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So he said that he would retire , but would leave his Chief of Staff , who , he said , seemed to be belligerent enough for any purpose . When the General withdrew the Secretary said : `` ` Now , Mr. Lyon , what can you do to aid us , or what do you suggest ? ' `` I said : ` Give me until this evening to reflect upon the matter and I will meet you gentlemen here at any hour that may be agreed upon . ' So eight o'clock was designated , and we separated . `` During the day I made inquiry of Gen. Anderson about the disbanded soldiers ; how they , or some of them , could be organized in an emergency , and supposed the case of the rebels trying their rebellion over again . He laughed at the idea , but said there was but one condition of things that could possibly bring about such a result , and that was if the President should undertake the restoration of all the rebel States without the action of Congress , as he had heard hinted by some leading rebels who had recently been in Washington . `` I asked him if it would not be well for some men of influence to be on the alert .