Abraham Lincoln : a history . ave more than once expresseda desire for a change of position, I can now gratify you,consistently with my view of the public interest. I there-fore propose nominating you to the Senate, next Monday,as Minister to Russia. Very sincerely, your friend, A. Lincoln. There is an interesting passage in the publisheddiary of Secretary Chase, informing us that thisnote, written on Saturday, was shown by Cameronon Sunday afternoon to Secretaries Seward andChase; also implying that several separate andjoint interviews had been going on between thesethree Cabinet ministers fo
Abraham Lincoln : a history . ave more than once expresseda desire for a change of position, I can now gratify you,consistently with my view of the public interest. I there-fore propose nominating you to the Senate, next Monday,as Minister to Russia. Very sincerely, your friend, A. Lincoln. There is an interesting passage in the publisheddiary of Secretary Chase, informing us that thisnote, written on Saturday, was shown by Cameronon Sunday afternoon to Secretaries Seward andChase; also implying that several separate andjoint interviews had been going on between thesethree Cabinet ministers for a day or two previ-ous, in which they discussed the question of Cam-erons retirement, his nomination to Russia, and the<ufee(tf equally important topic of who should become hispp. 4oo, 4oi. successor in the War Department. Three pointsseem evident from the record: that while they allhad a hint of the change, neither of them knew defi-nitely whether it would be finally made, or when it Lincoln toCameron,Jan. 11, 1862. SIMON CAMERON. CAMERON AND STANTON 129 would occur, or who would be called to fill the va- Chase laments that Seward might suspecthim of not dealing frankly; Seward is represented asappearing to know more than he communicated, andCameron as hesitating between no and yes. Theyfinally all joined in the opinion that the most agree-able and the fittest successor in the War Depart-ment would be Stanton. And, if we may trust thelanguage of the diary, each of them was impressedwith the belief that he alone was the chief agencyin bringing about the change, in delicately causingits hearty acceptance, and especially in selecting theman destined to become the greatest war ministerthe Government has ever had. The truth was thata stronger will and a yet more delicate tact hadinspired and guided them all. Lincoln, securinghis main purpose of once more combining thesethree influential leaders in renewed support of hisAdministration, in the midst of a Ca
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