The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VII (Chap. 2.103) lyrics
by Abraham Lincoln
Telegram To General W. S. Rosecrans. Washington, June 8, 1864.
Major-General Rosecrans, St. Louis, Missouri:
Yours of to-day received. I am unable to conceive how a message can be less safe by the express than by a staff-officer. If you send a verbal message, the messenger is one additional person let into the secret.
A. LINCOLN