BIB_ID
296589
Accession number
MA 1305.9
Creator
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873.
Display Date
1868 Mar. 23.
Credit line
Acquired before 1949.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 21.9 cm
Notes
In the spring of 1868, Chase allowed a number of Democrats to push for his selection as a presidential candidate.--Cf. American National Biography.
Marked "Private."
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Marked "Private."
Part of the Jacob Heaton scrapbook, which contains over 100 entries, letters, photographs, engravings and ephemera related primarily to the abolitionist movement. Items of importance have been described in 45 individual catalog records (MA 1305.1-45); see collection record for more information.
Summary
Discussing the limited powers of the Supreme Court, noting that he means only to do impartial justice, and referencing their "old creed of universal freedom." Noting that he has never been the frontman of a political party, that does not seek political office, and that he is "neither candidate, nor applicant."
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