He had no children.
It is pathetic to remember the affection which existed between
him and his wife. Their long living together had brought
about a curious resemblance. She looked like him, talked
like him, thought like him, and if she had been dressed in
his clothes, or he had been in hers, either might have passed
for the other. When she died Wheeler seemed to lose all interest
in this world, shut himself off from all ordinary activities,
and died a year or two after, I suppose with a broken heart.
CHAPTER XVI
POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN 1869
When the Republican Party came into power in 1869 under its
great and simple-hearted President, it found itself confronted
with very serious duties. They were enough to fill ordinary
men in ordinary times with dismay. The President was without
political experience. He had never held civil office. He
had voted but twice in his life. He had voted the Whig ticket
once and the Democratic ticket once. So he could not justly
be charged with being an offensive partisan. He had no experience
in business except in a humble way and in that he had been
unfortunate.
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