COLUMBUS, March 10, 1869.
MY DEAR SIR:—I sent two letters to Mr. Barrett this morning, one to General Cox, and one to General Grant.
Your letter indicates that you are in doubt of the future. I suppose there is some reason for it, but I confess I don't feel it. There is just now a wild hubbub at Washington and to some extent in the country, but I think I see the main points are all right and think that before a great while the present doubting will disappear. "Wait for the facts."
Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, Cincinnati, Ohio.
SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 59
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