Executive Office, Iowa, Dec. 26, 1861.
Hon. James W. Grimes, Washington City, D. C:
Dear Sir: — Herewith find copy of a letter
from Gov. Randall, of Wisconsin. In view of the great labor and
responsibility of the governors of the northern states, I do not know but the
suggestion of the Governor of Wisconsin is a timely one, had the general
government the money to spare. We have all been doing labor as great as belongs
to offices much better paid than ours have been, and have been bestowing
offices all summer, the salaries of which are much higher than ours. And
certainly our labor has been as important as any that has been done, and as it
has been done for the United States, there would not be any impropriety in so
acknowledging its value. But the government needs all its money and more, and
there are other better uses to which to put the money. I am painfully impressed
with the conviction that our regiments have not enough medical aid, and I would
much rather congress would give an additional assistant surgeon to each
regiment from Iowa than any pay to its Governor.
Very truly,
Samuel J. Kirkwood.
SOURCE: State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa
Historical Record, Volumes 1-3, Volume 2, No. 3, July 1886, p. 323
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