Private
Executive Mansion
May 21, 1862.
James G. Bennett, Esq
Dear Sir:
Thanking you again for the able support given by you,
through the Herald, to what I think the true cause of the country, and also for
your kind expressions towards me personally, I wish to correct an erroneous
impression of yours in regard to the Secretary of War. He mixes no politics
whatever with his duties; knew nothing of Gen. Hunter's proclamation; and he
and I alone got up the counter-proclamation. I wish this to go no further than
to you, while I do wish to assure you it is true.
Yours truly
A. LINCOLN
SOURCE: Roy P. Basler, Editor, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5, p. 225
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