Not much of
importance before the Cabinet. Some little attempt to converse on general
subjects. Seward, McCulloch, and myself were first there, and allusion was made
to our getting together and coming to an understanding on the true condition of
affairs. Seward looked a little sharp, I thought, at me, and said he had no
objection, but he knew not that any good would come of it. He said he was
preparing a paper which would bring all things right, but was not yet quite
ready. To what he alludes I know not and cannot yet conjecture, but I have
little faith in it as assuring any useful purpose for the Administration or the
country.
SOURCE: Gideon
Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and
Johnson, Vol. 2: April 1, 1864 — December 31, 1866, p. 525
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