The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-10-07

AmE NEW OAolNEA.
The opinions and ehsr4eieF aflhe . \
whom PrssidsEl Tyler has called sround
him ~ sdsisefs have become lie subject
~ universal inquiry and Interest. We
give such facts with regard % each = ars
fresh 10 our memary.
WALfER FoRwARp. SeerstsFy 81 The
Trs,susy.-Mr ForssId 10 siiizen
az Psiisbofeh. Psnnsylssnis. Oar 6rsI
knowlrdge af hin vas as Demaefsilc
member Of Congress from his Dsiriel 10
1924. and IN ardent champion oflhe Ame-
riean Systrm. He united in he caurus
domination of Mr.. Crawford fs Presi
drnl. but slterWard recanled. when The
Jackson whirlaind swept over Pennsyl-
ssnIa. and went with the current he
sbsndoned Gen. Jackson when IL bersme
evident that he was identifed w,Ih The
enemies Of The Protection of Hane Iudus'
Try. Tie has since been mainly eul a
public life. buI known 20 Naional Re-
pablIcsn Or Clay Wing. in conuadis,iae-
lion from The Anli-Mssnns. who bear
sway In his section. In 1880 he wss
chosen . member Of The CONSTITUTIONS
Convention Of Pennsylvania. and disiin-
guislied himself 10 The deliberations ol
that body. &c = hieh We think he was Pre-
siJeni. Bot be has not far many years
been ac,ive in poliiies iill last season.
when he lonk The stump Tor Harrison and
Tyler 10 Western Pennsylvania with
great rfhciency.R His high personal cha
racer and reputation for independence
gave him great weight. When Gen.
Harrison became President. he made Mr..
f. Marshal for Western Pennsylvsnia.
which he declined. then First compuol.
Ter Of the Treasury. which he accepted.
and has since discharged The duties Of that
office- tie j. well qualified for The sla
ZION % shirh he has been called.
ABEL Y. UPsHUR. Secretary Of The Ma.
sy.-Judge Upshur Is citizen Of North
ampion county. 10 ar. wise's Dlsirlri.
He has been Delegate in The Leg,sla
lure. and Distinguished himself IN The
Convention OF 1898 which formed The
present Constitution Of Virginia. We
do not remember ,ha, he has been in Con-
gress. lie Is an able aud pure nan. but
an ultra State Righls' man--in short. a
NuliIier. lie IL nov. we believe. q Jus.
ice Of the High Court 81 Appeals Of yn-
ginia. An Ab.lractionist al The narrow.
est faith, he has l,llle oT no sympathy with
The mass " the Wing party. Mr.. Up.
shur Is an intimate personal friend Of Nc.
Tyler uf long sanding. aud has beea the
Warwick Of the New Cabinet.
Hu0R 5. LEGARE. Attorney General.
MIR. Legare 10 citizen Il Charleston.
,. o.. and re believe descendant of one
Of the old French Huguesat families
which settled there over century ago.
tie became eminent By his writings "
the " Southern Review" q Quarterly pub
lIshed ia Charleston some years since
lie was appointed Charge 10 Belgium, by
Gen. Jackson, being warm " Unlon"
man. as opposed To Modification. He re.
turned 10 Charleston in 1896 z, aud was
soon after proposed Tor Congress ana
elected. turning out Hon. II. L. Pinrk-
ney tNulli6rr) on medly Of political aud
local issues. Mr.. l.. went TO Congress
IN 1897 as an Administration man. bet.
on The Sub. Treasury bring proposed
BY Mr.. Van Buren, he took ground
against il in q profound and mastery
speech. a. also in powerful /" Letter TO
a Constituent" For his course he ~as
thrown out II Congress at The next elrc-
iinn--Chsrleston being the slroguesl Sub
Treasury city in The Union but he aba
ted nsihing Of his warfare upon the Sub
Treasury pIojec,. speaking lumInoasly
al our Conservative Sac Convention last
October. and repeatedly in this city and
elsewhere. lie recently contributed ST.
veral mastery articles IN classlcsl Literal
lure 10 the New-Yrrk Review.