, 1865-10-26
THUKLOW WEED AND LUCIUS
ROBINSON.
What 3tF. Weed says Of the Hen hc has
Helped to OHcc, and Particularly OF
Comptroller NobfnAon.

I1etter In the New York Times, 3d.
Comptroller Robinson assumes that the
election of the Union State ticket will p" b
effect, place the State government" in ny
hands. "to be used" for unworthy purposes,
My relations with State Administrations is q
history tarnishcd? scarcl, its annals and
archives for more than forty years, through
the administration Of Governors Clinton.
Seward, Fish, Hunt, King aud Norcan, viii,
each Of whom ! WAS closely and cont1dentially
associated. 1fa nman is known by the com
pany he kceps;" II politician is to BE-
Judged by the character Of those whom he
seeks to elevate, let my nssailauts indicate
the first man have designated for high posi-
lions who has proved dishonest! I have
Hc4uie.ced under pressure, In improper uomf.
nations; hare supported men who, like Alr.
Robinson, have neglected their duties and
deserted their colors. But the men Of nv
oEn choice have been "honcst, capable and
fnithful." Comptroller Robinson Is SO
shocked at the danger Of comforting power on
me that will ask lis attention 10 The char
actcr and class Of men who, when l was per-
nlltted to hayo q yoice In their selection.
ruled the State. The Governors have been
named, Lieutenant Governors Bratlish. Pat
terson, Raymond and Sc1den, were, as their
adveFsar1cs alleged. my nominees. Lienten-
ant Governor Campbell, too, was one of my
creations, but Itook him on trust, and ask no
patent for the invention. Like Comptroller
Robinson, he wns very stRadical." ycry mar.
row, and very factious. Having contrived to
travel more "constructive'' miles and to draw
more "mileagc' from the State Treasury
than any former Lieutenant Governor. be
subsidized into state OF political rcposc which,
until some one as green as WIS turns up"
will not be disturbed.
Among the predecessors OF Comptroller
Robinson were Bates Cook, john A. Collier,
John G. Spencer, Phi1o c. Fuller, aliIlard
Fillmore, Washington Hunt, James II. Cooke
legged tint they were all indcbtcdto to inc for
their positions. Three Of them arc not now
my friends, political or personal. But I
authorize and invita- Mr.. Robinson to inquire
Of each whether ever, while they were in
that office, was unluithful in my duty to them,
the people, or the Statcs
Among my friends who have been either
Secretary Of State, Attorney General, Trea-
surcr, or Canal Commissioner, were Christie
| phcr Morgan, E. W. Leavenworth, UpEatio
Ballard, Jacob Haight, G. II. Barstow, E. G.
SpauldiuE, Philip Dotshiemcr, Ogden Hoffman,
Ambrose L. Jordan, Chas. G. Myers, D. S.
Dickinson, $. 3. Ruggles, s. Newton Dexter,
| G. H. Boushton, Asa Whitney, Charles Cook,
Henry Fitzlugh and Thomas Cloves.
While my party was IN minority tried
hard to elect such men as Francis Granger
and jesse Buell. to the office of Governor.
This being the way that tsnsed the power
OF the State" so far as have had any sucl
responsibility, leave 3!r. Robinson 10 de-
wa. ifl]nrloIsly affected, '-~'
As Journalist, at Albany, stood sentinel
over the Treasury M thIztrH~v years, uerrr
taking myself, OF allowing others 10 take, lrin
my power TO prevent It. an unlawful dollar.
listed between the eminent men hare named
and myself, during their terms Of service.
But Mr. Lucius Robinson, the only Conn.
tToller who has ever neglected his public du.
ties to promote his personal interests, and
who accepts q nomination from the Demo.
eralaG party before he has served ont the term
tor Which hc was chosen by the party he BE-
trays, affects to feaF contamination by as,oci-
nt!on with nc. And get, two DAYS after as
! signing this as reason for deserving the
Union party. encountcring Comptroller Rob-
@ lns9n , accidentally, he, with pTo1ercd hand
do, Mr. Wced:" With those WHO know ne,
il Is scarcely necessary to say that the hand
Which lad 70 recently rcekcd with foul per
koEM ca1umny, was spucued.
When the Democracy, utterly dcmoralizcd
end broken down by its disloyalty during the
,Tar, and conscious Of It's weakness, deter
mined to borrow our principles and .rumagc''
about FOR candidates among politicians "iay-
ing round luose," they naturally stumbled
over Comptroller Robinson, who was up
''For Cowes-and market" In taking "ns-
sorted" candidates, with "Black Rcpub-
lican" at the head, and a "Know Nothing" al
It's tail, they betrny their conscious weakness.
Those Of us who know the Democracy as a
party, and Democratic politicians indidualIy,
know that neither e7et consented or would
be coerced into an outside nomination, with
the "Ehost Of a chance for elcction.n That Is
not ''usnge" Of the party. In what Comp
tro1lcr Robinson remembers as days Of the
'epaTty's glory docs he suppose that Demo.
Gratis who hare been so long t'out in the
cold,n would allow him, Gen. slocum and
Alr. Perrin to WITH themselves at their ex-
pcnsc: The Democracy Is simply trying an
experiment. It looked hopeful for a few days,
but their barometer has been falling rapidly
for three wceks.
The Union party, meanwhile, united upon
coed ticket, and conscious Of its integrity
and Its strength, rely confidently upon the in
tcl1sgence and patriotism Of the people for its
elect1ub. TUCRLow WEED.