CARTER COUNTY, TN - MISC - Letter, A. A. Taylor to Josephus Hopwood, 1877
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Letter from A. A. Taylor, Washington, D.C. to Josephus Hopwood, Buffalo
Institute, Tennessee



Washington D. C.
Dec. 15th, 1877

Prof. J. Hopwood
Buffalo Institute, Tenn.

My Dear Sir:

	Your favor of the 7th inst., has been received, and the matter to which
you refer to wit.  The establishment of a tri weekly mail route from
Johnson City to the institute has been investigated.  I find that it will
be necessary, under the Postal Regulations, to have Congress declare that a
"post road" before we can succeed in accomplishing our object.  This will
involve no serious trouble, as there is hardly ever any objection raised in
such matters.

	The postal laws forbid the establishment of mail lines until they are
first declared by congress to be "post roads."

	As soon as that body reassembles, I will have our member to see that this
is done and then there will be no difficulty in getting the service as I
have already had the promise of this.  So that a little patience is all
that we need in the matter now.

	Am obliged for the invitation to go "over and have a debate about the dog
low or free trade" etx.  I only wish I was so situated just now that I
might be able to be with you for I know nothing could afford me so much
real pleasure as to the brains of this Congress.  I have no hesitancy in
stating in answer to your question, that, in the House, they are possessed
in a larger degree by James A. Garfield, Judge Kelly and Jacob D. Cox of
Ohio, on the one side, and Thos. Ewing of Ohio, Sam'l J. Randall of Penn.,
and Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia on the other.  James A. Garfield
stands "a head and shoulders" above all these—his brain power is second
only to that of Webster's, if even this can be said.

	In the Senate, Roscoe Conklin, james G. Blaine, George F. Goor, and
Senator Edmunds, on the one side, Thos. F. Bayard of Delaware, Allen G.
Thurman of Ohio and David Davis of Illinois on the other, are intellectual
giants possessive of each a large and well balanced and well cultivated
brain adapted to the task of grappling with profound questions of law,
finance, and political economy.

	I witnessed the great contest for supremacy on the question of the
admission of Butler of SC in the Senate, but, in this, I cannont say that
there were any gladiatorial scenes enacted.

	I hope you will let me hear from  you again, and at length.  Will look
after the Educational Bureau matter for you and communicate.  Please
present my regards to your most excellent lady and to all the students of
your school and express, for me, to them all, the hope that they may enjoy
a "Merry Christmas" and the happiest new year of their life.  I wish the
same for yourself and Mrs. Hopwood.  Hoping to hear from you again soon.  I
am, with high regard, your friend,

A. A. Taylor