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July 20 1862 Harrison Landing.
Received letters last evening from Mr. Coffin and Charles M. Harris -- This morning I have written answers to them and they will go today --
300.000 troops are in mes judicie inadequate to quell this rebellion, even when you have placed them already in the field and shall have an army smaller in number than the one which our implacable and energetic foe will be enabled by his conscriptions to bring against us. That man who proposed the raising of a million armed men was not wild but wise and understood the demands of the crisis.
Where is the sublime statesmanship for such a time as this?
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