The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-25
THuRLOW WEED.
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ticlan Of note, speaks leeciy Of the .indisposon
q nr Tnurlow a weec wbsch took him g Europe
back, and ~ improve1 health.
THuRl0w wH,ED's GOLDEN ExPERiRNcE
again in poitics; but hope mat he may long be
spared to us Io enrich our practical statesnanship
Win ns Golden experience, his sagacious, able IN
teitecl and patriotic cOunsels
HIS UsRFULNEss IN WASHINGTON.
And am glad TO learn that Y Is MI. Weeds pnr-
~, spenn nome q ms ns are %
VIII he welcomed. We know that ne win be useful
MS SHINING SOCIAL WORTH.
have personally known IhurOw Weed for thirty
wears, and am glad TO be among the host OF those
who are living 10 testify 70 his personal upright
ness to his active and enlarged philanthropy tol MS
nnseIfsh klndnesses to his fellow beings and 10 his
shining social worth.
For very many years Nj. Weed has been q central
figure in the nation And this position he made for
himself by a combination OF qualities which, when
they exist Invariably force their possess0r INTO pro-
Minence and leadership.
WEEDS FASCINATION AND REPuasANcE
Politics always appeared to have fascination for
Mr.. Weed, while, strange TO say, public official po-
Sion has always seemed 10 disgust him. His con
sent could never be obtained to hold any oice. So
far has he carried this repugnance that we do NOT
lieye that any immediate member OF his family has
held once.
ne pIsrENsRs PATRONAGE
And ret Mr.. Thurlow Weed has probably dispensed
more patronage local and national, than has any
man during Mr.. Weeds term OF life. More or less he
has had the confidence OF all administrations In his
day, state well NATIONAL and some or these he
hos controlled in important respects.
HE Is A BoNAPARTE.
His great influence we believe, has always been
welded In a liberal though exacting spirit. Prompt
ami discerning was BOnaparte to discover merit,
fidelity and talent in the ranks OF his party Mr..
Weed has advanced scores OF prominent
who, without lin, would not have come forward
through the obstacles which bashfulness rawness in
political affairs and the tyranny OF an Old regime
forever nterpose against the progress OF ingenious
youth. And he has adhered closely as their
shadows To old and true friends.
SHOOTS DEsERTERs.
Like all such men, Mr.. Weeds will has been felt
at times despoticaliy. His party discipline has been
rigid. lie shot down deserters. His public con-
science was always with his party, and his party as
he interpreted their aims, like his country was, in
his judgment, forever right, and the only agent fit
10 be trusted with the influence OF strictly political
patronage.
HE HAS his oUARRELs BY THE wAYsIDE.
Mr.. Weed has had his quarrcls oy the way side, Int
even Horace Greeley must admit that he is much
indebted 10 the kindness and efforts ofMr Weed in
the olden time Mr.. Weed, like Mr. Seward could
never he made 10 see that the exceeding fondness OF
Mr.. Greeley for ..smsn was OF much use in party
leader, nor could Mr.. Weed perceive that official
life was well adapted TO that prominent journalist
are the duties in whose exercise he shines FORTH
In respect to ability, in The front line OF political
writers.
MS PROFOUND RESPECT FOR GREELEY.
But fOr all Mr.. Greeley's conceded good and useful
qualities we know that Mr. Weed entertains the pro,
Attorney General, who, however, never needed nor
asked aid other than his rich requirements and
larged mind achieved, must remember gratefully Its
earlier days with Thurlow Weed.
WEED AID RAYMOND As DAMON AND pYTHIhs
Aud Mr.. Henry J. Raymond, a. we know, VIII
and patronage from the same hand, when such helps
were most essential 10 him. We give these noted
Illustrations from hundreds OF the IKE IN quality,
though not In degree, Which occur to uS.
WEED ~ A STATESMAN AND A MAN FOR THE DAY.
Mr. wesd Is a statesman What we call states
man bears The same relation to the aRitations of
parties which the commander or ship bears to The
winds ana the waves. lie Is q man for Inc day. \
the situation clearly, and who takes the common
sense and instant way TO make the most and The
besi 81 u.
NE rAcHs OCCASIONALLY.
Not frner, BY any means who would go 10 any
popular extreilc, but a leader who is always after
the END proposed by his conscience and judgment,
hui who lacks when TO tack Is TO gain point and
who crowds all sail Tor MS port when the skies are
In this respect Ills is very mucn like the
OF Mr.. seward and the statesmanship OF
Abraham Lincoln.
HE 0raHr 10 BE IN OFFICE.
II is 10 he regretted thar MIR. Weeds mind has not
been garnered M in public place. He might have
ned almost any office, II he would, within the GIT
of the people.
Mr.. Weed has always delighted in journalism. In
peculiar department Of public writing he has not
been eXcelled. Pangency, forecast, philosophy,
practical policy are fairly cranmed into his para
graphs and short articles Many OF his contributions
are graceful AMI beautiful.
ars LETTERS FROM EUROPE.
His 'Leifers from Europe viii always be rcmeln.
pnhc men have made his journal. III IL record, "a
gallery or living pictures.
ms Delicious "REMINISCENCES.
HE occasional "reminiscences are delicious read
Ing Drumming WIN description, with nice criticism
ana oxerd1wing affection. U Mr. weed would write
ourapk any political BOOK We know OF III Usefulness
and interest
For many years u his long and uscfrl life Mr..
Weed pursued politics with no thought Of gam He
declined all participation ~ contracts and The like,
" hch are perfectly legitimate IN al unofficial white
his parse seemed open 10 al Ills needy friends, until
finally In hls latter days ne found himself 81
cramped that he gave some Afternoon 10 securing an
III nAs BEl.v rxrLoRrD wirH LIGHTED CANDLES.
put no successful artemp' OF angry parts-slthouph
his he in gh,s regard has been fairly explored with
lighted caniies-has succeeded N fastening ,ainl OF
so! on his business conduct
uE THROWS HIMSELF INTO THE BREACH.
when inc war threatened MIR. " eed threw himself
into the breach pachcator. he saicd Tor Europe
70 DO what he could 10 assure foreign Powers OF the
dnal success Of the Union arms and 10 all the
world abroad that our Union II states would prove
70 lie iulprcgnable aS against rebellion, anc as
against any foreign in;erventlon and the good
which he did his country IN this way perhaps can
nH STICKS 10 ANDY JOHNSON.
So when the rebellion closed Nr " eed declared
for the nearest route TO restoration. lie stood on
the Lincoln. Seward and finally on the johnson
Philadelphia convention PLATFORM whore he battled
NJ long struggle was useful, when he bent ifis
energies 10 the point OF conserving the Union party
throllgh the leadership of General Grant.
iIE IL LIKE GRAkT-"yEgr LIKE WHALE
And Grant and Need are not unlike In qualities
and In patriotism Both are blunt, practical men,
who TOOK the AFFAIR OF the nation la business
way: nen who love the country, ana who desire to
restore IL In any mode that preserves the consttn
zion and union with the rights of all concerned.
without regard 10 ''fuss, feathers red tape and num-
Inerv.r Both know men. Grant knows them in
stnctjvey aud 10 this gut Mr. Weed adds the largest
personal acquaintance with our leading men OF any
man now alive.
uE pols Sor PARTICIPATE N GRANTS sscnEr
COUNCILS
Joc't know now have drtitcd into TITS most I'M
perfect letter about Mr.. weed. But do not regret
that II II written, all unworthy OF his life ny this
gDadnwy sketch Of II H. Certainly, have no desire
Nv this letter 10 assume Tor Mr. Weed any influence
or participation In the secret councils OF General
Grant or to give the party hacks OF the press an o
poyt9nity 10 say the old slang That Mr.. Need wants
10 control Tho administration. What rnelr relations
hre have no means Of knowing.