New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-02
WHAT PBOPLEIHIgK AND SAY.
THE EULoeIEs CT JUDGE CHASE.
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TO fhe Edti or o + Ths rrfbgne.
Sra have read with interest and hearty sympathy
your tribute to tho Hon. Salmon Z. Chase on acc"""'
of his distinguished services ia the anslavery cause
Those services wer. of nestmabe value, and every
one old enough TO remember them will recognize MS
strong claims to the gratitude of his countrymeh Oh
that account He certainly stood in the very rst RANK
AS 10 political anti-slaTsry leader, while his souna anu
sagacious craftsmanship in all matters perta "
slavery will be generally acknowledged Ills merits
are 80 great his fame well assured, that MS nio''
ardent admIrer has no need TO seek eNaietuo" o '"
bv disoaa Gin, the services of Others to rob any
man OF well earned laureis in order to weave c"'pe'
tor his brow.
Figurss of speech are often misleading, ana whue
Won. following Judge IIoadly in describing GarHson
and his associates IS uIere scouts. du not Pi"p"oJ
me m 10 DO InydOns, OF tnat term az ucscrp
tiv. OF their whole III the caic Oh h1c"o' ~
certainly disparagng. Ii there Is sense III whicn ley
Were scouts there II also another seh7o III WIZ"
were IN lcl more Inl that. Nay. TURNER. tbe1e ~
sense In which tine term is snyulary Ihdpv'o -
scodL il n subordinate, sent Iortn un"Yi 80,
with an organized army behind him, TO the com
n1udsr OF lien ne Stri't oDsdle nee thi
tul report. Certainly neither Garrison nor Ipi'nps
VIA a 0at IN this sense tos Wheh tnsy p0s , ,to
lHbnrs there was anti-sla7efy army pc"'" 49, =.
aud no General give them orders III was uicuS =.
cnalianpe the slave poser almost sinSe-nahuc' "
throw themselves ito the imminent dedus pIcdO
~ b,t 4, Man .ampaign against the most desper-
ate odds and TO create army Tor It's execution 10
create II too out the most unlriendiy ana even nus
tile uaatsrilis Here Wts enterprise tndt uc'
handed eminent foresight, tJoron "a Kho"ieuge VI &
plns OF the enemy adaptation OF means 20 eis,
indontt able courage, and craftsmanship oi a "Tu
orI-r IL WAS tnsirs to create an army iori1i'apio
enough to core with the glsanic power Vi
Inc were leaders not suDOi dlnatfs; g'lSiii" no
snpateins In the face oil the most lorhiaD'c W
staces and with the cry o. h''dtio t r.cr,r,ts
diary ringing III ears. they called lor recru.'
ana not in VAN Jud 20 Chase was among gre e.,
nest to hear and heed that cay. but tue pan VI oH'e
was already Drawn when he joined tue n'.o ","I ~,
~ mo t, rItnr, of the antl-sayery movement VIII
sho7y The nature OF slavery, OF the eoln'' o'' ~
herewith in the Constitution the power % .nV -
tiuoI tovernfnent over slavery ana the lhtt"hS vi
trot ,otycr tho pOitica methods by when tue anu
slavery party coal hope to g7lin the VICTORY 70
had been carefully studled ahd "ciSneu oo'"ie
Cha3, became prominent ms Is Saiu not 10 "''P"t
anc Mr. Chase bit IN SIMPLE justice to those wbo
were before h.m in Cae co"hlct nose VINO lm1S.n '
fiat the anti-sayccy nOyemeni, De1ore tue NoP""'O
r.rty q ,Dsatcd ~as htlie more than an indlan war
Svnoon unnie igent, Ia, and ~lthout ehisiuiiN
formed plans have yet 10 make aqua unto a
the historj NJ the great strn9-ie lhose wuo
the lie ship OF Garrison to the lasi whi'o ho"o'n-
him tina no 0ec.sln iOr dsparaglne Othcr soiois u
The ,rcat CAUSE and they do not SEE WY inc ei i
of Jn ire Chase should seek o. de spoi Harrison Vi MS
laurc's Or why etuef Sl'u'u W SA" 80
pcuse OF the other 49,. co,,
iou cite witn approval ths Observation from IT, IT,
craor hcadiys eui0Iy 1ul1e ,So Ito, they
d,f4s,rd and the Consultation they aOhOf!eh Sh'SG
Inv the methods tney hd de"oanc a. lnD. >. "a,
This would be a very striking pi7ce o rheio'o tp
ho a. we're only true But yol ldd Gov 'rnor uo'
are both mistaken The Union aad the Cohsuti'i - IL
ol to-day are the "a ne as tnoss tnt' 81 mn
fore me Rebellion rne old Ln"n, ""ch sup
ported slavery. was dashed IN Peees Ike po'tsr !
ye4sei 10 t c Civil War. and al aHeihPts 10 siNe
II were abortiye. I'm the process oI recon
bn,e c,flr,s OF che Constitution Tor wnich alone J,
~as - Istesteo - ana abhorred' by Garrison ana
phllIips we're wiped Out by amendments "Hich V'le
ta.r lave S.ates were compelled to adopt as u roa-
/ diton of entering the new UmOn. lhe Adhih's'r[
ii n and the people OF the North saw clearly that 10
restore rhe UniO tae COn.Ituiion a. thry WI
IT. old supremacy aud they d. ed not 40 It, lher re
f,sal wa, a. an pen confession that Garrison Hetes
finn Of the old Cniol and Con 'tutlon was deserved
! Thr seeds from which the Rebel on sprang were II
! that Constimtion. and il they had been rep'anteu
- tno fr,its nj tne war would have been bItteI
/ indeed. WEN '"""
/ As,y Vorf Oct IS 1883.