The Writings of Carl Schurz/From President Cleveland, November 6th, 1896
FROM PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
| Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 6, 1896. |
Your note of yesterday gratified me exceedingly, and I cannot refrain from letting you know this, and at the same time thanking you for your efforts in the cause of national honor and sound finance.
The manner in which the best Democrats turned away from mere partisanship to serve their country last Tuesday makes me feel that there is much patriotism abroad in the land even among zealous politicians.
The path of official duty has sometimes been very rough, though scarcely ever hard to see.