There seems to be general satisfaction with the nominations
made at Baltimore, and with the resolutions adopted. Except the nomination for
Vice President, the whole proceedings were a matter of course. It was the wish
of Seward that Hamlin-should again be the Vice, and the President himself was
inclined to the same policy, though personally his choice is Johnson. This, I
think, was the current Administration opinion, though with no particular zeal
or feeling. Blair inclined to the policy of taking Hamlin, though partial to
Johnson. I took no part and could not well take any. Yet to-day from several
quarters it is said to me that Connecticut overthrew Hamlin, and that it was my
doings which led to it. While this is not correct, I am nowise disposed to be
dissatisfied with the change that has been made.
Concluded to retire the marine officers who are past the
legal age, and to bring in Zeilin as Commandant of the Corps. There seems no
alternative.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 —
December 31, 1866, p. 51
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