The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-08-21
THE PATCH ON maRcy.s BREEcHEs.

Harper's Weekly relates the following anec
dotes of Mr.. Marcy
"While he was Governor of This State. h,
was visiting Newburg on some public occasion
ana with party of gentlemen, Wings anc
democrats, was at The Orange Hotel. Good
hnmor was prevailing, and one story suggested
another The Governor always enjoyed sto-
/ ry, and could tell one with excellent effect. A
wing lawyer was present, and the Governor
recognizing him, said
'Ay, yes I'll tell you a good story of Spoon
er. The other day he came up to Albany. on
hls way TO the Wbig Convention at Utica. and
50 he took II in his way to call on me to get
pardon Tor convict at Sing Sing. heard the
case, examined the documents, and being salts
he'd that all was right, agreed to grant the re-
quest. Spooner handed me- the paper to en-
dorsp and ] wrote Let pardon be granted. w.
l.. Marcy, when Spooner cried out, sHold.
hoid, Governor, that's the wrong pappr!!" And
sure enough it was Wing speech he uas going
10 nuke ot Ofaca, abusing me the worst possible
way But had granted pardon in advance.
and suppose he committed the offence after
wardS'''
Inc story was received with great applause.
and SpooneT being looked 10 for response, in /
stantly went on with the following, which. for
an @xtemPore story, certainly is capital;
"fes, gentlemen, yes did, And when the
Convention was over we went 10 NIAGARA Faus /
and as we were dragging on by stage over mis-
cradle corduroy roads, banging our heads a.
ga'hst the top OF the coach, and then coming
aown as II We were to 60 through the bottom.
the stage came to dead halt the driver dis
mounted, opened the door, and requested us 10
lpscend' We did so, supposing some accident
1ad occurred. When were all out, stand
ng on the ends of the logs of which the road
vas made, the driver took off his hat and said
Gentlemen we always stop here out of respect
Q the Governor, this is the Identical spot where
Iov. Marcy tore his panfalOons, p
he story was heard with great iollifcation.
"hich no one joined more heartily than the ,
Governor himself
he Panfaioon incident deserves to be re-
oFded in every history of this great man. He I
'as sent out 10 hold special sessions of Cour, 70
y me Anti Masonic parties charged with mur- :
rr' lie was to receive a salary and his ex-
TnSeS. with that nice regard for details that U
alonged 10 his Sierlinsr charaatar- h.. l.-.-. Z
lg 1t necessary or proper to revise and strike r
1t those items of private nature, which other 4
zen, less scrnpuIous IN greater matters, might :
ave carefully suppressed. There stood the
lilor's charge for mpnding The political foes
f the Judge, when he came to be candidate for r
Governor, found, it, and paraded it before the /
'orld in the newspapers and making an effgy a
f MIR. Marcy suspended ii in the streets of Al 5
any, with great patch on the pantaoons and $
le tailor's charge on the top of that. t
But an observant people saw through the S
atch and the charge, into the heart of an hon {
ST man, and in that very deed of his they re- {
0snzrd frankness and transparency of char /
cler that commended him to their warm ap- :
rotation. 1t is not probable that the panta-
,on charge lost him single vote, while it is
oubtl4ss true that it made for him multitude 6
friends. He was never ashamed of it,, and 9
ever had reason TO be. {