Show THURLOW WEED LINCOLN is FRIEND now new york editor and statesman shown to have had his complete confidence AIDED IN SELECTING CABINET AA leader in politics of the empire state mr weed wes invited to springfield to talk over the coming presidents advisers pew aw traits of the character of abraham lincoln his appreciation of 0 a compliment his own estimate of oe his lil inaugural augural address and his insistence on telling the truth even though it were not only rin unpopular popular but aumill humiliating to himself are revealed in a letter of a long correspondence between him and thurlow weed first editor of tho the albany evening journal and aad for many years the republican leader of the otate the letter written by mr weed has not been preserved but it was in praise of president Lincol ns inaugural address and of his speech of notification fi but the answer Is in the possession of william barnes jr of albany chairman of the republican state committee and grandson of mr weed in it president lincoln expresses file opinion that the inaugural address will wear as well weil as or better than anything else be has haa produced it is not at all likely that the present generation will agree with his estimate odthe of the I 1 lasting ast I 1 ng qualities I 1 t les of th the a add addred ad dreg reul few persons now know jex except in tho the most general way what it was about while his gettysburg address has become one of the classless of the english language mr weed wits was one of the strong per of the convention at chicago chiago which romina nominated ted lincoln the head bead of tho the now new york delegation and la in charge of the campaign which had tor for its purpose the nomination io tot r william NV Illiam 11 seward generally regarded as the leading candidate the defeat of governor seward was a great disappointment to mr air wead and as ho he was preparing to leave the convention city he was asked to visit mr lincoln at springfield ho he did not do so at that time but went to iowa where he had planned to rest but on his bis way back to albany he did stop and had a five hour conversation with the nominee of his bis party it was that conversation that began ft a friendship that lasted through the life of mr lincoln and this last letter was one of many that passed between tile the men they were ordinarily in re lation to national matters but not infrequently farqu antly the personal element crept to they hid did not meet again until after the lie election when mr lincoln inai invited ted the lie leader of the party in new york to springfield to talk over the makeup make up of it a cabinet although mr weed had selected le eted governors and their chbr cabinets in new york state stat othis this was the first time he had ever been asked by a president tor or assistance of that kind and lie he told mr 1 lincoln so they discussed men under consideration but mr air weed admitted in his autobiography that the men were mr air Lincol ns selection and rid when he objected to thoc one or hat chat one the president elect avoult urn surn tho the conversation by one of his inimitable stories somo some of abe letters showed Ir lincoln un oln had a grasp of political detail with which he had not been credited afton his bis election and before his in augural he used mr weed to convey 0 a convention of editors his view a secession and in uns tine and another the be correspond enco was waa kept up even luring the trying days of the tha civil TOT |