The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-06-08


am prepared 10 name ii required, represen-
ting that Gov. Seward could not carry this
Stae-that the pubic disgust at the doings oil
our late Legislature was so intense that X would
visit on his head the sins imputed TO certain OF
his active, conspicuous friends but did not
circulate these letters nor endorse the opinion
therein expressed. l thought, and still think
| that much heavier vote could and would oe
rolled up against Governor Seward, than a
gainst any other man, especially if Douglas
were his opponent but | believed that be
would nevertheless carry the State and | am
confident was never even badgered by the
New York lobby into any averment inconsis-
tent with this.
Mr.. Raymond proceeds to state that | had, in
"Noyember, 1854, privately but distinctly, re-
pudlated all further political friendship for and
alliance with Governor Seward, and meDaced
him with hostility wherever 1t could be made
most effective for the avowed reason that Gov
ernor Seward had never aided or advised his
| [myl elevation to ofhce," sc. This is very
grave charge; and being dated 'sAuburn, Tues
day, May %, 1861" and written by one who
was there expressly and avowedly TO condole
with Gov. S. on his defeat, and denounce me as
its author, it is impossible not too see that Gov.
Seward IS its responsible source. therefore
call on him for the private letter which | did
write TO him IN November 1854, that may
print 1t uerbatim in the Tribune, and let every
| reader Judge how far it sustaIns the charges
which MS mouth-piece bases thereon. [ msin-
tain that it does not sustain them bu. | have
no copy of the letter, and | cannot discuss its
contents while it remains in the hands OF my
| laJy RIG fo bn mead Of dsSrrpfi0n
| leave to Others ali judgment as to the unaathor-
lzed use which has already been made Of this
private and confidential letter, only remarking
that this is by no means the first time il has been
employed to like purpose. have heard OF its
contents, what purported to be their substance,
! being dispensed to members OF Congress from
Mr. Stewards dinner table in Washington
| have seen articles based on it paraded in the
columns of such devoted champions OF Governor
Stewards principles and aIms as the Boston
| Courier.
| 1t is fit that the New York Times should fol-
low in their footsteps: but /, who am thus fired
on from an ambush, demand that the letter,
| which | have not seen since | sent it, snail no
longer be thus employed. Let me have the
letter-not a copy, but exactly what | wrote
and it shall appear Uerbatim in every edition of
the Tribune. fhe public will then Judge how
far the use hitherto made OF it to my prejudice
| is justified by its contents. Meantime, oBlYt
say that, when had fully decided that | would
no longer be devoted to Gov. Stewards person
al fortunes, it seemed due to candor and fair
dealing that should privately but in all frank
ness apprise hun of the fact. 1t was not pos
sible that / could in any way be profted by
writing that letter; | well understood that it
involved an abdicatlon of all hopes of political
advancement yet 1t seemed Que to nv own
character that the letter should be written. OF
course, | never dreamed that it could be pub
lshed, or used as 1t already has been but no
matter-let US have the letter in print-and let
the public Judge between IFS writer and his o.
pen and covert assaiIants l, at all events, ask
no favor, anu fear no open hostility.
THURLOW WEEDS STATEMENT.
From the ,New York Herald.
Meantime, the editorial correspondence Of
the Albany EUening Journal, Mr. Stewards
official organ, which ought to be we'll posted on
| the subject, describes what the writer Saw and
heard at Chicago. In reference to the opera
| tions of Greedy and Blair, he says = tMlsrep-
| resentatIon has achieved its work The timiG
and credulous have Succumbed to threats and
perversions. The recognized standard bearer
OF the Republican party has been sacrificed up
on the altar otavalablty. The sacrifice was
alike cruel and unnecessary" The correspon
dent goes on to say that Seward was s.too pure
and too consistent" for 'qhose whose dislike of
The man was infinitely in advance of theIr own
love of his principles y that s.thr result of this
work of ingratiude and malignity is less de-
faat IF ;lI,op, Ii ri bof
his personal enemies,'' and that it was viola
ton OF ''good faith and common honesty"
The writer winds up with the significant hint
that upon those men ''devolves the response
blity of the campaign"
GREELY RESPONDS TO WEED.
From the n ibune.
The Albany EUeaing Journal would seem
to be left, just at present, in the hands OF some
inexperienced ii not misguided conductor. It's
recent editorial letter from Chicago, virtually
charging all those delegates who saw fit to sup
port some other candidate than Governor Sew
ard with cowartce or treachery, has given great
satisfaction TO the enemies of the Republican
cause and it followed up this blow yesterday
by various filings at the Tribune which are OBJ
vlousy intended to provoke Ill blood. Catch
ing a paragraph from my account of ''LaSt
Week at Chicago" which quite inofensvely
states the obvious fact that, after Indiana had
openly, and Pennsylvania virtually declared for
Lincoln, the only chance for Bates lay in the
possible preference of hIm to Lincoln by the
Seward men, the Journal gratuilousy says
"There was probably not Seward delegate
at Chicago who preferred MIR. Bates 10 Mr..
Lincoln. There certainly was no such dele
gate from this Stale. For thousand reasons,
every thorough particularly those
who stand with MIR Seward-muSt prefer Mr..
Lincoln to Mr. Bates 1t would
therefore. have been the EXTREMIST InconsIsten-