The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-30

hun seat upon the bench of the Supreme Court that no.
kble object OF almost the highest ambition The democ
Tracy of the strongest representative body the country Of
ered him the honors OF the Vice Presidency Mr. Wright
declined them a-and among them, the upon the Su
preme Court BENCH which he would have preferred to all
the rest and never forget the hghm minded and
noble letter which he addressed that subject one
|of our friends OF the judges of the Supreme Court
I'VE never were impressed with for any
imam, than seeing that production, and weighing he
reasons which prompted him to decline it. But he did
decline it. But his desire to carry the State of New
York for the democratic ticket for the presidency and
vce presidency caused him last yield to his friends
No man could have submitted with better grace and mol
man could have Loyalty shown his devotion 10 his
country and to his party
We leave the memory OF this great man to the graft
ude and reverence of great people and for the present.
1--WE subon the biographical sketch which appeared in the
Democratic Review Of November, 1916.
The following extracts from the Democratic Review OIL
November, 1916, furnish brief sketch of the life of Mr.
Wright:
Slas Wright >. r., was born in the town Of Amherst
natives OF the county of Hampshire They had nine chill
renive and four daughters-two Of whom died nI
BY trade Ts and M
occupation he followed until March, 1856, when he re
|noVed 10 the town OF Weybrldge, Addison county, VtI
where he purchased farm, and where he has since
devoted himself exclusively to its cultivation All the tai
The brothers, only one of whom, is graduate of al
college, are all likewise farmers The sisters married
with the her sons 50 that the whole family
may most emphatcay be regarded the children of the
|pough-than which we know honorable desgna-
|tion that wealth or rank could besow.
Mr. Wright the tatheD was indentured appren-
day in his life When he had served out his time he
could nor write but with the assistance of his
and to WRITE well keep bust
mess with accuracy and facility After his marriage, his
formed with all womans devotion and aacry, and with
Ia success proportonae to her in the labor OF
|oye, and to the willing doclity of her pupil.
Silas, like most of the rising youth of New England
tended the common schools in winter and worked the
when he placed academy that he might be pre-
pared to college. The father perceived that
anxious that he should enjoy the benefits OF education
|ned 10y circumstances to himself The tradition thai
The always regarded him with peculiar pride and delight
las destined to be the chief hope and ornament of the tam
In August 1911, Mr. Wright became student Of the col
|ege at Middlebury Vermont where he remained until the
summer OF 1876 when he received the first degree Of bache
The elder Mr.. Wright has always been and
determined democrat He became such during the frs,
contest for the presidency in 1885, between Adams andI
Jefferson On that occasion he supported the latter zeal
ousy and ever after cherished for his name and principles
Between 1900 and 1910 he repeatedly elected
si H the liz ad lis n dc h and 5
patisbug, under Macomb in September sl4, when the
|ongh and Sir Georpe Povnst Win hi tnces tya,d anal
driven back to Canada.
The husbands Of sisters Of Mr. Wright were also n
THAT battle volunteers from the " Green Mountains,
although the federal governor of Vermont following the
Massachusetts Jones, Rhode Island and Criswold, oil
Connecticut had positively refused to call single mani
joining Sateon the unworthy position that the militia
could not be required to beyond the boundary lines
|those States OF which they were citizens.
by Mr.. Wright in college,
he number OF the class TO which he belonged
!cian, and called himself either ederas or democrat
Of the latter there in this class only four of whom
most ardent His politics better known than all
This period of his lie In October 1915. he hc
|dy Hill, Washington county New York. where he remain
led about eighteen months when he removed the office
mites acquiring knowledge Of the details OF business
he at that time the attorney OF the United States io
In January, 1872 Mr. Wright completed his preparatory
legal studies, and was licensed practise attorney
of the supreme of New York. His health being im
paired by intense application his books and his desk
spent the ensuing summer in travelling horseback
its restoration, and with the view of selecting place.
where he might settle himself permanently.
In October he removed to Canon in the county of ST.
and the business in the both limited and unprota
be, that the young lawyer made but little by his prac
His superior talents added the universal kindness of
ibis disposition and made him highly popu
|ar He after but short residence in his home
selected as the village postmaster the captain OF the local.
militia company justice OF the peace and not long afteI
commissioned the surrogate of the county of 81
Lawrence In all these situations the time that heI
perfectly discharged every duty devovng him. he neve
Jailed, by nsensibe process which, without effort his
own part irresistible the part of others, make
himself the object of universal and aectonate PERSONAL
popularity.
But enlarged public than village neghborhood|
appreciated justly the Abilities sudous habits attan
mens and integrity of the young barrser. In the fall OF
THE year 1923 without the slightest expectation of such AM
event his part Mr.. Wright nominated by his demo
cratic friends candidate for the office of senator in theI
State legislature.
There overwhelming federal majority in the
county of ST Lawrence when Mr. Wright first settled in it
yet he had taken especial express in the pub
manner his devotion to the principles OF the republican,
pary Still he was elected for the term of four years. and
hook his the first Tuesday January, 1924 During
his winter the for the presidency waged nI
New York, well in other States of the Union, with
Adams by the House of Representatives in February 1925
The individuals voted for Crawford Jackson Adams
md Clay caucus composed of portion of the men,
|bers of Congress- had been held Washington which had
dominated Mr. Crawford the candidate old epub
lean party At one time Mr.. Calhouns claims had beenI
earnestly pressed in Pennsylvania by many leading po
the people there had espoused the General Jack
son.
The friends of Jackson, Clay and Adams refused DO
rcmptofily to submit their claims to the arbrament OF
caucus, which caused the division distraction and defeat
|)f the democracy Mr.. Wright, adherng he has
lone to the principles OF his party, advocated Mr. Craw
lords election.
In order defeat this wise honest and fearless man. in
New York and the contiguous States, large number of
politicians exhausted all their ingenuity and Skill secretly
md assiduousy in exciting preudices against the south
he people, and it urged that all the other candidates
we're southern men, by these means, large numbers
lecoyed from the democratic into the federal ranks
From the time OF the adoption of the federal constitution
|lp the period OF which speaking, the elect
of President and Vice President in the State of New
York had been chosen by the legislature The federal par