Speech of Hon. Salmon P. Chase
Chase, Salmon P. Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Salmon P. Chase: Delivered at the Republican Mass Meeting in Cincinnati, August 21, 1855, Together With Extracts From His Speeches in the Senate on Kindred Subjects
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
More than thirty years have passed away since I, then a mere boy, became a dweller in this city. Few of those whom I now see before me have been here so long: to none of you, I am sure, is the prosperity of this beauti...