Friday, March 22, 2013

Letter From Hon. Jos. Holt On The Appointment Of Secretary Of War

In a letter from Hon. Joseph Holt to Lieut. Governor Stanton, of Ohio, he uses the following enthusiastic language respecting the appointment of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, viz.


ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16, 1862

* * * The selection of the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War has occasioned me unalloyed gratification.  It is an immense stride in the direction of the suppression of the rebellion.  So far as I can gather the popular sentiment, there is everywhere rejoicing over the appointment, but that rejoicing would be far greater did the people know, as I do, the courage, the loyalty and the genius of the new Secretary as displayed in the intensely tragic struggles that marked the closing days of the last administration.  He is a great man intellectually and morally – a patriot of the true Roman stamp, who will grapple with treason as the lion grapples with his prey.  We may rest well assured that all that man can do will in his present position be done to deliver our poor bleeding country from the bayonets of traitors now lifted against its bosom.

Sincerely yours,
J. HOLT

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 1

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