Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-15
rIlF RUTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY. MAY 8, 1878.


Nation = LOSS
Death has been busy reaper, this
,.ar and has gathered in harvest OF
..r n.nIpst and best. Salmon Portland
r.a.a Chief Justice Of the Supreme
rour of the United States, with his
wears and work, apparently, unaccom-
rIi.brl. hu after a life of devotion to
N. r,ug.ry. and full Of honors, quietly
entered into rest. Wednesday morning,
.t r.,. residence of his daughter in New
yarE city, His death at almost any /
other time during the past few years /
vaurd not have been unexpected, but |
NOV, II comes with a suddenness that Is
almost overpowering. His was life, /
which. although presenting few dates
for line btographer, was passed in the |
mf1., of the erandest achievements in
thr political history of modern times, in
au. or nearly all, of which he was
nr,niprnt actor. Salmon p. Chase was
born Iust across the Vermont line, in
tf,a little town of Cornish, New Hamp-
shire. january 10, 1903. His fathers
brother. Dudley Chase, was Chief Justice
of the supreme Court of Vermont and
Senator in Congress another brother
was PhiIander Chase, one of the earliest
rIrrgvmen connected with the Protest
amt Episcopal Church of Vermont and,
subsequently,, Bishop of Ohio and then
of Illinois. Rt Rev. Carlton Chase,
rector Of Emmanuel church, Bellows
Falls for many years, and subsequently
Bi4hop of New Hampshire was cousin
of Judge Chase Vermonters have,
therefore. reason to take deep interest
in his career. and to be mere than Ordi-
narily sorrowed at his death. Many OF
his early years. too, were passed with
his uncle. at Randolph, while preparing
10 enter Dartmouth college. Having
Graduated at that institution in 1926, h"
made his way to Washington, where he
tanrbt n "select school, at the same
time studying law with the brilliant,
learned. and eminent William Writ, the
ah)pst and best lawyer of his day and
Generation i'm the country, and for whom
Vermont. SOLITARY and alone cast her
electoral vote for President in 1882
Uayirr been admitted to the bar he r.
moved TO Ohio. and soon became pom'-
neot I'm his profession. as we'll rs in local
notifies He entered the Senate OF ~
United States i'm 1849 and remained there
until 1855. when he was elected and. al
forwards, reelected Governor Of Ohio.
During this period, as well as before,
he fought steadily, persistently and sue
cessfullv the battles Of freedom. The
Senate was, al the time of first appear
ance therein, in the hands Of Southern
,ecpssionists and Northern doughfaces
But Chase, Seward, Sumner Hale,
Foot. Conamer and one or two other,
maintained the integrity OF the
north and secured the right OF
frecmen i'm the territories. The
bitter and continued fight between the
cohorts of slavery and the mere handful
Of defenders Of freedom-Gonstantly
being reinforced, however, by new anC
able recruits. as session by session rolled
blythe final defeat of Southern nulli
fers and Northern dOughfaces. in all o
which Mr.. Chase held one of the labor
ing oars, is too fresh in the memory o
us all to need more than passing refer
ence. Notwithstanding the great AM
inestimable service he had rendered tn
country and his own State, in SENATOR'S
halls and gubernatorial chair, create
services and more lasting benefits wer
yet to be bestowed by him on CRATE
full people. He was reelected to tn
United States Senate in 1851, and ha
occupied his seat but single day, whe
he was called by Abraham Lincoln int
his executive councils, and placed at III
head of the treasury department. W
all remember the confidence felt by th
entire North, when Abraham Lincol
called into his councils such tried an
trusted leaders and chiefs as Seward ar
Chase. We felt that no backward stel
would be taken, that secession wouI
not be recognized, and that the Unio
would remain one and indiyisible fore
cr. an,, we were not mistaken The $
lection of Governor Chase as Secretar
Of the Treasury vas peculiarly timel
and appropriate, if not providentia
How grandly reads his aiHoeai 10 u
people of the United States, to 'aKe !
The first authorized loan. ''Your nat u
al government" says he in the openin
paragraph, compelled by guilty col
spiracy, eliminating in causeless insu
rection, is engagedin war for the defenC
OF the Union, and for the maintenanC
of popular institutions. For means
defray the expenses of this war, yol
Congress has directed that an appeal
made to you" BY this and subsequel
appeals, and in accordance with a sy
tenn devised by him, the people ..furnis
ed the money to defray the expenses
suppresslng the rebellion and the creC
OF the country was preserved. 1t mig
Justly be said of him, as Webster sa
of Hamilton-we do not quote the G
act words-that as water gushed o
when Moses smote the rock, so wh
Salmon P. Chase smote the rock of N
tional finances, a stream of public cred
security and money flowed forth. I
administration of the Treasury depa