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216 at your girdle. The world will never know it, but I was a leading factor in yesterday's result, for it was I who first agitated your return as the one helve which could complete the German axe necessary to the braining of that aged barbarian.

Be so good as to present my respects to Mrs. Schurz, and tell her that I am thoroughly impenitent and shall be glad to do it again. 



&emsp; Yes, the scalp is there. The majority is large enough, but nothing to spare.

I suppose the result will pacify Mrs. Schurz, and you may approach with fear. But as to doing it again, well, it will depend on circumstances.

Looking over the whole field, I find that the Independent voter is doing well and getting ready for the more important work of next year.

Give my best regards to all the Adamses. 



&emsp; I cannot deny myself the pleasure of writing to you, both thanking and congratulating you for the splendid and effectual work done by you in Ohio, in the cause of a sound currency. Your speech in Cincinnati, I read, but did not hear, because I found all the approaches to Turner Hall so solidly packed, that any entrance was impossible. I hope that your assistance, so opportunely rendered, may not only save the country from further paper inflation, and hasten the return to specie payments, but may so far liberalize the Republican party that our German Liberals may feel at home in it. 