JULIA BRYANT TO TILDEN
"Roslyn, Sept. 30, '76.
"Dear Mr. Tilden,—I am very, very sorry that you and your friends and your enemies will not see the article in regard to the slanders about your income tax which my father wrote at Cummington last Saturday. He bestowed much time upon it, read it to me, and pronounced it himself 'a good article,' and sent it on Monday to Mr. Sperry,[9] with the injunction to publish it entire, whatever might have appeared previously on the subject in the Evening Post.
"After our return here this week a letter came from Mr. Sperry begging my father most earnestly not to publish the article, as it would certainly be followed by abuse of Mr. Henderson in the Times—abuse more virulent than ever before—because in this article the Times was attacked, although indirectly, and most severely censured. It was urged that my father should not persist in publishing what would cause such distress to Mr. Henderson, already so worn by his troubles. On this score my father felt that he must yield, but he did it most unwillingly and quite ungraciously.
"I am anxious, however, that you should know what has passed; and should know, also, that my father, averse as he is to such constant watchfulness, has had much to combat in keeping attacks on you out of the papers, and has insisted that you should not be treated in the Evening Post otherwise than with respect. You may think that he has not exerted himself in your behalf, as he might have done for an old and esteemed friend, and one who has done him such good service; but, truly, it has required no small effort on his part to keep the paper as moderate as it is.
"He knows that I am writing this now.
"I am obliged to finish in great haste, as I am just going to town.
Yours truly,
"Julia Bryant."
TILDEN TO MISS HUNT
"138 Eagle St., Albany, Aug. 8th, 1876.