Appointments considered yesterday and to-day. Generally
conceded that Field of California was the man for the Supreme Court. The Court
of Claims seems a peace court. The Court for the District is more important,
and unfortunately the hearts and sympathies of the present judges are with the
Rebels.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 245
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