The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-27
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From a. NCl6 York TTMsI,
The autobiography OF Mr.. Thurlow
Weed OF which the people have heard
E9moEs from time 10 time, we are pleas.
GO 10 learn, 10 progressing a. rapidly IS
Mr.. Weeds health will permit. It
promises TO be one OF the most Interest.
inH photographs every published In
Ibis country, with the angle exception
Of FfanklIn's, and, on the historical
slde, VIII have greatly the advantage
OF thAt precious fragment. ItS publica.
tIon may not be Immediately looked
Tor, but we have had the advantage OF
reading some portions OF II, and have
received permission to publish the &c.
count OF an incident which will be
found equally curious and Interesting
10 readers whose recollecIlonB extend
over q period OF halfA century, as we'll
a. 70 The younger generation. The fol.
lowing 10 the extract:
I'm 1917 there was q disastrous split
IN the Republican party Of this State,
Governor Clinton heading one faction
and Mr.. Van Buren, the other, A po~
lltlcal and personal warfare OF unusual
vifolencs characterized the campaign
OF that year. Mr.. Clinton, an able and
vltuperaGive writer, assailed the lead
ere OF the opposite side through the COL
umns OF the New York Columbian and
Albany Register. William L. Marcy,
then young man, and others, replied
through the columns OF the Albany ar.
gus. One morning vehement article,
highly dsnunclatory Of Governor Clin-
ton, provoked note from the Renlle>
man assailed 10 the editor OF the Argus,
demanding the name OF the writer, Mr..
buel, the editor, handed the note 10
Mr.: Van Buren,, who invited Mr.. Chas.
Z. Dudley, Mr.. William L. Marcy, Mr.,
Benjamin knoWer, and Judge RoRer
skinner 10 his house that evening,
While they were discussing the
embarrassing question which GOV.
esnor ClInton's note had raised,
the servant brought Peter q. LIy-
iugStone to the library. Mir. Gin
ton was at the time Governor Of the
State, while Messrs. Van Buren, and
Livingstone were members OF the Sen
ate. The conversation, as Mr.. Living.
stone discovered, was interrupted BY
his appearance. He said, In his usual
bruEque manner, You are talking se.
crsts here, and have interrupted YOU.
Nj. Van Buren, replied, 'Goysrnor
Clinton has demanded the name OF the
writer OF the article In this mornings
argus, and we were talking OF the Pc
culiRr aWkWRrdneSa OF exposing The
writer There 10 nothing peculiar
about It, responded Mr.. Livingstone,
nor need there be any embarrassment.
Send my name 70 Mr.. Clinton Mr..
Van Buren, remarked, This Ia no occa-
sion for triaing, Nj. Livingstone. You
know what Mr.. Clinton means by his
demand Yes, sir, replied Mr.. Liv.
ingstone, i do know, and II 10 Just what
mean. have long wanted shot al
the - rascal ParsistinR In the
avoWal that he was the writer, and in
the request that his name should be
given up, they finally yielded, and Mr..
Buel was instructed accordingly. At
late hour the parties separated. just
as the day daWned the following morn.
Ing Mr.. Van Buren, was awakened BY
q violent application oil his knocksr,
and, looking ont Of his bed room vim
dow, a voice, which he recognized as
Mr.. LlvlnRstons's, Inquired, Is that
you, Van BurenP On receiving Q re-
spouse In the affirmative, Livingstone
said, Let meln.' Mr.. Van Buren, threw
on q wrapper, opened The door, and
showed his visitor into the cold parlor,
Mr.. Livingstone said, What the devil
were you talking about last night when
came inF Mr.. Van Buren, replied,
We were talking about your attack on
Governor Clinton In the Argus Mr.,
Livingstone. using q strong expletIve,
rejoinsd, i won't stand that. You
can't father your paintings on me,
l had been dining, and was drunk
when you took advantage OF me- This
rendered Il necessary to reassemble the
council OF the previous evening, The
real embarrassment was this: The ar
tlcle had been written by James King,
q Young lawyer from Orange County.
who had just obtained the consent OF
william James, warm personal and
political friend Of Governor Clinton's,
70 marry his daughter, under pledge
himself e1ciuslYely to his profession.
And now, ostore the marriage was cele>
brated, Mr.. King had written a most
abusive attack on bis Intended father
in-lAw's Intimate friend. Amer much
and anxious consideration Il was decid.
ed that Mr.. Knower should call on Mr..
49RAOA AO"AbcluI nuLuhl IEleQU OF
Mr.. James and Governor Clinton, and
eudeavor, by stating some exteunatInR
circumstances, 10 appease Mr.. James.
ThiS, however, was no easy task. for
Mr., James was OF a stern and impllca-
BILE disposition. But Mr.. Tow nseud
knew his man drove him up to Water.
ford, drank Two or three glasses OF gin
and water, and succeeded In smoo thing
over the difficulty. Mr.. Townsend then
proceeded to lay the whole matter
frankly before Governor Clinton,
whose sense Of the humorous was
touched by the awkward position In
which Mr.. L!vingstone's sudden beIlig.
ereHcy had placed his friends, sand By
the extreme dellcacy Of Mr.. Kings do.
nestle relations. He good naturally
withdrew his note, and took no further
notice OF the subject. In 1862 l asked
the late John Van Buren, II he had ever
heard his father speak Of this incident,
which l had commenced relating to
him. BE soon stopped me, saying that
ne had had many hearty roar over
the affair, and that he and his brother
intended to make II the subject OF q
chapter in the forthcoming memoirs of
his father. He expressed his surprise
that l, q political opponent, should
have learned the secreS OF this memo
rable conclave.'