Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-06-18
RICHMOND HIG
HORACE GREELEYS LETTER TO WILLIAM II.
SEWARD.
From he New York tribune.
Nrw YonK. Saturday Evening, NOy. u, ls54.

fciently ascertained 1t seems to fitting time TO
announce to you the dissolution Of the political firm OF
Seward Weed and Greeley, by the Withdrawal Of the
junior partuer-said withdraWal take effect the
morning after the first Tuesday in February next And
il may great presumption IN me 10 assume that
any such firm exists especially since the public was ad
vsed rather than year ago, by an editorial re-
script in the EteiiEg Journal formally reading out
Of the Wing Party that esteemed no longer either
useful ornamental in the concern, you will am sure,
indulge me in some "reminiscences which seem to beht
the occasion
Twas poor Young printer and editor of a literary
Journal very active and bitter Wing in small way,
but not seeking to be known Gu, Of my own Ward Com
mittee-wbcn after the great political revuson OF 1881
was Que day called TO the Cy Hotel where two stran-
gers introduced themselves Thur!Ow Weed aud Lewis
Benedict of Albany. They told me that cheap cam
paign paper Of peculiar stamp at Albany, had been re-
solved on and that had been selected 10 edit it, The
announcement might well be deemed hitering by one
who had sought the notice of the great and
who not known rs partisan wiiter, and eagerly
embraced their proposals They asked me 10 fix my ST.
larry for the year 1 named 900, which they agreed
20; and did the work required 20 the best OF my abi'
ty IL was work that made 10 figure aud created no
sensation; but loved 1t and did IL well. When was
done you were Governor dispensing Offices worth 1000
70 $50 900 per year TO your friends and cOmpaots and
returned to my garret and my crust and my desperate
battle with pecunary obligations heaped upon me by
Dad partners il business and the disastrous events OF
1871 believe il did not then 10 me that some
ID
without Injustice think it should have occurred
to YOU Il i. did occur me- wsSnOt the man to ask
YOU for it, tbiuk that shOH!d not have been necessary
only remember that ilicnd at Albany inquired 10
nv vecusiary circumstances that your friend (Oat not
uine} Robert C. Wetmore was one OF the chief dispe-
,,rs of your patronage here aud that such devoted
,ompsriots Us A. II. Wells aud JOhn Hooks were lifted
by YOU ou Of paupcrism uto independence, as am glad
was not AMI yet iuquiry from you as to my leeds
aud means at that time would have been timely aud held
ever in grateful remembrance.
la the Harrison campaign Of 1910, was again desg-
mated to edit a campaign paper. published it well,
aud ought to have made something by IT, In spite OF It's
extremely low price; my extreme poverty was the main
reason Why did not 1t compelled me 10 hire pres.
work mailing &C.. done by the job, and high charges
!or extra wor, nearly ate up. At the close, was
s-il without property aud in debt but this paper had
rather improved my position.
Now csmr tue g.eat scramble Of the swell mob Of
coon miusrels aul cder-suckers at Washington not
1sing counted in. Several regiments OF them went
f-om this CITY; but OF the whole cIowd-though
say il who should not--hsd done so much towards
zen HarrIsoEs nomination and election as yours res
pectully | asked nothing expected nothing; bus you,
,;ov Seward ought have asked that be Postmaster
f New York Your asking would have been in vain
but il would have been Of grace neither wasted
or UudeSeryed.
soon after started the TriJme, because was urged
20 do so bv ceriu OF your friends, aud because such
,ppr WIS needed here promised certain pecuniary
Ii
ost or risk 10 aay one AL ever had a loan by
isecneal Of y oUi from james COggcShaH, God bless
III, honored memory did ask for this and thinl
IS or,~ .ir c,-' IN which received pecun
sry favor from political associate am very thankful
d. Al, utu ~. Gie ul! ~ WAS iUly repaid.
And let ne here hOuo- grateful recollection
When the Nhig party under your rule had Offices 20
,ye my never thought OF; bu; when IN i2-S
ge were hor,oss,y ont power was hon0ied with the
.srfy u5uliust'o on for State Printer. When came
I... ,irfpr fO fgaf o. well omi
ate. The place went TO Weed, as i: ought lc; it l.
worth something TO know tina. there was once tine
,hen It was Tot deemed too great sacrifice TO rcccg
;ga -,a oS %. longing 10 voUr household. II
fee had not since been created on purpose give its va'
os pa, .na.s "A y. Raymond and enable 81 John t.
uow forth h., Times ss the organ OF IN, Wng State AG
minstrston | should have been stlll more grateful
Ia ls4s your star again rose, AMI my warmest hopes
sere realized in your election 10 the Senate was no
longer needy anu had more Claim than desire 10 be
! recognized by &, T. TAYLOR think had some claim
| torbesrauce from YOU What received thereupon
| most Illuminating lecture il the shape Of decision IN
ne LIBEL c,sc Of Rsdheld aud Pruge, aud an obligation
| co publish in nv and the other Journal Of our
urposed firm houghl aud still think this letter ed
essy cruel and morrt,ing. The plaintiffs, after using
nv columns 20 the Of their needs desires stop
ed wriLug and called me ior tie name OF their As
| aanL | prusiercd j. them-a thoroughly response
| .e name They refused accept it unless it should
rove TO be one If the four five first men in Batavia
when they had known from the first who il was, and
lat it was neither of them. They would not accept tina
| hich they had demanded; they sued me instead tor
| money and money you Ii ery 20 give them to
our hearts content do not think you at liberty
| humli.e me in the ewes OF INV own and your pub
| Il, rs YOU did | think you exalted your Judicial
eruEess aud fearlesuess uuduy az my expense think
ou lad better occasion for the display OF these quail
les hen Webo threw himself untimey upon you Tor
,arlon which he had cone all could do to demerit.
| dis paper is wing you for it now
have publicly set forth my view OF your and our du
Y with respect to Fusion Nebraska ana party desgna-
| ous | nil not repeat any of that. have referred
$50 to Weeds reading me out OF the Wing Party-my
rme being in this as in other things, that of do
NO t.-day wha' polite persons will not be ready
| 10 do till tomorrow.
Lei nm, s.eaA OF the late canvass WAS sent to
congress Tor ninety days merely enable jim Brooks
d, secure "a seat thereiu four years think never
| lined TO any human being that wolld have liked to
| be put forward for any place. But James W, White
YOU hardly know hOw good and true man he is start
"a nv name for Congress, and Brooks packed deega-
non thought | could help him through so was put Oh
behind him But this last Spring, after the Nebraska
question had created Sta;e OF things az the North,
oae or two personal friends Of 10 political consdera-
on suggested my name as ca dIdate tof UoVernor,
and ia not discourage them. SoOu, the persons who
we're afterwards mainly instrumental in nominating Clark
came about me and asked il could secure the Know
Notbiny vote told them neither could nor would
touch it; on the contrary, oathed and repe!ed it.
ru.reupou they turned upon Clark.
4 NO who should run for Governor | sometimes indica,
ed Patterson; never hinted at nv name. But by
aud-bv Weed came down and called me to him, TO tell
m. viy he could not support me for Governor. u had
! never asked nor counted on his support
am sure Weed did not mean to humllate me; but he
did il The upsho of his discourse (yery cautiously sta
ted) was this If were candidate for Governor,
should beat not myself only but you. Perhaps that was
true But as had in no manner solicited his or your
| support | thought this might have been said to my
riends rather than to suspect il Is true that
could not have been elected Governor as Wing. But
had he and You beer favorable there roud have been
marty in the State ere this hch could and would have
elected me to any post, without DuIng Itself or endan-
gerng your reelection.
Il was in vain that l urged that had In manner
asked nomination At length was nettled by his Ian
guage-weI intended but reTy cutting, as addressed by
him 10 neto say in substance, ''~e then, make Pat
terson Governor, and try my name for lieutenant 10
lose this place is matter OF no Importance ana we can
see whether am really odOus."
should have hated TO serve Lieutenant GoFernor,
but should have glored in running for the post.
want 20 have nv enemies all upon once; tired
n, fphtipc them piece-mea And though should have
4 baen beateu in the canvass | know that my running
would have helped the ticket and helped my paper.
II was thought best to let the matter take another
course No other name could have been put on the
ticket so bitterly humbliug TO me as that which was Sc
lccted The nomination was given TO Raymond the
60bt left to me And, Gov Seward, hare made II,
tboggh it be conceted in ice say What little fight
there has been, have stirred up. Even Weed has not
beep Il peak Of his paper hearty in this contest while
the journal of the Whig Lieutenant Governor has taken
,rs of its own interests and lat the canyass take care