Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-12-02
ANECDOTES OF THURL0w WEED.
His First Meeting With seward a Good
Enough Morgan, etc.


The long uninterrupted friendship be
tween Mr. Weed and William II. Seward,
friendship which had left the impress
of It's potency on the history of the State
and nation. had Il beginning that was a
prophecy of the relation which the two
men sustained toward each other. Mr.
Seward had Just entered the practice of
law with Judge Miller. whose daughter
had been the magnet that attracted the
young lawyer to Auburn. In the sum
mcr OF 1924, Mr.. Seward with his pros
pcctiyc bride and the fathers and mothers
on both sides. were on pleasure eXcur-
sion to Niagara Falls i'll n family coach
While they were driving through Roches-
ter. then a village. an accident to the We
hcle let the whole party TO the ground
in the middle of the street A crowd Of
villagers Mt once gathered about to volun-
tecr advice and to enjoy the discontinue
of the travellers. 'Among the crowd, !"
SAYS Mr. Seward. tone taller and more
effective, while more diflercntial and SYM
patmZing than the rest. lent the party
assistance. The tall young man was
Thurlow Weed. who then literally put
his shoulder to the wheel. MS many time
aftrrWard he performed the same service
tiguratively when Mr.. Seward and his
political party needed to have their car Of
fortune rightcd The two worked to-
gcthcr for Cimtons election and when
the Anti Masons and National Repuhli-
cans came together the political alliance
of Seward and Weed was complete Its
first illustration in national politics was at
The Baltimore Convention in 1881, when
William Writ was nominated by the Anti
MasonS for the Presidency.
Mr. Weed was instrumental in contrib
utmg to our political parlance the say
ing Good enough Morgan until after
election. The good enough Morgan"
IS all that remains alive of the anti Ma
sonic agitation. About wear after Nor
gan was abducted body hoated ashore
on Lake Ontario, and il was seized on by
the committee that was investigating the
case i, the remains Of Morgan. Soon M-
terward, however. ii was decided that the
body was that of man who had gone
over Nia@ara Falls. Mr. Weed was then
asked what he would do now for a Nor
gam to which hc replied That is a
good enough Morgan until vou bring
back the one vou took away The OPP
position newspaper at Rochester, he al
ways insisted, made the reply rs we have
it TO this day Mr. Weed for many years
dislilcd to- have the words attributed to
him, because in their origin they were
coupled with the charge that he shaved
the whiskers from the face of the drowned
man III order to make it appear more like
Morgan. The saying ncvcrthcl s. sug-
gc-ts thg political genius of its reput 4
author
The story is told that at one time Gov
cruor Seward was riding with stage
driver, when the latter inquired who his
passenger was. On being told that he
was riding with the Governor lie refused
to believe it, Arriving at a tavern, Mr..
Seward asked the landlord to assure the
driver that he had the Governor Of the
State on the box with him.
= But You are not the Governor, " re-
piled the tavern-keeper
Wei, if L am not the Governor, who
is 2 inquired Mr. Seward
Why, Thurlow Weed, " was the reply.
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