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11-05-2012, 05:00 PM,
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Rob Wick
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RE: Salmon Chase
I like his fish. 
Seriously, he was the second-worst cabinet pick Lincoln made because of his disloyalty (first was Simon Cameron for his dishonesty...it was said that the only thing the man wouldn't steal was a red-hot stove).
That said, he was a very effective secretary of the treasury, so some might argue that the latter cancels out the former. I'm not sure.
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Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.--Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
--Carl Sandburg
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11-11-2012, 10:10 PM,
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RE: Salmon Chase
Well, he did do a lot of wheeling and dealing [some probably questionable] to finance the war...
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11-11-2012, 11:29 PM,
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2012, 11:30 PM by Gene C.)
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Gene C
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RE: Salmon Chase
In writing about Lincoln's cabinet selections, Benjamin Thomas wrote in his book - Abraham Lincoln,
"Next on Lincoln's list came Salmon P. Chase. Tall, erect, with a finely shaped head and level blue eyes that lent a certain majesty to his appearance, Chase's sterling honesty qualified him for the Treasury. Touchy, ambitious, unbending, he was a leader of the antislavery radicals." (chpt. 12 Peace or a Sword, p.233)
(I had not read this far in the book when I posted the question)
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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Salmon Chase
