Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase
Salmon Portland Chasewas an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States from 1864 to 1873. Earlier in his career, Chase was the 23rd Governor of Ohio and a U.S. Senator from Ohio prior to service under Abraham Lincoln as the 25th Secretary of the Treasury...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 January 1808
CountryUnited States of America
slavery territory slave
No more slave States and no more slave territory.
money quality purpose
The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.
religious book teaching
There came a time in my life when I doubted the divinity of the Scriptures, and I resolved as a lawyer and a judge I would try the Book as I would try anything in the courtroom, taking evidence for and against. It was a long, serious and profound study and using the same principles of evidence in this religious matter as I always do in secular matters, I have come to the decision that the Bible is a supernatural Book, that it has come from God, and that the only safety for the human race is to follow its teachings.
war rights states
States Rights died at Appomattox.
white office black
I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.
occupation uniforms united-states
If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation, or other direct tax, it must be laid in proportion to the census; if Congress determines to impose duties, imposts, and excises, they must be uniform throughout the United States. These are not strictly limitations of power. They are rules prescribing the mode in which it shall be exercised. This review shows that personal property, contracts, occupations, and the like have never been regarded by Congress as proper subjects of direct tax.
looks unions constitution
The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.
love-you
How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love.
men color rights
True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it recognizes a being endowed by his Creator with original inalienable rights
country mistake agency
My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly which affects every interest in the country