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in the roll of an office=seeker,) and consequently thought I knew just what value to put on the words of both. You probably see Mr. Nicolay occasionally and he will testify how we both agreed from time to time that there has been little doubt of my going to Bradford- And Mr. Browne, your most courteous chief Clerk will tell you that I was not guilty of wearing out the carpets of your office by going early and often and staying late.- Well, it is all right! I expect that I am quite as happy, and probably more so, than if I had been appointed. But I would give a great big apple to know just who to blame. You see, I have been one of those "executive" sort of Republicans, who believed that the President deserved the support of all patriotic men, and that his course made the continued ascending of the party of progress possible- in which I have had to differ