The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-06-28
LETTER OF HORACE GREELEY TO
WIN, II, SEWARD.

"
Tribune, to Senator Seward, Of New
York, in 1854, has just been made pub.
lie at the instance Of the parties them
selves. 1t accounts for MIR. Greeley's
opposition 10 Mr., Seward at the late
Chicago Convention
Nrw YORK, SAT. EvE,,
Nov II, 1854
Gov, ,SeWQrd The election IL over,
and its results sufficiently ascertaincd,
1t seems 70 me q fit time u announce
TO you the dissolution Of the political
firm Of Seward, Weed and Greeley, by
the withdrawal Of the junior partner
said withdrawal to take effect on the
morning after the first Tuesday N Feb.
ruary next, and it may seem q great
presumption in me 10 assume that any
such firm exists, especially since the
public was advised rather moro than a
year ago, by an editorial roscript in the
Epcn,ng Journal formally reading mo
out Of the Wing party, tina, | was no
longer esteemed usetu! or ornamental
in the concern, you will, I am sure, in.
dulge me in some "reminiscences which
seem TO be6t the ocoasion,
I was a poor young printer and edl-
tor Of a literary journaI-a very active
and bitter Wing in u small way, but
not seeking to be known out Of my own
ward committee-when, attcr the great
political revulsion Of 1897, | was one
day called to the City Hotel, where two
strangers introduced themselves as
! Thurlow Weed and Lewis Benedict, Of
Albany They told me that n cheap
campaign paper Of a peculiar stamp at
Albany had been resolved on, and that
| had been selected TO edit it.
Tho announcement might well be
deemed hatteriug by one who had ncy.
er even sought the notice Of the great,
and who WAS not known as q partizan
writer, and | eagerly embraced their
proposals, They asked me TO fix my
salary torthc year manned one thous-
and dollars, which they agreed toj and
| did the work required to the best Of
my ability 1t was work that mnde no
figure and created no sensation; but |
loved it, and did it well, When it was
done you were Governor, dispensing OF
hcea worth three thousand dollars to
twenty thousand dollars per year to
your friends and compatriots, and / re
turned to my garnet and my crust, and
my desperate battle with pecuniary OBJ
hgatloh1 heaped upon me ny ban part
ncrs N BUSINESS, ana the dIsaStiou7
event" OF 100" bel!eVe II dra not
then occur 70 mo ma, ome one VI y5'''I
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lHoocrC - Ne'''oFe, was ono OF tAc
cI''H' dispensers . your patronage mere;
ma tNat Sach devoItu compa'rlols as
a. H. "ei'S a''o John HOOKS were '''tra
ny you out Of pau,PoE'Sm '''o i'a'pe"''
eNco. as l am SI"a was ho'' ana %eN an
inquiry IRON you ~ 20 my needs ana
mean" ~ ina t''he "oula nave pecl'
t>moiy' ana hela yer III grateful re
mImDt"NcG' ,,,
III inc harrison campaign 'l i'i1
was &RIn "oSiPnateo 10 edIt campaign
pa eF' iPuoI''''ou !. as wen ana ought
70 nave ''"1' 73'ne'h'nEoN IT, III Sp''eoI
its extremely !"" price, my rNtrem"
poverty WAS inc reason why qua not
IL ~GomPrsI'o me u" h'rc press work,
maIi'h8' %' done ~ tho Job, ana hiSh
charges 'or extra work nearly ath me
up A' inc G''3c vas 5t''I without
properly anu ID oeo'' " ms Pap'rha'