, 1860-06-15

Greeley, By the withd1a al Of The junior partner,
said withdrawal to take eiet On the morning
after the drst Tuesday in February next; and as
it may seem great presumption in me to as.
sumo that any such fru exists, especially since
the public was advised more than a rear agoby
an editorial rescript in the Es,aing Journal for
.lally reading me out Ct the Whig party. that
was esteemed no longer either useful or orna-
mental in the concern, you will, am sure, in
du!ge me iu snne "reminiscences which seem 10
beGt theoccas N.
Was poor young printer, 40 editor Of a lit
crary jnnraal. t. very active and bitter Whig In
q ssn.kl way. bnt nat seeking to be known out
IT my own Ward Committee. when, afer the
great political reyu,sion Of 1887, [ Was one d >
called TO the City. Hotel, whero TWO strangers
Introduced themselves rs Thnrlow Weed and
Le9is Benedict, Of Albany. They tod me that
! ehenp campaign paper Of peculiar stamp at
ALBANY had bt en- resolved on, and that had
might well be deemed 0att+ rirg BY one VITO had
never eyentsought the Eosiee Vt the great, snd
who was not known as partisan VII er, and
eagerly embraced their proposals. They asked
me to tx my salary Tor ayesr. 1uamed 81 900
wh,ch they agreed to, and did thu work requir-
ed. TO the bsst Of ny ability. It was work .shat
made no figure and created No sensation, but
losetl it and did it well. When it was
onc, you wern Gsrasnor. dispensing Of
ces worth from s. t1ot- to 0.000 per year
to friends and compatTiots,- and returned
to tnF gurset and my crust. aud by desper-
a!a labors,. battle With pecuuiary obligations,
teaped upon nc by Lad partners in business
and the disastrous events ot 1867. / believe it
did mt then occur to mr. that some one Of these
ABUNDANT places might hnEe been offered to me
without injustice. n"w think it should have
occurred 10 you. Ii it did occur 10 mr., was
not the man tn ask you for it. tLink that
should not Layc been necessary: Only remrm-
l.. ~+t, NJ frSa nf II nd
injury circumstances; that your friend, but NOT
rline, Robert c. Wetmore, IVES one Of the chief
dispensers Of your patronage here, aud that
such devoted conpatriots as 4. II. Wells lnd
Jonn Hooks were lifted By you out OF pauper.
ism into independence, as vas not; and get,
an inquiry from YOU HI to my needs aud mrans
ut that time would have been timely and held
ever in grateful remembrance.
In the Harrison campaign Of 1S40. I was asaiu
d.siena'ed to edit a ca,npaiyu paper. pnh.
shed i. as well a 20 l'd and ought to h "
made met luK hs it, iu spite Of its extreme
o~ price. My extreme poEerty was the main
reason why d not It compelled me to hire
charges forextra work ate me up. A. the CLOSE,
I was still without pFopcr'y, and in d-ht. bur
this pa1er had rather improved my position.
NON came the great scrabble Of the swell
mob Of Coon Minstre!s and Cider Suckers at
Washington, I not being counted in. Several
regiments Of them vent on from this city, but
no one Of the whole crowd, though I say it,
who should not, lad done so much towards
Gen. Ilarrison's nomination and election as
ynurs respectfully. | asked nothing, exoected
nothing; cut yor. GJv. Seward, ought to have
ASKED that might be Postmaster Of NeE York,
Tour asking would hare been in rain, but II
would have been IA act Of grace, neither wusted
Il soon stter started the 1ti5unt, becaaai,e WAS
urged to do 10 Lr certain OF your friends, and
because such paper Was needed here. / was
promised certain pecunlary aid in so doing. It
might have been given the without cost or risk
to Any one. All |. ever had WAS loan By piece
meal Of LOCO from James coggeshalL Gud
bless HI. honored memory. I did not SAX for
this. think il IL the enc sole case in which
ever received a pecnniary favor from political
associate. / am very thankful that he did not
die till he Was fully repaid
And let me hv r. honor one grateful recoltec.
tien. When lhe Wing party under 1oar rule.
bad cffices to klvp. my name was neves thought
Of; but when in 43-43 We were bope:easly
CUT nf power. I WAS hunored with the party
nomination fer State Printer. When We ca .
again TO hare State i'rintcr to elect AZ well as
nominate. the place went to Weed, az It ought,
yet it was worth something to know that tbsre
was once time when it was not deemed TOO
great a sacrifice 10 rccoyaire me as belonging to
Jour hous choid.
Ii b new office had not since been created
on purpose to give its valuable patronage to
Il. j. Rsymond, and enable ST. J ohm to show
| tor,h his 1fmes ~ the organ OF the Whig Stale
Adminis.ratl.n, should haEe been still more
| grateful.
| hopes were rean1ed in your election to the Sen
ale. vas no 1ouEer needy, aud had no m1re
| claim than desire to be recognized By Gen.
| TaYlor. think / had some claim to torbear.
auce from you, Whist received thereupon
WAS most humil,asing lecture in the shape OF
dec.sion in the libel case Of Redfeid a7d Priu'
gle, and an obligation 10 publish it IL ny oHq
| and her journals Of your supposed firm l
thought, and still think, this lecture needlessly
.cruel aud mortifEing. The plaintiffs. af'er using
my columns to The extent of their needs or de-
s1res, stopped writing. and called on me for the
! name OF their assai1ant. pEodered il TO them,
to accept it, unless it Should prorc to be one Of
the four or iye first men in Batavia, when they
had known from the fset who it 9a:, and that it
was neither Of them. They would not accept
that which theJ had demanded, They sued me
instead for money, and money .you we're At l1beF.
ty 10 give Them to your heart content
| LIDO not think ron we're At hoefty 70 nun
! iats me in the eyes Of ny own Aod your puol1c
as you did. II l am not mistaken, this Judg-
men. ia the only speech, letter or document ad-
| dressed to the Government IN which you eser
recognized my existence. | hope may DOT GO
down 10 poateflty Is eu1baimeu 4lele'u. l
| think you exalted your own Judicial stefues.
and hear,lessness undLlJ 81 my expense. l
| think you had better occasion Tor the diapla1
| Of there qualities when Webb threw himself
| ultimately upon you 70. pardon, "nten ne
had done all man could do 10 dene11;. ! nave
publicly set firth my vieT OF your and our du'
y With respect 10 fusion. Seorasks, ana parry
designations. will mt repeat any OF tha1. !
have referred also to Weeds reading me out Of
the Whig partY, my crime being in this a. in
some ot6er things, that Of doing TO- day "hat
more polite parsons will not be ready to do Till
| to morrow. .....
Let me speak Of the late canFass. was once
sent to Congress for ninety days, merely 10
| euabte Jim Brooks to secure = scar 1nefeaa 1of
four years. think never limited to any human
bang that would hare liked to hare been put
torwazd for any place But james ". Nhlt-
| you hardly know how good and true man ae
| is-started my name for Congress, aud brooks
packed the delegation aud thought could hslp
him through. So nas put % behind him.
But this LAST Spring, after tho NEBRASKA ques.
tion had created 4 usv stats OF things al me
North, one or two personal friends, OF no pont'
ica1 consideration, suggeste1 ny name ss Q M
didAte for Governor, AMI did uos aasooufage
them. Soon ths persons who "ere attelrs =, ~
mainly instrumental in nominating el4sk;
came about ne and asked II ;! eou'q
secnra tho Know Nothtng vote; told tnsm
neither could nor would touch It. ~ tue con.
teasy I loashed and zepelled it. IheEao2
shey turned upon C:ark. / said notntng-ohao
nothing. hundred peorls asked ne VINO
should be ruu for Governor: sometimes IN
cic + Patterson. t uerer hiutsd at ny o"n
name; but hy and BY Weed came doWn snd
| called fnn n him tn til une Hhv he could mol