The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-07
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Mr.. Chase.

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The man whom all the ultra Radical pa
rcrs Of the North now most fear is SALMON
T. CHASE. He is charged with being an
aspirant to the Presidency, and with eicc-
tioncering constantly to secure the nomina-
ton in 1872 of the Democratic or Conscf-
vativc party, or of whatever party snail DC
then opposing the Radicals. lie is SAID I"
be prompting Senator SrRAGuE, and CO.
quoting with the southern rebels. dc If
denounced as q corrupt judge, who prosti-
tutcs his Office to crafty an unlawful ambi-
ton. He is supposed to have advised with
the yirginians who first proposed to with
draw Colonel WITHERs and concentrate the
votes of all the opponents of WELLS upon
colonel WAIVER. In fact, he is looked upon
MS a man whom il will require the utmost
efforts of the illibcral Radicals, North and
South, to defeat Of the grand purpose OF his
life.
Mr.. CHASE is perhaps the ablcst man
amanrss all the northern statesmen. HIS
caasummatc skill as Il inancicr dld more 10
render the late war q successful one on the
mart of the North than did the achieve
ments of any single one Of the Federal
Generals. He is Il man Of great influence.
And it becomes his enemies to be active II
he is really working to secure his w
nomination for the Presidential Office.
But why should it be supposed that Mr..
..:,w 10 In pragilppt illS
he lone anything unbccoming his high OIL
fec, or unworthy of his exalted reputation
Has he surrendered any of the principles
which he advocated during the war;! Did
he not in 1865 throw away the nomination
Of the Democratic National Convention by
manfully standing up everywhere ana I'M
dor all circumstances for negro suffrage !
Has he not been perfectly consistent as a
Republican? He has done nothing that we
know of which should cause any man to
question his devotion to the principles which
he has for years advocated. The hostility
10 him grows out Of the fact that he holds
courts in the southern States, and IS treated
as n gentleman and received as 4 friend by
the southern people, and out Of the consc-
qucnt apprehension that he may not hate
us.
Now, the southern States will unqucs-
tionably be n power in the next Prcsiden-
tial election. They may all vote together.
But there is no probability that they will
do SO unless they are compelled. The
southern people do not think alike in re-
gard to n tariff for protection, the currency
question, the internal revenue laws, the
banking system, the importation of Chinese
laborers, nor any other question that could
arise. Nothing but future acts of hostility
to them can keep them united. Mr.. CHASE
has n long head. We know nothing as to
his designs. Yet if he aspircs to the Pre-
sidcncv he has probably determined to run
as n candidate Of the whole country, and
not as the choice of q majority OF one sec
ton of it. Surely this is just what he
should do. And if the Radicals wish to
defeat him, they must learn wisdom from
his example. Let them treat Virginia,
Mississippi, ard Texas, as literally as MIR.
CHASE is supposed to he willing to treat
those States. Let them frown down all eff
forts to exact from US oaths which we can
not take. Let them treat us as they would
the people of New York, or Ohio, or Massa-
cLusctts, and not attempt to control us by
force. If they will do this, nothing can
prevent the southern people from being
divided uponall national questions, and Mr..
CHASE will stand no better chance of get
ting the electoral votes of all the southern
States in 1872 thar will General GRANT,
General SHERMAN, or any other man whom
the Republicans (no longer Radicals) may
nominate for President.