The sun., 1873-10-07
THL C0RRrpTION or TnN TTaEs
MIR. ThurIow Weed on Mes~r-. Nnttoon.
Baker and kemble.
From he AlbdHv Ecerin0 journal
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From he A.bdnv Eeerino Journal
IT has been my habit for more than fifty
yeprs to interfere, both In tho nominations and
the elections. for and against good and bad men
ference" that the interests aud welfare Of the
state and the people, during that nILy years,
Clinton, Seward. Fish. Hunt, King and Morgan.
To such Interference" more recently, the
sti more recently @ such m aIntcrference I suggest
ed the nomination of Benjanln d. Sullmau for
Attorney ioneTa and aided that u Mr.. Ibaycr.
add what l. probably already pretty well known,
that ] haye been earnestly Interfering Tor
two or three months In favor Of the renpminI-
uOn Of "A tJmptroler who stands up hOnestlN
aud fearlessly to protect the state Treasury
against thc ralac,ous designs OF individuals aud
The motives that rrcrp, such "intericrence"
lead nc, on tive other hand. 20 far az my health
aud strength permit, to orp isc the nominal on
/ and election Of unworthy men for citizen
who is not "a reJdy to oppose hnd mon t.
support good ones DISCHARGES but haf oi the
dlty he owes to his country.
Ia l.i,, when Ahner e. Mattoon was p'rrhaa-
ing his way into the senate with the W,uct he
had received for brihes In previous lepi4la-
! ture, | appealed e. tho RebuNiica M Uf b=WegU
and Madison. to reject an unworthy Repre-en
! tGtivc. Instead OF exporting pud dclUuu"i NJ
huttOon the Republican journals of that di =
! trict turned their batteries uppu me. MatOun
! WIS elected. But the cha tlsriucut Of his con-
stituenis. ms wen "a NV own virdirn'ion. cnfre
m the ihvos,gation disclosing bfinerics aud "''-
| ruption, winch involved the senator, ms u,5-
trlCt and the state in coWu'n III. race.
History Ia nuN cudessurlnR To- repeat it-"lf in
the district com pu-Dd of Rensselaer, and Wa III
'u4tol. IL the hopc Of aveuing other dis fr4If-
able dcyolupmcnt-. ! wrote a letter to an oii
personal and political friend in W .shinstou
county, which. though not intended for Iuuil-
cation. found it, way into print, and has pro-
vpkcd the ccn7uics ~ Journals at Troy and Al
banv, each imputing unworthy motives.
Two years ago. Mr.. Baker, whom had not he
ioie seen, appealed to me, as the son Of an ola
tN ilington county friend, Tor = favorable no.
ttce IN the tmts u his nomination for senator.
Thinking well Of his father, and having no rea-
son TO think otherwise OF the son. | yielded Ia
hl- request. Had h. proved hiWself worthy Of
the favorable opinion then formed ana eX-
pressed, Cs rtainly should not oppose lis re-
nomination; for | now but very rCiuC an ly
"iuteritrc" with nNbudy's nomlirfion or eiec-
ton. Indeed, It iS ouiy when rrnmpted by the
nope OF doing some good that allow myself TO
think OF act upon any political ucstiIn.
some thirty Years agU Senator from Rcnsse-
laer county tker.hlet aud another from MA-h-
in2ton county tBishup) were suspected OF onl-
cid mise ,uduCt. Tie mvesticauou which TIVE
senate ordered, while the testimony did not
positively establish the charges against them,
was of 80 damaging character thdt they were
driven by puhiic opinion from their seats in nc
senate into retirement from which neuuer
ever emerged. Then both the prcss aud the
people were scnsitiyely alive 10 tho importance
oi purity ~ legislation. NOW. one Of tho most
dis ourag.ug signs OF the times is found In the
TACT that the sousihLilcs of outraged constitu-
onts, ana the watchfuinesi and virilauCe vi the
.iesi have become strangely duled.
UTtltIOW WTEp