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by Mr. Chase to put the question, and he hopes the answer will be favorable.”
“Say, then,” I answered, “that I have no desire to be Vice-President.
I am forty-five years old; I am in command of a fine army; the closing campaign of the war is about beginning, and I hope to be able to do some further service for the country, and I should not, at my time of life, wish to be Vice-President, even if I had no other position.
Assure him that my determination in this matter has no connection with himself personally.
I will not be a candidate for any elective office whatever until the war is over.”
“I will report your determination to Mr. Chase,” said he, “and I can assure you, for I know his feelings, that he will hear it with regret.”
We shook hands and parted.
Within three weeks afterwards, the Hon. Simon Cameron, who
stood very high in Mr. Lincoln's confidence, came to me at Fortress Monroe.
This was after a high position in the coming military campaign had been allotted me by General Grant, in the results of which I had the highest hope, and for which I had been laboring.
Cameron and myself had from the beginning of the war been in warm friendly relations and I owed much to him which I can never repay save with gratitude.
Therefore, he spoke with directness.
“The President, as you know,” said he, “intends to be a candidate ”
A. M. Thayer and Co. 1892.
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