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one which pre.eminently deserves our.notice and


respect. Considering his pretensions and his


qualifications. his Distinguished abilities, and his


numerous services, he was the last to claim, and


the first to decline the Offices which were almost


showercd upon hm. AT almost one andthe same
time three brilliant honors were rendered 10 his
acceptance. He was urged to accept the govern.


orship of New York. The President of the


United States offered him a seat upon the bench


OF the Supreme Court, lhat~nohle object of almost
The highest ambition. The democracy of the


strongest representative body in the country offer.
ed him, the honors of the Vice Presidency. Mr..


Wright decIined,them all-and among them, the
seat upon the Supreme Court bench, which he
would have preferred to all the rest; and never
can we forget the high-minded and noble letter
which he addressed on that subiect to one of our
friends, one of the judges the Supreme Court


We never were more impressed with reverence
for any man, than on seeing that production, and
weighing the reasons which prompted him TO de-
cline it. But he did decline. But his desire to
carry the State of New York for the democratic
ticket for the presidency and vice presidency
caused him at last to yield to his friends. No
man could have submitted with better grace, and
no man could have more loyalty shown his devo-
ton to his country and to mis- party.