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They are all dead now--Sumner and Fessenden and Seward and
Wilson and Chase and Stanton and Grant and Sherman and Sheridan
and Chandler,--a circle in which Lincoln shines as a diamond
in its setting. Not one of them could have been spared.
It is proper that I should add that I have known very well
a good many of the most eminent citizens of Michigan. This
list includes Governor and Senator Henry P. Baldwin, and Judge
Christiancy, who displaced Chandler in the Senate. I have
frequently heard them speak of Mr. Chandler. Without an exception
I believe they held him in profound esteem and honor. They
were proud of him as the most eminent citizen of their State
which has been prolific of strong men, speaking of him as
we do of Sumner or Webster.
Mr. Chandler was a remarkable example of what I have often
noticed, how thoroughly the people come to know the true character
of a public man, even when the press of the whole country
unite to decry him. I suppose there was not a paper in New
England, Republican or Democratic, that spoke kindly of Zach.
Chandler for many years.


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