and so, at the end of my chapter on edwin stanton, i have a don hays letter to edwin stanton after lincoln was killed, about what edwin stanton meant to lincoln. you know, there is that story about somebody coming in and saying "mr. president, edwin stanton just called me a damn fool." and he said "he is probably right." his son said later that lincoln and stanton had an agreement, actually, sort of a good cop/bad cop kind of thing. lincoln would do what he could to smooth over things. he would leave it up to stanton to really, you know, lay down the laws. as i said, edwin stanton said "no" for the nation. here is another instance. i devote a short chapter to montgomery. i was invited to do jury duty. i arrived at the pension building and i have never seen such a glorious interior space in my life. huge, four-story, white columns. i said "who on earth designed that building?" it was montgomery meigs. i could not find a biography about him. there is one called "second only to grant," and that caught my attention. but i wanted to tell you a few things that were said about montgomery meigs wh

won't be clear on what he plans to do and at the same time lincoln appointed new secretary of war, edwin stanton. who is presumably mcclellans friend. mcclellan had stayed with stan -- stanton for a time in washington. stanton had consulted with mcclellan on various things and plans and that sort of thing. and staton himself, of course, had a very checkered background. his relationship with lincoln before the war, had been very testy. you heard bill marvel hold forth on stanton. stanton was a political chameleon. he changed colors many times. t. harry williams, no friend of mcclellan, would tell his civil war class stanton would like -- lie when there was no reason to lie. mcclellan thinks that stanton is his friend but in fact mcclellan will face great facility from his supposedly a edwin stanton who is quickly becoming an implacable enemy. mcclellan was also facing criticism and hostility from senior division commanders. mcclellan had reason to fear his authority was being undermined at this point, and that president perhaps was involved. though i don't see lincoln -- lincoln's not maneuvering

walter, picking up on that, what did edwin stanton do to help the opposition? as far as enforcement of the draft and filling up what many opponents called the best deals of the north. illes of the north? ofhe creates a system provost marshals and every congressional district -- in every congressional district. they're given a broad authority not just to enlist men for the draft, but to arrest those opposing the draft. and they energetic men take that to heart. hundreds of folks are arrested for interfering with the draft. as frank's question suggests, if a democratic strategist were writing for stanton what not to do -- what to do in order to help democrats get votes in the fall of 63 and 64, it would be almost a perfect script. a great the democrats argument, the constitution as it was, i key element is that lincoln and stanton are throwing editors and others into prison for opposing the draft. let's segue, then we will get to catherine's specific issues involving the secretary of the treasury. jonathan, what about the law of war and the issues that confronted

so walter, picking up on that, what did edwin stanton do to help the opposition in -- as far as enforcement of the draft, and filling up what many opponents called the bastiles of the north. >> how to put it, as i said last night, stanton underlooped lincoln's supervision, he creates a system of provost marshalls in every congressional district. and they are given a broad authority not just to sort of enlist men for the draft, but to arrest those opposing the draft. and these are energetic men and they take that to heart. and so hundreds of folks are arrested for interfering with the draft. and as frank's question suggests, this is almost -- if a democratic strategist were writing for stanton, whatnot -- what to do in order to help democrats get votes in the fall of '63 and the fall of '64, it would be almost a perfect script. it gives the democrats a great argument, you know, that the constitution, as it was, and a key element is that lincoln and stanton are throwing editors and others into prison for opposing the draft. >> and let's segue, and then we'll get to catherine on specific issue

but generally, the artist had arranged the progressives over on this side, edwin stanton, secretary of war, chase, secretary of treasury, and the other figures mirror, secretary of the navy, gideon welles, edward bates, attorney general -- people who had reservations or who were not taking along the lines of lincoln, in relation to the emancipation proclamation. and lincoln said, yes, this is a good arrangement. the artist lived in the white house for six months, in order to take this tainting. up of measurements drawn the room, he had photographs taken of every person. the painting is kind of muddy, i would say. most like he could not stop touching it up. so the resulting print, this is what it might have looked like with abraham lincoln over the shoulder of carpenter. no pressure,. paint -- wehing you do not know if this actually happened, but carpenter did spend a lot of time with lincoln talking about the war and other things. carpenter wrote a book about his time in the white house after the death of lincoln. this, you can see that the detail is more easily seen. the idea was, as

walter, picking up on that, what did edwin stanton do to help the opposition as far as enforcement of the draft and filling up what many opponents called bastilles of the north? lincoln'santon, under supervision, creates a system of provost marshals in every congressional district and they are given broad authority to not just enlist men for the draft but arrest of those opposing the draft, and these are energetic men and they take that to heart. hundreds of folks are arrested for interfering with the draft and as frank's question suggests, this is almost -- if a democratic strategist were writing for stanton what not to do in order to help democrats get votes in the fall of 1863 and 1864, it would be a perfect script. it gives the democrats a great argument that the constitution, as it was, a key element is lincoln and stanton are throwing editors and others into prison for opposing the draft. frank: let's segue and then we will get the catherine on specific issues regarding the secretary of the treasury. but jonathan, what about the law of war and the issues that confronted lincoln

generally, the artist has arranged the progressives over on this side, edwin stanton, secretary of war, salmon p. chase, giedion wells, secretary of the navy, edward bates, attorney general. people that had reservations or who weren't thinking along the lines of lincoln in relation to the emancipation proclamation. lincoln said, yeah, this is a good arrangement. in fact, this artist, carpenter, lived in the white house for six months in order to make this painting. he had photographs taken of every person. he had measurements drawn up of the room. drew the furniture and then produced this painting, which i have to say is kind of, i don't know, kind of muddy. i don't know, he couldn't stop touching it up. so the resulting print, and this is what it might have looked like with abraham lincoln looking over the shoulder of carpenter. no pressure. just abe lincoln looking over -- watching you paint. we don't know if this actually happened, but carpenter did spend a lot of time with lincoln talking about the war, talking about the conduct of things, and carpenter wrote a book after lincoln's

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