Team Of Rivals Part 130

"The courage...popular government": AL, "Congratulations to the Army of the Potomac," December 22, 1862, in CW, VI, p. 13.

"awful arithmetic...Confederacy gone": AL, paraphrased in Stoddard, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 101.

"more depressed...[his] life": Entry for December 18, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 601.

Tuesday, December 16..."cause was lost": Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, pp. 23132 (quote p. 232).

Chase had claimed..."of the cabinet": Benjamin Wade, paraphrased in entry for December 16, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 597.

had repeatedly griped..."salvation of the country": SPC to John Sherman, September 20, 1862, reel 22, Chase Papers (quote); SPC to Zachariah Chandler, September 20, 1862, reel 1, Chandler Papers, DLC.

"paralizing influence...the President": Boston Commonwealth, December 6, 1862, quoted in David Donald, Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970), p. 87.

"President de facto...to Uncle Abe's nose": Chicago Tribune, quoted in Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, p. 352.

"controlling influence...of the President": Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 232.

"should go in...dismissal of Mr Seward": Benjamin Wade, paraphrased in entry for December 16, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 597.

"that measures should...to the war": Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 234.

"a want of confidence...from the Cabinet": Senator Grimes, paraphrased in ibid., p. 233.

Fessenden asked..."on mere rumors": Ibid., p. 235.

"had no evidence...our cause greatly": Entry for December 16, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, pp. 59798.

"without entire...productive of evil": Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 236.

"give time for reflection": Entry for December 16, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 598.

Preston King felt..."'I can't get out'": Seward, Seward at Was.h.i.+ngton...18611872, pp. 14647 (quotes); entry for December 19, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 194.

"They wish to...impose upon a child": Entry for December 18, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 600.

"disappointed...and chagrined": Entry for December 20, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 201.

Frances had journeyed...family for Christmas: Entry for December 22, 1862, f.a.n.n.y Seward diary, Seward Papers.

"Do not come...& uncomfortable night": Entry for c. December 18 and 20, 1862, f.a.n.n.y Seward diary, Seward Papers.

Charles Sumner was particularly...of the Confederates: Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 242.

Republican senators convened...December 18: Ibid., pp. 23638.

"I saw in a moment...ray of hope": Entry for December 18, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 600.

during a three-hour session: Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 242.

Jacob Collamer..."purpose and action": Committee of Nine paper, quoted in ibid., p. 239.

"in the hands...malignant Democrats: Benjamin Wade, paraphrased in ibid., p. 240.

"had been disgraced": Ibid., p. 241.

"lukewarmness...of him unperceived": Entry for December 19, 1862, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 18591866, p. 269.

"shocked and grieved...confidence and zeal": Entry for December 19, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 195.

"earnest and sad...nor pa.s.sionate": Entry for December 19, 1862, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 18591866, p. 269.

"expressed his satisfaction...interview": Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, pp. 24243.

"he must work it out...on the matter": "30 October 1863, Friday," in Hay, Inside Lincoln's White House, p. 104.

He sent notices...and "good feeling": Entry for December 19, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 19495.

"could not afford to lose": Entry for December 19, 1862, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 18591866, p. 269.

"possible for him"...was forced to acquiesce: Entry for December 19, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 19596 (quote p. 195).

Lincoln began..."a reasonable consideration": Entry for December 20, 1862, ibid., p. 196; Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 243 (quote).

"all had acquiesced...once decided": Entry for December 20, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 196.

He went on to defend Seward...Emanc.i.p.ation Proclamation: Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, pp. 24344, 24546.

"the whole Cabinet...and energetic action": Entry for December 20, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 19697.

Blair followed..."plural Executive": Ibid., p. 197.

"had differed much...matters of that kind": MB, paraphrased in Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, p. 245.

Bates expressed...as did Welles: Entry for December 19, 1862, in The Diary of Edward Bates, 18591866, p. 270.

As he contemplated..."regard to his Cabinet": Entry for December 20, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), p. 199.

"he should not have come"...that substantially strengthened it: SPC, paraphrased in Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Vol. I, pp. 244, 246.

Neither Stanton nor Smith: Ibid., p. 249.

Lincoln asked each...would be made: Ibid., pp. 24649; Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. VI, p. 266.

When Collamer..."He lied": Jacob Collamer, quoted in entry for December 22, 1862, in Browning, The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. I, p. 603.

Lincoln agreed...tell the truth!: AL, paraphrased by Robert Todd Lincoln, in Nicolay, Personal Traits of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 15960.

Welles paid an early call...where he found Stanton: Entry for December 20, 1862, Welles diary, Vol. I (1960 edn.), pp. 199200.