I wrote Calvin Day a
general letter on the condition of affairs. What are his views and opinions I
know not. His usual good sense leads me to hope he is correct, yet his feelings
are very decided, perhaps, like others, unrelenting, against the Rebels. He
can, I think, have no confidence in, or respect for, Stevens, but his
sentiments in regard to Dixon are not more favorable. The papers in Connecticut
have most of them launched off with the Radicals, especially those with which
he is associated. I did not wish to intermeddle or even to express an opinion
on the eve of the nominating convention or the elections, but there seemed a
duty to counsel an old friend whose prejudices are strong. Whether he will heed
what I have written remains to be seen.
SOURCE: Gideon
Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and
Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 426
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