, 1860-06-15

did not want to humiliate me, but te did it. The
upshot Of his discourse very cautiously stated
was this If usro a caudidate for Gofernor,I l.
ahou.d beat net nl5sclf only, but you Per
manner solicited bis or Jour support, I
thought this might hare been sad 10 my friends
rather than to me. Isuspect it Is true that
could not huTa been elected Governor ~ a
Whig; but bad he and rou been favorable,
there would hare been party in the State
to any place without injuring itself or endanger-
ing Jour re- election. 1twna in vain that I urged
that had in no manner asked q nomination,
At len -th I wna nattsed by his language, well
intended but very cutting, ~ addressed by him
to me, to say in substance: Well then make
Pat'er.9R Go1ernor; and IT.! my nsrs for
matter Of Nd importance, and We can sse
whether an reatl 10 ooions. should have
hated to serve IS Lieut. :nant Governor. but
should have Rloried in running for ths post.
WANTED TO have my enemies upon me 1T once.
au tired Of fighting them pieee-meal. And
though should hare been beaten In the can
Sass. ! know that my running would havo
helped the ticket and helped my paper 1t vas
thought best to let the matter take another
course. No other name could hare heen put
on the ticket SO bitterly humbiinR to me a. that
which WAS selected The nomination was xiren
to Raymond-,he fight left to me. aud, Cor.
Seward, / have made it, though it b cou-
csited in me to say so-what little fight there
not been Il speak Of his paper} hearty in this
contest. while the journal IT the Whig Lieut..
Governor has taken care Of bis own interests
and let thacanvass take care Of itself, a it early
declared It would do. That Journal bss, because
OF its mi and water course, some 90 900 sub
>cribers in this city and Its subusts, and Of
these 10000, I venture to say more voted for
md hA fSH
mond. The Tetbaat, also, because Of its char
acter, has but {. .0V1 subscribers within the ssme
radius, and l venture to tay that OF its hsbuual
readers nine tenshs voted for Clark aud Ray.
N md, very few fur u marn and S-roggs.
had to bear the brunt Of the contest, and
take terrible responsibility: in order to pre-
rent The " higs uniting upon James " Barker.
in order to defeat Fernando Wood. Had Bar.
ker been elected here, neither you nor / could
walk these streetswithout being booted, and
koow-Noth nXiam would have sHepshke prsi
r,e lire. 1 stopped BarkeI's election Al the
c.st ot lpcnrring the deaaliest enmity ofthe de-
f>ateh gang, and hsre been rebuked for il BY
the L;eut. Governors paper. At the critical
moment, be came out against John Wheeie-, in
rayor Of Ch.rles u. Nasehali, who would have
been your deadIiest enemy in the House; and
your Adj. Generals paper, which was even
~i:h ne 10 iualstiug that hee'er should b re-
| turned, wheeled about at the last moment and
| vent 10 for Marshall, the Tribune alone cling
| ing to Wheeler to thu last. J. 1ejoice that they
w6a turned SO suddenly were nos able to turn
| all their readers.
Gov. Seward, krow that some Of your mos,
cherished friends think me great obstacle tc
your advancement; that John Sehoolcralt, 70,
| ope, ins sts that you hod Weed shall not bs
| ideutit-d with me. trust amer time that yor
| wiluot be. trust shall never be found in oppt
sit,on to you. 1hare now no farther ~ish but t&
glide out of,he newspaper world as quietly sne
as speedily As possible, aud to join my family
in Europe, snd i possible stay there quite
reuovate nv orertasked energies. All ask i.
that We may be coubted even on the morpio1
ater tue dr.t Tuesday in February, IS store
said, and that may theresfter take such cours.
a. aeems best, without reference TO the past
You have done me- acts Of valued kindaess it
the line Of your profession. Let me close viii
the assurance that these will ever be gratefu!l,
remembered By Yours. Horace GkxsLET.