Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-25
IS TENNESSEE FRIDAY EVENING" OCTOBER 25. 1867 NO AZ.

ate letter Of the 9Th was duly received,
and in reply would say that | am very
well, never was better; have you he9rd
from Pennsylvania and Ohio Have
heard from them, Hamilton; and how is
your health? Your friends here don't
like it, and say, quite disgustedly, that
this trading off white votes at the North
for niger votes at the South don't
pay" Do you regard it as profitable
investment, Hamilton, and how much
more of the stock do you want 1t is
for sale very cheap among the members
of the Union Republican party in this
locality.
But in regard to that sixty dollars
don't you wish you may get it) which
you so persuasively expect me to fork
over as one Of "the bene6ciaries of the
Republican Union party" | will own,
Hamilton, that have derived many and
great benefits from the party last afore-
said. i don't deny it. For instance,
they have benefcently accumulated for
me, in common with the rest of the peo-
pie of the United States, great national
debt, which, we all admit, is national
blessing.
They have replaced the base and cum
brous metallic currency that used TO
weigh man down and impede locomo.
ton, to say nothing about wearing holes
in his pockets and disappearing incon.
veniently in the lining of his trousers,
by light and airy currency that costs
but little to manufacture and nothing to
redeem, and which a man can carry
around with ease in large amounts, if he
can only get it. (0h, if you could but
get $50 of mine
They have granted me the glorious
privilege of helping to furnish board and
clothes to my odorierous brethren Of
African descent in the Southern States,
which blessed privilege they have wrested
from the hands Of their late oppressors.
They have multiplied Offices and Office
holders, and raised all their salaries and
enriched contractors, and by thus add
ing to the wealth of each individual, have
increased the aggregate of national
treasure. Don't you see it, Hamilton =?
! | don't
They have done away with the slow,
solemn and cumbrous forms and cere
monies of constitutional and civil law in
the. administration of the government,
and adopted the more expeditions and
jovial ways of military commission.
They have given the odoriferous, ETC.,
as aforesaid, chance to vote, sit on
juries, hold office, and done everything
but work and get an honest living-that
is in the Southern States. (They did 90
back on him in 0hio)
Now, in view Of these and countless
other benefits / have received at their
hands, don't you think you were alto.
gether too modest in asking for only 500
assure you, Hamilton, if you had
asked for twice or even ten times as
much, it would have been sent just as
cheerfully, and you would have got it
Just as soon.
Please give my love to Waldo, and
tell him when he gets this $50 | shall
expect him to spend it all in pulling
down corruption, as you advertised to do
at Syracuse the other day.
Tell him also, in view of the short
ness of the campaign" not to unneees-
sarily fatigue himself by going too often
to the postoffice after that $50, for if he
will only wait patiently for a few days
he won't get it.
A due Hamilton. Be virtuous and
you will be happy
The rose is red,
| The violet 5 blue,
The lily s pure,
| And how are you?
Yours, as ever Gust about,
JOHN T. WILSON.