The Democratic Party of the state of New York : a history of the origin, growth, and achievements of the Democratic Party of the state of New York, including a history of Tammany Hall in its relation to state politics . ever overlook thefact that Wright was the staunch supporter of Martin Van and strong were the protestations that Wright was acceptable,to the national administration, but these declarations, coming at thetime they did, remind one of the line in the play: Methinks the ladydoth protest too much. With the end of the year 1846 the public career of Silas Wrightterminated,
The Democratic Party of the state of New York : a history of the origin, growth, and achievements of the Democratic Party of the state of New York, including a history of Tammany Hall in its relation to state politics . ever overlook thefact that Wright was the staunch supporter of Martin Van and strong were the protestations that Wright was acceptable,to the national administration, but these declarations, coming at thetime they did, remind one of the line in the play: Methinks the ladydoth protest too much. With the end of the year 1846 the public career of Silas Wrightterminated, and this is, therefore, an appropriate point at which togive an outline of his life. Silas Wright was born in the town of Amherst, Hampshire County,Massachusetts, May 24, 1795. His fathers name was also Silas, andit was for this reason that during almost his entire life the great states-man was known as Silas Wright, Jr. Before he was a year old hisparents moved to Weybridge, Vt., and there he was reared on a the age of fourteen he entered the academy at Middlebury, Vt., andin 1811 was admitted to the Middlebury College, from which he wasgraduated in the year 1815. In that year he began the study of law. ;iLA§) wracHT, THE NeWyoRK HY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 237 in the office of Henry C. Martindale at Sandy Hill, N. Y. He com-pleted his studies under the direction of Roger Skinner, who after-wards became United States Judge of the Northern District of NewYork. He was admitted to the bar in 1819, and shortly afterwardssettled at Canton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and that was his resi-dence during the remainder of his life. Canton at that time consistedof but a few houses, yet it is thought that Wright selected that locationbecause he foresaw that Canton must eventually become the county-seat. The country was new and his neighbors were almost entirelyfarmers, yet such was the unpretentious nature of this man of highmental qualities that he speedily became \Qry popular
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