. Life and public services of Edwin M. Stanton . A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE 427 had been, the sincere and devoted friend of General McClel-lan, and to support him, and, so far as I might, aid and as-sist him in bringing the war to a close, was a chief induce-ment for me to sacrifice my personal happiness to a sense ofpublic duty. I had studied him earnestly with an anxiousdesire to discover the military and patriotic virtue that mightsave the country, and if in any degree disappointed, I hopedon, and waited for time to develop. I went into the Cabinet about the 20th of January. Onthe 27th the Pres
. Life and public services of Edwin M. Stanton . A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE 427 had been, the sincere and devoted friend of General McClel-lan, and to support him, and, so far as I might, aid and as-sist him in bringing the war to a close, was a chief induce-ment for me to sacrifice my personal happiness to a sense ofpublic duty. I had studied him earnestly with an anxiousdesire to discover the military and patriotic virtue that mightsave the country, and if in any degree disappointed, I hopedon, and waited for time to develop. I went into the Cabinet about the 20th of January. Onthe 27th the President made his war order No. 1, requiringthe Army of the Potomac to move. It is not necessary, orperhaps proper, to state all the causes that led to that order,but it is enough to know that the government was on the vergeof bankruptcy, and at the rate of expenditure, the armies mustmove, or the government perish. The 22d of February wasthe day &xed for movement, and when it arrived there was nomore sign of movement on the Potomac than there
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