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hold the matter under advisement.
And I can assure you that the subject is on my mind, by day and night, more than any other.
Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do!
I trust that, in the freedom with which I have canvassed your views, I have not in any respect injured your feelings.”
In further evidence of this peculiarity of his mind, I will state that notwithstanding his apparent hesitation in the appointment of a successor to Judge Taney, it, is well known to his most intimate friends, that “there had never been a time during his Presidency, when, in the event of the death of Judge Taney, he had not fully intended and expected to nominate Salmon P. Chase for Chief Justice.”
These were his very words uttered in connection with this subject.
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