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Show I . Abraham lincoln'5 opinion I ' OF HIS INAUQUDAL ADDDE5S a FBW traits of the character of Hanu'-s, Jr., of Albany, chairman of the Abraham Lincoln, his apprecia- Republican State Committee and grand-lion grand-lion of a compliment, his own es- son of Mr. Weed. In it President Lin- timatc of his inaugural address coin expresses the opinion ilia t the in- H and his insistence on telling the augural address wjll wear as well as or H truth, even though it were not better than anything else he has pro- Hl only uniiopular but humiliating to him- duccd. H ;elf, is rccnicd in the last letter of the It is not at nil likely that the present H long corrccpondcnec between him nnd generation will agree with his estimate B Thurlow Weed, first editor of the Albany of .the lasting qualities of the address. H (N. Y.) Evening Journal, and for many Few persons now .know, except iu the H ' years the republican leader of the Sta"le. mo3t general way, what it was nbout. H i The letter written uy Mr. Weed has not while his Gclteburg address has become H been preserved, but it was in praise o'f one ot the clnssics of the English language. H President Lincoln's inaugural address The letter itself hIiows the esteem in B and of his speech-of notification. Bur which the President held Mr. Weed, who the answer, a facsimile of which is here was in his daj the most striking example H , printed, is in the possession of William of a political boss, and who amis abused I. ' ' -k " CL'kciuliur iUonntjOU. - 'Jfl'fi'nctcn Y7u2csg'S'j SOS" y,-C -&? 0Z3p--.' - ZyZZZ. ,Z25-, 7eJ5: cJfT4j as polrtical bosses haAc ever been. Their friendship began after the Ohicago c6n-vention c6n-vention which nominated Lincoln. Mr. Weed was one of the strong personalities of that convention, the head of the New-York New-York delegation, and iu charge of the campaign which hud for in piupose the nomination of William IL Seward, generally gen-erally regarded as the leading candidate. The defeat of Governor Scwaill was a great disappointment' to Mr. YTecd, and us he was preparing to leave thy convention conven-tion city he was asked to 'visit Mr. Lincoln Lin-coln at Springfield. He would not do so at that time, but weut .0 Iowa, where he had plauned to rest, but on his way back to Albany he did stop and had a live hour conversation with the uomineo of bis party. It was that contcraaiion iuai icgwi u friendship that lasted through the life of .Mr. Lincoln, and this last letter was oue of many that pnbsed between the men. They were ordinarily in relation' to nutional matters, but not Infrequently the personal clement crept in. They did not meet again until after the election, when Mr- MncAln Invited the leader of the party in New York to Springfield to talk ovpr the juuke-up of a Cabinet. Although .Mr. Weed had kc-lecM kc-lecM oreni.rafr'aim" jhejr cabiflclfijgiu "NevYork State thif vr.i the Hnct nine , . T . r . for usistance-ofthat kind, and he told Mr. Lincoln so. They discussed men under un-der consideration1, but Mr. Weed admitted ad-mitted In his autobiography that tho men were. Mr. Lincoln's selection, and ivhun he objected to this one or that one the President eject jvould turn the conversation conver-sation by One. of his inimitable stories. At the cud of the conference, that lasted last-ed two dnj, Mr.Vincoln said he Llld e" ceived many telegrams from prominent republicans warning him against the efforts ef-forts of the republican leader to forestall the appointments iu New York. Mr. Wood had not asked for anj thing, and the talk was along the broadest lines, to when .Mr. Lincoln told him this he said that notwithstanding his political activity activ-ity and his acquaintance with Governors and Presidents who had reposed conb-dence conb-dence Iu his judgment, he had never in those confidences stultified himself by thniHllng before Shcm the more question ofo'niees. Some of'"thc letters showed thut Mr. tLincolnhada grasp of-, political detail wiin which W has notVu-c'cncrcditcdS' After his election and before his in- ' augural he iibcd Mr. Weed to convey to a convention of editors bi3 view on se- corrcb-rondence was kept up even during |
