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Scope and Contents Concerning a possible House clerkship for White. "The schemes for the next presidency are beginning to assume shape. I was mistaken in assigning to Chase a platform and party grounded on the ruins of democracy and in giving him Sam Cox for a backer Cox & Vallandigham are grooming McClellan for the race. ... The N.Y. Herald is their principal organ and pro-slavery is their platform. 'Mac' is essentially a narrow-minded and conceited dunce in politics and a coward in ar ... Stanton regards...