"The first point upon which your opinion has been asked is whether, in case we plead to the bill of discovery, that the plaintiff is barred as to his right of action by the quasi judicial determinations of the officers, and has no right to discovery by reason of having no right of action, and that plea is overruled by the Circuit Court, the decision will constitute such a judgment as will be appealable to the Supreme Court. "There are other questions, but this is the most immediate. "I write this note to give you information at once without the delay incident to getting the counsel together to write out a case for submission. "Very truly yours, "(Signed) S. J. TILDEN. "Hon. Charles O'Conor." TILDEN TO GEORGE W. CLINTON _"August 26, 1879._ "DEAR JUDGE,--I thank you for your kind letter. "The life I am leading with out-door exercise and physical activity alternated with rest has left me little time for correspondence after I get through with other calls upon my attention. But I none the less appreciate intercourse with such men as yourself. Nor do I forget that there are three generations since my ancestors were first allied to the great founder of your family, amid the trying scenes which attended our national independence, and the formation of a genuine government of the people. "You are quite right in the impression that I would not think it fit for me to run for _Governor_ at the coming election. The reasons against it are conclusive. "In the first place, I don't want to add to the burdens I have had and now have connected with public affairs. "In the second place, although I do not expect to be installed in the Presidency to which I was elected, I deem it due to the four and a quarter millions of voters who have been defrauded of the fruits of their suffrages, that I should not, during the term for which I was chosen, do anything inconsistent with their moral right. "In the third place, I should not like to be a convenience to the dictation to the Democratic State convention that they must surrender their choice if it be Governor Robinson, whose administration has deserved so well of all good citizens. "I have not time to dilate on these topics, but I do not doubt that you and I will think the same things concerning the Republic. "It will give me great pleasure to hear from you whenever you find time to write me, and I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you personally. "Very truly yours, "(Signed) S. J. TILDEN." TILDEN TO JOHN GILL, JR., CHAIRMAN "NEW YORK, _September 27, 1879_. "GENTLEMEN,--I have received the letter of the Democratic executive committee in the city of Baltimore inviting me to attend a mass-meeting at the Maryland Institute on the 29th inst. "It would give me great pleasure to meet so respectable a representation of the Democracy of Maryland, but my engagements will deprive me of that gratification.