The Writings of Carl Schurz/To Benjamin H. Bristow, February 8th, 1878
TO BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW
Washington, Feb. 8, 1878.
Thanks for your very kind letter. I am trying to do my duty as I understand it. No trouble about my “sticking.” I shall always be happy to hear from you.
Washington, Mar. 16, 1878.
Your kind letter of February 27th has had to wait very long for an answer. But you know yourself how it is with us poor plow-horses, and I can therefore confidently throw myself upon your indulgence.
I hope you were pleased with the President s veto message. I do not think any further financial legislation will succeed during this session of Congress; at any rate, it seems almost certain that no further step in the direction of inflation and repudiation can get a two-thirds vote in both branches. There are many who voted for the silver bill and now declare emphatically that they will countenance nothing beyond it. It is very probable that an overwhelming majority of the Republicans in Congress can be rallied upon such a program, and that something like coöperation in financial matters can be established between them and the Administration. Still, the mischief done already is so great that I am by no means sanguine as to the future.
Does it not appear to you that our friend Blaine “put his foot into it”?
Let me hear from you often.