The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-28

aud study las. IN Teply - ne of.iersloaa
of lsek oT e5uralion. nleans and friends
q sd him il senrss a professional so. !
a.. Judge w. kindly oGrSed % give him
plaee in lis offer. u adsanre MONEY v
defray lis expenses. and wait until sar-
ress III business should furnish ihe means
cf repayment. The olrr was srcepied.
The appreniiee hoy hs.nshi his time; en- |
Tered he ogf;re ii Judge Wood. ard far
more Than Two years applied himself clnsr-
II 10 business and study. lie rad law
and general lllerasusr. and studied and
pnaeii.ei surveying.
fraung he should incur loo large q debt
10 his henefscinr. he taught srhnol fr
three months IN lie rear, and aeqnired The
means. of partially supporting himself. In
tie laIl &c 1921 he removed 10 the county
or Err. AMI The next spring entered : law
Office in BniIaln. There he sustained
himself hy lesehing school. and continued
his legal studies until The spring Of iS23.
when lie was admitted 10 The Common
Pleas. and rnmmencrd practice in lie vi.
lace &c AnroTa, where he remained until
1880. when ne again removed tn Buffalo.
AMI has continued 10 Trside there ever
sinre. =.
Ills frsi entrance into public life was
in January. 1890. when he look bis seat
a. a nlemhrr from Erie county. a. which
Office lie WAS reelected The two following
years.
L His talents, integrity anil assidunns de-
rnlinn 10 public business. soon won Tor
him the confidence Of the House in an un.
exampied degree. II was \ common re-
mark among The mrmhers, .if Fillmore
says il j. right. We will vote for IT,"
The most important measure of gene
raj nainre thai came Up during his service
in The Stale Legislature was, the bill To
abolish Imprisonment Tor Debt. In be-
half of that great aud philan,hropic inca.
sure, Mr.. Fillmore took an active part,
urpinp with nnanswerahle arguments lis
Justice and exprdiency, and. a. member
. of The cnmmi,iee on ihr subject. aiding In
pc,fec, il details. That portion ot the
. bin relating 10 Justices Coufis was draft
: ed hy him. the remainder heing ihc work
: of The HIM. john g. Spencer. The bill
/, mel with fierce. unreleniing opposition
{ q, every step Of it, progress. aud TO Mll'
lard Fillmore ~ much Ms 10 any Other
man, are we indebted, for expnnying from
the statute book that relic Of cruel, bar
!, bavous age, Imprisonment for Debt. .
!. He svas ~le~sed % Gongress in The tai
. fof 1882. The session of 1891 vii
long be remembered as The one in which
!. that system of politics, knnwn under The
Ecomprehensiye name &c Jacksonism, wa
T. fully developed. lie took his seat in tn
., stormy session Of 1891. immediatel.
! succeeding the removal Of The Deposits
! In those days the business Of The iions
! and debates were led by nd experience,
{ members--nrw ones. unless they enjoyel
! : widespread and almost national repuia
!, lion, rarely taking an active and eonspicu
:, Gus part. little chance, therefore, wa
!. afforded him n member Of the oppos
!. linn. Young aud unasslming, ul displayln
4 those qualities ,ha, 50 eminenily fl hit
n for Legislative usefulness. But The sohn'
= was one admiralty qualified 10 more full
/, ,levelore and cultivate those powers whiel
e under more favorable circumstances. ha'
enabled him 10 render such waited and in
! portaut services IN his country. As
/, has ever done in all the stations he h;
= filed. he discharged his duty with SER
pulaus fidelity. never omitling on all pr
ner occasions any effort 10 advance 'hc u
ierest of his constituents and the cnunir,
l. and winning the respect and confidence
Il. all. u @~@
IL a, The close nf his term Of service
nj resumed the practice Of his prn'essia
ii which, he pursued with distinguished :
no mutation and success until, yielding 10 u
pir public voice, he consented 10 become
es candidate. and was reelected to Congre
o. lin The fail Of 1896. The remarks abb
N, made III relation TO his service in The y
II. Congress will measurahly apply 10 his
81 cond term. Jacksonism and the Pei Bal
he system had. in the march Of /" progressl
M Democracy given place to Van hnre
II. ism and The Sub Treasury. II was 3
nj another step towards the practical r. pl'
,er alton nf old republican principles aud
~ advance ia the l.ocofncnisln Of il~ prese
=, day. IN this Congress Mr.. Fillmore to-
loe more active part Than he did during
81. f;sst fern, and on tie assembling 81 !
~ next Congress, 10 whichhc was re-elees
~ hv largely increased majority, he Y
ery assigned a Appointment, place on what. NJ
!. ID tha, of Ways and Means. II was jus
rk- anticipated would become The most !
Ju. por,ant committee Of The Hnuse-ihai
mi elections. |, was in this Congress q
III. The famous contested New Jersey 9;
10. came up. |, would swell this brlei .
snh graphical sketch 70 10" great iens'n,
am enter upon the details OF that case an ''
ma. i the less necessary Ia d" :" i"as"'"
oo,l As The .circnm> tancrs Of the gross our. !.
less then perpetrsied by party calling y y.
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