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McCulloch, Hugh. Men and Measures of Half a Century. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888. CHAPTER I. Growth of England and the United States — Bill for Railroad from Boston to Salem — Jeremiah Mason — Ichabod Bartlett — Stage-coaching — Boston in 1883 — Its Commercial Character^ — ^Massachusetts — Her High Character — Change in Character of New England Population — Boston — Southern Prejudices against New England — Bishop Spaulding's Anecdote 1 CHAPTER II. Changes in New England Theology — The Westminster Catechism — Dr. Channing's Sermon at the Ordination of Mr. Sparks — Division of the Churches— The Unitarians — The Calvinists— Dr. Beecher tried for Heresy — Thomas Pessenden— His Question to a Dying Christian — Plenary Inspiration 10 CHAPTER III, Boston— Its Lawyers — Daniel Webster — His Varied Talents — His Debate with Hayne — Mr. Calhoun — Sectional Feeling — Race between a Northern and Southern Horse — Mr. Webster before a Jury — Franklin Dexter — Benjamin Curtis — W. M. Evarts — William Groesbeck — Rufus Choate — Richard Fletcher — Mr. Choate and Mr. Clay— Mr. Burlingame and Mr. Brooks — Theodore Lyman — Harrison Gray Otis — Josiah Quincy — Edward Everett — Caleb Cushing — Henry W. Longfellow — Oliver W. Holmes — Interesting Incident 16. CHAPTER IV. The Boston Clergy : Channing, Gannett, Parker, Lowell, Ware, Pierpont, Palfrey, Blagden, Edward Beecher, Frothingham, Emerson, Ripley, Walker — Outside of Boston : Upham, Whitman and Nichols, Father Taylor, the Sailor Preacher— James Freeman Clarke — Edward Everett Hale — M. J. Savage — Decline of Unitarianism — The Catholic Church — Progress of Liberal Thought — Position of the Churches in Regard to Slavery — The Slave Question 37 CHAPTER V. Departure from New England — William Emerson — New York — Philadelphia — Baltimore — Wheeling — The Ohio River — Thomas F, Marshall—Emancipation—Feeling in Favor of it checked by the Profits of Slavery — John Bright and the Opium Trade — Mr. Adams — Mr. Adams's Speech upon the Right of Petition — Mr. Marshall in Chicago — Cincinnati in 1833 — Importance of Railroads to the West — Alexander Ewing — Cincinnati as a Manufacturing City — Distribution of her Manufactures — Her High Character 35 CHAPTER VI. Madison, Indiana — Jeremiah Sullivan — Algernon S. Sullivan — License to practice Law — Charles Dewey — Isaac Houck — Isaac Blackford — Blackford's Reports — Prominent Young Men in Indiana in 1836 — Joseph G. Marshall —Caleb B. Smith — Richard W. Thompson — Henry S. Lane — Edward A. Hannegan— Samuel Parker — Horace P. Biddle — George G. Dunn — William McKee Dunn — Lucy Stone — Samuel Judah — District-Attorney Howard — George H. Proffit — John B. Howe — John B. Niles — The Harrison Campaign — Condition of the Country — Low Prices, and the Causes — Removal of the Government Deposits by General Jackson — President Van Buren —Creation of State Banks — Sneers at General Harrison — Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign — Singing effective in Politics and Religion — Scenes at a Church in Cincinnati — Failure of Harrison's Election to bring Relief to the Country — Usual Causes of Financial Troubles in the United States — The Pennsylvania Bank of the United States — The Specie Circular — Disastrous Effects of the Failure of the Pennsylvania United States 1 Bank — The Pet Banks — The Banks of Michigan — Depression in Prices of Leading Articles 46 CHAPTER VII. Thomas Corwin — His Popular Oratory— Reply to General Crary of Michigan — Speech on the Mexican War — Robert C. Schenck — First Laurels Won in Debate with John Brough — Appointed Minister to Brazil — Resumes the Practice of the Law — At the Outbreak of the Civil War gives up a Lucrative Practice and becomes a Soldier — Elected to Congress while in the Field — Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means — Appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain — Performs his Duties with Great Ability — His Connection with a Mining Company— Complies with the Request of a Distinguished Lady to Describe a Game of Cards — Unjustly Treated by the Press and by the Government ... 63 CHAPTER VIII. Ride to Indianapolis — The City as it Then Was — Its First Settlers — Nicholas McCarty, James Blake, Samuel Merrill, Harvey Bates, Calvin Fletcher, James M. Ray, John Coburn, Dr. Coe — Some of the prominent Men of the State — Oliver P. Morton — Thomas A. Hendricks — Daniel W. Voorhees — The Methodists — Armstrong, Bascom, Durbin, Simpson 70 CHAPTER IX. By the Advice of General Howard, I go Northward — Eagle Village — First Night in a Cabin — Its Occupants — Ten-Mile Ride to Breakfast — The Village of Frankfort — Military Company in Training — Delphi — The Wabash — Adventure with a Rattlesnake — Logansport — Lewis Cass — John Tipton — South Bend — Charles Crocker— Samuel C. Sample — Rolling Prairie — Laporte — First Sitting there of the Circuit Court — The Court-room — Resolve to go to Fort Wayne — Goshen — J. L. Jernegan — Fort Wayne, its Situation and Appearance — Rapid Growth of the Country 78 CHAPTER X. Situation of Fort Wayne — French Catholic Priests — Anthony Wayne — Little Turtle — First Temperance Society in the United States — The Indians — Indian Agents — Passing Away of the Tribes — Samuel Hanna — Allan Hamilton — William G. and George W. Ewing — Charles W. Ewing — Samuel Lewis — Lewis G. Thompson — Jesse L. Williams — Robert Breckenridge — Marshal S. Wines — John Spencer — Francis Comparet — John B. Bourie — John B. Richardville 98 CHAPTER XI. My First Illness Cheered by a Catholic Priest — The State Bank of Indiana — Appointed Cashier and Manager of the Fort Wayne Branch — Excellent and Liberal Charter of the Bank — General Management — Benefits to the State — Capital Paid up in Spanish and Mexican Dollars — Its Managers — Samuel Merrill, President, and James M. Ray, Cashier, and Prominent Directors — J. F. D. Lanier Ill CHAPTER XII. Demand for more Banking Capital — Free Banking Authorized — Manner in which it was Conducted — Its Failure — Bill Chartering the Bank of the State of Indiana Passed over the Governor's Veto— Manner in which its Stock was Subscribed for— The Control Passes into Hands of Managers of the Old Bank — I Become its President — Commencement of Business, January, 1857 — Failure of the Ohio Life and Trust Company of Cincinnati — General Suspension of the Banks— The Bank of the State of Indiana Maintains its Integrity and Saves its Charter — Authorized by Opinion of the Supreme Court to Redeem its Notes in Legal Tenders — Good Behavior of the Banks of New Orleans. 124 2 CHAPTER XIII. Henry Ward Beecher — He becomes the Pastor of a New-School Presbyterian Church at Indianapolis — The Character of his Sermons — Manner of Preparing them — Touching Address at Fort Wayne — His Power as a Speaker — His Speeches at Liverpool and London — At the Height of his Career in 1863 — His Influence as a Preacher, and his Personal Character — His Encounter with a Constable at Indianapolis — His Employment Outside of the Pulpit — Not a Partisan — Dr. Lyman Beecher — His Ride to Fort Wayne — His Pleasant Manners 140 CHAPTER XIV. Mr. Lincoln's Election a Pretext for Secession — South Carolina and Nullification — Mr. Buchanan's Conservatism — Slavery — Northern and Southern Views of the Constitution — Expectation of Secessionists in Regard to Action of Border States — Opposition to Coercion in Some of the Free States — Dark Days between November, 1860, and April, 1861 — Slavery the Question which Statesmen were Unable to Handle — Defeat at Bull Run Unexpected — Demoralization at Washington after the Battle — Subsequent Defeats Created no Dismay — Platform upon which McClellan was Nominated for the Presidency — Mr. Lincoln's Remarks Upon it 151 CHAPTER XV. My opposition to the National Banking System in 1862 — Justin S. Morrill — Visit to the Eastern States — Am requested by Secretary Chase to become Comptroller of the Currency — My Connection with the Bank of the State of Indiana Dissolved — George W. Rathbone my Successor — Samuel T. Howard, Deputy Comptroller — Rules in Regard to Appointments — John Burroughs — Organization of the National Banks — Unwillingness of the State Banks to become National Banks, and the Reason therefor — Especial Objection to their being Known by Numerals — My Successors as Comptroller of the Currency — Mr. Chase's Opinion of the Legal Tender Acts — First Case in regard to their Constitutionality — Appointments of Justices Strong and Bradley — Extracts from Judge Strong's Opinion in the Second Legal Tender Case — Decision in the First Legal Tender Case Overruled by the Second — The Third Legal Tender Case — Free Comments 163 CHAPTER XVI. Salmon P. Chase— Entitled to the Gratitude of his Countrymen for Services as Secretary of the Treasury — Condition of the Treasury when he Entered It— His Two Mistakes— His Ambition to be Chief Justice — Not Satisfied after bis Ambition had been (j ratified — Abraham Lincoln — His Educational Advantages — His Knowledge of Men and his Far-seeing Wisdom — William P. Fessenden — His Administration of the Treasury — His Statesmanship— Am Appointed Secretary of the Treasury — Thurlow Weed's Agency in the Appointment — Extracts From my Advice to National Banks When Comptroller of the Currency — Extracts from my Speech at Fort Wayne in October, 1865 —My Opinions of the National Debt 181 CHAPTER XVII. The House on the 18th of December, 1865, by Vote of 144 to 6, Approved my Recommendation for the Withdrawal of the Legal-tender Note — In April following an Act was Passed Authorizing the Withdrawal and Cancellation of Ten Millions of Legal Tenders