The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-13
Cushins's Nomination.

The indications now are that Q serious
opposition to Mr.. CusHrNa'S nomination
as Chief Justice Is asserting itself at
Washington, and the chances are at least
even that he will not be nominated.
The Washington Chronicle, sometimes
credited with organic relations to the ad.
minisraton, opposes 1t violently. And
yet. strange to say, Senator SUMNER, who
suOt GRANT man by any means, favors
it very decidedly. SUMNER and CUsH.
MO have buried their ancient political
hStchets, and regard each other from .
standpoint purely social and scholastic
The fact that they are both from the same
State and are both in q sort of literary
retlracy at Washington, has thrown them
intimately together for many years past,
and thus they have forgotten the bitter
Issues that once divided them. The
0hroHteIs, however, appeals to Mr.. Sun.
NRR not to forget what Is due to his own
antecedents in this serious matter, nor
how grave may be the consequences Of
elsvatInga man not in sympathy with the
fundamental results Of the war to such q
responsible position. Its language on
these points Is as follows:
"In all that has made Mr.. Summers ca
reer immortal, Mr.. Cushing has been his
Rntipode. Mr.. Sumner has ever been
on the side ol the oppressed and groaning
slave, while Mr.. Cushing has marched as
steadily on the side Of the slave master.
Mr.. Summers civil rights bill will be az
worthless as q blank paper unless its
constitutonality shall be sustained by the
Supreme Court OF the United States. To
sustain itS validity Mr.. Cushing would
have TO 60 back on the record Of q some.
what protracted lifetime. Will Mr.. Sen
ator Charles Sumner obliterate his plori.
Gus record by aiding to make Mr.. Caleb
Cushing Chief Justicei7
The New York Times (another organ)
OI Sunday ia even more decided In It's
opposltion than in Its issue Of Saturday,
and says that the confirmation OF Mr..
CUSHING "would not only be a grave po.
litical blunder, but it would be an act
fnught with peril to the Republic The
New York Euenfng Mai Of Saturday
evening explains how the President came
to make the nomination, as follows:
We can, as we think, appreciate some
OF the motives that actuated the President
In his second choice for the most import
ant office In his ght-the most important
judicial office created anywhere or In any
time. The Presidents personal knoWi.
edge OF the most astute diplomat and
Practiced courtter In our Bar has un.
doubtedly been of the most favorable
character, for Mr.. Cushing represented
US with ability at the Geneva Arbitra-
ton, and has for several years been
confidential adviser of the State Depart.
ment, always bringing to bear the stores
Of his learning and his unsurpassed tact
TO the assistance Of the Secretary Of State. |
The President has seen Mr.. Cushing In |
bis most winning aspects. 1sag
A Washington special in yesterdays
Cincinnati Gazette says that the nomina.
ton will be opposed by q majority Of the
Republican Senators. It further says
that some oI the strongest supporters of
the President ssy that action shall be de.
IAYed until the views Of the country have
time to reach Washington.