The Wilkes court martial found him guilty on all charges and
sentenced him to three years’ suspension and a reprimand. It is a light
punishment for the conviction.
Army movements indicate an early and great battle, but when
and where to be fought is unknown in Washington.
Congress to-day has ordered a committee on the Treasury. It
is made up as only Colfax could do it. Some able friends of Chase are on it, and
Brooks who is a superficial demagogue is associated with them.
Thirty years ago I was accustomed to meet Brooks, then a
resident of Portland, Maine. He was at that time a zealous Whig partisan, with
no settled principles. Judging from the New York Express, his paper, I think he
has changed very little, though now elected by, and acting with, those who call
themselves Democrats and have a Democratic organization.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 21-2; William E. Gienapp & Erica L. Gienapp, Editors,
The Civil War Diary of Gideon Wells,
p. 399-400.
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