The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31

not TO run. believing that II would DO pefaeii
demonstration,, but when he found thnt - ME- l..
Clay was tho Whig nolninee he consented 10 ne
No proof was eyer bs eenpy to
Clay. but Mt that time most Of the politicians
believed that such was the fact. No o deter,
In New, York state. aud but little heed was
paid tc his candidacy ., =,
though GSy hnG s enre Go SeS York; ana his
frlands were wild with delight. but as returns
oeno from the rencter districts In the sth ais
wing town or perhaps score ~ that Wig
city had boon cast for Ditney. anxiety took ne
returns s shovel that Birnsy had cut into Tie
Whlg party sufficiently to put it in e nin2rity
and TO give ihe electoral vote Of New York
state to Polk by naltry 5000 -
Mn, Cl0? wrote a letter during, that csnyass
which became tay?ps as the Alabama Letter.
under sSGe c"nd ions. to the tie admission os
Texas az u state. II was an amazing letter Tor
Clay to write; and ii taught Thnllow Weed one
lesson which no clnpiias2cd lttCrMHtd ~.
height of folly Tor residential candidate 70
S %'o It IS rom mics o w sisy Ire w Wow
draw, strength ftor. the deposition. Gay
lag only OF the political enemy aai not oi MS
recruit from tie enemy. and Il cost hin. SO
Presidency.
THE LETTER TAYLOR WROTE.
That lesson. Mr.. Weed said, served him we'll
in the next campaign. II eyer one, IHh', noni-
mated laSh"ry Taylor. lie brought Taylor out
rs candidate In his paper. tho Alhnay Jour
nj at u time when almost al til: Wig 99liti-
CLAUS believed that the nomination would go
to either Gem, scott or nossibly TO Henry ,Glay.
and no pulled tho wires to bring the Wing
naminote i Taylor Vi" Weed d t"rn s to Miaid
Eillm2ors. who had unehpectsdly received tho
IN nr,A th.rn l.. Ia h,, n nvl far
writing In this chtoraign. You and hhye got
TODD 1t. There must be no moro Alabama
;, Therefore. Weed and Fillmore. william II.
Seward aiding got together and prepared Il
c9rreesnonLepce. The irst tixet up a letter
which somo inquiring friend was to send to
Con. Taylo and having prepared the INQUIRY.
It was not difficult to write the answer The
it said all things and said nothing. It was
worded to stop all other correspondence. and
yet t. give not wnfh G"ad be
declared that those wero his sentins nts.
signed it, and it went forth to the country aud
brought old Rough and Ready votes.
BuCHANAN's LUCK.
It was the luck Of inconspicuousness in Mr..
Weeds opinion, which brought the nonlina-
ton to james buchanan, in 1856. Buchanan
John II. forn"y Bani"i s f picknso oe' and and
other Democratic politicians wsro OF The opin-
ion that he tht ne h. ot n9nated hHn
and Insisted upon withdrawing. lie was avail
abb, because he was popular pennsylvaninn.
TO other reas N. i. tie opinion Of contem.
pornry potiti.iaus. Frank Pierce sent him as
Minister Mini to EnsIan,'. lnso doing he did the
candidate. out Of the country he was ont of
the hottie and animoslties were not centred
him DOWN. Thcrciorc. . wien tn rival "an%l.
oates VINE had neon promlnent wero not able
to fsen:e sufficient following the party turned
ing been away long enough to cause old ami
mositics to he forgotten.
SCENARIOS Ill. LUCK.
Mr.. Wee! always said that Seward would
have boon President instead Of Lincoln but
Tor his almost incidental association with the
American question. rs it WAS called Who
tho Senate. lie had been rathcr conspicuous in
he 9ppos.tion 70 the American movement, the
nos hn
In New York. because all who would have op-
posed him for that ren9on were hound to op;
Indiana COZ siderable nun ber Of tho citizens
had taken nm bragg at Gov: Seward on account
ncned that they were tho very ones on whom
the candidates for the Governorship in these
TIVE states relied tG their elections
ing the Incidents o. ,sewnrd's defeat Ii was
1850 was to nominate. Andrew q. Curtin, 't the IL,
cnnhidnte for Governor OF PENNSYLVANIA. and
naon in MAJ n RSn ns
seward became the Republican nominee Tor
the Presidency, they would probably laii to so;
f fTsS their ELECTIONS ms Governors. r and
si that e such s nomna s fe" SSna dr ass
over to tho other party tho So
called Gal9 American m9ysment As Indiana and
lieved that il they were, lost TO tho Republi-
can party IL October the national election
would be lost the following. month. Therefore
the pennsylyenia and the Indiana psoliticcians.
on Lincoln. who had not been identified with
the American movement. Thus what seemed
returned to plague Seward and mako it impos-
sible for him ever to be President.
THE FAILURES OF BLAINE
Mr.. Depew is OF the opinion that when the
future historian comes to write OF Presidential
that which relates to the strange and perverse
r nin OF ACCIDENTS which brought about
and prevented his nomination, when he could
have been elected. The accidents ut Cincin-
natl. such as tho trick by which an adjourn
ment Of the Convention was secured. thus CIV
against Blaine. and the petty personal anil
mositiesi which ho had created whlc speaker.
and dozen other little antnSonistic iniiu-
=, The, singular and abnormal development Of
tho third-term sentiment for Gen. Grant,
which prevented Blnine's nomination in 1880.
to tho and
mistakes. and blundors which came aii OF a
sudden in the last ten days o. his campaign in
1884. seemed to indicate that in his case.
more than In that of any other man who was
ever near to the Presidency. perverss chance
was greater force than extraordinary popu-
iarltY nnd pr9minent qualifications, for thnt
be. In Depews opinion. one Of tho most pa
L. J. EDWARDS.