The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.165) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To A. K. Mcclure.
War Department, Washington City, June 30, 1863.
A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia:
Do we gain anything by opening one leak to stop another? Do we gain anything by quieting one merely to open another, and probably a larger one?
A. LINCOLN.