Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1844-05-16
THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN.

The Newark Daily Advertiser, after respond
ing in the waImest terms to the nomination, sup
plies the following sketch of the previous history
of MIR. FRELINGuuYsEN
lie is descended from the Rev. Theodorus j.
Frelinghuysen, who emigra,ed to this country
from Holland in 1920 and settled i'm the county
of Somerset. Tie had the pastoral charge of the
Church at Milestone, and OF other neighboring
parlshes.-He is said to have been ga great
blessing to the Reformed Dutch Church of Anne
rlca." lie was an able, evangelical, and emf
nently successful preacher He left five sons,
ministers, and two daughters married to minis
'ers.' One OF his sons, the Rev. John Frelng-
huysen, was also pastor of the same church, and
died In 1854. monument still remains to his
memory in The grave yard at Somerville. His
son Gen. Frederick Frelinghuysen, (the father or
the present Chancellor) was born in 1853, and
when only % years old was sent by New Jer-
sey to the Continental Congress-which place
he resigned in l777. He received large share
of the confidence Of his fellow citizens and after
serving in many state Offices, was elected to the
United States Senate in 1898, which office do
nestle duties constrained him to resign in 1896.
lie was afterwards appointed Major General of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and rendered i'm
portant military services to his country. He
ranked among the ablest and purest citizens of
his State and died in 1904, beloved and lamented
by his country and his friends. He left three
sons, of whom THEODORE, (the candidate for the
Vice Presidency only survives.
| He was born at Milestone, Somerset county IN
this State, in l797-and is consequently fifty
seven years of age He graduated at Princeton
College in 1901. The Hon. Samuel l.. South.
ard, Thomas Fl. Crawford, George Chambers,
Jos. X. lngersoll, and President Lindsley. nj
Nashville University, were among his classmates
lie studied law with the late Richard Stockton.
and was admitted to practice in 1908. He soon
distinguished himself at the bar, and about Is
was appointed Prosecutor of the Pleas for Sus.
sex county, and in 1917, to be Attorney General
OF the State-an office for which he was emf.
nently qualified, and the duties of which he full.
h'ied for space of twelve years, with distin.
| guished ability. 1t is said that the character
which he had then acquired for integrity, and his
fervid eloquence, enabled him to exercise an al
most unlimited sway over the Juries which he
was called upon to address. In 1896 he was
elected to seat upon the bench Of the Supreme
Court, vacated by the resignation of Judge Rus
sell, which he declined. He continued to act as
Attorney General until 1920, when he was elect
ed to the Senate Of the United States. His
course, during the six years he occupied seat ir
that body, is known to the country at large. In
1889 he was selected to preside as Chancello,
over the University of the city of New York
which station he now occupies
We might here conclude, but we cannot re.
fran from saying that this nomination will give
great qualification to the Wings of New Jersey
AS citizen, he is whom the State has al.
ways delighted to honor-and as politician, he
has always steadfastly maintained and advocated
the principles of the Wing party. In private
lie, he exhibits the suavity and amenty Of man
ner, the Kindness Of heart and the benevoence Of
disposition, OF Christian. He brings to the
/ discharge Of all his duties soundness of ndp
ment' steadiness Of purpose, and habits and prn
cIPies of The stricest integrity. His views are
liberal and enlightened he is hey ond the contro
OF mere selfish or partizan inhuence-and to M
one could the great interests of the country be
more safely entrusted.
Grateful for the honor conferred upon her by
the nomination, the Wings Of New Jersey pledge
to their fellow Wings throughout the Union thei
most uDtring efforts for the maintenance of VIII,
principles-and the next Electoral vote Of In
State for Henry CLAY and THEODORE FREL1Ne
HUYsEN.