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From "Fifty years in Wall Street" by Clews, Henry
Salmon P. Chase
Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Core Belief
"A strong national currency is essential for the stability and prosperity of the country."
Worldview
Sees the Union as a sacred entity that must be preserved at all costs.
Personality
Stately, impressive, and principled. A strong advocate for a national currency and a loyal supporter of the Union.
In Their Own Words
"Gentlemen, the Government needs and must have fifty millions of dollars, and it wants it at once to meet war expenses."
"I am no financier, so I cannot tell you how to raise the money, but you distinguished leaders in the world of finance well know what means to adopt to get it."
"I leave it in your hands entirely. All I need say further is to repeat that the Government must have fifty millions of dollars, and I leave it to you to procure it."
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