his election secured by these successes, 286;
urged by radicals to remove Blair, 287;
refuses at first, later does so, 288;
refuses to interfere in campaign, 289;
refuses to postpone call for more troops, 289;
refutes campaign slanders, 290;
prepares for defeat, 291;
re-elected easily, 291, 292;
his remarks on election, 292-294;
refuses to intervene to secure counting of electoral