The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-21
MIR. CHAsR's LETTER.
The following Is the full letter whereof
a syncpals Ms printed in our columns

a synopAls Nns printed In our columns
yesterday yk{,
AZ l0 Hon!iE " p0npOay
4 NY DEAR s1R.-I have received your
kind letters and Am much obliged fpF the
Ylafly touched by the proofs they afford OF
the attachment and confidence Of the col
RdEed people. I have always said that to
possess the affection and true respect Of
the:poor and: oppressed is a-worthter obs
iect Of ambition Than any official position,
even the highest, I'm that ambit 1l9m,
glad 70 know Tam mott likely 10 be,
disappointed. may he mistaken, but !
realig. believe, that / have BEEN credited
with more ambition for place than fec.
Not that I possess any 'uneo nlnloh indlt-
fefrfesncs to the qualification derived from
distinction, but, %, me, great place has al
ways 3semed chiefly Yalpahle as great OPP
p0ftuntty for useful service, ,r,,,. bS M.
~ No one can forSee the future. Congress
has adjourned, and. the members, have
gone home to confer with their conStitu.i
eutSp aNF heElt they RETURN ! preSttfei they
will talks hold Of Tlefr rWork vigorously,
Opinions diHeraS TO what is best to be
done. On one point there Is little real
division. All.seetn, agreed that tho Re
CONSTRUCTION policy Or Congress must be
.atdentlY pursued, and TINT thG earliest
possible restorati Of the Southern States
to their old relations, upon the basis Of
Universal Suffrage and Equal Rights, lis
most Desirable r iiie66lI more Anxiety on
this point than any, other, because, this
point once secured, all Others may be.
reckoned as,secured.d The rights OF labor
and theIfntarestl Of labor are ut the basis
ofall sound policy, and nothing b so i'm
poEtapt to theirs as the right 70 vote Tor
The 1ab0rer. Sincerely yours. 5ts,i.5f y Z
s $780, ,+ ad,, s.P CHASE K
Y psf have never advocated Uniyer-
sal Suffrage and Immediate Amnesty to
All, .IhaTe said 1tliat Universal Suffrage
would reconcile comprehensive lenity
with tranquility and prosperity. | would
have no more ,diStanch sement after tho
complete establi Shment Of Universal Sui
frage than Is absolutely necessary 70 secure
the new order ot things, md the new
State Constitutions against overthrow.
Those lately III rebellion have no more
right to destroyEthe country by ballots
than by bullets!a ohR !GIa l!siiId
9As 10 the trial Of Jefferson Davis, the
amount and kind Of Misrepresentation is
astonishing. The tactB arc simple. 1neith-
eriseeknof shun the responsibility Of try
ing anybody. (dy purpose Is to do my
duty as O. Judge, honestly and faithfully,
turning neither 70, the right nprlthe left)
MI. SIttnN,TR 40 In
the South, as an incident OF .the!warI and
anybody could be tried by military COM
mission, no Justice Of the Supreme Court
could properly hold Court theres 0 This
state Of things lasted. from before the sur.
render OF Lee, In April, 1866, TIL the final
suppression of the rebellion was proclaim.
ed, In 1865. Meantime, In july 1865, an
act Of Congress, by cliangtu the ULtffllIttsl
had deprived the Justices ot'the Snpreme
Court OF Jurisdiction IN the Southern
States; and jurisdiction WAS ui6hrestored
until March, 1s67ewhen Congress passed
the necessary ACT lOf course, from July.
1886, to March, 1887, neither the Chief
Jtsttce, nor any other Justice, could try
anybody IN Virginia. Any editor or;any
newspaper would have rs much right.
At the time the act Of March, 1857, was
passed, tho Supreme Court was sitting In
Washington, and the Chief Justice was
bound t8 be there, but I'D wrote TO. the
District Judge ct Richmond, W., that he
would como down md join him IN holding
the Cpnrt, rs soon rs, the Supreme Court
adjourned In May Jefferson Davis, how
ever, WIS brought before the District
Judge and bailcd in May, before the Su-
PFean6l Court iadjournetl.t Q This Seems to
have been done by sort OF consent, and
II was done without any conference.-the
the Chief Justice, and was a.matter Of
which he had no control.a9The counsel
on both sides were, informed blythe Dis.
trict Judge that the ChieflJusticeS would
come in a1ew days and!itia trial!lad been
desired on either side, itCenld hsse been
then: had in that very monthiot Maya mi