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The phrase was a subtle reminder that the Union was on the side of God regarding slavery.

Considering the outcome of the war, the utter defeat of the Confederacy, and the end of slavery, couldn't we conclude that Chase was correct?

"Considering the outcome of the war, the utter defeat of the Confederacy, and the end of slavery, couldn't we conclude that Chase was correct?"

Correlation is not causation. A much more likely explanation for why the North defeated the South is that there were more guns and people in the North.

I agree that slavery was (is) wrong. But that was only one of many possible reasons why the North won. (And I don't agree that states don't have a right to secede. I think they do...subject to the rights of individuals within those states to remain citizens of the country from which the state is seceding, and subject to the remaining states' rights to be compensated for debts incurred while seceeding states were part of the Union.) (In short, any secession would be complicated.)