Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 2

"MY DEAR MR. TILDEN,--The Seymour movement is assuming a shape which must draw from him, in a few days, a more positive declination than he has yet made--unless he is really loo...

"It also adopts the action of the general term which was at least improvident and unjustifiable in face of its later action in the cable case. The appointment of commissioners,...

"The thing looks badly. An appeal to the magnanimity of these people will be so humiliating that I don't see how you can go through it. It will have to be discussed officially a...

"I never destined myself to a public career. I did not come into my present trust until I found myself unable in any other way to have it on the side of reforms I had begun thre...

"Though Mr. Tilden foresaw the disastrous consequences of the policy which prevailed at Washington, the wild inflation of prices, the ruinous depreciation of government securiti...

"The representatives of Mr. Hayes secured the completion of the electoral count at Washington in 1877 by pledging the fraudulent administration, in advance, to do certain things...

"In this attempt I should, above all things, be delighted to have your aid and counsel, and if you would give me a half-hour of your time whenever and wherever most convenient t...

"DEAR MR. GODWIN,--I intended to answer your first letter in respect to the foundation of the Statue of Liberty, although it expressly waived a reply. My thought then was to hav...

Products of the forest 1,192,681 1,097,450 Agriculture 1,470,872 1,054,041 Manufactures 49,426 56,899 Merchandise 12,905 45,538 Other articles 497,228 377,259 --------- --------...

"If precedent is to be weighed in counting the votes, let the spirit of the first example be wholly and rigidly observed. There is doubt, in the first election of Gl. Washington...

"Under cover of law--justice has no part in it--a great wrong has been committed, and you are deprived of a position to which all honest-minded men believe you were fairly elected.

By the statement of the Treasurer for January 31st, it appears that United States notes on hand were $43,958,468 83, against which were certificates of deposit, $30,130,000, lea...

"My dear Governor,--I wish you a happy New Year, and I would be delighted if I could offer my greeting in person. I would do so if I knew when you were to be in the city, or if...

"The act of 1875 was a settlement--unsatisfactory and inadequate, no doubt--but still a settlement which, in every point of view, should (as it seems to me) be respected. If pre...

"'Section 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Le...

"MY DEAR GENERAL,--I am requested to invite you to meet a few gentlemen of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and possibly Tennessee, at the Galt House on the evening of the 17th instant,...

"_Resolved_, That a requisition is made upon his Excellency the Governor to suspend Francis S. Thayer, the auditor of the Canal Department, and to appoint a suitable person to p...

"GENTLEMEN,--I have received your invitation to be present and address a meeting of the Young Men's Democratic Club of the city of New York at Chickering Hall this evening.

It was currently rumored in the clubs, and even found expression in the public prints, that Mrs. Sprague, a daughter of Chief-Justice Chase, was influential in preventing Mr. Co...

"Though comparatively a young man, I acted in 1848 as secretary of a meeting of distinguished men in the Senate who, indignant at Cass' answer in the question of slavery in the...

"We can conceive of no reason why the Constitution required the electors to make and sign and certify lists of the votes which they gave, excepting that it was required in order...

"A copy of the draft of the Bill of Discovery intended to be filed in the United States Circuit Court is submitted. It is for discovery merely, and is in aid of a common-law act...

"At the present time, the considerations which induced my action in 1880 having become imperative, I ought not to assume a task which I have not the physical strength to carry t...

"We are all proud of you, and look forward with joyful and confident anticipations of soon seeing you the Chief Magistrate of this great nation. Your mission is a great and nobl...

"But I am totally uninformed of the views of Governor Robinson. He may, for aught I know, have a purpose already formed; and he is always independent and persistent. I think it...

Between the 31st day of July of that year, when the commission submitted its first report, and the 14th of February, when it submitted its final report, it issued twelve reports...

"MY DEAR GOVERNOR,--I do not know as I can testify of my admiration of your message better than by saying that I want you to send me an early copy in pamphlet form for more care...

"This scheme of plunder develops a weak spot in the government of the United States, which I would not mention were it not for the importance of the issue. We all know that a si...

"First.--Against Denison, Belden & Co. for the recovery of large sums of money which they appear to have received unlawfully under their contracts for work between Port Schuyler...

"MR. BIGELOW. That question seems to me to have been fully answered by the analytical introduction about which you have inquired, and which in its general scope--though, of cour...

Letters: Adams, Charles Francis, to John Bigelow, 452; to Tilden, 526, 548. Adams, Henry, to Tilden, 288, 629. Allen, W. F., to Tilden, 231. Alvord, Thomas G., to Tilden, 116. A...

Michal Hahn State Registrar Superintendent Mint A. J. Dumont Chairman Republican State Com. Inspector Custom House J. P. McArdie Clerk to Republican State Com. Clerk Custom Hous...

Seymour, Horatio, Democratic candidate for Governor, 85, 86, 166; seeks Tilden's aid, 110, 111; asks help of friends, 168; in danger of arrest, 179; on the Conscription act, 183...

Belmont, August, suggests convention of centre States, 169; subscription to election expenses of Seymour and Blair, 245; on contemplated change of Democratic ticket, 250-51; on...