Dec. 21, 1850.
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There is a good deal of Presidential speculation here. Our
friends generally favor Benton, and he will certainly run, if the people call
on him, against any “rotten”, as he calls the runners after the Omnibuseers.
Old Gen1. Dodge of Wisconsin is also spoken of. Cass' prospects look blue. The
Southern Rights Party is dead against him & embraces a majority of those
known heretofore, as Southern Democrats. This makes his case hopeless in the
South.
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SOURCE: Diary and correspondence of Salmon P. Chase, Annual
Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1902, Vol.
2, p. 227
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