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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
cers, has caused an immense deal of heart. burning. McDowells friends are indignant at the treatment which he has experienced. and do not hesitate to speak with the utmost contempt of the brilliant achievements in Western Virginia of the young Commander-in-Chief. Are you aware that Gen. Banks aspired to the post now occupied by McClellan, and that he was warmly pressed upon the Administration by quite a number of his especial political friends and admirers? It seems hardly credible, but nevertheless. I believe it is strictly true. An effort is now making to transfer him to the War Department, and as it has been foreseen that such a promotion would give to New England two members of the Cabinet, it has been suggested to remove both Cameron and Welles — to give to Banks the portfolio of the Secretary of War, and to appoint a new Secretary of the Navy from Pennsylvania. It is doubtful. however, whether this programme will be carried out in the existing condition of affairs.