. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson . in force the war power of the government, and issuedpapers and did acts that might have brought them all tothe scaffold. Few, comparatively, know or can appreciate the actualcondition of things and state of feeling of the members ofthe Administration in those days. Nearly sixty years ofpeace had unfitted us for any war, but the most terribleof all wars, a civil one, was upon us, and it had to be had adjourned without making any provision forthe storm, though aware it was at hand and soon to burstupon the c
. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson . in force the war power of the government, and issuedpapers and did acts that might have brought them all tothe scaffold. Few, comparatively, know or can appreciate the actualcondition of things and state of feeling of the members ofthe Administration in those days. Nearly sixty years ofpeace had unfitted us for any war, but the most terribleof all wars, a civil one, was upon us, and it had to be had adjourned without making any provision forthe storm, though aware it was at hand and soon to burstupon the country. A new Administration, scarcely ac-quainted with each other, and differing essentially in thepast, was compelled to act, promptly and decisively. END OF VOLUME I JUi. o 0 1952. BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1911 r-p THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY 7CS059A ASTOR. LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R 10.^4 L COPYRIGHT, 1909, AND I910, BY EDGAR T. WELLESCOPYRIGHT, 1911, BY EDGAR T. WELLES AND HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published October iQit PREFACE It was the custom of my father all his life to keep a was a prolific writer on political subjects and his even-ings were generally spent with his pen in his hand. Whenin Washington, it was his habit in the evening, after thefamily had retired, to devote his time to writing in thediary. His public duties at that period gave him no timeto devote to the miscellaneous writings to which he hadbeen accustomed. But in the diary are expressed his viewson public men and measures, not only of the day but alsothose gathered throughout his public life. It was a relaxa-tion to him to write; in fact, being thoroughly accustomedto it, it was a pleasure. The question of the publication of this diary ha
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