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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04717.24 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection related to Gerrit Smith |
| Title | Gerrit Smith to Governor Chase, Ohio expressing his disappointment in the latter's inaugural address |
| Date | 30 January 1856 |
| Author | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Smith writes to Salmon Portland Chase, Governor of Ohio, also an abolitionist. Expresses his disappointment in Chase's Inaugural Address: "The habit of the whole country is to justify the pretensions of slavery, and, therefore, to adopt the slaveholders' interpretations of the Constitution:- and even Salmon P. Chase is so enslaved to this miserable and guilty habit, as to lack courage and energy to break out of it." |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Inauguration Inaugural Address Reform Movement Abolition Slavery African American History US Constitution |
| People | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) |
| Place written | Peterboro, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Smith, a politician from New York, served as a U.S. Representative from 1853-1854. He was a noted philanthropist and social reformer active in anti-slavery campaigns and women's rights. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |