[565] Ibid.

[566] Paine, Life of Nast, p. 194.

[567] This remark was addressed to Henry Richmond, whose father, Dean Richmond, died in Tilden's home in Gramercy Park. Richmond succeeded his father as State committeeman.

[568] Tilden's letter to the Democracy, dated September 11, 1871.—New York Tribune, September 22, 1871.

[569] Tilden's interview.—Ibid., Sept 23.

[570] Tilden's letter, Ibid., Sept. 22.

[571] Tilden's Speech.—New York Times, November 3, 1871.

[572] Tweed's Speech.—Ibid.

[573] The German Democratic General Committee, with 30,000 votes; the Democratic Union, with 27,000; the Ledwith party, with 10,000; and the Young Democracy, led by ex-Sheriff O'Brien. For five years Mozart Hall, under Fernando Wood, had not placed a ticket in the field.

[574] Interview, New York Tribune, September 23, 1871.