[56] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 441, note.
[57] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 1, p. 723.
[58] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 1, p. 719.
"I think you cannot leave the Journal without giving up the whole army to dissension and overthrow. I agree that if, by remaining, you save it, you only draw down double denunciation upon yourself and me. Nor do I see the way through and beyond that. But there will be some way through. I grant, then, that, for yourself and me, it is wise and profitable that you leave. I must be left without the possibility of restoration, without a defender, without an organ. Nothing else will satisfy those who think they are shaded. Then, and not until then, shall I have passed through the not unreasonable punishment for too much success. But the party—the country? They cannot bear your withdrawal. I think I am not mistaken in this. Let us adhere, then. Stand fast. It is neither wise nor reasonable that we should bear the censure of defeat, when we have been deprived of not merely command, but of a voice in council."—W.H. Seward to Thurlow Weed, Ibid., Vol. 1, p. 720.
[59] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 1, p. 718.
[60] Ibid., p. 723.
[61] Ibid., p. 727.
[62] Private letter, Henry Clay to Stephen Miller, Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 1, 1844.
[63] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 123.
[64] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 1, p. 724.