Dear old Scott has
resigned! Touching scene, war-worn veteran, farewell speech, surrender of
command, etc., etc. Mother and Father feel rather badly tonight, for we see in
the Post (a truthful paper, the only one we believe) that a messenger
was sent out about a week ago with an order for the superseding of Fremont by
Hunter. This, added to a violent storm, suggestive of fleets wrecked, makes us
rather gloomy, though to speak the truth, I don't see why Lincoln should supersede
Fremont when he is in the field pursuing Price with great energy. If his
command is taken from him, Father prophesies that he will be our next
President. Who can tell? It is a year day after tomorrow since Old Uncle Abe
was elected, and he has not made himself despised by the people yet. If he is a
little too good-natured, he knows how to hold his tongue, — one of the first
and cardinal virtues.
SOURCE: William
Rhinelander Stewart, The Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell,
p. 21
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