New York
July 2, 1860
July 2, 1860
My Dear Sir:
I have never yet had influence with any Federal Administration, and may have no better with the next than with the last. I never wrote a letter to a President elect nor to a nominee of my party for that post. This is a government of lawyers, and I was not educated to their profession. I will not beg office nor tender unsought advice. I do not think it at all probable that I shall be in a position next year to help any one, and I will not humble myself to ask favors. So I do not think it at all probable that I can help you in any contingency.
I have never yet had influence with any Federal Administration, and may have no better with the next than with the last. I never wrote a letter to a President elect nor to a nominee of my party for that post. This is a government of lawyers, and I was not educated to their profession. I will not beg office nor tender unsought advice. I do not think it at all probable that I shall be in a position next year to help any one, and I will not humble myself to ask favors. So I do not think it at all probable that I can help you in any contingency.
Horace Greely
G.T. Hammond, Esq.