"DEAR SIR,--As I was just ready to leave N. York last evening, some facts came to my knowledge of which it may be well for our friends to be appraised (in case they are not already) as to the _then_ last line of policy of our opponents. You are aware that Z. Chandler and Tyner were both in the city and at the wheel. Your State is substantially abandoned by them; the fight is, of course, to be kept up there _nominally_, at least. The _real_ fight is to be made in the Carolinas, Louisiana, Florida, etc., in the South, and some of the doubtful States in the North and N. West, including _Indiana_. To carry these States by the _commercial element_ in each has been _fully resolved_, and the _means put in requisition_ for that purpose to an extent, especially in Ind., exceeding the amounts used in the last election is, I think, beyond a doubt. Larger hopes are entertained from the greenback element. They _must_ contest this battle to the last, however desperate it appear. Excuse this hasty note. Our people here are in ecstasies over your letter, and in the best of spirits. Yours Truly, "R. D. RICE." L. W. WALKER TO GOVERNOR TILDEN (APPROVING GOVERNOR'S LETTER ON REBEL CLAIMS) "HUNTSVILLE, ALA., _Oct. 27th, 1876_. "MY DEAR SIR,--I have read with sincere pleasure and approval your letter of the 24th inst. to the chairman of the national Democratic committee. It states only the literal truth as to the South. I think I know as well as any one the sentiments of the people of this State, and I am sure there is not a man, woman, or child in it who entertains the idea that the government could, would, or should pay for the loss of slaves, or for the loss of any other property during the war, belonging to persons who were engaged in, or sympathized with, what has been judicially designated the rebellion. "The South absolutely surrendered at Appomattox the whole sectional past, and now looks alone, in perfect good faith, to a common American future. "In this campaign of unparalleled profligacy waged by the Republicans, no greater calumny has been uttered against the people of the South, and against the possibilities of your administration, should you be elected President, than this charge, first made noticeable, not by the character, but by the ability and official position, of Mr. Blaine, the unanswered license of whose statements, after the passions incident to the election shall have subsided, must shock the conscience of the whole nation, and consign him to immortal infamy. "With sincere regards, your very truly, "L. W. WALKER." C. K. FOOTE TO S. J. TILDEN "MOBILE, _Nov. 2, 1876_. "To his Excellency SAMUEL J. TILDEN, "_Governor of the State of New York_.