"If ever the devil took a walk upon earth, according to Coleridge's poem, he took more delight in seeing a bad lawyer cheating by statute than by any other mode.
"Yours with respect,
S. S. Cox."
"P. S.—Excuse the mutilations; you can see that I have used the pamphlet in various ways and at various times. The clippings are significant.
"Vide: 'Logical result after disunion—'
"P. S.—This is an interesting as well as curious coincidence, and will please you, I am sure; so I have told Mr. Cox to let his friendly and charming letter go to its destination. As I wrote you on Friday, Keith was the only speaker on the right side—but there were some staunch men who stood by him. I shall get to see you Wednesday morning, when I shall hope to be able to make our visit to Mr. O'Conor.
Sincerely,
H. W."
ARPHAXED LOOMIS TO TILDEN
"Little Falls, August 4, 1878.
"Hon. S. J. Tilden,—I write to express to you the gratification I have felt on reading the exposé in this morning's Argus, by Mr. Marble, of your opinions and course in respect to the memorable arbitration for the Presidency. The common sense of public opinion pointed in the same direction. Moral courage and firmness from the start in the House would most certainly have secured a just result.[22] The perpetrators of the wicked fraud would have cowed. If Grant's military penchant had brought in the use of arms, the rash resort and its consequences would be for the other side to answer for. But timid counsels prevailed. Your friends consented to arbitrate whether your coat belonged to you or to Mr. Hayes—they had, moreover, the weakness to confide in the fair professions of the other side, so far as to give them a majority of the arbitrators.