Mr. Benjamin has been defeated for the C. S. Senate. Mr.
Hunter has been named as a candidate for the C. S. Senate from Virginia. I
thought he would not remain in the cabinet, after his relative was arrested
(with no reason assigned) by order of Mr. Benjamin. Besides, the office is a sinecure,
and may remain so for a long time, if the powers at Washington should “stint,
and say aye” to the demands of England.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the
Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 95-6
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