Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-13


New YORK, June l2.-I have been spend
log few days 81 GreyslOns with Gov. Til
den, and uoi merely because his old friends
in the West and the South have an ever
presen Mt personal interest in him, but because
his name is at the moment upon tue lips of
politicians of every C ass all over the coun-
try, l propose 10 give the readers Of the
C1l1ier-JOurR1i some particular account OF
him. When | parted with him a year ago
did nsyer expect TO SIC him again. Iudeed,
was 80 sSeptic Al OF he stories concerning his
resiorstioU 10 health as 10 feel a deicacy
about intrudiDg upon his privscy He was
good en- ugh o send for me, and i went over
to Creamery Park in a somewhat e, TT W.
jul, IS mpathetic stsie OF miod. Nv suryr,se
almost exceeded my graiif5a cation. Toe old
house Ia undergoing r5ConstTuctiou sud en-
Isrgeu1suV mig -.6cent scale, bIt tn Old
library is still the same, being held r. IN
The baud OF dtspoiling splendor for the last
| tase Il as I tribute OF afec5ionaL. rsmeIn.
prsnce 10 old times, Old friends and cid
tt-s5vctS< There found the GoVrruor II an az
| psriiion dstoo9 before me could no, i,rsz
| been more sstonished. The days of S75-
| 1917 seemed 10 have come back. Hi low
| voice az found again. His eyes were bright,
! and his checks rosy, his intellect az sinewy
| and clear and his wit as incisive "a tley were
| when he N 4de nothing of riding Blackstone
II
bays from Gramsrcy Park TO Greystone.
| He took me all over the new house, pom log
| out the various changes explaining his n
/ erai design and discussing the architecture
| and architects with characteristic intelli-
\ gsnce. he quite tired me out, a fsvorite and
| maevolent way he has OF Furnishing his
| friends, climbing long stairs, meandering
through labyrinths of decorative art and
threading the tspsslried and frescoed mszes
| Of corridor and chamber. On current affairs
he talked with his ususl pungency and can
| dor. When endurance had ceased TO be a
| virtue, said: "Goyernor, don't you think
we have bad enough of this~ He smiled,
| and 10 his dry, Multiplying, half-ssrcastiC
gay, replied: al you are tired, we will go
down stairs" AT Greystone his life is of the
simplest and busiest. He has farm hard
by, and no end Of pigs, poultry and
blooded stock. OF course Lhad 10 be dragged
over this farm, and the devices which the
old gentleman put slyly forth TO trap me into
| some tngnardsd tresson 10 the butter and
eggs of my bluegrass country, were many
l and ingenious. / stood my ground like 8
| hero bur II must be vrncc-tfrat rne COVER
nor's farming is like everything he under
takes, thoroughly we'll done. asked him
| whether he tried to make any money out o.
it. '-Oh, no." he said, dit is easier made
| some other way" While / wss at Greystons
not so much az the shadow or the ghost o
| a politician crossed the threshold or appeared
| upon the grounds. Surrounded by hi,
| pieces and his book, the old statesman anc
| philosopher was as unreserved in his con-
versstion as he was and always is simple and
cordial in bis hospitality. One of the younl
| ladies told ne that the little household had
| got through 200 volumes last winter. The
| governor is a voraeious and versatile reader
| no less than an attentive and wise Observes
| of affairs aud we talked of everything iron
| Thomas Kempis 10 Thomas A. Hendricks
He lsyfully observed that the chief objec
ton he had heard TO the election Of Mr.
Carlisle TO the Speakership was, that in com
+ recent volumes published by one Mr.. Froude
there was a suspicion that he had mistrestet
his wife. Here 1 must stop. l know tina
, the public are most curious 10 learn whs
are Mr.. Tilden's views of political affair;
current and prospective. have little doub
that if l had the right 10 speak l could, b
faithfully reporting him, make myself q
once entertaining and Instructive, but III
. opinions Of every man are his owe, and hi
house Is a. cred. I MAYER kneR n NOR
entirely frank in his intercourse with hi
friends that this sage If Greyetone, but / an
not his lhpiece, and il ia not for me
come all the way from Ksn ucky to NeV
York to do tia, which he 10 80 much bette
able to do for himself. / can say, however
for myself that nothing passed which lead
me 10 modify the opinion / have so often e1
pressed that no power on earth could Undue
him TO accept the Presidency. H. W.