The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08

Mr.. RAYMOND. of the New York II

tn" fallen statesman of Auburn, the re-
suit of which he gives in long and inter.
esting letter to his paper. He contradicts,
evidently by authority, the rumor that the
Senator would soon resign his seat and he
further states that Mr.. SEWARD after hav-
ing served out his senatorial term, which
closes on the Sd of March next, will retire
to private life and spend the remainder of
his days as private citizen. 1t is plainly
intimated that the distinguished gentleman
will take no part in or position under Mr..
L1NcoLN's administration, should he be
elected.
But the raciest portion of Mr.. RAYMoND's
letter, written under the inspiration, per-
haps, though we will not say under the eye
of the Sage of Auburn, relates to the part
enacted by Mr.. GREELEY on the boards at
Chicago. We have room for only a few
paragraphs:
The great point aimed at was Mr.. Sew.
ards defeat; and in that endeavor, Mr..
Greeley labored harder, and did tenfold
more, than the whole family of Blairs, to-
gether with all the gubernatorial candidates,
to whom he modestly hands over the honors
of the effective campaign. He had special
qualifications, as we'll as special love, for
the task, to which none of the others could
lay any claim.
For more than six months, through tie
columns of the Tribune, Mr.. Greeley had
been preparing the way for this consumma-
tion. Doubts of Mr.. Stewards popular
strength-insinuated rather than openly ut.
neutrality-suspicious. of local prejudice and
animosity against him hints that parties
and hostile men to him and to the Republi-
can organization must be conciliated and
their support secured and newborn zeal
for nationalizing the party by consulting
the slaveholding States in regard to the
nomination, had filled the public mind with
a distrust which had already done much to
demoralize the Republican party and pre-
pare the minds of its delegates IN convention
for the personal representations and appeals
by which these agencies were followed up.
Mr.. Greeley was in Chicago several days
before the meeting of the convention, and
be devoted every hour of the interval to the
most steady and relentless prosecution of
the main business which took him thither-
the defeat of Gov. Seward. He labored
personally with delegates as they arrived
commencing himself always to their conf
dence by professions of regard and the most
jealous friendship for Gov. Seward, but pre-
senting defeat, euen in New York, as the
inevitable result of bis nomination.
Mr.. Greeley was largely indebted to the
forbearance of those upon whom he was
wagiDg this warfare, for the means of
making it efectual. While it was known
to some of them that, nearly six years ago,
in November, l854-he had privately
but distinctly, repudiated all further politi
cal friendship for and alliance Nth Gov.
SeaOard, and naenaced him Nth his hostihtu
aDhenever at could be made most effective, for
the avoayed reason that Coz. S. had never
aided or advtsed his elevation to ofice-that
he had never recognized his claim to such
official promotion, but had tolerated the
elevation of men known to be obnoxious to
him, and who had rendered far less service
to the party than he had done-no use was
made of this knowledge in quarters where it
would have disarmed the deadly effect of
his pretended friendship for the man, upon
whom he was thus deliberately wreaking
the long boarded revenge of disappointed
Office seeker. He was still allowed to rep
resent to the delegations from Vermont,
New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, and other
States known to be in favor of Gov. Sew.
ards nomination, that, while he desired it
upon the strongest grounds of personal and
political friendship, he believed it would be
fatal to the success of the cause. Being
thus stimulated by hatred he had secretly
cherished for years-protected by the for
bearance OF those whom he assailed, and
strong in the confidence of those upon whom
he sought to operate, it is not strange that
Mr.. Greeley's efforts should have been
crowned with success. But it is perfectly
safe to say that no other man certainly no
one occupying position less favorable for
such an assault--could possibly have ac~
complished that result.
Mr.. GREELEY, over his own name, in the
Tribune of the 25th, makes an elaborate
reply to the above. He commences by
saying that the indictment contains very
artful mixture of truth and misrepresenta
ton, and proceeds to analyze it and sepa-
rate the conflicting elements. To the charge
that he did his best to defeat SEWARD at
Chicago, he pleads guilty. To the second
charge, he says:
1t is not true-it is grossly untrue-that
at Chicago l commended myself to the con-
fidence Of delegates "by professions of regard
and the most Jealous friendship for Gov.
Seward, but presented defeat, euen in New
York, as the inevitable result of his nomina-
tion." The very reverse of this is the truth.
did not, and do not see that personal friend
ship or aversion has anything to do with the
matter; and l made no professions before
the nominations, as have uttered no lam.
entation since. 1t was the simple duty of
each delegate to do, as it was measurably of
each outsider to counsel, just whatever was
best for the Republican cause, regardless of
personal considerations. And this is ex.
actly what I did. When New Yorker de.
clared, in the open hall of the fremont
House, that Everybody admits that Gov.
Seward is the leader and representative man
of the Republican partly" 1 as openly res
p0nded: "No, sir here is one who does not
admit it. He is one of the leading men of
our party; but there are others as deserving
as he ia !" or worde m fhot offoct .