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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
ple for a time. Its effect upon the country was also unfavorable. Nothing had occurred, since the battle of Bull Run, in July, which so disappointed the expectations and saddened the hearts of loyal people. A distrust was felt of the loyalty and military capacity of some of the high army officers. In many quarters, the Administration was blamed for our ill luck, and want of success. It was at this trying hour that the Governor wrote this splendid letter:— Boston, Oct. 30, 1861. Hon. J. D. Andrews, Washington, D. C. My dear Sir,—I trust you will attribute my non-reply to your letters before this moment to the pressure of employment, and not to inadvertence or neglect. I fear and feel sometimes in the spirit of your own state of mind, as given in your correspondence; but still I prefer not to lose faith in any one, much less in those in whom I have heartily confided, and to whom belongs the wielding of the national power. I see great proofs of energy and of skill. I also