The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-21

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Gardner 70 be his law partner.
ARFHuR's SETTING DOWN.
They looked at several towns in growing
parts Of tina West, but thought their oppor
tuuitles would not be 50 good as Hthey
came back to the City Of New York. Ar
thur was good looking, and be became &c
quainted with the widow and daughter Of
Lieutenant Herndon, OF the American
Navy, Virginia people.
William Lewis Herndon had been
drowned In 1857, at the age Of forty.iouF,
on the ship Central America, which he
commanded, He was born In the town
where General Washington's mother died,
and in the vicinity Of which Washington
was raised, Fredericksburg, and was the
brother.in-law Of Lieutenant Maury, the
Virginia rebel and scientific man. Hen-
don explored the Amazon river, and had a
high reputation when the Central America
sunk coming from Havana TO New York
with 324 passengers and nearly one hundred
sailors and 100000 in gold treasure.
Herndon was as cool aS May morning, and
when the few who survived saw the ship
60 down he was standing on the wheel
house, some say, with cigar between his
teeth issuing orders. For many years, or
until the rebellion broke out, he was the
popular hero OF the United States. The
Hemdon family Is one OF the best in Vir.
ginia. BY Miss HerndOn, whom he married,
General Arthur has q son, fully grown,
His wife died only about one year before
he became Vice President, Although a
Stalwart Republican in almost every sense,
General Arthur, through his wife, has the
best Southern connections. He ought 70
BIO National President,
A YOUNG SEWARD.
It has been said, with good reason, that
General Arthur compelled the concession,
on the street railroad cars, for colored peo-
pie 10 ride,
The Fourth Avenue street Railroad, New
York, which belongs to the Harlem Steam
Railroad Company, undertook one day 10
put black woman off, 1t was done with
violence, and she applied to Arthur, who
brought suit, and got q verdict Of $500
abainst the company. The next day after
this verdict an order was posted up In the
cars allowing colored people to ride Pre-.
yiOusly, throughout the immense l,ngth OF
New York Island, only one railroad allow
ed black people to be passengers, and then
only in particular cars.
William H. Seward, in 1880, was con.
Cerned In his first slave case, that which
turned his attention to the politics OF anti.
slavery, A requisition from Virginia was
made upon Governor Leonard In that year
for three cOlored seamen who had con.
Cealed slave in their vessel, and brought
the slave to New York. The slave had
been surrendered; the ignoble blood
hounds now demanded his fellow.negroes
and friends, The Recorder OF New York
City would not honor the reputation Of
the small Virginia Pharaoh. This chap
then impudently called on the Governor
Of New York to override the Recorder
and Judge In the law. Seward
made the grand argument thrt
acquisitions, under the Amer
lean Constitution, must be made for real
crimes against civilization, NOT crimes
made arbitrary by . petty Rbrtiol Of man.
kind, such as rescuing a brother from STAY.
cry No Virginia could pursue the hi.
man race after declaring u portion Of Il in
derelicton, 4 debt prisoner could not be
pursued into New York from Pennsylya.
MIA Why then should q slaye.deliverer
be pursued into New York from Virginia.
All that Virginia did by pursuing the case
with her sprigs OF lawyer politicians was 10
make Seward q great parsonage. lie re.
tired awhile from Office, only TO become,
after reappearing, a phenomenon.
General Arthur's connection with the
Lennon case, 4: ! !S;1, Was very much ike
Stewards position eighteen years earlier.
II INVOLVED the Eight Of masteB IN ship
slaves from border States through the free
port Of New York. Ie was the associate
Of William NJ. Evarts, opposing Charles
0'Conor for the slave.shipper. But | will
not dwell on thIs case
His spmi:p1lltical connections as q law.
yer had passed out OF the public mind
when Chester A, Arthur became involved
In a dispute with the Administration OF
Hayes and Sherman, Yet Arthur's polti.
cal record was by no means short or scanty.
He was not exactly q founder Of the Re.
publican party in New York, but was one
Of the younger men who assisted To form II.
In 1854, when the Nebraska policy Of
Pierce's Administration became unpopu.
lar, the beaten Wings In New York State
led by Seward, Weed and Greeley, called
an anti.Nebraska Convention at Saratoga
which adjourned to Auburn, Stewards
home, where, after debate, II was con.
cluded to retain the Wing machine, hut to
be ready for new party movement, The
consequence was The election Of Myron H.
Clark, 70 be Governor and Henry ]. Ray.
mond Lieutenant-Governor. Clark sue.
ceedCd Horatlo seymours first term in
1855,
Tile next year, while the Wings still
struggled 10 keep their organization, two
Conventions meta Syracuse, one made up
Of Anti-Nebraska Democrats, and presided
over by Reuben Il. Fenton, the other
straight.out Republican, led by John A..
King and Edwin D. Morgan. II was here
that Arthur took possession under Nor.
gan, like himself native Of New England.
The Morgan Republicans were beaten.
Nj. King became Governpt, however, IN
1857, did two Years after afterwarl Nor.
gan was elected. There 'haye since been
three Republican Governors Of New York,
Fentonl pix and Cornell, and four Demo
cratic qoYeTpofs, Seymour, HOFFMAN, TIL:
pen and Robinson,
MoR0AN's BOY.
Edwin D. Morgan, without having lite
rary or speaking abilities, was a level.
headed man, Of rather phlegmatic tenn.
permanent, perfectly sincere in HE Views
against slavery and In favor OF the Union,
II necessary by war. He was a dealer In
groceries, produce, sugar, &C., and had
made considerable money, but his most
important enterprise was IN consolidating
the New York Central Railroad, which
gave him bias toward Albany. When
elected Governor he called in various young
men TO make ready for The, tAteaIeadd war
the State militia, an important feature Of
New York State institutions. The militia
here. ie well kept up and e
finder rigid State Supervision. Nor.
gan successfully made Mr.. Arthur
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