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~ nome aod ncm = dl1lnnco, fcr our cpinion IN
regard 10 tas prehahir rrssls % he i-sus sscus
70 b Tried ~ he Pscpis q ne un,cd slalss b.
tween nAzrss Vas Bgssx and EnLsAss Hxssy
hAssisos. We bsg leass 70 refer all snch IN
quiries 20 The subjo.nsd letter. Il vas written,
nci for the pabile eye. OF Cor pablic eject. bat
In he s;zcffiiy and ffssdom Of private eorrrs-
pen1fncf. snd BY a man whose extensive sour.
ees Of Information. and whose care IN ching and
comparing faeis aad probabilities, comhiasd
with his clssr iudsusni and known esndOr, i'm
part 70 his opinions value and weight supe-
rior 10 laoss Of any other eihDsn within cur
knovlsdss. -RieA@sad WAiS
WAsBisaTor, Mar 2sth. 1910.
Mr. DsAR SiR--Your letter Of the 26,h
lost. sss duly received. Itis surprising
10 me that Ritchie's Dragging ia the Rich.
mond Enquirer about New York, should
give our friends one moments uueasiness
IL 10 his "vocaiio ard IL IL the habit
Of the Federal Loco Foeo party TO bfsg
the louder the moro they are beaten
Since their overthrow 10 Connecticut,
Rhode Island. Virginia. and in certain To-
cal elections ia Pennsylvania. their pros
pseta have frightened wonderfully -
They are looking up. because they are on
fhefr 6acksi ] understand their game
perfectly. They know they cannot make
a decent Sight ia other States. unless they
can penuade their friends that Mr. Van
Buren, can recover New York. Without
u, he hes no, the remotest chance Of
success. As TO bis prospects in New
York. have no hesitation in giving you
my candid opinion. tina, he will be bea.
ten by much larger majority than that
OF the last two years. have the best
sources Of Information. have an extern
sivS correspondence all over the State,
and. from my peculiar position. am ena-
bled 10 judge with much accuracy OF our
elections. For the last two years, I have
predicted The result with On accuracy al.
most equal to the Official esnvsS--and I
now say 20 you, that Gen. Harrison's ma
jori,y. in my judgment. tclH NOT Be less
than FIFTEEN THOUSAND. We hope TO
swell Il much beyond that. ! have not
heard Of single man that has gone over
I 10 the Administration since the last cleo
lion. But l know. and have heard OF
hundreds and hundreds, in different
counties, who have abandoned il since
that time. and are now cooperating with
their old Democratic Republican friends
In putting down MIR. Van Duren's old
Federal doctrines. Among this number,
are men Of the highest standing and in
auence in their respective counties.
What possible ground. then, 10 there
for Dir. Richie or any other man to claim
New York for this Federal Administra-
tions IL is pIepos,eIous. What claims
do they present TO the people. from which
they expect TO derive more favor than
ior the last three yearsi The confidence
Of the people has been more and more
impaired during that period; the mercan.
tile, the manufacturing and the mechanic
interests OF the country have heretofore
felt the delsierious influence Of the n ca
suTes Of the Administration. Now, that
Influence has reached the farming int.
reSt-and you may rely upon IT. none Of
these interests will tAmely submit to have
their goods. their manufactures, their la
Dor. ADD the products Of the soil. Is well
as their lands. reduced one half or :wo-
thirds in value, in order 10 enjoy the
blessings Of the hard money currency Of
CUBA. or Of any other deSpoiism. whose
example the President has recomme nde j
for our imitation. No sir, The free lAbo-
rers OF this country will never consent 10
have the price Of their labor reduced TO
the same level with the peasants Of Ger
many or the serfS Of Russia: nor will the
iillers Of the soil consent that The products
OF :heir farms shall be reduced 10 price
50 loT. IS not TO pay the cost OF pFodue.
ton; nor will the farmers consent that the
Hands shSll be reduced two-ibirds in value
that where they have purchased q
fam. for example, for SIS. 600. paid &c.
600 10 cash. aud morlgsged il for S5. 600.
u shall be sold from under them for the
amount Of the mortgage, and their wives
and children turned out Of doors, without
shelter aud without bread. Such are the
legitimate effects OF the doctrines now
mRinisined by this Administration, and
which i,s friends and suppor,erF are every
where urging upon the country; and
which will be established beyond the hope
Of redemption, il Mr.. Van Buren, shall be
reelected.
OF his reelection there is not the faint.
est prospect. In regard to New York
speak without the least he,iiation. and
wiib the most entire confidence; he has
no possible hope OF success there. why
Slouid he haveP The changes have been
SohHauiy hEalnA utn iOF the ihat tnree
yetrs. and none 10 his favor. Al the ex-
ira session 10 1897. predicted his over.
throw 10 that State. At the November
election Of that year, he was swept away,
as By hurricane. Al the next session
Of Congress, be spologized TO his friends,
By sayiog thar there we're 30 600 voters
who did not come to the polls. but would
be out Tor him az the next election. Well.
cir. IN 1888. these 20. 600 came oct, and
%. 600 10 addition, end he was beaten By
more than 10 600 majority. tie aEsin
eonsoled bis friends fof this unexpected
defeat. by saying that in the next cam
paign be would take the Geld w person -
lie did so--he iruvsDed The whole State.
on . mere elselionseTinE tour. sod. with
the exception o. the Cily of New York,
the result 10 the Legislature showed q
larger msioriiy sesinsi him than the yssF
bsfoTe. 10 almost every contested eoun.
~. The popular vote sgsinsi him was in-
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