, 1875-01-04

| rlv,-tirst thanking ynu for your friendly OK
rrnhejofta in teERrtl to myself.
hhould llaro boun taken entirely 1,v surprise
hytllts Illumination Of TnE TRIBUNE. had not
long Hinro been aware nf tho anlin,ls ot my acc,,-
fesr. For, IN the iitstaco havo neither solicited
nor expected A " seat in tl.e United HtntcB her.
Alto, hOr ,ca q combination Of friends or (aes
oxsst fot that PURPOSE. tn My knowledge and,
tn tho second PLACE. tho Nrsu South, frct,
which quotation is fnalic, md
upon which tho art'o ittcoacd Is
based, in a newspaper OF such low
repnte in Florida tlsnt rarely aver SEQ copy uf
1t, and did not see thia hear Of It, until ii
came to INC by xour nsAlAtaIce through tho onfco
Of The TntncsE Of Chicago.
l do wish that our Northern friends wore mt
40 ready to givo credit to every idle rl,mor from
tho South. 1t seems to mo thoy are ,nore COLI
cot'1'cd abouS our political alfars tlan tho
Etrictly-sittliut,s rrorlo of Florida tc.iscI ,Ds
II IT mol time fht them to begin to look aftor
their own lanrels anu kayo sun,e Of their tyn.-
patty Tor tlto httlc home? II they Will
FAyo themselves from tho ''encniicB of good
government AMI The advocates Of caste" NO will
entensor to lcllero them Of their extraordinary,
but no ttonDt wall-lEcat. anxiety OH nl,r behalf.
.,,1 III regard II tho quotation ascrilcd 10 the
NR*hInglon Chronicle, 1t in not only ,n1B1notea,
tut, al I understand it, does Injustice to that
naler., If ynu will take Tho paius 10 investigate
~ R.iH!Stt ti'nh 5eu hil4 ll4ll tEht tiiu Hail.
dor attributed tn tho Ch'vnirfp appeared In tho
Nafionat Republican nf the I'll inst; and that tho
scue1ne th9ra Teieffeu TO wah not tho election Of
hHse!I ~ ne Ihtaa ntasca 9o''ato by Democrat
~ au.es' hnI tne e'ecn'on o1 Hcmocfat oy my
m1Tttss"lea:ns T yon M,4t seo by rolefrlne to the
uEly runner comes to lis from Ilori,ln TINT Gov.
hlearns, Of that State, haH entered into consl-
1fatitn with tho Opposition to secnro tho election
Of a Democrat to succeed Senator Gilbert ~ anil
tausga ~ tsas W. fooms live US oIupllcan soua-
w .io'' -; ioiius, py W uieaas. ,,,...-.-,
t., WV, " ~ iol ft!ai;Ro snat nhouia nc enEeReu
@ -. .o'ul.saio!t 10 stce' 'un MSsei anu i'ent-
oa.' u'.o atu .ae n9ng tHso; nnti 70 nll tho
eahi" % sacAncy n the on!tea States oehatot
IT, ~ ~ WY, ~ ~ no. s, more strange TINT
VI NV S ~, ~ Ho.tn huuu rs opli9eo 70 cal npon
~ 70 ~ tn!s ne1hntea lauu no ho'mplotihGyior help!
Wv ,vi , W. ~. H'u s'lo 7enaut " ~ @ 1s aiar'n:
N lon W. h',a tAa1 on ~ npoue tne 1sth gay q
Wv 'sts oHtsea nlaIss oenator' "locteo
w. ~, !saae ~ ~ tIonocI aIic Fotsas A1'a no"
ass.su =. .onntee, e!t Ilofa disappointed,
attes Esn,E us s"o months OF lilb best cHoits 70
curry tie sta,o !oF inc opposition III tie lato
e'cctlon. mt arrived IN washington about the
lst u Deoenber, filling tho National Cnpital
Mi.A W, nlash ~ th1a uounle-headod continuation,
Iut "n:eH ho IS ccrlalhiy cntiked TO patent NY
t'sEs OF discovery. II hot OIL Invention.
NOW. assure 9o"' there III no alarm here
aooaI tt.ls lhatter'--hot oven sensation, aid,
Except 1of lsa appearance III Respectable horttl-
ein I'APeis: IL "onFu pa entirely unworthy ol |
not'ce. Ihe only Importance hero PLACED upon
.,io il Nutohf" i1ePaotica'ls 'hSly rnmor tB III
ti.o lhuleatlohs u 'fpisach OF clio future policy
~ tts a"lhor. u liz ealie"u4s suspected that tho
~ ~ l.s stoFY ~ aeSrous u 'tlsildat1S
yotes ,Se to V1s vears a o TxS x csu ~
itg the eossloi, OF Democratic successor to |