New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-28
when letter came informing me that time had
made no change ia her affections, to which fepiiod

IN similar terms. ., INV ~ the nru
Dental considerations which restrained many then
| and which restrain many more nov, Ho,n oo,
| tracing n similar Jie had, when the ceremony
| was over inst money enough to take my young
| wife TO Albany, where. with good health strong
hands, and hopeful hearts We oo,h wen onr bonse
hold goods did not exceed two hundred 9oIlaIs ~
this fortunate marriage am indebted Tor as inucl
| hanpiuets as usually falls to the lot OF man, ann
very largely for whatever of personsl success anu
| pecuniary prosperity / have since enjoyed oHe
than divided our isnors, cares anu and good
management must have been smPWieckeee u.ii1mS
the first fifteen years OF trial. Wheh. rom o uo
| changed circumstances and conditioh 10 was ; ~
longer necessary for her to pursue her lao9Iiou
habits she still insisted on performing many unu,I
ordinarily transferred to servants; r bons.hoid
| affairs. were virtues which did not possess ana
their presence in her saved us from disaster. . ..
| After severe illness OF several moDth JusO 90
| the SIM was rising one morning, and sat atcnihg
| nv her bedside she reminded me that IL was the
from her finger the ring which had placed on u;
4 forty wears before, she put 1t on mine, saylng
shalt not live through the day" We had a1t thres
da"gbters remained to me after my wife had
| followed HIM. $4,000 ~,
In referring to the Constitution of: 1921, Mr..
Weed sxp,essed fears of the operation OF universal
suffrage:
took strong ground against the adoption OF that
constitution for while l approved OF many OF lts
| provisions dreaded the effect OF extending ana
rheanenino suffrage. While IL was evident that the
| constitution would be adopted continued my
onnos,tion to the bitter END / had great yenera-
ton for the opinions of Mr. Jefferson and pelevne
with him that large cities are ulcers Oh the pouy
politicn fesre1 then. as have ever since ieare1
| That universal suffrage would occasion universal
political Generalization. and ultimately overthrow
| our Government. With such convlctons was
willing to incur all the responsibility oI teoisune
| popular deluson.
No circumstances in Mr.. Weeds long and interest
| ing career was more frequently commented upon
than the fact that he was not an oficeseeker, He
| served two years in the Assembly, and was also
State Printer for two three years, but he never
held or sought any other public office. His auto
| biography gives for the first time, as he says
| his explanation of his repugnance to office
| He had given nearly his whole time TO
| the effort in 1924 to unite the Adams and Clay
| members of the Legislature in favor of Mr.. Adams
in the choice Of electors to carry him into the
House of Representatives as one of the thee high
| est candidates to be voted for. and he had been
| successful. He says:
am tempted here TO relate an incident wholly OF
| q personal nature, containing however, moral,
possibly be of service to others mad given nearly
the whole of my time from prl TIL December 70
| the Presidential question. ! had attended tw3
the electoral college had travelled twice pretty
thoroughly throughout the State, and With the ex-
S SHp5iRn of of as H aSi York. wholly
own eIpense. To defray these expenses had Dor
rowed two hundred aud fifty dollars of Mr.; Lewis
| Benedict of Albany, and one hundred OF General
Walter Cunningham, Of Poughkeepsie | paid the
| money borrowed of Mr.. Benedict with interest,
sv mot Of enaSng
| discharge my debt to Mr. Benedict, and TO pay my
BOARD my political friends in the Legislature signed
a letter addressed to Mr.. Elisha Dorr, Of Albany.
one Of the electors saying that 1T was owing to my
| personal zeal and efforts that an Adams organlza-
| ton had been effected in the State. that had con-
/ zt,y 90 hn nntnf hat ~
| and Clay members of the Legislature, a union to
| which the State and the Nation were indebted Tor
the defeat Of the Regency and the CtawGpt p, pat Ky
| messenger TO carry their votes to Warrington
| When the electors assembled, the venerable Ebene-
| Lieutenant Governor John Taylor, Of Albany, was
| appointed to supply that vacancy. Governor ay-
| lor, always distinguished for his hospitalites,
gave the electors an entertainment; and before
| they left his house, and while under the influence
| OF his oysters, confts and champagne, MI. john
| TAYLOR Cooper. grandson OF the lieutenant
| governor, was announced a suitable gentleman
as ger to convey the electoral vote 10 wash
inaton. Governor Taylor. not originally on tne
electoral ticket knew nothing Of the arrangements
| with references to myself. Mr.. Dorr. to whom tho
letter of the members of the Legislature had been
| intrusted had lett before young Mr. cooper was
| announced as candidate. Mr.. BurnhGm. Of
| Cayusa informed the electors urder what clrcum-
stances was candidate but Governor laylor
other considerations, and by general consent M.
| CoOper's appointment was acquieseed III. IN tne
|
| endeavored TO secure my appointment, but 1t was
| too late. When the question was takon the vote Oh
the Adams men R Ras sy of MEME Conny him
| self an elector received the vote OF the CRAWFORD
electors. As there was no choice on the hrst ballot
| Mr.. Russell succeeded, by strong personal appeals
| in securing "A majority on subsequent ballot. So
that the vote OF the State OF NewYork III favor oil
| Mr. Adams was carried TO Washington by Craw-
This disappointment more crushing TO me than
the loss of a much more exalted place under other
..x11 hann .ln
| d,spujsev AS an office seeker thenceforward
| was discharged, cured" To the question when
has been thousand times asked bnt never before
responded to, why never accepted once. this Is
| nv answer. From the day that shameful injustice
was practsed, | have had an aversion ana
| repupnance to office, which neither time, change
| nor conditions have either overcome OF WoaKeheh'
| 1t was also fact of some interest that, though
| welding special influence in politics both stats
| and National for many years. Mr. Weed never had
| the slightest facility speaker. lie thus DO
scrlbes his first attempt in the Assembly OF 1879:
Inever possessed the power 10 speak IN public
on the stage This defect has been the cause oil
frequent embarrassment and modification, Tor
| there have been many occasions when II would
have been both proper and pleasant to have been
| even moderately giited with the power OF speech
| making Aware of my jnfrmity. of course never
| attempted to participate in debate; but on one
| occasion, when bill which reported myself from
standing committee of which ] was member,
was in committee OF the whole. member desired
in regard 70 b the an% desired
though proper was very simple; and II 1t bad been
| asked for in committee-rOom. or informally. In
the presence of dozen Or twenty persons, should
have given 1t without the slightest embarrassihent
And. forgetting myself for n moment rose TO
renlv. Before utterng a dozen words, however |
became confused then stammered. snd soon,
finding myself utterly incapable of proceeding;
ended in q regular middle. This WAS my hrst ana
last attempt. either in that House or in the
Assembly of 1880, when was again member
When Governor Clinton declined President
Adamys tender of the mission to England, General
Tallmadge decided to ask for it for himself. and re-
quested Mr.. Weed to 20 to Washington for thatpnr-
pose. This was his first glimpse of the President:
Having heard that the President was III the habit
of bathing early every morning in the Potomac. l
! 4 nd lad do wp IN ma %