The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-01
THE BULLETIN.
Publication once. BuIictin Building,
Washington Avenue.
JUSTICE CHASE.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE VEN
CRADLE STATESMAN HIS
VIEWS On THE NEW
DEpARTIK
IT'S IMPORTANCE AND INFLU.
ENCE-MR. CHASE SUP
PORTS TT.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHERN
LEADERS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHERN
LEADERS.
| The Cincinnati correspondent of the
New York Herald, under date Of June "a,
writes ms follows: During his recent visit
here Chief Justice Chase kept himself very
retired. After staying few days at the
| hotel he accepted the Inequalities Of rich,
| retired merchant q few miles from the
city. Here he remained in comparative
seclusion, seeing only few old personal
| friends, and consulting with Wash.
| Mclean, and some OF the leaders Ct the
new departure movement.
Your correspondent, having known the
chief justice in other and more prosperous
days, was favored with an interview. II
| was just after breakfast, and ! found Mr.
Chase reading the morning papers. lie Is
greatly changed in appearance. His
| figure is still tail, erect, and commanding,
but he has grown so thin that his clothes
seem to hang loosely upon him. They look
as If they had been made for another
man. His large, expressive eyes are
sunken in his head, and, with his heavy
shaggy eyebrows, he reminds you Of Dam
| iel Webster in his ripper years. There is
a visible nervousness OF manner about the
| chief Justice which makes you feel any
tn ing but comfortable in his presence,
and yet when he talks he seems quite at
ease.
allow Is your health, Mr.. Chief Justice?'
l said as we shook hands.
Pretty good, he replied, with an
effort at cheerfulness; that is, better than
it has been. After few seconds hesi-
tation he said 81 am so much in the
habit Of saying that my health is good
that sometimes forget that / have been
an invalid, and am only Just recov ering
Still am much better than have been
and / hope this summer to regain my
wonted strength.
"You are on your way TO Michigan" /
said, "for your heath ?"
"Yes, am going 10 try some springs
there that have been recommended 10 me
very highly They are reported to possess
great efficacy
Here the chief justice fell into sort oil
reverie. After staring at vacuity for q
few minutes, he suddenly recollected him.
self aud inquired what the news was.
The absorbing news here replied
seems 10 be the sudden and tragic death
Of Nallandigham.f
"Yes, that was very sad indeed. Just at
]
landigham was q man Of great ability and
Of undoubted courage. Even when j had
occasion 10 differ with him POLITICAL
(which am free 10 say do not now,)
always admired his courage There are
few Of our public men who possess this
quality in great degree"
do you thinF Vallsndigham's death
will have any serious effect upon the NEW
departure movement, Of which he was
the author
No, sir do not Tha, Is sure to 20
on until il covers the whole country.
don't remember any political movement
that has made go deep AN impression upon
parties and upon the country rs the one
which may be said to have been inaugur-
atcd by Mr.. Nallandigham. Had he liv-
cd it would naturally have given him
great influence not only with the democ.
racy but with the honest thinking men oil
all parties for this movement, ! think
cOmmends itself TO the best men in tbs
republican party ss well as the democrat
ic.'
al have heard some republicans, Mr.
Chief Justice, say that had Nallandigham
lived he would probably have come over
to the republican organization. Wha,
do you think of it,
"Oh, no. that's great mistake. AL
the republicans he wanted would have
come over to him. There would have
been no occasion for him going TO them
what many republicans had been looking
fora platform upon which the honest
patriotic men of both parties could come
together After brief silence the chic
justice added thoughtfully, 1T is only {
question OF time "
Then you think some Of the republi
cans will join the new departure move
ment2
We'll yes, l think they will. It look
TO me like the nucleus Of new party
There are a great many people who ar,
dissatisfied with both parties. They ar,
anxious for n different order OF things
The war is over and the people want peace
The republican party, or at least some [
its leaders, seem bent upon perpetuatinl
the memories of the wal and thus keeping
alive the feeling of hatred and sectional
ism which engenders it. This is destruc'
tive of the best interests Of both sections
Some OF the democrats on the other hand
refuse to accept the results of the war, bu
, | don't believe their numbers are formid
. APPLE at all
. at seems JEFF Davis, Aleck Stephen:
Bob Toombs and few men of that elias
in the south are unwilling to accept tn
situation"
!, At first the chief justc made no repl,
to this statement, but after awhile he said
Davis has been acting very foolishly o.
late in making speeches. / rather thin
he has been misrepresentcd to some exten
by the reporters, but he would have don
!, better to have pursued the course he di'