Nashville, Tenn.,
Feby. 20th, 1864.
Dear Father:
I have received your letter and those accompanying, to wit,
Mr. Newton’s and I. N. Morris’. I may write to Mr. Newton but it will be
different from what he expects. I am not a candidate for any office. All I want
is to be left alone to fight this war out; fight all rebel opposition and
restore a happy Union in the shortest possible time. You know, or ought to
know, that the public prints are not the proper mediums through which to let a
personal feeling pass. I know that I feel that nothing personal to myself could
ever induce me to accept a political office.
From your letter you seem to have taken an active feeling,
to say the least, in this matter, that I would like to talk to you about. I
could write, but do not want to do so. Why not come down here and see me?
I did tell Julia to make a visit to Cincinnati, Batavia,
Bethel and Georgetown.
ULYSSES.
SOURCE: Jesse Grant Cramer, Editor, Letters of
Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78, p. 100-1
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