The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15
Death of Chief Justice Chase.

Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, died in New
York city on last Wednesday, at the residence
of his youngest daughter, Mrs. William s.
Hoyt. The Chief Justice left Washington on
the Saturday previous for the purpose of visit
ing his daughter, and on Sunday and Monday
appeared to be in his usual health. On Tues
day morning, while in the act of dressing, he
was seized with an apoplectic attack, and in
spite of every effort to restore him, he remained
in stupeied condition until Wednesday morn
ing, when he ceased to breathe. His eldest
daughter, Mrs. Sprague, and her husband,
Senator Sprague, were with him during the
last moments of his life. 1t will be remem-
bered that several years ago the Chief Justice
was attacked with partial paralysis, from which
he never fully recovered. He was fully COM
petent to discharge his duties in the Supreme
Court, however, and of late seemed to be in
the enjoyment of complete health, and was
contemplating an early visit to Colorado for
the benefit of his physical condition and as
recreation from the cares of official life.
Judge Chase was born in New Hampshire on
the 18th of January, 1908. He was graduate
of Dartmouth College, and studied law in the
Office of William Writ, in the city of Wash
ington, being admitted to practice in 1880. He
then removed to Cincinnati, where ne success
fully followed his profession for number OF
wears. For time he was identified with the
Whig party, but afterwards united with the
Democrats, and belonged to the free-soil wing
of that party, which opposed the extension OF
slavery in the territories. In 1S49 Mr.. Chase
was elected to the United States Senate from
Ohio, and while a member of that body he be-
came distinguished for persevering hostility to
the Nebraska bill. Serving out the full term
of six wears in the Senate, Mr.. Chase was
elected Governor of Ohio in 1856 by the Know
Nothings and free-soil Democrats He was
reelected as Governor in 1859 by the Republi-
can party, which was then just rising into
power. In 1860 he was again elected to the
United States Senate, but the day after he took
his seat in March, 1861, he was appointed by
Mr. Lincoln as Secretary of the Treasury, and
remained in that position until 1864. He was
the originator of "greenbacks" and "postal
currency" and successfully managed the finan.
cial affairs of the government, in the tace zee OF I
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Justice Tsney, Mr.. Chase was appointed by
President Lincoln on the 9Th of December,
1864, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
and this position he filled up to the time OF his
death.
When the attempt was made to impeach
President johnson, it will be remembered that
Chief Justice Chase presided over the deliber-
ations of the United States Senate, sitting as a
High Court of Impeachment. His firmress
and impartiality during this memorable trial
was gratifying to the friends Of justice and law
throughout the country, and his name was
prominently mentioned for the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency in 1868. In the
recent canvass, Mr.. Chase had many active
partisans in the field, working to secure his
nomination at Cincinnati, but the movement
failed.
The current of Mr.. Chase's life ran through
some of the most important and interesting
epochs of the countrys history. 1t is said
that he had in contemplation to write history
of his connection with these periods, and for
that purpose he had been engaged for some
time previous to his death in collecting papers,
documents and other data, with a view OF
giving his recollections to the public, in the
form of an autobiography, which work must
now be left TO other hands for completion.