Virginia was called upon to second the nomination of Mr. Tilden, and the delegation put Colonel Flournoy up to make the seconding speech. He made a great speech, as he was well capable of doing, in the course of which he used language something like this: "We men of the South, for reasons that you can well understand, have no man to offer for the highest office within the gift of the people; but if you men of the North will give us a good and true man, we men of the South, by the help of God and a free ballot box, will give you a solid South." The expression "solid South," which Colonel Flournoy used in a general way, and not with any particular emphasis, caught the convention, and the speaker was cheered for many minutes. When a recess was taken, and later, after the convention had adjourned, the "solid South" was heard on every tongue, and in every hotel and restaurant where there was to be found a Southern delegation, there were cheers and hurrahs for the "solid South." I have always understood that this was the origin of the phrase, "The Solid South." W. S. F. Richmond, May 31.

Another Word for Brandeis.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?-As a constant reader of your esteemed paper, and as one of the so many who admire your clean and efficient editorials, I thought that you may reprint the editorial which appeared in the New York American about Louis D. Brandeis, which I enclose. 