I regret that you are running the Union at a loss. I regret that you are making no headway in your wholesale departments in New-York and Chicago, and that even the Ninth-street retail store, so popular and prosperous under the management of the late Mr. Stewart, has lost its best patrons. A little reflection must show to you that the serious falling off in your business is not due to the patronage of any nationality, but to the want of patronage of all, and that you, dear Judge, are not big enough to keep a hotel, nor broad enough in your business views to run a dry goods store.[28]
