Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-08
DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.

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DEATH OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
The Intelligence which we printed yester-
day morning, that Chief Justice Chase had
been stricken with paralysis on Tuesday
this being the second attack-and was lying
in critical condition at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. Hoyt, in New York, has
no doubt prepared the reader for the an
Douncement we make this morning of his
death yesterday.
Salmon P. Chase was born at Cornish,
New Hampshire, Jan. Is, 1903. When
nine years old bis father died, and at the
age of twelve be went to Worthington,
Ohio, whtre his tuition was superintended
by his uncle, Philander Chase, then Bishop
of Ohio. He subsequently entered Cincin-
natl College, of which bis uncle had mean
time accepted the Presidency. After
about years residence in Ohio, he
returned to New Hampshire, and in 1924
entered the junior class of Dartmouth Col
lege, where he was graduated in 1926. In
the succeeding winter, Mr.. Chase opened
classical school for boys in Washington
City, and soon after closing his school in
1929, be was admitted to the bar of the
District of Columbia, for which be had
qualified himself under the direction of
William Writ, during the time he was dis
charging the duties Of teacher. In the
spring Of 1880, he returned to Cincinnati
and entered upon the practice of the law.
While struggling through the early embar-
easements of professional life, Mr.. Chase
prepared an edition of the statutes of Ohio,
with copious annotations, and preliminary
sketch of the history Of the State, in three
large volumes. Aided by the repuia-
ton thus acquired, he soon gain
ed vsluablo practice. He sup
ported Gen. Harrison for the
Presidency in 1910, aud took a prominent
part in forming he Liberty party il Ohio
in 1S41. lie was also a member of the
National Liberty Convention which met in
Buffalo in 1S43, and was an active member
of the committee on resolutions. In 1915
Mr.. Chase projected Southern and West
ern Liberty Convention, designed to en-
brace all who were opposed to slavery,
which was leld st Cincinnati in June of
that year. He was enc of the chief pro-
mOteTs of thai convention of Free Sellers
which was held st Buffalo in 1S4S, and
nominated Martin Van Buren, for Presi-
ident. On the 22d Of February, 1S49, Mr..
Chase was elected United States Senator,
recei 5ipg the entire vote of the Democratic
members ofthe Legislature Of Ohio, and of
those Free Soil members who favored
Democratic views. In the United
States Senate in 1850, Mr.. Chase opposed
Mr.. Clay's compromise bill, and delivered
speech against that measure on the 26th
and 9th of March. On the nomination Of
General Pierce in 1852, Mr.. Chase separated
from he Democratic party, which was then
committed to the support of an extension
of 81 very. 10 1854 he opposed the Kansas
Nebraska bill, and offered several amend
ments to the same while it was before the
Senate. he proposed to add a clause that
1.-THE people of the territory, through their
appropriate representatives, may, if they |
see fit, prohibit the existence of slavery |
therein" This amendment was rejected |
by a vote Of ten yeas to thirty-six nays. |
He advocated the homestead bill, and main- |
tanned that the Federal Government should |
aid in the construction of a railroad to |
the Pacific. He was also an early advo- |
ate of cheap postage, and an. unwea-
ried opponent of extrava ant appropria-
tions. In 1855, he was elected Governor
of Ohio by the opponents CT the Kansas
Nebraska bill. He supported Gen. Ere
mont for President in the election of 1886,
and was reelected Governor by the Re- I
publicsns in 1857. At the National Repub-
lican Convention, which met in Chicago in
1850, Gov. Chase received forty-nine votes
on the first ballot for President. Having
been appointed member of the Peace Con-
ference which met at Washington in Feb
ruary, 1861, he there made a speech on the
subject of fugitive slaves, and proposed that
The Northern States should compensate
their owners for them. he was appointed
Secretary Of the Treasury by Mr.. Lincoln,
March 4, 1861. In January, 1862, be recon-
mended that the notes Of the United States
should be made legal tender. He resigned
his Office on on the 30th of June, 1864,
about which time his friends made a move
ment to procure bis nomination as a can
didate for the Presidency, being regarded
with special favor by the Radical Republic
cans, who had fallen out with Mr.. Lincoln,
bu without success. He supported the re-
ele aion of Mr.. Lincoln, who appointed him
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, in place Of Chief Justice
Tam y, who died in October, 1864. In the
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