New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-04
MIR. DANA,s TESTIMONY.

| 1t will be remembered that +. W., in his last
foray, cited as evidence of my hunger for office,
that Mr.. c. A. Dana. then associated with Inc
| in THR TRIBUNE, supported me in the canvass
at Albany for L. S. Senator in 1861. there
upon asked Mr.. Dana, though no longer my
| friend to state whether his action in the
premises was in any manner suggested or
prompted by me. His response is as follows:
Mr. Dana begs TO be understood resenting the
intimat0n that his testimony in the case can be one
whit more frank or trustworthy whether he is still
friend and admrer Of Mr.. Greeley. or the contrary.
He also states that Mr.. Greeley neither asked nor
suggested that he should do anything 10 make him the
candidate Of the party for the Senatorship The only
words exchanged between them on the subject prior TO
the struggle in the Legislature, were simple question
whether Mr.. Greeley would be "a candidate. and dis
tinct that he would. Soon after that Mr. Gree
! ley left New.York and Mr.. Dana had no communica'
ton with him respecting this matter until he returned
some time after the election. Mr. Dana went to Al
bany TO exert himself in behalf of Mr. Greeley his
own motion and at the request Of other friends OF Mr.
G IT is Just certain that Mr. Greeley desired to be
candidate and desired to be elected. as that he would
na ly have been elected but for Mr. Weeds dexterous
and timely abandonment of his own fayorite for man
lie personally disked; But MI Dana is not
aware and does not believe that MIR. Greeley ever
directly sought the suffrage of a single person or made
any direct effort gain the coveted honor lie simply
took himself out of the way and his friends made the
creditabe. if not TO successful conclusion We feel
ourselves bound TO add also that this result was oru
nate for the country The election to the Senate OF
a man with the proclivties to peace on almost any
terms and with the readiness call in Louis Napoleon
as a mediator which Mr. Greeley subsequently de-
yeloped, would have been deplorable misfortune.
There u.s. perhaps, no other man In all the Northern
much AZ Mr. Greeley 10 weaken divide ana degrade ms
conntry and is fortunate he has not had the prestige
Of such office to make his efforts more ehectve ana
pernicious.
Mr. Dana may rest assured that his testl'
mony is the more valuable for the dnimus il
betrays, no matter how much he may resent
the intimation. And, though l, after taxing
my recollection to the utmost, can recall no
conversation with him, or any one else, wherein
| ever said even so much as that would be a
candidate, very willingly accept his statement
of fact as true to the letter. As some friends had
volunteered the assurance that they would sup
port me for Senator, / knew that my name
would be presented, subject, of course, to the
decision Of majority of those who were
resolved to make a stand against the Weed
domination.
Mr.. Danas opinion that would have been
a much more important parsonage, and that
nv views would have exerted more influence,
had |, throughout the last four gears, been in
Office, is natural, perhaps, in one who has just
descended from that lofty eminence, and whose
locks still radiate its celestial splendors. For
my own part, cannot realize that my being in
or out of tho Senate would have made any &C.