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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