[75] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 655.
[76] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 756. Appendix.
[77] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 762.
[78] John Young, 198,878; Silas Wright, 187,306; Henry Bradley, 12,844; Ogden Edwards, 6306.—Civil List, State of New York (1887), p. 166.
[79] F.W. Seward, Life of W.H. Seward, Vol. 2, p. 34.
[80] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 756. Appendix.
[81] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 691.
[82] Ibid., Vol. 3, p. 693.
"More serious than either of these [Anti-Rent disturbance and veto of canal appropriation] was the harm done by the quiet yet persistent opposition of the Hunkers. Nor can it be doubted that the influence of the Government at Washington was thrown against him in that critical hour. Governor Marcy was secretary of war; Samuel Nelson had just been appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Governor Bouck held one of the most influential offices in the city of New York—all these were members of that section of the party with which Governor Wright was not in sympathy. It was evident that he would not be able to maintain himself against an opposition of which the elements were so numerous, so varied, and so dangerous."—Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John A. Dix, Vol. 1, p. 227.
[83] Jabez D. Hammond, Political History of New York, Vol. 3, p. 757. Appendix.