New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-09


friends Sepsrted, shaking tier Aea6a 70 tsAen %
web Of tbeir sorrow - their ssgseky, leaving me
With nv kpees kpeekiag togctker; ior 10 teu me
truth. IN the tine I was salkng % bravery, my
bssSn sas fDea with seerct trepaAf,ofs aSh mNs,
gvilsG Now, doubtless persistence - my e'h
eeurses uss inuroas just - my fr'enss PfeH1'ed.
BE that as it may, my lss; letter 70 you setl~a
hash at any rate; although. while vas writing ~
never dreamed wss getting into sch {. sc.sPe.
In fact between us), didnt think much OF that
litter. Az Gil Bias conceived the src1oisbops
homijes began 10 savor Of paralysis and old age 80
feared that there vas. this letter, PercePooe
favor of dyspspsy, sud that it sDaeked OF .h1ges-
t0ns. But, having been At some pans 10 "rltei on
the arm Of my chair, Idisked the notion OF putting
il into the ere and losing al my labor, and 20 1t was
sent and printed. Really thought there eouldnt
be a bakers dozen who could ever read It
through Judge of my surprise and exc dsmay.
when both The CourdRt and The PnSs quoted
each the portion of this very Letter, with com
mepts BY the editors. Nay, The Prcss even went SO
far az 10 print several sentences IN taIcs Good
ness gracious that, in time of lntrmlty, should
be left TO write anything 10 be quoted by the opPo-
sion press in italics. In the course OF the succeed
Ing week | received number OF communications
from the friends who had prophesed my ruin, and
from Others some OF which were obJurgatory IN
style, some reproachfu, some even tenderiy regret
full. Not one had read the letter which gave rise
to the rumor but all had heard rumOr that had
gone over 10 the Black Republicans, body and So
FORTH and had announced my desertIon in the col
umns Of TIE TRBI> NJ. Now, bear in mind that
this vas upon the eve OF IN. annual State ConveD-
ton. and that was unable, from lack OF physical
ability, and from the brrvlty OF the period between
their reception and the meeting OF the COnvent,on
10 reply 10 but very few of these communications
Bear in mind that our old State ticket was worn
out by long -eric,t nd successive beatings, and that
the Convention was TO construct new one. Bear
in mind that except for the first place the ticket
il was expected that scramble for the nominations
would be had and that no living man could tell who
would come out ahead. Now, am not goingto re-
veal, even 10 you, whatmay have beenm dreams and
ambitious aspirations. But this | nH say, that
there was such thing 40 ioretelllng what luck
might happen 10 a fellow, as the result clearly
proves. And some of the unsuccessful candidates,
who, nevertheless, received goody number ut
votes aud whore chances up IL the last ballot
seemed as fair as anybOdy's. If some folks couldn't
make Is good Observation-Disclosures, or Secretary,
or Treasurer, or Controller, AS some other folks
humph Il should like to know the reason why.
However, my name was not put IN nomination, and
| don't hear that got single vote for any place
upon the ticket Yet who knows what might have
turned up if l hadn't written that letter
- or al sad words Of tourl. or pei,
The ssdd..t the.e II might have b'eu'"
But the unkindest cut Of all was from The Spring
field Republican. Now believe that Springfield is
a smart place ard that The Republican is smart
paper. Indeed used TO say that it was the best
country newspaper in the nation and L think so
now. Its published opinion of any person OF mere
local reputation, if remembered, might, aud proba-
bly, would, have considerable weight and influence
even long afterward | was specially sorry there
fore, The Republican fit to msstate that portion
of my last letter to you which referred to my own
sentiments touching the admission of Kansas, with
the forged instrument called the LecOmptOn COnsti
tuition. beg leave to say to the editor who penned
the paragraph, that I never had occasion to
repent Of the sin of fsyoring LecomptOn, either
the Judge or the measure so known and called
Of men. l never guilty of either error,
and so had no need to be sorry on that score.
Then the editor took good deal OF pains TO 60
out of bis way and cast sur upon the professional
reputation Of q person whom he supposes TO be- the
author of the letter. i am told this wantOn and
Just attack is warmly resented by many members of
the Hartford County Bar. | am willing to say my
self, that think any one not informed of the truth
would, by reading the paragraph, receive false
and injurious impression concerning the professional
standing Of the person in question. Then there
were some other smart, drO sayings, contained in
the brief article, which, / can assure the writer
thereof, we're extremely unpleasant for an invalid to
read, who is i'll enough content already TO view,
from apart, the great stream of busy human Life,
upon whose flowing tide be sees his friends and late
cOmpeers borne swiftly and prosperousy along while
he, himself, caught and embayed in the eddy OF q
sick room, is unable 10 push out into the current,
but is forced TO remain idle inactive and too often
dependent.
But if the witty editor really supposed had in
deed repented OF former trsnsgressons, he ought
not to have made fun of al example worthy of his
imitation, but, on the contrary followed it, with
hearty sorrow for his own peccsdloes. | fear that
unless he complies with this well-meaAt advice,
somebody, whose name begins with D-a good
deal worse than the Dutch-win take Holland az
soon as the breath ia out Of his body.
The two most important events which have hap
pened in Hartford since the date Of my ast nnfor
tunat- epstIe, were the Charity Concert and the
Democratic Caucus for the election Of delegates TO
the State Convention. The former talked ~
for long time before 1t was determined upon, and
then prepared for good while longer. until public
expectation vas excited to a degree that would
have insured success, under far less favorable
circumstances A. il was, the concert was great
success and its net proceeds after paying all ex-
penses, amounted TO about $500, which, with the
avss Of second concert, repetition Of the
programme, amounting TO over goo, were paid
over TO the proper persons, for the relief of the
poor Of the city. The of this concert gives
assurance that there may b. established musical
society in Hartford, thing which, after many at
tempts to bring about, has been for long time
considered Al impossbiGty. The great obstacle
in the way Of success has been hitherto that each
of several gentlemen, the chiefs Of as many little
mu.eal cliaues would never consent TO sing under
the direction Of any of the others Each sspred 10
the leadership and were willing 70 take
subordinate positions. To be sure. there was not
one Of them al who was not 6t to be the leader;
but there was none that exceled the others 20
much as to give his claim prominence. And SO it
has happened, that, in city containing large
number of excellent singers and mIsiclsns every