The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-12
HON. WAITER FORWARD.

A correspondent of the Madisonian gives The !
following notice OF the Secretary of the Treas !
ury. l! is in conformity to the praise every
where bestowed upon this high functionary.
THE SECRETARY CT THE TREAsURY.-Th !
recent promotion of the Hon. Waller Forward
to the head of tic Treasury Department of the
United States by President Tyler, furnishes
happy illustration of the agency of native talent,
integrity, industry and perseverance,, in re-
ceiving the high honors of the Republic. Mr..
Forward has literally heen the architect of his
own fortune. lie is native of Hartford Co.
Connecticut, and, in his younger days, he left
his native State,
"Anke unknown fortune and to fame"
Having removed TO Pennsylvania. he estab.
lished himself at Pittsburgh as lawyer, and
soon rose by his own personal merits, TO an en-
yiablc rank, at the bar of the western section
of that State. In 1923, he was elected mem
Der of Congress, and for several years he was
an assiduous and faithful representative from
the Keystone commonwealth. As member
of the committee on manufactures, and subse-
quenty, as a chairman of that committee, he
exercised a commanding influence over that
important branch Of the business Of legislation,
and proved himself TO be wise and judicious
member of Congress. On his retirement from
his seat in Congress, he returned TO the prac.
tice of his profession. But his qualifications
for the public service were too commanding to
escape the attention of the party which prevail
ed at the election Of 1910, and, at the COM
mencem"nt of the administration OF Ger. Harri.
son, he was appointed comptroller of the treas
urv. In this station he discharged his laborious
duties so much 10 the satisfaction of President
TYLER, that on the retirement of Mr.. Ewing,
he was elevated to the distinguished Office of
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
which he now fills, with the appreciation Of The !
Senate. and 10 the entire satisfaction ofhis col
leagues.
Me- Forward is dighifed in department, con- !
ciliatory in manners, meihodical in business of |
industrious habits ard entirely devoted 10 his |
arduous duties. He has had occasion 10 bestow |
much attention % political economy and fiscal |
affairs, and as practical fnancicr, he is prob
ably surpassed by no man i'll the service of the
Government. Nor is there, perhaps, any man
in the Union more familiar, from practical ex-
perIence, with the resources and wants of the
country, in regard 10 the complicated system
of national revenue. He is emphat;cay man
of details, and has made himself thoroughly &C.
uuanted with the incidental and remote ten.
dencies of graduating duties and impos,s on
the multifarious articles Of consumption, in res
poet to afording due protection 10 articles Of
domestic manufacture and imposing appropriate
burdens on articles of mere luxury.
This after all constitutes the great secret of
fnanciering, on a national scale, which has
been so much the study and dcsideratum of the
statesmen of modern times. While therefore,
the advocates of American industry will find in
Mr.. Forward an enlightened and discreet friend,
the nation at large will go with him, heart and
soul. in all Just recommendations, for deriving
suitable proportion of the revenue, from ar
tces of mere luxury. In the selection then,
of Mr.. Forward, 10 preside over the intricate
and complicated affairs of the Treasury depart
ment- extending its ramlfcations from the
centre 10 the remote extremiliss of the Rcpub-
lic-.comprehending every species of revenue
and involving in lis vortex interests connected
with each and every branch of industry and
ommerce-President Tyler has afforded an.
other signal instance of devotion To the best
interests of the country. 10 fine, Mr.. Forward
has every qualification for his office, and bids
fair 10 become as useful as any one Of his pred
ecessors.
A Coop JOKE The New York Evening
Post affects 10 believe that Col. worm IS
practising lreachery with the Seminoles' and
anticipates that The country will be disgracen ny
the Proceedings in question. These fears from
the partizan of an administration which secured
BY the deliberate .%6o1s s,' c6
LIoo5bounds TO hunt down the Indians. are Judi I
: rms euough.-AB. Daily Ado. a
COLLEGE OF New JERSEY. annual r
of this Institution took place on :
Wednesday last. Tic degree of A. B. was
conferred upon 81 young gentlemen of the {
senior class, and the degree of A. NJ. upon Sc I,
alumni of the institution.
The honorary degree of L. D. was confer
red on the Hon. Joseph Hornblower, of New
ark, lion. David L. Swain President of the c
University Of North Carolina. The bonora.
ry degree Off. D. was conferred on Rev. Rob- Il