New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-22
SAMUEL HTLKESON TO THVRLo"
WEED.

Eaeaino Journal of March iS tie following article;
"wHy ONE OF THE EDITORS or THs TRIBUNE Is
An ENEMY.
"Nrw yoEx. March IS 1851.
platoon OF ensnes in THE TEIBUAE ohee but perhaps you
do know that The mos y.go, nc n,
trut or svenging some deep injury. fons, 40, n J.
1--WE are not ignorant the e ofMr w. hostility though
quite unconscious the other reason than that We
AZ. aou to ,e briefly exists he supply the omission
some YEAR, sgo. Mr. Wiikesun, OF whom We thonsh well
ga, IN bshing The Democracy Buffalo. The enterprise was
net p.o,ins Desiring to retire from ousine" we
offered Mr. Wkssun inteee IN Tar ErsHn7 Journal lie
csne Albany and ser zach eIsnssion n, he chose to DE-
the business purchased out hIiag bis own price and
banding lis ,diyduH payable In two three four hve.
and tx yess He aimed year and Eve months In
rcu receiving his share OF the profits Of the establishment
vbsu Yo Of his hr suggested that NC had best re-
the ins1e., 10 had purchased a. To this we ssened
taking beck property good deal down and considerably
du shed IN value We received from Nj Nihesona
iahiss either Of principal or iasoOst a. No~o'do' unihd
nes. ever passed between until recently did We lean
,ha. he Il enemy"
For the sake Of convenience, I have marked your
two charges against me with figures according 70 Their
Importance and propose to reply to them 10 their or
DER sfter which, indulge me in some remarks OF more
general nature.
/. fully paid you, both principal and interest,
for the purchase which made of you. Upon az AZ
raneement between us for the pay ment OF my notes,
deliberately entered into your part in the Spring Of
1853 and when according to your own showing, not "a
dollar Of my indebtedness had matured, conveyed to
Won by warranty deed, acknowledged before Judge
Robinson Of Albany, the hall Of an entire block Of
land in the paved aud lighted district Of Buffalo which
two trusted friends Of yours in that city bad certified IN
writing 10 be worth $4,000 and with this convey
ance executed 10 you my note, payable IN eighteen
months, for about 81, AGO my papers are in Columbia
County, and write from memory, and delivered into
your own hands both deed and note. You accepted
them. This was payment, as every lawyer IN the
State kDows--full payment.
2 The lac and lamened John L. SCHOOLGIRL opened
nesotiat on with for your restoration to the editor
sNT-in- chief Of The JoayEaL Isympaihzed with the
peculiar reasons, which were entirely persons
10 yourself, upon which he based his approaches
Moreover, a chrsnio illness Of anexhaustng eha acter-
a e1owng consciousness that my temperament was TOO
anxious and my constitution too feeble, to support the
heavy edtorifd responsibility bad Ezsumed-a dhaP-
poiuincnt Of MY expectation of large profit ont OF my
purchase into The Journal and the conviction that the
three great daily papers Of this city would ultimately
destroy the newspaper business in the interior Of the
State coupled with nv regard for you, made me not
unwilling listener TO Nr Schooczts proposition to re-
sell 70 you MY interest. o. the terms upon which
subsequently, arranged TO SELL those principally bcnef
eal to myself were complied with. But the resAle
WA made Your aing that you "ook bach property
good deal run down aud considerably dinnlshed
in value il estopped by the faots that the circulation
If The Jo4rHol was larger when left II than when
took it. and that the inventory of the machinery and
itch OF the job Office by some thousands Of dol
lars greater when you resumedt the property than when
IL :. he nffs.St
o.o,ed words offer between my editorial work
and your own, hrs undoubtedly long since
hen made for both ofus by the readers OF me '0',r%
Yon truly SAY, MIR. Weed, that no worcs OF uhhih'.
ness have ever passed between us. my 1Aph' VI
Quarrel with you ia wholly Of PnoNl ana hot OF
private nature. II may seen unreasonable TO object
70 YOU that you have eehcired Dictatorship over the
WIZ aud over the Republican parties in this STATE
Bu, this was a seizure Of representative intereslS-a
usurpation Of rights which positively property
upder our representative systsn, as are lands and
goods The rirbt OF inen 10 Villages and towns Dnd
counties 70 elect their officers and 70 manage and
repr, Hent their interests ut home and at TIE capital OF
| tie ate in their own way upquestioned and upop-
posed, IL pure and legal right, not juay deeoe'oe
Aimcss discussions, clashng OF Interests, waste OF
tine in State Conventions and sessions Of the legis-
lature would be desi,able 10 avoid. Bat our fee
r5an OF political lie bas made provision Tor the
tutelace snd management Of tie representatives, either
OF Parties or Of the People. Consent cannot confer
this rgLt-for it IL contradictory TO our political -ys-
ten. Qualification for il eIorcire, as complete w
wisdop, disinteresedne% justice, goodness and mag
nanmit. can make it, cannot confer the rghtfor IT ID
hostile 10 the reat business Of seh-governmeni which
| We have undertaken. Bear with me whiL complain
Of YOU that without single equipment Mr. the dicia-
t0rshp Of party Of progressive ideas, save an extra
ordinary talent for organization, yon have for yeans
engineered tho power Of majority OF the people OF
tls State 10 the management OF its legislation as you
wi,hed t. have il manageable the hing'of is Offices
10 YOU wished 10 have them GlledIo the dlspomiinn
Of the public money You wished 10 have 1t dsoted
Otto the shaping Of the public policy as you wisbed
! II to be shaped. Had you been an arcbangei you
could no; have been safely trusitd with ths power.
| Disqualified by your organization from exercising
either as statesmsD, a Philosopher or NOR
| alst, your administration Of il has filed the
political life Of this Tea. STATE with mass Of evils
that generations Of viuous labor viii DO required TO
eradicate Legislation is sold ut Albany. The sale Of
| Laws IL France Of the crimes for which Reyo-
lutiou bsheaded The governing elss. Il is with inn
punity that organization infamous throughout the
nation under the Of the Lobby" surrounds the
Jeaste and the Assembly, and levies toll
Of public and of private interest seeking the Lei intive
sanction. II mas been in your power any time in the
lat fifteen years 10 crush this organization The i'm
preston general one thst power exists within the
Republican party which Gun compel the Legislature 10
invest ciaues Of individuals with valuable franchises
in dercgstion of private ghs and in disregard Of the
pubic good The impression is equally general that,
under the guidance of this influence powerful corpora
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