Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-11-03
RocHDALE, Oct. 1, 1864.

read with great interest:
RocHDALE, Oct. 1, 1864.
DEAR SIR For more than three
years, the people of this country have
watched, with constant interest, the
progress Of the great conflict in which
your people have been engaged; and,
as you know, some have rejoiced over
the temporary successes of the enemies
of your Government, and some have
deeply lamented them.
At this moment, we turn our ewes
rather to the political than to the mill
tary struggle; and there is, with us,
the same difference Of opinion and of
sympathy, as regards your coming Pres
idential election, that has been mani
tested with your contest in the field.
All those of my countrymen who
have wished we'll to the Rebellion who
have hoped for the break DIP of your
Union, who have preferred to see a
Southern Slave Empire rather than a
restored and free Republic, SO far as
can observe, are now in favor of the
election Of len. Mcclellan. All those who
have. deplored the calamities which the
leaders of secession have brought upon
your country, who believe that slavery
weakens your power and furnishes your
good name throughout the world, and
who regards the restoration of your
Union as thing to be desired and
prayed for by all good men, so far as
can judge, are heartily longing for the
reelection Of Mr.. Lincoln. Every
friend of your Union probably in Eu-
rope, every speaker and writer who has
sought to do justice to your cause since
the war began, is now hoping, with an
intense anxiety, that Mr.. Lincoln may
be placed at the head fyour executive
for another term.
1t is not because they believe Mr..
Lincoln to be wiser or better than all
other men on your continent but thew
think they have observed in his career
a grand simplicity of purpose, and a
patriotism which knows no change and
which does not falter. To some of his
countrymen, there may appear to have
been errors in his course. It would be
strange indeed if, in the midst of diff
culties so stupendous and SO unexpect-
ed, any administration or any ruler
should wholly avoid mistakes. To us,
looking on from this distance, and I'm
moved by the passions which many of
your people can hardly be expected to
be free-regarding his presidential path
with the calm judgment which belongs
rather to history than to the present
time, as our outside position enables us,
in some degree, to regard tive see it
in an honest endeavor faithfully to do
the work Of his great office. and. in the
doing of it, a Brightness of personal
honor on which no adversary has yet
been able to fix a stain.
| believe that the effort of Mr.. Lin
coins reelection in England, and in
Europe, and indeed throughout the
world, will be this It will convince all
men that the integrity of -FOUR great
country will be preserved, and it will
show that Republican institutions, with
an instructed and patriotic people, can
bear nation safely and steadily through
the most desperate perils.
I am one Of your friends in England
who have never lost faith in your cause
| have spoken to my countrymen in its
behalf; and now, in writing this letter
to you, [ believe | speak the sentiments
and the hearts wish of every man in
England who hopes for the freedom and
greatness of your country. Forgive me
for this intrusion upon you; but I can
not hold back from telling you what is
passing in my mind, and [ wish, if pos
sible, to send you a word of encourage
ment. JOHN BRIGHT.
Horace Greeley, Esq, New York, U. S.
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