New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-28
,,..,h af rilas Wrisst:

w. .nnounce with profound sorrow the death
i,bv a stroke Of spopIexy) Of this distinguished
ts,.,..n.n at his residence in Canton 81 Law
srencs Co. yesterday morning His age must DC
about S.
Mr.. Wright had for nearly quarter OF scentury
held prominent place in the Councils Of the sts'e
and Marion. down to bis retirement from the o.
I fce Of Governor on the LIST OF January 'ss''
Among the posts be has filed are those Oh state
Senator. Com troIler Member OF Congress Ohi'eo
States Senator. and Governor. In every posi-
ton he eyinced talents Of high order and
proved a tower Of strength TO the party
By which he was elected. AS citizen, ne was
simple and sfable in manners. not from sinister
calculation bat because be was In heart republican
and possessed too much real greatness TO pat on
the shows and shsms which pertain 70 the great
men compounded OF fine linen and soft broadclotn
He was frugal and exemplary in his habits lsia'
that we should be constrained To except one SID
cerely regardless Of weslth and pornp, and II am
bilious. never selhsbly nor greedily so. de would
not have been Tyler for q dozen such worlds as
this-As an Executive officer, he was patient
lsborious aod strictly upright in the discharge OF
hi. duties as Legislator be was fertile in resource
and a model Of selfpossession and inhexibe calm
ness in debate No man was ever worth more to
bis party In the Senate And, though Mr.. Wright
felt that the Governorship Of our State was
not the place for him. and that TO accept 1t
was to hazard seriously oil his prospects OF
higher posirion--thoueh he heartily detested the
csbal which had triumphed in the Baltimore Con
vention and the cause In which they triumphed
he yielded 70 the enestes Of his friends and took
the nomination when but for that, the Polk Elec-
toral Ticket could not have been carried IN this
State, and Mr. Clay must have been chosen. That
he was hated evermore by those whom he had
served beyond their power to requite was very
natural result
Mr.. Wright has been prominently before the
public througho the entire period OF our sc9uaint
apce with State affairs and always acted sincere
IL I'VE doubt mott with those whom we believed
sctiog adversely to the Countrys highest interests
and enduring welfare. Coming into public life at
an eventio crisis ns23-4) no was promptly singled
out by Mr. Van Buren, a man OF merit and OF Ia
tent power. and the lsttering distinction thus ac
G rded him by one who had already achieved con-
s.deration warped and crippled him through Lille
For twenty years thereafter he followed where he
was entitled by talents and weight OF character to
have led and he was drawn by party featy into
some acts unworthy OF the man Silas Wright
His votes against the Peoples Electoral Law and
TO remove De Witt Clinton from the Canal Board
are of this class. We doubt whether even his ex'
IRENE devotion to Party could have extorted such
votes from bin in the maturity OF his public life
That his fundamental ideas of the duties and
proper functions of Government differed radically
from those we deem just and beneficent' need not
here be stated Though he framed the most Pro-
tective Tariff ever passed, that OF ls2s and voted
NOT only for this but for that of 1912, his iunda-
mental notions were adverse to the Protective
Policy and to that Of Internal Improvement When
on. finished Canals were Just preparing to enrich
the Treasury Of our State, he saw IN them source
Of future burdens and embarrassment. so oil
Banks, Currency, Corporations, &c As the sbest
and one Of the most earnest and industrious mas
ters of mistaken school Of politiciann, we think
hf nee -fi0uct tp State some harm but ne never IN
tenoeol.. ". a. honor fidelity 10 conviction.
Mr.. wrghts death at this moment is a calamity
to the American People and to the cause OF Uni
yerssl Freedom. Aroused at length 10 the aggres-
sions Of the Slave Power by the success OF its
Vaccinations at Baltimore and the calamities into
which that success has plunged the country, he
was among the first of bis party to determine that
barrier must be interposed to its farther usurpa
tious tbs WiLMOT PRovIso owes more to Sias
Virgin than to any other man. He was the soul
and center Of the influence that held so many OF
his party steadast through the trials OF last VIM
ter. So he remained till the day OF his death he
would almost certainly have been the candidate for
President next year of those who deem probes
s,eas democracy not Incompatible with resist
ance to Slavery. Now that he is gone we lear
that the spirit he did so mOeh to animate will die
with him. and that Northern Loco Focoism Will
subsde into its old attitude of servity to the most
rapscioas demands of Slavery. The prospect is
gloomy indeed.
Mr. wrshts remains will be buried to-mor'
row at the charch yard of the little village he long
since chose for his home but it must be that his
memory and services will be appropriately hon
ored throughout our own State at least This City
OF which he was a decided favorite throughout his
Political career will of course promptly set the ex-