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Domestic News
July 20, 1878
Weekly Trinity Journal
Weaverville, Trinity County, California
What is this article about?
Thurlow Weed recounts in an interview that he and journalist Mr. Bryant, contemporaries since 1825, never met despite political antagonisms and shared social circles, with Weed working in Rochester and Albany.
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WEED AND BRYANT.—It is a rather
singular fact that Thurlow Weed and Mr.
Bryant, contemporary journalists, never
met, and that Mr. Weed did not know
Mr. Bryant even by sight. During an
interview Mr. Weed said on Wednesday:
"When Mr. Bryant went into journalism,
in 1825, I think, I was running a paper in
the country—part of the time in Roches-
ter and part of the time in Albany. There
was a sharp antagonism between us. Mr.
Bryant was at first a Federalist, and I
was a Clintonian. Then he became a
Jacksonian, and afterwards a Democrat.
I afterwards became an Adamsite. This
political antagonism estranged us in that
way, although we had never met." Mr.
Weed paused a moment and then said
"But it does seem to me very strange
now, that at social gatherings, at dinners.
at places where persons are almost sure
to meet, I never came in contact with
Mr. Bryant, and that he never happened
to be in any place where I was present."
singular fact that Thurlow Weed and Mr.
Bryant, contemporary journalists, never
met, and that Mr. Weed did not know
Mr. Bryant even by sight. During an
interview Mr. Weed said on Wednesday:
"When Mr. Bryant went into journalism,
in 1825, I think, I was running a paper in
the country—part of the time in Roches-
ter and part of the time in Albany. There
was a sharp antagonism between us. Mr.
Bryant was at first a Federalist, and I
was a Clintonian. Then he became a
Jacksonian, and afterwards a Democrat.
I afterwards became an Adamsite. This
political antagonism estranged us in that
way, although we had never met." Mr.
Weed paused a moment and then said
"But it does seem to me very strange
now, that at social gatherings, at dinners.
at places where persons are almost sure
to meet, I never came in contact with
Mr. Bryant, and that he never happened
to be in any place where I was present."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Thurlow Weed
Mr Bryant
Journalists
Political Antagonism
Never Met
What entities or persons were involved?
Thurlow Weed
Mr. Bryant
Domestic News Details
Event Date
On Wednesday
Key Persons
Thurlow Weed
Mr. Bryant
Event Details
Thurlow Weed and Mr. Bryant, contemporary journalists, never met despite political differences; Weed reflects on their careers starting around 1825, with Weed in Rochester and Albany, and their shifting affiliations from Federalist/Clintonian to Jacksonian/Democrat/Adamsite, and lack of social encounters.