The Writings of Carl Schurz/To Charles Francis Adams, Jr., January 1st, 1899

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3301300Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz — To Charles Francis Adams, Jr., January 1stCarl Schurz and others

TO CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR.

New York, Jan. 1, 1899.

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I send you herewith an advance copy of my speech to be delivered on January 4th, at Chicago, in the lion's den. You will think it very long and so it is—but not as long as my sound money speech in 1896 was, which had an exceptionally great run. This speech is to serve the same purpose, namely to be a sort of vade-mecum for speakers or writers on our side of the question who will find in it answers, or at least suggestions for answers, to every argument brought forward on the other side.

To answer this purpose the speech needs the widest possible circulation, not only in pamphlet form, but in newspapers, and not only by way of synopsis or extract, but in full.

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