The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-10-28
LINCOLN TO SCHURZ.
\ Letter which shows that schurz
Opposed Lincoln, as lie Now
Oppose NIck:nIey,

'PJoStA t-EDtcii, as lie NOW
Oppose Mckinley,
That Carl Sehurz held the same po-
sition in 1862 in opposition to the ad-
ministratioG that he holds to-day is
shown by the following characteristic
letter to tim from President Lii coin,
taken .rom abraham Lincoin's 5 Pen
and Voice, compilation by G. NJ.
Van Ruren:
LETTER 10 CARL SCHCRZ.
WASHINGTON, ID. T., Nov. II, 1862.
-Dea.. SIR: have Just received and
read your icttc: of the 10Th. The pur-
pur: OF y is that we lost the tase sir.-
ton, and the administration : fail
ing because the war Is unsuccessful.
aad that must not Halter myself that
/ am not justly 20 blame for it. ! Ger
tainiy know that If the war fails the
administration fal.s. and thaI VIA
he blamed for it, whether | deserve it
or not. AnO l ought to be blamed if
| could do better. You think could
do better, therefore you blame me
already. / think | could not do bet
ter. therefore | blame you for blaming
me. | understand you now 10 be will
ing to accept tie help oi nlen who are
not Republicans. provided they have
''hoart in ii. Agreed. ! want no
others. But who is 10 be The judge Of
hearts. or heart in ia it, If must
discard my own judgmer: and take
yours must also take THAI of others:
and by the time | shoult reject all
should be advised 10 reject, shopEd
have Rome left. Republican or others,
not even yourself. for be assured, my
dear sir, there are men who have
heart in it, that think yon are per-
forming your part as poorly as you
think | am performing mine.
81 certainly have been dissatisfied
with the slowness of Buell. ami Me
Cleilan, but before ] relieved them
had %reat fears / shorld not find sue
cess0rs to them who would do better:
and ! am sorry TO add that ] have
seen little since to relieve those fears.
| do not see the prospect of any more
rapid movements ] fear We shall at
last find out the difficulty i in our
case rather than in particular Gener-
ais. | wish to discourage no one. GER
tainly not those who 5ympatE iZe with
me, but | must sa.c | need success
more than | need sympathy and that |
have not seen so much greater GVi-
dence of getting S!lccess from my
symiathiZcrs than from these who are
denounced as the contrary. 1t does
classes have been very much alike in
what they have done and what they
have failed to do. In sealing their
faith with their blood. Baker and
and Lvon and Bohlen. aud I;icnard-
SON Republicans. did al that men
could do: bat did Trey any more than
hearn"y, Stevens. Keno ana Mans
field. none of whom %:ere Republicans
and some at least of wAom have been
bitterly and repeatedly denounced -
me a. secession sympathi2e.s: | vii!
not perform the ungratcfUl task Of
cases Of failure. In ans
wer to your question, Has il not been
publicly stated IN the newspapers. and
apparently proved as a fact, that
rom the commencement of the war the |
enemy was continually supplied with |
Information by some of the confiden-
ial subOrdinates of As important an
,fficer a. Adj. Gen. Thomas ! must !
;ay No. as far as my knowledge
.Xtends, a2d l add if you can give
lny tangible evidenc upon the subject
will thank YOU to come to this city
md do so. ~. LINCOLN"