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course in later years, and declared that it was “preposterous” to suppose that the editor of a daily journal in New York could so divide his time as to discharge also the duties of Comptroller.
The vote at the polls stood: Greeley, 307,688; Allen, 330,371.1
Greeley met with denials the charges that his opposition to Seward's nomination was due to any personal hostility, saying in reply to Weed's statement: “The most careful scavenger of private letters or the most sneaking eavesdropper that ever listened to private conversation, can not allege a single reason for any personal hostility on my part against Mr. Seward.
I have never received from him anything but exceeding kindness and courtesy.
He has done me favors (not of a political nature) in a manner which made them still more obliging; and I should regard the loss of his friendship as a very serious loss.
Notwithstanding this, I could not support him for President.
I like Mr. Seward personally, but I love the party and its principles more.”
New York, D. Appleton and Company, March 1903.
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