As soon as I
passed the door of the Senate Chamber I was informed of your nomination. It was
a secret no longer. Senators had freely communicated the fact. I afterwards met
Nelson, Clifford, and Catron at Catron's room. They were talking of your
nomination. All agreed you should accept; that it would restore confidence in
the nation; your antecedents being known to the President, he should ask no pledge,
you should give none, and require none — at present — the great
Democratic party of the North and conservative Whigs (now a large majority)
would support, strengthen, and hold you up; that you are young strong,
& can bear labor, can do great good, and in this crisis your country
demands every sacrifice of individual comfort. You can gain great glory if
there be success to our arms, and can only sink in the common ruin in case of
defeat. I concur with them.
Yours truly,
R. C. Grier
Monday evening,
Jan. 13, 1862
SOURCE: Stanton,
Edwin Mcmasters. Edwin McMasters Stanton Papers: Correspondence, 1831 to
1870; 1831, July 19-1862, Jan. 13. 1831. Manuscript/Mixed Material.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss41202001/,
images 303 & 304, (Accessed September 20, 2017.)
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