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The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

Salmon P. Chase

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Salmon P. Chase
Age: 65 †
Born: 1808
Born: January 13
Died: 1873
Died: May 7
Former U.S. Senator
Judge
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Cornish
New Hampshire
Salmon Portland Chase
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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
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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.
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A resignation is a grave act never performed by a right-minded man without forethought or with reserve.
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