Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-18
oreeley.s Letter to Gov. Seward.

Greeley's Letter to Gov. Seward
The New York Tribune, Of Thursday, contains
the now celebrated letter Of Horace Greeley the
Pb,,os .pher, 70 William II. Seward. the teH) Gov
.rnor announcing tho dissolution of the puliti-
cal srw Of seward, Greeley & CO., by the with
drawal VI the juaior partner. We have not
,pace for the publication Of the document which
occupies an entire column Of the 7ribnnc,in small
type. x,,,., ,es.
Immediately after the election Of Clark and Kay
mond o. Governor aud Lieutenant Governor OF
New York, though decidedly lachrymosc in tone.
is wishal quite snreserved in its earnestnes",
plainly evidencing how deeply the philosopher
fell. the practical sligh's which had been put upon
him in the the distribution OF the Offices. The
frs. thorn was planted in the side Of the philoso-
pher in 1887. shortly after Stewards accession to
the guberna,orial honors OF New York, to which
success be modestiy claims that he lent no incon-
siderable aid.
when it was done you were Governor, dis.
pensinv Offices worth from $1,000 to 500 per
wear to yvur friends and compatrlots. aud re-
turned To my garrett aud my crust, ami my des
perate battle with peconiary obligations. heaped
upon me by bad partners in business, and disas-
trous events Of 1857 believe it did not then oc-
cur to me that some one OF these abundant
places might have been offered to me without
injustice; nov think II should have occurred to
you"
10 1910 the philosopher vas equally energetic
in bis services to the Wing party,nnd equally un
fortunate in his participation in The spoil- it APP
pears for he thus complains -
"Now came the great scramble Of the swell
mob Of coon Ministries aud cide.-suekers at WASH
ineton-l mol being eonntcd in. Several reg-
ments Of them went fran this city bus no one
oil the whole cruwd-though saw it who should
not-had done 30 much toward General liar
risan's nomination aud election as yours
respectfully. ] asked nothing expected nothing
but you, Governor Seward, ought to have asked
that lie Postmaster Of New York. Your asking
would have been in vain but il would been an
act OF grace neither wasted nor andeserv-
ed"
Relieved by his vrtuous self denial IL thus de-
termintdly declining an Office not preferred him.
Horace thus proceeds to enuu'era'e the allega-
tions Of his Bill in equity against his late part.
ner.
when the Wing party under your rule had
Offices to give, my name was never thought OF;
bat when In 42-y, we we're hopelessty out OF
power. was honored with the party nomination
for State Printer. When we came again to have u
State Printer To elect as well ms nominate the
place went TO Weed, as it ought Yet it Is worth
something u know that there once time
when it not deem, too great n sacrifice tn
recognise me as el'nging your household. II II
new office had since been created purpose
70 give its valuable patronage to IL. j. Raymond
and enable ST. John to show forth his Times the
organ of the Wing State Administration, should
have been still more grateful
After \ bitter reference to the libel suit Of Red
field aud Prinele. in which the philosopher was
not only mulcted in heavy sum for damages. but
was also publicly Inundated by the Governor in u
judgment, which Greedy iu a note tauntingIy re-
minds his own fallen leader, was "the only speech
or document addressed to the public" in which
his existence was recognized by the latter, tho
philosopher thus relates the most bitter disappoint
ment he has been yet doomed to lear:
Il Was once sent to Congress for ninety DAYS
merely to enable Jim Brooks to secure a seat
therein for fur years. ] think never limited tn
any human being that would have liked to be
put forward for any place. But James W. White
(you hardly know how good and true man he isl
started my name for Congress, and Brooks pack
ed delegation though, / could help him through /;
SO was put on behind him Blu, this last Spring,
after the Nebraska question had created new
state ni things at the North, one or two personal
friends, Uf no political consideration, suggested
my name as a candidate for Governor. K ! did not
discourage them. Soon, the persons who were af.
forwards mainly instrumental in dominating Clark
came about me and asked if could secure the
Know Nothing vote. ] told them | neither could
nor would nnach it on the contrary, | loathed
and sepeiled it. Thereupon they turned upon
Clark"
In this state of affairs Horace desparingly
wrots that hs "said nothing. did nothing" bu
sometimes ''indiea,ed Pattersou," until one dny
Weed, the Man.Fridsy Of tho Governor. called
on the philosopher and "humiliated" him by tell
ing him that
'If were candidate for Governor, l SHOULD
beat not myself only but YOU"
"Psrbsps this was true" plaintively adds II
g.; bat determined that no spoils of Office shout,
again be lost 70 him through backwardness on hi
part in applying for them. he Immediately sug
gested--
"weli. then. make Patterson Governor. and tr,
my name for Lieutenant. To lose this place s
matter Of no Importance, and we can see whethe
] am really % odious."
The object Of the wre-pnllers being just the,
rather to achieve success than to test the unpcpu
A~i'sy VI inc krey-coateu once seeker, Horace
willy suggestion vas thrown overheard, and q
u to poiot the sting with still more bitter ven
ON. the nomination was given to Henry. j. Ray
mond. the Little Villain" Of the Times Hea
the philosopher:
No other name could have been put on tn
ticket 90 bitterly humbling to me as that whicl
was selected. The nomination was given to Raw
mond the eight left to me-"
And with . tone Of proud exulistion, the phil
osopher vaun,s his achievements in the fgh,
claiming 70 have Clark elected, and Raymoad, an
Wheeler. 70 have defeated Barker. for Mayor. an
TO base killed Know N othinzismin New York.
We csa fancy Horace standing tip-toe in his ell
ton - he shouts to the Governor
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