The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI Chap. 2.165
Telegram To A. K. Mcclure.

War Department, Washington City, June 30, 1863.

A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia:

Do we gain anything by opening one leak to stop another? Do we gain anything by quieting one merely to open another, and probably a larger one?

A. LINCOLN.