I received about
nine o'clock Saturday night, your telegraphic dispatch, which I have this
moment answered, “I cannot accept."
I have quite a large
family, and when I resigned my place in Louisiana, on account of secession, I
had no time to lose; and, therefore, after my hasty visit to Washington, where
I saw no chance of employment, I came to St. Louis; have accepted a place in
this company, have rented a house, and incurred other obligations, so that I am
not at liberty to change.
I thank you for the
compliment contained in your offer, and assure you that I wish the
administration all success in its almost impossible task of governing this
distracted and anarchical people.
SOURCE: Walter L.
Fleming, General W.T. Sherman as College President, p. 378
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