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criticism of Secy. Chase's fin ^ cial system is just. And in his examination of the "recreant" Secretary's anti slavery record calling his principle "base metal" unable to stand the test, even Horace thought him altogether, too severe.

        In short in seemed to me 

no one of the public men whose names had been mentioned during his discourse had by their acts won his esteem so much as John Brown.

        Surely his thoughts on the 

subject of reconstruction were very