO the Republican, political ne
ccssity. 1t has been defeated in PENNSYLVANIA
and Ohio, with so small II majority ag;,ins,
them, as 10 bear the f7Orllc unimpaircd-hut
with the iacL demonstrated That as long as the
party looks more TO its history than its prlnci-
pies, such defeats are irresistible. The Demo
cratic party, like Lots wife, should be warned
against looking back. There III death in the
retrospective business The people will not
Trust party That is forever calling attention 10
Its lack OF character In the nast.
1ou know that have great faith in the i'm
mortality Of the Democratic party. | hclieyc
1t will be on hand ready TO regard the Inst
trump 10 Judgment as q call to the polls, and
come streaming up s'to vote the ticket, The
whole and nothing but the ticket" have
faith In the vitality of a party that can take
,$Ms2 its arms Sam, Cary and Lew Campbell
stitution than was Its Infamous war record.
can bet on the longevity of an organization
that carries successfully the Hebrew Belmont
and the publican Tweed. But this grim devil,
called defeat, must in the end dcmoralize, and,
If not destroy the party, at least leave It in
deplorable minority. f"The day drags on.
though clouds keep out the sun, said the gen.
ueman, whose morality old mother Stowe il ut
80 much pains 10 doubt, ''and Democrats de-
feated, yet defeated struggle on"
VIC must nave q new departure" cry the
leaders, and they. look longingly ut the tall,
Imposing form OF the Chief Justice, and wish
that the everlasting eOlOred man could be 40
buried under the wood-pilc as never TO be
heard OF again. There are live issues press
ing upon the people for immediate solution,
upon which the Democratic party could ride
duced to leave their dead and dying in the
rear. A gentlcmun of high political and social
standing In Tic South, assured me, the other
day, that Chase, placed on such platform as
that offered the Democrats at the celebrated
Fourth Of July Convention, would sweep the
Sonth, taking up In It's support oil parties.
The shrewdcr leaders rejoice over the defeat
OF 0Ie1dleton, as ending forever the mcnstrous
greenback proposition, that, justly or unJuslly,
lad been fastened on 0hio's unfortunate son.
And, on the other hand, they dread these
thieves and thimble.rggcrs OF New York,
whose success would not only be the death of
ne Democratic party, but o final winding up
Justice and the new departure.
by-the-Dy, heard, not long since, from q
gentleman who claimed to be behind the
scenes at the time, that the Chase movement
happy condition, for the moment, of an emi-
nent statcsman who went from a wine party
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to tho caucus
Now, the Fifth Avenue Hotel drink,
one powerful, and our solemn states
man made his appearance among the dele
gates like a roaring lion. lie mounted the
table, and, In voice that sounded like rumb-
Nng thunder In the very bowels Of tile earth,
proceeded to dcnounce the Chief Justice with
more force than elegance. Ills remarks, in
deed, were exceedingly Drofane. This coming
a the very moment when the delegates had
met on this occasion TO devise means TO Sc
cure his nomination, was, to say the least.
embarrassing. TO make it worse, the next
Gay This great statesman, soGer or sane, found
II necessary TO sustain himself. as he had been
under the fnflucnce-and SO the weeping Sey-
mour was nominated on the pathetic appeal OF
the tender Vallandgham. But Il may be only
ialr to say that Vallandigham was not the
great statesman who passed through the ex-
perience related.
!, ANA, 9y-the-by again: Do you know that
here, and In New York, where was last night.
tiie belief among the leading politicians Is that
tendicton was beaten designedly by tho dIsaf-
fected In his own ranks? In word, that lie
was stabbed in the house of his friends. In
confirmation OF this, they point 10 the very
quiet condition of the canvass on the Demo-
cratic side, in which tho once familiar voices
we're wont TO thunder, while the windy Cary
them that this was in consequence Of Mr.. Carys
advice and high old silutcgy, looking to the
furthcr benefit Of Gentleman George.
To Return 10 tho Chief Justice. The rock
upon which his prospects arc likely to go to
pieces is this YcrgcE case. II is drifting into
general c0nHldGratton of the reconstruction
acts, and this venerable court of ours, with
Chief Justice Chase at Its head, is rs intlepend-
ent as swine Oh congealcd water and as piuckyI
as bull terriers. Now tho country is sick Of
agitation of this sort, and hoped to be near tho
end OF 1t. This Is especially tho case at the
South, where the cotton crop, now on its way
to market, has been unusually abundant, and
commanding a high price. The poor people are
getting q taste now OF the peace and prospcri-
y so long strangers To thoir country
It is u little curious that the Democratic
party, that now stands ut the back of the court,
urging on such adjudication, was the first 10
question such power, and, under Jefferson,
denounced the tribunal dangerous to our lib.
critics. Bn, then, Democratic platform Is
only spring board to turn somersauts from.
The Supreme Court Ia made up of aged gem
tlemcn. meet them frequently. In their
postprandIal vibrations, or morning constltu-
tonals, and they shake as they walk, in way
fearful to look on. This la true of all save tho
Chief Justice. / SOW him last Thursday. He
agos slowly. What o luporb physique he has /
such trunk, and such q massive, intellectual
head and, wlthal, very winning smile when
hs talks TO you.