These simple things provoked some remarks from the young
gentlemen in the department, and gave rise to predictions that he would soon
supplant us all in the affections of the Secretary. And he is nimble of foot
too, and enters the Secretary's room twice to Col. B.'s or Major T.'s once. I
go not thither unless sent for; for in a cause like this, personal advancement,
when it involves catering to the caprices of functionaries dressed in a little
brief authority, should be spurned with contempt. But Col. Bledsoe is shocked,
and renews his threats of resignation. Major Tyler is eager to abandon the pen
for the sword; but Congress has not acted on his nomination; and the West Pointers,
many of them indebted to his father for their present positions, are inimical
to his confirmation.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 58
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