New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-29
OUR CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

OUR CANDIDATE Fob GONEHNOR.
1t is often stated in the Opposition journals
that Gen. Wadsworth, our candidate for Gov
ernor, is, not only man OF wealth, but OF
aristocratic tastes and habits, incapable of SYM
patty with the common people, and, therefore,
unworthy of their confidence and support.
1t is true that Mr. WadswOrth is a gentle
man of large resources, having been left n
splendid estate by his father, which he has i'm
proved and enriched by his own energy and
economy. This can hardly be considered a
fault. He has doubtless been regarded with
more envy than favor by those who now seek
to create prejudccs against him on account of
his fortune. 1t is not opulence or the wont OF
it, but integrity, public spirit, benehcence and
charitable conduct, or tho absence Of these,
which fashion a mans character, and deter
mine what hold he ought to have on the ser.
vice and affections of his fellow men.
In bis private relations, Gen. Wadsworth is
a model Of simplicity and purity. His dress is
plain, his manners unpretending, and bis whole
style of life without presumption or ostenta-
i n
streets of his native village would take him for
q lesurely and well-bred farmer from the coun-
try, and would never suspect that he was one
of the wealthiest men in Western New-York.
Gen. Wad.worths property is principally in
landed estates, and it is from the rental of
these farms that his income is derived. Now
it is with US q matter Of personal knowledge,
that Gen. Wadsworth has always shared with
bis tenants every misfortune which has visited
the country. When the wheat.midge made
such ravages in the Geuesee Valley, his agents
were instructed TO settle with his tenants ac-
cording to the amount of their crops, and not
according to The terms Of their contracts.
More than twenty-five thousand dollars were
thus renquished in single year, and when
his treasurer informed him that, in consequence
Of these reductions, his bank account was
largely overdrawD, he replied 4" | can stand
it as well as these poor, hard-workiDg men,
and the rents will be released if / have TO sell
4 farm to pay my expenses"
In one instance, man who occupied one Of
Mr.. WadswOrth's smaller and poorer farms
was reported by the agent as having failed TO
pay the rent and as having received notice to
I leave. The General requested the delinquent
tenant TO call at the Office, and himself listened
to the story Of his misfortunes. His crops had
failed, yoke of oxen-his principal reliance
TO do the work on the farm-had been lost by
an accident, and, in ono word, everything had
gone against him, although he had worked
hard and tried to succeed. Mr.. Wadsworth
handed him, at the close of the interview, a
receipt for the rent and his check for 800,
saying eco, my friend, buy you another yoke
Of oxen and try it another year, and may God
grant you prosperity" The tenant could only
his hard hand tho tears from his eyes and
went away to ask his wife and children to
remember Gen. Wadsworth in their prayers.
There are hundreds Of such instances known
to the personal friends Of the Republican can
didate' for Governor, but his consent never
could be obtained to make them public. They
are kept in remembrance, however, By Him
who will not leave unrcwarded any service
rendered to man.
When Gen. Wadsworth was appointed
Military Governor Of the District of Columbia,
those vino knew him felt assured that the poor
fugitive had found friend. They recalled tie
lifelong conduct of this "proud aristOcrat,' as
ne is now called by his enemies, and they re-
membered that he had always been the father
Of the distressed, and the sympathzing friend
of the poor and the wronged, and they were
persuaded that the scourged slave would also
find in him ga man and brother" Let
those sneer who will, such humanity and benef-
cence, from the rich and powerful to-
ward the poor and dOwn-trOdden, honors our
nature, ennobles our manhood, aud commends
us TO God.
Gen. Wadsworth has always been firm
friend Of our Public Schools, and, by his infu-
ence and contributions, has done as much as
perhaps any other man in the State. to give
them efficiency and success. Some years since,