The President is rarely seen in the streets now, and it is
complained that he is not so accessible as formerly in his office. I do not
know what foundation there is for these reports, and see no reason to credit
them. I know he rides out in the afternoon, if the weather be fair, after the
labors of the day, and he is a regular attendant at St. Paul's Church. I am
rather inclined to credit the rumor that he intends to join the church. All his
messages and proclamations indicate that he is looking to a mightier power than
England for assistance. There is a general desire to have the cabinet modified
and Christianized upon the inauguration of the permanent government.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 104
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