New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-24

t+,.,s . ,.,,-,l t,,'irg which sent Ir. Tlrflnw
,ctt,.l fan ai. Old scat iu t. oiice OF IA, tJ'ry
Ls..ig JouraL j, VAS only for single day. bu'
that day WIS thc nfuoth anniversary Of TIE
establishment 81 tho newspaper. THROUGH moirthah
TWO loppeoumus, Mi.Ncrd pleasantly di-cour,'d OF
trc lalor- tLr controversies, the icud,, ard above
all. the friendships, OF hi, long and s.eiu lic. Tie
La, no. much 90 say oi himself; there Is nothing
autobiorraphlc IA hs article; bu, lee has evidently
n most tenacious memory oi thc aimo. inuunciabie
friend. with W hom be has been associated OF yari-
ous opponents with whom he has couteudcd IN
,,,tirs. considerable paIt of his article is given
up 10 "a bare enumeration of ,her raue~. Ihe lapse
Of fine while Il ha. not IN the ea,t weakened Mr.
Wc,ps affections. has done much 90 soften hi, AMI
mo,.ti,s. Considering that during stormy period
lie wa. QUE Of the most earnest and outspoken
journalists Of the umc it IS pleasing to remark
thr mellow anabiiiy with which he ralIains from
.c,i,i,.r the memory OF old disputes. or from
.o much as mentioning the old hcstllttes.
IIo speaks of Martin Van Buren,, William J..
Marry Slas Wright. Edwin Croswell. and other
mcu,bers of the ALBANY Regency" with nothing
of ancient bitterness. This was an array OF men,
lie SAYS strong n purposes aud iuepIoachable IN
choractcr7 OF all the important characters whom
bc has known, M Wigs. Democrats OF Republicans.
that not name should be- forgotten.
If he passes over injuries silently, he has long re-
membrane OF benefits and obligations. This
marked characteristic OF the veteran political
v.r,,cr and manager Is not ROW exhibited for the
first time. It ia, been has habit to stand fast by
those WHO stood fast hg him; and # sometimes
friendship has been hrokcn on an intimacy dis
solv,d surh Observation-Disclosures have mt been COM
,,on enough TO disturb t'c general uilc.
Mfr Weed Is 90 much cu-ae'o in the article before
re IN writing ecrialy ot others, that hc forgets
r. say much about ha-'lG There lsnothng toiudi-
cafe except b, implication. ;aat. during the r'ntcr
mart OF tie lre.cnf century. hc has, by sheer force
If sasacty aho GOOD Judgment. nee" power hO.h
~ stntc and l'ionai poiica I'll" humble Cat XIII
nrintcr has 20 icl,. had ;l.r reputation oi making
and nnnaking the fortune =" man CELEBRATED roh'
,,ci,,,s and statesmen 81. i., tilac hc i. neither
.on,h, for place nor la- IT. with two o. tnrcr tx
co,,ious. been thrust upon him. lie has been tie
friend of the ambitious. lic has been thc inde-
rcudcnt nd, ser OF hs party. u" ha' asked nothing
u,ot coDld be considered a5 political reward. Tho
en0,,s bove NOT been for BIN. Ito has not been a
Marty MANAGER for the SAKE oi persona" proht or ele-
,,ato, Bnt ho has believed in his parry, and SO
believing. has been willing 10 spend aud "a De spent
in its behalf H. has had confidence in the ability
aud notriotism and honesty OF many public men, and
~ copGdinC he has lnborod Tor their advancement.
| r. This be not PATRIOTISM il wOuld be hard to say
/
what Is.
OF course there have leen and there still are
those who question Mr.. Weeds disintnrestedness.
The marty which he has often helped to defeat,
bv a fact and shrcwdness entirely out Of the COM
| man naturally has not been sparing in its abuse
| of him; and we suppose that there are great
many iil-informed persons who regard him as u
mere trickster and partisan manager. They have
not taken the trouble to inquire why he should
have been these; why he should have taken so
mnch trouble and maintained such lively interest
IN nublic affairs without seeking those rewards
which others naturally expect and angry at not
attaining As politicians they cannot understand
such disnterostedncss such labor for friends
such cheerful assumption of hard work OF which
Others have obtained the reward THIS is indeed, an
uncommon instance. Well may we wish thatlt were
less So With great abilities, with special capacity
for public affairs. with such opportunities as have
fallen to the lot of few, this venerable man still
lives AN example of dsinterestedness. of good
citizenship and of political sagacity uncontam