refrains from filling vacancies on Supreme Bench with Northern men, 30;
agrees to McClellan's peninsular campaign, 33;
still worried over safety of capital, 33;
neglects to demand any specific force to protect it, 33, 34;
forced to detach troops from McClellan to reinforce Fremont, 35;
nearly orders McClellan to attack, 37;
his plan better than McClellan's, 38;
orders McDowell to return to Washington, 39;
alarmed at condition of defenses of capital, 40;
question of his error in retaining McDowell, 41-43;