"NEW YORK, _June 29, 1876_.
"MY DEAR GOVERNOR TILDEN,--I congratulate you most
heartily. Whatever may be the fortunes or the fate of the coming
struggle, there is nothing but satisfaction to your old friends in
your well-earned victory at St. Louis, and you can well understand
how specially gratifying it is to
"Yours sincerely,
"WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER."