Henry Cabot Lodge to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Henry Cabot Lodge to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

Identifier

WWP18366

Date

1914 February

Description

Henry Cabot Lodge writes to Woodrow Wilson about his remarks during a session in the Senate.

Source

Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence

Text

My dear Mr. President

I am greatly indebted to you for your kind note of the 19th and I am very glad that what I said in the Senate gratified you. I was unwilling to sit in silence and allow a member of my party to express views with which I totally disagreed and by my silence let it be supposed for a moment that those were my views or the views of the party to which I belong. The opinions which I expressed I think you knew I entertained and I should have felt ashamed of myself if I had not expressed them publicly, when such an attack was made upon you as was made by Senator Bristow. I am aware that what I said was insufficient, but it had, at least, the merit of being sincere.


With renewed thanks for your note, I am
Very truly yours,
HC Lodge


To The President

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Temp00815.pdf

Tags

Citation

Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924, “Henry Cabot Lodge to Woodrow Wilson,” 1914 February, WWP18366, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.