CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, VA.,
April 22, 1863.
You don't seem to like my Loyal
League letter, or rather you seem to depreciate my writing at all. I could
not decline to answer the invitation extended to me, and to decline simply on
the ground of public duties would have been refusing to give my views, which
undoubtedly was the object of the invitation, as no one could have supposed I
could attend. The letter I wrote was carefully worded, to avoid anything like a
partisan complexion. I said nothing but what I am willing to stand up to. I am
in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, and am opposed to any separation
of government in what was, is, and should be the, United States. I stated
distinctly that I subscribed to the platform because it was national and
not partisan. It is impossible to satisfy all parties; the only thing you can
do is to give none a reason for claiming you as their own.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 368-9
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