The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-12-29
DEATH OF MR.. GRUMPY.

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M ck Of disease, he fingered at his home in
Nashville, Tennessee, till the afternoon Of the
illh inst, when, not Unexpectedly TO those ac-
TAINTED with the nature OF his malady, he ex-
',,.d Thus has departed man who, for the
,,l quarter Of century has acted conspicu-
M, part on the stage Of public affairs.
Nr GIundy was born in Berkeley county,
N,rrnia, on the lth of September, l777 His
,ye was therefore a little upwards 63years. His
amer, an Engllshman by birth, removed 10 Ken
n,eE, about the year 1850, at period when, TO
Il. III, own language death was in almost
Lii, hush. and every thicket concealed an am
t,.cade y three Of his brothers having been
ANN attet murdered, and his mother robbed, by
the Indians.
Nr Grundy having received a common school
.iu,ation at Bardstown, KY, studied law with
George Nicholas, and was admitted to The bar
10 l7s7.
n l7eq he was elected member from Wash
iooton county OF a invention called 10 revise
the constitution Of kentucky Soon after, he
was chosen TO the Legislature, where he con
,inued until 1906, when he was appointed
Judge of the Court of Appeals. In March.
s07, he was made Chief Justice Of the State
Kentucky In consequence of the inadequa-
.tof the salary he resigned the office in 1905,
4aJ removed TO Nashville, Tenn, TO practice in
b. profession.
In IS III he was sent TO Congress- and made
ierr Chairman OF the Committee of Foreign
Relations, just at the eve of the war He con
aaued in Congress the three ensuing sessions,
lalhs fellowship with Mr.. Madison became
pOyerb.
From this period for fifteen years, Mr.. Grundy
took no direct part in public affairs, with the ex
tpton Of dlscharging temporary trusts in his
adopted State.
In 1929 he was elected Senator in Congress
N place of Mr.. Eaton, resigned.
While in the Senate he successfully held the
sos> Of Chairman of the Committee on Post
Qices and on the Judiciary, and OF select
4amtlee of the last session, son the legisla-
ue power of the Union to assume the debts of
he several States"
September l, 1888, he was appointed Attorney
ututldi VI tic ~. -, anu tlS III AZ ytdl was It-
atccd to the U. S. Senate-of which body he
vas a member at the time Of his decease.
The Van Buren, federal press are carping at
Nj WEBSTER, because it is rumored he is to be
Secretary of State. And why? Because, as
they alleee, he voted against some of the mea-
,ures intended to advance the war of 1Sl2.-
Well now suppose this allegation were true
does it prove Mr.. Webster unpatriotc or, if
you will try by this test, does it prove him anti
lrmocratic? Are his accusers for equal rights,
aad equal lustice2 Then let us see to what
they lead u.s.
Mr.. Van Buren,, ii is said, was privy to an
aatl-war meeting, where a resolution was passed
with his appreciation, opposing the enlistment OF
militia in the public service; and it is well set
lied that he intrigued against Mr.. Madison in
fagrante beilo Yel IN the estimation of these
genemen, Mr. Van Buren, is a patriot and a
democrat
NATHANIEL MACON, we believe, voted habitu-
ally against nearly every measure, and took pride
IN doing so. Yet, in the opinion of these same
gentlemen, Mr.. Macon was patriot, demo-
erat, and is now almost saint
Mr.. GILES, of Va opposed Mr.. Madison's
war measures with great strenuousness yet he
was elected Governor Of Virginia by the Jack
son party, and is now regarded by these Van
Burentes as having been prominent disciple
of the democratic church.
Mr. BUCHANAN, of Penn, made very ener-
getc, if not immortal, Grafton against Democra-
cy Madison, and the war, and yet Gen Jackson
houored him with mission to Russia, and he
is now enthroned on the affections of that kind
Of democracy" represented by Mr.. Van Buren,
Mr.. TANEy was a conspicuous Federalist, and
vet Gen Jackson made him Chief Justice of
the U. s.
Mr. BLEEcKER signed, if he did not write, the
Congressional protest against the war, and yet
modern democracy" honors him with mission
TO Holland.
From Mr.. JEFFERSON was perhaps derived the
theory of notification and yet when it was about
10 be carried into practice, Gen. Jackson relied
very much on Mr.. Websters talents and patriot
ism to avert its consequences.
1t is quite remarkable phenomenon that the
same liberality cannot in some degree be ex-
tended to citizen of Mr.. Webster's extraofdi-
nary genius, which has been so abundantly la
Wished on men of less calibre, and greater politi
cal sins Can these exclusive patriots point us to
a solitary sentence in all that Mr. Webster has
ever said or written that is anti-American in its
character2 Let them try.
similar comment might be made upon the
consistency which men claiming patent right
t democracy exhibit, when they undertake fierce
1-nuncatons against National Bank before
any body has proposed such an institution The
-n-l Two hunks we hayc ever had were chartered