A. E. ORR TO TILDEN
"New York, May 19, '76.
"Governor Tilden,—We ended our work on the commission last Tuesday.
"I regret that I could not see you and say farewell, and wish you God-speed in the work with which you are so prominently identified.
"I leave in the faith that fearless honesty will place its heel on fraud and corruption, and that you will be the standard-bearer selected at St. Louis and surely prove victorious in November next.
"The best men of each party are beginning to see the necessity for just such action, and you are daily receiving numerous recruits.
"Don't give way an inch.
"Very respectfully, your friend,
"A. E. Orr."