The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-24


ticians and Governors of The State, including
Seward. from Dewitt Clinton down to the pre-
sent day. So here we have ths tsilors Of Tooley
street over again.
Thurlow Weed WinalnS Up the Pelits- |
cal sun for Noxt Day.
In the distant village in which We spent our
boyhood there.was poor, harmless iunatio,
who imagined that be had control Of the whole
solar system. Every day, ct noon, he would
60 TO the public square Of the village, and,
with great earnestness and zeal, move his arm
round and round, as If he were turning an i'm
menss clock key. II anybody interrupted him
while thus occupied and inquired Of him what
he was doing he would reply, without turning
his head or desisting nom his labor, and in .
voice husky and broken by the violence Of his
exertions, "Winding up the sun for next day.
II didn't do it-world would 60 10 smash"
Thurlow Weeds garrulous and egotistical let
ter in yesterdays Times forcibly reminds % Of
that village lunetic. According to his own 60
count Weed has been winding up the political
sun for next day during the past forty years.
He Is very anxious, indeed, to wind II up now.
With vast amount Of amusing indignation
he protests against those wicked people who
are trying to stop him aud let the political
world 60 to smash.
1--we arc to believe the old king of the lobby
he never was in the lobby at all; never knew
anything about 1t, never had anything to do
with il, has always opposed and denounced it
"As a journalist al Albany" he says, II stood
sentinel over the treasury for thirty-6ve years,
never taking myself or allowing others to take,
if in my power to prevent it, an unlawful dol
lar" In reading these words, as in talking to
the village lunatic, we found It impossible to
repress quiet smile. Thurlow Weed has evil
IDENTIFY adopted Secretary Stewards policy Of
denying every fact that is at all embarrassing.
Just as Seward recently declared that there
never were any divisions in President Lincoln's
Cabinet, and that it's members were perfectly
harmonious and "loyal TO each other and their
Chief" so the veteran lobbyist now assures US
that he has been totally and innocently uncon-
ecious of the existence Of such IN institution rs
tie .thrd house." Instead Of being engaged
for the past forty years in jobs Of more or less
magnitude he has devoted his whole attention
to winding up the sun. lie tells Us that he sup
pressed the rebellion and preserved the gov
eminent and the Union. TO his successful
efforts TO defeat both tho secessionists and the
.abolitionists, M he assures us. 1--WE are in
debtcd for the men and money" that enabled
Mr. Weed to break down the Southern con-
fcderacy. lie modestly admits tha., for forty
years past, be has controlled the State admins
trations. He informs us that he created and
superintendent Governors Clinton, Seward,
Fish. Hunt King and Morgan; Lieutenant Gov
errors Bradish, Patterson, Raymond and Sell
den he claims as the work OF his
hands. He adds, "Lieutenant Governor
Campbell, too, was one Of my creations"
Bates Cook, John A. Collier, John G. Spencer,
Philo @. Fuller, Willard Fillmore, Washington
Hunt, James M. Cooke and Robert Dennison
he fashioned as potter fashions the clay and
mOulds 1t to his will. Christopher Morgan,
l. w. Lcavenworth, Horatio Ballard, Jacob
Haight. G. H. Barstow, E. G. Spaulding, Philip
Dorshiemer, Ogden Hoffmae, Ambrose L. Jor-
dan, Charles G. Myers D. s. Dickinson, s. B.
Ruggles, S. Newton Dexter, G. Fl. Boughton,
Asa Whitney, Charles Cook, Henry Ftzhugh
and Thomas Cloves were, he humbly states,
entirely Of lis manufacture. He confesses that
he tried to make Francis Granger and Jesse
Buel, but the workmanship was not mp to his
usual mark, and they were spoiled during ono
of the processes. We take these names from
MIR. Weeds letter, and wonder that he left the
list so short. Had he put in few more names
he might have established his title to omnipo-
tence. AS it is there can be no doubt that he
il firmly persuaded that during the last forty
years. lie has been constantly winding up the
SUM- What an ungratcfnl world not to have
appreciated and rewarded him long ago!
We we're never one OF those wicked boys who
used to throw stones and call names at the
harmless village lunatic, and we have not the
heart TO cast severe word at poor old Thur
low Weed. If he finds Is convenient TO forget
his lobby operations, or If his memory il fail
ing him in his age, why should we ruthlessly
remind him of unpleasant circumstances! Our
regard for the truth of history, however, will
not permit us to pass unnoticed Weeds curious
dclusion that no created Major General Slocum.
When the lobby king was on the other side Of
the ocean, dining with dukes and duchesses,
lunching with lords and ladies', breskfasting
with baronets, writing letters home describing
the fine company he kept, buying arms aud
clothes in Belgium, and making oil sorts Of
contracts and plenty Of money, General Slo.
cum was winning his reputation at the lannon's
mouth. No doubt, II General Grant should
ever run for Office, Weed would assert that he
had created that great hero also. II win not
do for Mr.. Weed 10 attempt to detract from
General Slccum's meritcd fame, nor even to