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Chase and Cameron concurred, to the disgust of Bates, who urged Lincoln “to avoid the timorous and vacillating course that could but degrade the Adm[inistration]n and make it weak and helpless—to assume the powers of his place and speak in the language of command.” To leave Frémont in charge after Cameron had countermanded his orders, repudiated his contracts, denounced his contractors, suspended his officers, and halted construction of fortifications at St. Louis would convince the public that the administration feared him.
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