The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-26
LINCOLN TO sCHURz.
Letter Showing schurz Also Opposed
IlncoIn's Administration

Letter Showing scbuFz Also Opposed
LincoIn's Administrations
Chicago Inter ocean: That Carl
schufz held the same position in 1862 in
opposition to the administration that
he holds to-day is shown by the follow
ing characteristics letter to him from
President Lincoln. taken from "Abra-
ham Lincoln's Pen and Voice." COM
pllation by g. NJ Van Buren,:
LETTER TO CARL scHURz.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. "a. 1852
DEAR sIR:-I have Just received and
read your letter of the goth. The pur-
port OF It Is that we lost the late cleo
tlon, and the administration Is failing
because the war Is unsuccessful, and
that must not flatter myself that / am
not Justly to blame for It. certainly
know that II the war fails the adminiB-
tratlon fails, and that / will be blamed
for It. whether deserve 1t or not, and
ought to be blamed II could do bet-
ter. You think could do better, there
fore you blame me already. think
could not do better, therefore ] blame
you for blaming me. understand you
now to be willing to accept the help Of
men who are not Republicans, provided
they have "heart in It," Agreed. /
want no others, But who Is to be the
judge Of hearts, or Of heart in IT." II
must discard my own judgment and
take yours / must also take that Of
others, and by the time should reject
all should be advised to reject,
should have noen left, Republican or
Others, not even yourself. for be assur-
ed, my dear sir, there are men who
have heart In 1t" that think you are
performing your part as poorly as you
think am performing mine.
II certainly have been dissatisfied
with the slowness of Buell. and McClel-
Ian, but before relieved them had
great fears should not find successors
to them who would do better; and am
sorry to add that have seen little since
IA relieve those fears do not see the
prospect Of any more rapid move
mentS. fear we shall at last find out
the difficulty Is in our case rather than
in particular generals. wish to dis
parnge no one, certainly not those who
sympathlze with me, but / must say
need success more than I need SYM
patty, and that have not seen the so
much greater evidence Of getting sue
cess from my sympathiEers than from
those who are denounced as the con-
trary. 1t does seem to me that in the
field the two 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
Lyon and Bohlen and Richardson. Re-
publicans, did all that men could do:
but did they any more than Kearney.
Stevens. Reno and Mansfield. none Of
whom were Republicans. and some at
least of whom have been bitterly and
repeatedly denounced to me as seces-
sion syrnpnthlzers2 will not perform
the ungrateful task Of comparing cases
of failure. IN answer to your question,
Has 1t not been publicly stated in the
newspapers, and apparently proved as
a fact. that from the commencement Of
the war the enemy was continually
supplied with Information by some of
the confidential subordinates Of as i'm.
portant an officer as Adiutnnt General
Thomas? I must say NO" rs far as
my knowledge extends. and add IL you
can give any tangible evidence upon
the subject, viii thank you to come to
"a .IINCOI,N."