[446] A.R. Conkling, Life and Letters of Roscoe Conkling, pp. 119, 120.
[447] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 612.
[448] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, pp. 612, 613.
[449] Gideon Welles, Lincoln and Seward, p. 22.
"In pecuniary matters Weed was generous to a fault while poor; he is said to be less so since he became rich.... I cannot doubt, however, that if he had never seen Wall Street or Washington, had never heard of the Stock Board, and had lived in some yet undiscovered country, where legislation is never bought nor sold, his life would have been more blameless, useful, and happy. I was sitting beside him in his editorial room soon after Governor Seward's election, when he opened a letter from a brother Whig, which ran substantially thus: 'Dear Weed: I want to be a bank examiner. You know how to fix it. Do so, and draw on me for whatever sum you may see fit. Yours truly.' In an instant his face became prematurely black with mingled rage and mortification. 'My God,' said he, 'I knew that my political adversaries thought me a scoundrel, but I never till now supposed that my friends did.'"—Horace Greeley, Recollections of a Busy Life, pp. 312, 313.
[450] "President Lincoln looked to Mr. Weed for counsel, when, as often during the war, he met with difficulties hard to surmount. It was Mr. Lincoln's habit at such times to telegraph Mr. Weed to come to Washington from Albany or New York, perhaps at an hour's notice. He often spent the day with the President, coming and returning by night, regardless of his age and infirmities. His services in these exigencies were often invaluable."—Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 288.
[451] Nicolay and Hay, Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 2, p. 217.
[452] New York Herald, March 14, 1861.
[453] Thurlow Weed Barnes, Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 613.
[454] New York Tribune, editorial, April 2, 1861.