Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-06-20

] have referred to Weeds reading me out o
the Wing party, my crime being in this
} as in some other things. that of doing to
day what more polite persons will not b
, ready to do till to morrow. q
Let me speak of the late canvass. was
once sent to Congress for ninety day
merely to enable Jim Brooks to secure {
seat therein for four years. think
never limited to any human being that
would have liked to be put forward fol
any place, but James W. White-yor
hardly know how good and true a mar
he is-started my name for Congress, and
Brooks packed delegation thought
could help him through, SO / was put on
behind him, but this last Spring, after the
Nebraska question had created new
state of things at the North, two person
al friends, of no political consideration.
suggested my name as candidate fol
Governor, aud | did not discourage them.
Soon the persons who were afterwards
mainly instrumental in nominating Clark,
came about me and asked if could Sc.
cure the Know Nothing vote. / told him
1 neither could or wonld touch it, on the
contrary / loathed and repelled it,
Thereupon they turned upon Clark.
said nothing. did nothing hundred
people asked me who should be run for
Governor. / sometimes indicated PstteT-
son. never limited at my own name, but
/ bye and bye Weed came down and called
me to him to tell why he could not sup
port me for Governor. l had never asked
or counted on has support. am sure
Weed did not mean to huEiliate, bnt he
did it. The upshot Of his discourse being
cautiously stated was this IF | were a
candidate should beat not myself only,
but you. Perhaps that was true, but as |
had in no manner solicited his or your sup
port, thought this might have been said
to my friends rather than to me. suspect
it is true that could not have been elected
SIS Whig, but had he and you been ia.
vorable, there would have been a party in
TIC OldLc ere lu&o WOdiQ
have elected me to any post without ipjur.
ing itself or endangering your reelection
1t was in vain that urged that / had in
no manner asked a nomination. At length
l was nettled by his language, we'll inten'
ded, but cutting, as addressed by him to
me to say in substance, we'll make Patter-
son Governor and my name for Lieut., to
lose this place is a matter Of no importance
aud we can see whether | am feally so
odious. / should have hated to serve as
Lieut.. Gov, but ! should have gloried in
running for the post. | want to have my
enemies all upon me at once. am tired
of fighting them piecemeal, and though
should have been beaten in the canvass
knew that my running would have helped
the ticket and helped my paper. Itwas
thought best to let the matter take another
course, no other name could have been put
on the ticset so bitterly humbling as that
which was selected. The nomination was
given to Raymond, the fight left to nae and
Gov. Seward, and | have made it though
it may be conceited in me TO say SO. What
little fight there has been l have stirred
up. Even Weed has no. been, l speak OF
his paper. hearty in this contest, while the
journal Of the Wing Lieut.. Gov. has taken
care Of his own interest and let the can.
vass take care of itself, as it early declared
il would do. That journal has, because Of
its milk and water, some 10000 subscri.
bers in this city and its suburbs, aud Of
those 90 600 venture to say more voted
for Ulman and Scroggs than for CLARK and
RAYMOND. The Tribune also, because OF
it's character has but 5000 subscribers
within the same radius, aud venture TO
say nine-tenths voted for CLARK and Ray
mond, very few for Ullman and Scroggs.-
had TO bear the brunt Of the contest aud
take a terrible responsibility in order 10
prevent the Wings uniting upon james w.
Barker in order TO defeat Fernando Wood.
Had Barker been elected neither you nor
eenld walk these streets without being
booted, and Know Nothings would have
swept like prairie fire.
stopped Barker's election az che cost
of incurring the desdliest enmity Of he
defeated gang, and have been rebul0ed
for it by the Lieutenant Governors paper
at the critical moment he came out
against Jno. Wheeler in favor of Charles
II. Marshal, who would have been your
deadliest enemy in the House, and even
your Colonel Generals paper. which was
ever with me in insisting that Wheeler
should be returned, wheeled about at the
last moment. aud went in for Marshal,
the Tribune alone clinging to Wheeler to
the last. / rejoice that they who turned
10 suddenly were not able to turn all
| their readers for Seward.
( know that some OF your most cherish
/ ed friends think me a great obstacle in
your advancement; that John Schoolcraft
/ for one, insisto that you and Weed shall
not be identified with me, and l trust af.
ter a time you will not be. ] trust shall
never be found in opposition TO you.
have no further wish, but to glide out o.
the newspaper world as quietly and al
speedily as possible-join my family IL
Europe, and il possible stay there quie
time long enough to cool my fevered brair
and renovate my overtasked energies. Al
that ask is, that we shall be counted
even on the morning after the first Tues
day 10 February, a. aforesaid, and ma.
thereafter take such h''ceurse as seems best
without reference tofthe past. You hav
done me acts Of valued kindness in th
line of your profession; let me close wit
the assurance, that these will ever be rs
rembered by yours.
HORACE GREELEY.
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!. Democratic in politics from its first issue
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