The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-23
CHASE AND SUMMER.
raF LAST INTERVIEW OF rmE GREAT MEN
An HISTORIC SCENE.

NH.ci JUSTICES last Interview with n
- Massachusetts Senator: "Ihc final i,
i terNicW. ~ the residence of Scua,,
'c Splague, between senator Summer an
n the lhiei Justice. was OF that rhu,.arr,
10 give respect ami tenderness to n,
clNing period OF two sr,al career
u Mr.. sumner and Mr.. Chase were ns.ocj
u "ie> IN The senate before the Rcpubiica
party was fairly OH its feel. 10Th I'm,
been elected by a coalition in ii,,ir con,
piiiieiilarI, for, when great parties dis
oahu ior the sake OF personal character
may DC inferred that there is some
mug exceptionally great in the ind
huais hohorcu. There is much talh
~ our uay about tcaity and pariy-loy.
la'i'!' as IL constant Sen. Wade was o,
more consequence than il boiling CLns.
VI Us Al liic Chict Justice OF the Court o,
Isaiiiis was to be preferred in history Ia
ms cosmopolitan colleague, Carl Schurz.
The iepubIican party &c best was n bo,t
10 begil with. Ii was born in ,,etcct-
ION. ana great when il came TO ,,rca,
men, Instead otollowiuy curiridyr
DoN ie. uiaions. Alr. sumner III
cred from Mr.. Chase iuhl, cx.
..ss % lihpctuosiiy; his nature was
suo"ser' Out The arc. OF lis character
narrower. AT The impeachment trial
-. showed some impaiience with Mr..
on'se SLOW and careful department
anu hh;thliesiiy growing dislike of The
ilnPeachiieht programme. la TN, tria,
o"ase prevailed, as he has on every oc-
. 'sioh VI HE save that uncertain DRAW
',"s u The lresn.eniial prize. Mr..
unison was rebukcd by large vote in
'"'"r or his position bat his Office wa,
,ot uisgiaced. Had he been convicted
nc president OF the United States by
would have been n man -, |,
'"ii-he;'ded parts, who cast hi, yntr
yer! Time IN the line OF his own cl.v,,- Il
ION. nus. by a sort OF poelic ius,ic, II
VII. a'!e was repaid for lcadinra tuct' Il
Oh vi ehvious fellows to The lhicarn II
invention, in 1850. TO defeat ~. III
iiasc nomination for the Presidency
:, "ouiu De In admirable context IN Ic
lace siuc oy sl"c the speeches of Sum. !;
"a anu Silise III that early period when c.
ie! cohtehued together against The b
'"iaas ana Nebraska bill. Mr.. sum. t.
81 speeches were like the clarr. q, CT
l"ra', designed To break the eur,uy's l,l
'h'cr. Mr.. Cllase's were imper.u,,,I n
~ iuil oi that moral power Which az 10,
'es,es The prophecy oil the pre- sem. and Iil
Iiies to it.wi,h an anticipation o, ,he y,
cisioh OF poslerity. Not men arp,
iisoiiance, and bolii too great ana i'm. c,
rious 10 be in accord wniI.. il, ~. Ian
sly vigor ofpuDlic career il ia n,c,S I'll
: eiiapter ~ see The Invalid senator ne
=" massachusetts in The nulynani- IN
'"' part VI visitor TO the Justice. t"l
'oSe'hef again III the >oltemcd ri'
o'V"s W '"ntuai pam, memory and IN
precautions. Mr.. sumner said TO Nh. ju,
inc' Wheli they met on Friday pr,or ed
'hc dei'ii OK the iliier: "t,ou bless IA
am -'a'i - nave seen yu,i again .c
:! sii"t an Interview Of IN ,uly and scl
''c soIt. pfoDtoly such "A one n. con- sc;
'P".aI. statesmen seldom have
WHO heard an account OF il saws il,ut
'"Sii 10 RANK with the friendship Of lirT
Ell days between Jefferson nuJ tnk
ans. Mr. CHASE said on one occasion, no
gentleman whose name | need no, -
re; mir. sumner is greatly nv ~
iui' az !, scholar. and never WA, ~,
,'liionist: he was" The iact w,. n
'Ae-e TWO eminent cuutemporaries
red by the logical drye,u,uncn, -.n
u Inherent premises. Mr., thas.," e
The area and education OF tie W.st. Du'
Sumner Inherited the intense ma y
'e>>ive spirit OF reform against ,lc.- >,
SINS. whether chartered or uu,h,,,- -.
I. Which Nass;icEu>etts man ,niyhi ~
iina'ci! get rom the EXAMPLES O;
1ci Adams and Josiah Quincy
g dld not believe that an insfrumcn: ~
me constitution, drawn IA, by tlc
i spirits OF the age in which il was nm
sea, was meant 10 be more of a con. ~
on to slavery finn, III :" ~" Dub
probation would warrant. but q, "a
Xtent of what was undoubtcd i, ~
concession he believed that oven M
was too impa,ic" len with slavery %F, s"" 10 ST
DER That it had any equities what
these two schools of men struck
~ upon the opposite TANKS. One "
OF minds was Influenced bv the
ariy vchcmencc OF Mr.. Summers Loo
It; another class of legal minds was
need by the high judicial po~ ition SrEY
, OF States the ,,,i;,,,;,, ZIG ~ The
were diminished, and that State ~"
+. on which slavery so much relied.
really to DC fatal TO slavery at last.
seward alleged that slavery was SrEA
nal; Mr.. Chase believed that II clothing
'ss than sectional 1T was provin- have N.
Sgo nrnh,hj,, -, P'O''" ing thei
p'on'"'! caii never KNOW to c,. the
degree the slave interest was dis and vii
scd by reading the mild, logical. The
tntIonal positions of Mr.. Chase Al,hoag
tate OF their institution. Preyi- could BE-
they had to contend only with the poses:
forces of the North can not saw m ~ m,'' a.
al In .t,tl