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STANCES was the place to hn accepted. was
th"r Gn years Of arc, md had received far more
than my SHARE uf public htlte;. l lie tlrsa u
ssps,e Sot s evea ass1 II. S dce1ng ii + ".s s c.e
u, nc tn ue:rrt sh!s ptass'. sty wife raid
There arc talf-a-tlozcn te'earapiic astatehes.
tlo~n,stafts ; M fGr ro4 ! vent 41Sn-.t,ir,, nt"l
.l,on't say to anylrniy that YOU line thr
you W s''es'c.ser.' !, disratcI! Of IL snm1
will wn!s until t;rant gcts my letter n,"' knnws
fny fecl[hgs md views. alrI until he t!Dcs 50
will not open my mouth atput thia nf,itc.'"
THE CALL or nUrr.
Mr.. Fish related tut. II, quiet, gcn!al wav,
"The world" i,o aai,l, !: :worafrips a rising
star think hal mnrc friends that night
thnn ever had since. The news, was IN !l1c
evening paness. auut my loOr-a,cll tcgan 10 ring
tv well Filled with ra1crs. ! hcarri all their
congratulations fatlGhng1y or Eravcly, aud
tatd not''ing ont way or the Other about taking
"Tllc ,cxt ilay t;cn. Rabcocls arrived hero
with letter trn,n the President. / opened thu
letter In This room IN l,aruck's prcsetro nml
read It through, and said to hun: General.
my mind nron IT, Dabcoek began an nrgu-
,ncnt, and IEalEy *att to nc: Mr., Flth. the
President l1as ctnpnw' red mic to give yoll
ss s sfasD" feiisve h pc tc
told ,un sonicthinE whlr Il Sill private snnt-
ter. Wt.at Il wna, nj any rnte, made me scrIuus
nnt awakened tl'9 t',st1net NJ t'nts,up T., That
before whom always Ia, MI tl'inee nf Inner
ta,iec bcinre aeting.-tny wife, went uf-atairs
nni asksl Mts. Fis' !" e. ti'wn with mc; s!'e
sat where YOU arc sitting now, a'n! III ny
plncc. aud Gen. natcock uyer hsre. nlt thc Other
edc q! thu lire. as.ci Mr.. flsts 10 give faelI.
l.ab.z~k her views in her own wny. Size said
ll'at We could not aereI. t1c place: We could
,iot lys III Wasl,!nston City; TUT tln' nnd !.ad
TALKED Il over fully, a.tl wcr. Voluntarily 81 te
sarre opinion. then told ten f'abc,r; to re-
ncot to Mrs. Fish the private at1uH,cnt which
he had given n,e, ars'.1stng my Ideas of duty,
inc: You must tnkv it, tioluc to Washing:
ton was breaking up my plans 9nd rnutine, md
! hsnly usttrn,nrd 10 stay thre hut rev
weeks, ind relieve Grant, an'l help to ttraiehtcn
! tls u!iafrs, mil fhru 10 III huiic. ! lad no
1ousu IN Waslugtun, bnt In little whilc
thought would elyr TIN. appearance of stahi-
y to my tenure By tasug unc. ! took GoY,
Morcans iln1'se, my! though. to msself: NY
successor Tl take It 1rs.ul INC anyway n'lu re.
litye 1,lu 0E itlr TENT told Gcn. Grant that
Ut tile lasrat would ot!Iy stav with him until
,llr autt,un. 1]u; IN little while the rcsigna-
tons u,nl removals from that Cnhtuct were 30
Humorous thEt sau to myself: 1t would not
I've honorable for mo To rl,H AwHy frnnl tir1nt
too. Iht" Atl.n!nlstrailon presents ~ snSrta'
tors, perhaps, future IN ny threshold. There
rius Vt the Sasy. two Ut Tho Treasury; scycn nr
eight designations within IL uuarter. II tins
s,aic uf things goes on, tlac uoyers;neut w'st
| with f'runt, ut least until things 1wera inor.r9
on with ccntit!ci4cc. AMI tleru stared olght
years, Wishing to 70 home nil tllc tlme.'
Pthf.soR..
"Mr. Fish, were you ever Silvcr.t;my or a
WoolIs.]1eal, as t,ie Whl!s were 'iStlcd about
tl.e tItsu Ut your Gnyernnrahipt"
II noyer VA. n Sycr.tiray." said Mr. Fish.
'tnor did belong to the sewaralscs; was
nHolnst them, md Nus far d gneHl whte FREUD
nf Fillmore. lie WIS IN 1ny cabinet, aH we n,av
uu kent that MACE for several months, until llo
took hts scat us vice-t'rcsiient. When wrots
mr. tlrst lncssMgc. before llusi been na,l.n!atcd
us Governor, rallei ti!c State oliccrs, ,--Jfcas:
urcr, Attorley-t'cncral, CONTROLLER etc, ,-anl
read tile nesbagv. ~ IhcuI. III Il took t'n
position tnat all Territory We a's,l utalutrctl
on no consideration 10 tc subject to oscupa;;
Wien VIC u rsa tiis: "Yot, crat t. ,aSo t
stronger. That Is tho !cat'lue point, and don't
,nc,it, did not ih.nk II navlsahle 10 lln ttnra
tlau cnllncnte the view ~ ihu majority OF the
ucope Of Sew York. Fillmore saii asain lint
he thought 1t might 10 be stronger. The others
agreed with nc. an.l tt vns nut ,uatlrd. Yet
within twu years Atr. Fillmore WAS lnrnIu!. tll..
batteries nj hiB Misunderstanding IN nv, an'!
slaughtered nv fr'r,Itls, ctn,lse would not mp
plauh Mml i.nlorsa tha Fugitive Slave law.h
MANcY ANN witMnr.
Tho conversation turu!ag upun nt1sfra III
New York STATE tllnl,y wars nYu, Mr. Flh!t re-.
marked tut Slas Wright was lie abcst man
Mo% ns S S% i: .a Il Ny ~" xcrx t bu srr '
Marcy; Marcy, think, wa4 the strongest snn,.
We hu,n hH1 altogether. llui Wright ":ts next. u
'!I9;v y 1t ti'at you. q Wl''x' think 80 high
II always admired hls Itrlotlsn mn! strcngllI
OF character. It Is true tIMit lIc WIS ra!rr re-
lcllttcss partisan, but not fur scjtsh results
Marcy hc!ievs'i that ~ larir rcsEsnns!elIlty lay
lufty Md well a,cnnt lor hts tlules III our
lurci4l. polie; he was. mvurlilnE 70 my 0iarrya-
tim. .h' wfer Of l'n. very best t'isIatellcs ever
ln.ii,c.l by III American secrstary. Theirs 10 a
nerve, meaning. and ylGor IN l1Is compositions
which ulwnys lifted III thy lnil US citizen IL
read LIN iu Ills descnse Ut tllr Interests a'"l o'
liberty"
cun,stun.c " Alnrcy might llayc !eci ~, ANTI
Hluycry Democrat, Ur even liepnhtIranf
think heard p" successor of David Wl!mos
mi something like that"
a'That must Dc mistake" said Mr.: Fish,
~ don't thin1s Murcy coll'h have been Hepul-
Iiea, under tlu circumstances; kut he va. i
latrtotiu u,n1, aIHl, In such linex as NC inyG
TOR lie Union u'ul tbs results u t.m War."
WIlmot rroyisot'' naked Sir. Fish.
lle nswcrc.l hti,selt In moment; I" Sam
vIhtOAs lAaI WaA ult uHucFAtMl!u" n tHe
tmt."
"yot, mean Mrs. Admiral Dah1gsrn's father,
tic thin CunKresan,unt" I"
"Yrs; sun, VintoH. l}r WIS q Whlg from
, Ohio nlul one al tiEa strongest mnIs lIul Urst
1nlollc tncn from the West. The stOry WAS, lllal
ttutulI, knowing that u Whie cuultl nut pnea
any such tesulutipn, Slipped It 10 Nlluol. VIII!
proposed It. Wlllnut was q lisrnLnrnrr ut ttIr
time. 1t Is also said tint .Iaeob lsrinchrrs1Otl
claims to llayu written 1t, uml havc sunle" lerr
here Ills clain in l'sInt 1t Wan generally uudsr'
s.uod, however. tl!at v'nton sot up the resulu'
| tiun uIitl put IL In ~ tic proper Tine" y
| MKkNY ctAI.
, HAir Fish, wErl VI thu Old Whig leaders Ul
thirty years acu WAS YOUR tayorite,-clay, Web
| bicr, CorW!n, nr whut"
, "t}t, Clay"
, t4Uo yuit think lie holds the figure III fame
, that Ills frlumls e1pccteAs"
!" Cay,". said slr. Fish. "xas tyrant. THAI
t describes h!1n,--tsrant. While his aims ws's
| on natirra NJ uyrsulpl rQiIiigs, a.l hIs OWL