. Life and public services of Edwin M. Stanton . uary, 1862, President Lincoln,without previous consultation with him, nominated to the Senate to be Secretary of War. Thetwo men had not met since the formers inauguration,and did not meet until Stanton presented himself onthe 15th to receive his commission. General McClellan states that Stanton called uponhim immediately upon being nominated, to confer withhim as to his acceptance, and gives the following ac-count of the interview: — He said that acceptance would involve very great personalsacrifices on his part, and that the only po
. Life and public services of Edwin M. Stanton . uary, 1862, President Lincoln,without previous consultation with him, nominated to the Senate to be Secretary of War. Thetwo men had not met since the formers inauguration,and did not meet until Stanton presented himself onthe 15th to receive his commission. General McClellan states that Stanton called uponhim immediately upon being nominated, to confer withhim as to his acceptance, and gives the following ac-count of the interview: — He said that acceptance would involve very great personalsacrifices on his part, and that the only possible inducementwas that he might have it in his power to aid me in puttingdown the rebellion, by devoting all his energy and ability tomy assistance, and that together we could soon bring the warto a close. If I wished him to accept he would do so, but on ^4 S ^ s H ^ % ^ a > ;? 7i & n a m ?fl ^ > ?i ^ H ^ g ^^ K ^ ^ ^ r Z fi i-i t^ K :? ^ h w vl* ^ r. 5 ri ^ M \>. H > ^ ?3 S ? 2 H ^ O t Z £) t^ §>. STANTON CONSULTS McCLELLAN 239 my account only. He had come to know my wishes and de-termine accordingly. I told him I hoped he would accept thenomination.^ General McClellan was a Democrat, and many of hisfriends at Washington were Union men of Democraticantecedents. Mr. Stanton was one of these. It was wise in Mr. Lincoln to call into his Cabinet atthis juncture a Union Democrat of Mr. Stantons char-acter and reputation. Through such a representativeman the whole body of Union Democrats in the coun-try would soon learn whether it was a KepubHcanPresident or a Democratic general who was invitingpolitical and financial disaster, and foreign interven-tion, by a failure to use the army which the uprising ofa great people had provided to crush out the rebeUion. From the 21st of December until the 14th of Janu-ary the Committee on the Conduct of the War hadbeen unable to secure the attendance before them ofGeneral McClellan; but on the last-named day, heinformed the
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