The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-05

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THuRLoW WIKI

IHUhIsoN NEkD.
Mr.. Weed Il tai, broad. shouldered,
strong.visaged man, with a clear, pier.
cling gray eye, and that sort Of manner
which y eminenfly magnetic IN con.
versation, not 10 much by what Il says
as by how we'll It Listens, appreciates
and creates sympathy. He has bold,
strong. manly way OF approaching
men Of position, and skill In appearing
sagaclous and enterpflsink fueether.
His advice has been solicited and me
quently found 10 be worth Considering
by men as high ns Mr.. Lincoln. In
political questions he has ahfeWd In.
trospections, a8eeFtAined In 4 large
part BY actual inquiry, and his force In
iathominE character has made him
master OF the motives OF tho young, In
whom he claims 10 be warmly interest
%. HIS power1 are undoubtedly In
his selection OF adherents and his faith.
fulness 70 them, and In his persuasive
manner. His ostenalhle profession has
been Journalism, but his Journal was
generally q tender TO bis political en-.
CINE, and when he lost the partnership
Of Mr.. Greeley and the Tribune he was
also forced Into conservative place In
the politics OF New York, and there.
fore found himself minority with his
party.
Nevertheless, 30 supremely quick
were bis sagacltieA In human nature,
and 80 instantaneous his magnetism,
that he used TO 60 into conventions OF
Mr.. Greeley's own friends and revolu.
tionize on the brink OF action, SYRIA.
onse 10 a tablet OF his trlumphs, Mr..
Greeley's power has always been with
the people and effected by the pen; Mr..
Weed's with the politicians and
achieved In personal contact, Public
opinion has come around 10 believe
that Mr.. Weed Is not nicer Us 10 motive
than Mr.. Greeley as 10 courage and
judgment. Failure In the latter re.
specta make man publicly contempt.
bic; disregard OF means makes q man
ultimately suspected. With higher
moral purposes, Thurlow Weed would
probably have been the first politician
Of bis time. BE Is comparable 10 Cor.
nelius Vanderbilt In the larReness Of
his fellowships, bis command OF peou-
MARY means, and his general disregard
OF the people as q governing power.
But the constant company OF ones
dependents Ii apt to make a man fond
OF absolutism, and the constant exer.
else OF his wits 10 apt 10 make them
cheat him at last. Mr.. Weed has found
a lower stratum OF fellowship In these
later years than he used to keep, and
as the government Of the Republican
party has got closer TO the circumfer.
ence by the equally dItiused intelli.
gence OF lie masses, his strength at Abe
centre has declined. He engaged In
the disastrous experiment OF the Phil.
adelphia Convention, whereby his
client and creation, Mr.. Seward, Lost
eminence; and driven from his suprem.
acy In the State by the Radical Re-
publicans, he removed 10 the city Of
New York, where he sought TO combine
the Weed Republicans with the War
Democrats, and hold tho strings of the
city and the national revenues In New
York. The New York Times having
suffered materially by accepting his
inspirations, he bought the Commercial
Advertiser, 10 recover some place In
journalism. But for the permanent
disagreement between Mr.. johnson
and Congress, there is little doubt that
Mr.. Weed would still be the ruling
personality In the city Of New York,
where the main part Of the duties on
imports are collected. As 1t Is, his de.
pendepts are scattered through all de.
partments OF the city government, the
special State Commissions and the ma
tIonal bureaus. BE has never been
greedy Of money derived out OF Office
for his own uses, but Is accused of per-
hitting his political family to thrive,
Such Is Thurlow Weed, as the aggre.
gate OF opinion represents him-a
master spirit among politicians, with
power TO detect and govern motive,
and whose influence, whether for good
or evil, upon public life, another gene.
ration must probably determine. His
good traits are generosity, patriotism,
and the encouragement OF young men.
Certainly the worst affair he has been
involved In is this impeachment In
trigue, unless Mr.. Butler intentionally
creates a case against him. Butler has
been well abused In both the New York
Times and the Advertiser. His position
Is equivalent TO dozen newspapers, Us
everything he may say In Congress,
however insidiously, Is sure to get TO
the country.