With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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Governor and Senator Salmon P. Chase of Ohio undermined his pursuit of the Republican nomination for president in 1860 because of his radical abolitionist stance. Although Lincoln invited Chase into his Cabinet, he kept a wary eye on the overly ambitious Secretary of the Treasury. Chase’s congratulatory note to Lincoln as president-elect is as much a declaration of his personal agenda as an assurance of support.

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You are President elect. I congratulate you and thank God.


<p>Governor and Senator Salmon P. Chase of Ohio undermined his pursuit of the Republican nomination for president in 1860 because of his radical abolitionist stance. Although Lincoln invited Chase into his Cabinet, he kept a wary eye on the overly ambitious Secretary of the Treasury. Chase’s congratulatory note to Lincoln as president-elect is as much a declaration of his personal agenda as an assurance of support.</p>