Little of interest
transpired to-day in Cabinet. Wrote Lee repeating the order to Mare Island. But
for a word from the President he would have been court-martialed. He presumes
greatly on his connection with the Blairs and would himself monopolize all that
is due them; is full of low intrigue, is selfish and is avaricious, regardless
of what belongs to others.
SOURCE: Gideon
Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and
Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 512
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