New-York tribune., 1874-06-25

trs, OF the President over the rage OF party hate which
brought into peril the coordination OF the great depart
mcnts Of government and threatened It's who'e frame;
in all these marked instances OF public duty, ~ In the
simple routine Of his ordinary conduct Mr. Chase asked
but one question 70 determine his course of action
right II 1t were, he had strength anu WILL ana couT
age to carry him through with It.
In the ten years Of professional life which followed
his admssiono the bar Mr. Chase established repute
for ability integrity elevation Of purpose and cspacv
for labor which would have surely brouyh' MIN the
highest rewards Of forensic prosperity aud distinction
and In due course Of eminent judicial station TINS
queter part of his life, as In bis public career IL no
tceable that his employ mens were never commonpaee'
but savored OF public zest and interest. his oompa
ton Of the Ohio statutes was nagnmm opus nuooes
for the leisure hours of young lawyer and possesses
permanent value, Justfying the assurance on"a
ceor Kent gave him, that this surprising labor wo"io
find Its ward in the good he had done the Talents
he had shown and In the gratitude OF his profession
But this quiet was soon broken never to be resumed
and though the great office OF ChiefJusoe was IN store
for him. IL was to reached by tho path OF statesma
ship and not of Jurisprudence Ill had seemed ever W
Mr. Chase and his youthful cOtemporares that tney had
come upon times when, Sir Thomas Browne thought
two hundred years ago, ait too late TO De AMBITIOUS
and the great mutations OF the world are acted the
illusion was soon dispelled 1t has been sadly sara oI
Greece in the age OF Putarch. that all her grhhu
but turbulent activities all her noble agitations spent
she was only haunted by the specters or her anaen'
renowu" No doubt forty years ago. In TINS country
there was prevalent feeling that the age OF the early
settlements ana again OF Of independence had
closed the heroic chapters Of history, and LEFT
nothing for the public life Of our later times pat peace
III I ana prsnc 70 WorR ont of our sy stem all ncon
grues and dscords But what these Pohsoa, ~ pvs
to be done IN eur tne' and Is " "erc'
in one " unruy night ...... ....-tt . ...
HIS ENTRY INTO POLITICS. .t.-...
Yy-ast
Mr. Chase had supported Gen. Harrison for the Pres'
dency in 1910. not upon any very thorough identnca
ton with Wing politics, but partly romia natural ten
dency toward the fortunes of candidate from
the West and from his State, In che absence OF any
strong attraction OF principle to chain him to the cand
date the politics Of the Democratic party But upon
the death of Harrison and the elevation OF Tyler TO tho
Presidency Mr. Chase. promptly discerning the signs o'
the times took the initiative toward making the ma
the touchstone of parties Polite aud prudent by ma
ture, and with personal disappontments or grey
erred TO save and use the accumulated and organized
force Of one other Of the political parties which Oh
yided the country its into the service
of the principles the political action which ne had
undoubtngly decided the honor and interest OF Ine
country demanded He among the first OF the COM
peent and practical political thinkers OF the day 10 pen
citrate the superficial crust which covered tne siun
berne politics, aud TO plan Tor the Rulnance
of their mpressble heats as to save the
Liberties Of the msoP He found %Ss Ss rSnre Of political
thought and action which either party permitted 10 ~
tS
ates The first Of these insisted that tue safety OF the
Republic would tolerate no division OF parties IN S atu
era politics which did not run through the slave oats
as wen as the free The second that no party could
maintain foot. n the slave states that 0u bot y9u %
cede the nationaty Of the institution OF Slavery ana ts
right in equality with all the institutions Of freedom TO
grow with the growth and strengthen with the strength
ing to a student OF politics than the masery efforts OF
patriotism and craftsmanship, in which all the great
na e the M psbc life to
with latter and lesser postuate. Seward with tue
/ xuifh rha
host of Others in both tried hard to concato the rrc
concabe and 10 sultfy astuteness, to the acceptance
would not be already struck with death Quite early.
however Mr. Chase grappled with the primary posti-
late and through great aDOrs wise cOunsels long suffer
ing patience BY successive stages of the Liberty
party. Independent Democracy, aud FreeSo party LED
the Whie party dropping its slave State constituency
and the Democratic party losing tts Freeso
and took possession OF the Government by the election
OF its candidate Mr. Lincoln TINS IN pTss rs
sponsbhty. 1t felt to be by the prime actors
IN It. though With greatly yayns e % po
tics created vast disturbance as would mutation
graytaon in natural world This great
lled the tweny years OF 1 r VIZ a ses Of 20 vears He
must awarded the full credit Of having understood
political movement and whether himself Leading or CO.
operating, following inhe array and march oil events
prosperity and It's success who considers this
reer not completed and triumphant. not Win .hs
H. not with the blessings OF liberated race, conso
dated Union, ennObed nationality which received the
plaudts OF his countrymen but its hazards and re-
nuncatoDs Its tolls and its pers showed az he ontset
contrast with the ease aud spendor OF ns person
fortunes which adhesion 10 the Potca power
seemed TO assure TO him, ana then cohtemp".cs ,ne
promptness of his choice and the seadashess OF ms
nerseverance the impulse andlhe active scene TO ma
a parallel in the life OF the great hebrew staleslna'
who "bv faith when he was come TO years reused TO
he called the OF Pharaohs daughter ana py 1aith
forsOOk Egypt, not fearing the wrath OF the King.
ELECTION TO THE SENATE
The first half OF TINS period OF '"on'S years ""o'Seu
only the preminares equally brave and sagac0us, OF
,o,in ,ronuloo,ion of nnrnoses and oppions con.