. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . new deal after all, and that you in-tend to nominate Winter Davis insteadof Blair ? Judd, rephed he, when thatslate breaks again, it will break at the top.*These plottings at last bore mischievousfruit. Superserviceable friends doubtless per-suaded Seward that the alleged ascendencyof the Chase faction in the Cabinet was realand ominous. Hence, possibly, the subjoinednote : Washington, March 2d, 1S61. My Dear Sir : Circumstances which have oc-curred since I expressed to you in December last mywillingness to accept the office of Secretary of
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . new deal after all, and that you in-tend to nominate Winter Davis insteadof Blair ? Judd, rephed he, when thatslate breaks again, it will break at the top.*These plottings at last bore mischievousfruit. Superserviceable friends doubtless per-suaded Seward that the alleged ascendencyof the Chase faction in the Cabinet was realand ominous. Hence, possibly, the subjoinednote : Washington, March 2d, 1S61. My Dear Sir : Circumstances which have oc-curred since I expressed to you in December last mywillingness to accept the office of Secretary of State,seem to me to render it my duty to aslc leave to witli-draw that consent. Tendering to you my best wishes for tlie success of * Hon. N. B. Judd, conversation. J. G. X., personalmemoranda. MS. your administration, with my sincere and grateful ac-knowledgments of all your acts of kindness and confi-dence towards me, I remain very respectfully andsincerely, Your obedient servant, William H. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President-elect, t ^:^. ;iDEON WELLES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY.) This, from the man who now for severalmonths had held intimate counsel with him,had taken active part in the formation of theCabinet, and had read and partly revised theinaugural, was unexpected. Did it mean thathe would now withdraw and complain that hewas forced out because a preponderating influ-ence was gi\en to his rival? The note was re-ceived on Saturday, and Mr. Lincoln ponderedthe situation till Monday morning. While theinauguration procession was forming in thestreets, he wrote the following and handed it tohis private secretary to copy, with the remark, I cant afford to let Seward take the first trick. ■ Unpublished MS. 428 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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