McClellan had contempt for other civilian leaders, including the cabinet, which he scorned as “a most dispicable set of men.” Seward he called “a meddling, officious, incompetent little puppy.” Welles was “weaker than the most garrulous old woman you were ever annoyed by.” Bates was an “inoffensive old man.” When he kept Edwin M. Stanton (Cameron’s replacement as head of the War Department) cooling his heels, much as he did Lincoln, the infuriated secretary said: “That will be the last time General McClellan will give either myself or the President the waiting snub.” Chase told Little Mac that he was tired of calling on him and being told the general was too busy to be disturbed.
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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