Woodrow Wilson to Henry L. Myers
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Henry L. Myers
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP25506
Date
1918 November 20
Description
President Wilson writes to Senator Myers that he holds William Jennings Bryan in high esteem but feels that he is to soft to handle negotiations in Europe.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWP25505
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
My dear Senator:
I think I need not tell you my own cordial feeling towards Mr. Bryan. I should have entire confidence in his principles and in his influence at the conference, but I feel that it is our duty to keep in mind, particularly at this time when all the world is a bit abnormal in its acute sensibilities, the reactions of the public mind of the several countries concerned. Mr. Bryan is soft-hearted, and the world just now is very hard-hearted. It would render a very large and influential body of our public opinion very uneasy if they thought that peace was to be approached in the spirit which they would attribute to Mr. Bryan. I think it highly important to hold opinion steady and calm, and for that reason I do not think that it is would be wise to include Mr. Bryan among the commissioners, much as it would personally gratify me to do so.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Henry L. Myers.
My dear Senator:
I think I need not tell you my own cordial feeling towards Mr. Bryan. I should have entire confidence in his principles and in his influence at the conference, but I feel that it is our duty to keep in mind, particularly at this time when all the world is a bit abnormal in its acute sensibilities, the reactions of the public mind of the several countries concerned. Mr. Bryan is soft-hearted, and the world just now is very hard-hearted. It would render a very large and influential body of our public opinion very uneasy if they thought that peace was to be approached in the spirit which they would attribute to Mr. Bryan. I think it highly important to hold opinion steady and calm, and for that reason I do not think that it is would be wise to include Mr. Bryan among the commissioners, much as it would personally gratify me to do so.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]
Hon. Henry L. Myers.
Original Format
Letter
To
Myers, Henry L. (Henry Lee), 1862-1943
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Henry L. Myers,” 1918 November 20, WWP25506, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.