Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-09-15

SiueutS III INC carver Ol9enerhi cranklln
Pierce, is part of an able editorial article
which we find in the Nashua On. 10
Gazette. We commend 1t especially to
the perusal OF our wing fellow country
men,=with the simple request that they
viii name any man in their party, who,
before he was forty years of age had
done SO much to secure for himself so
envisblean historical position.sE
from the Nashua Gazette, Aug III
. "He came to the Legislature from his
native town at the age Of twenty four, and
was continued there with hardly any
show or opposition for four successive
years. In 1887 he was elected speaker
of the House of Representatives, consis,
ting of about $50 nembers,f and he 1t
is believed, tle, youngest member, by
a majority ef log votes, GEN. Wilson ot
Keene, being his competitor In 1889
he was reelected, receiving 200 out Of
2oe votes, which was the whole number
east. During the year last named he
was nominated for Congress, and elected
in the March following by more than 5000
majorityl In 1885 he was re.nominated
and reelected by more than 5000 MOTOR
ity, running considerably higher than any
other candidate on tho ticket. In De-
cember, 1886, he was elected to the Vnts
tod States Senate. ..
elm this State the United States Sen.
ators are not elected by a Convention of
the two Houses, but by the concurrent
vote Of the two bodies acting separately
In the House the whole number of
votes cast was 212, Of which Gen. Pierce
received 100. In the Senate the whole
number Of votes east was 12; of which he
received Ii. In February, 1942 he re-
signed his seat in the Senate, being then
thirty.seyen years of age. In October,
1916, he was appointed to fill the vacancy
in the U. s. Senate occasioned by the re-
signation of Judge Woodbury., transfer.
red to the Bench of tho Supreme Court
of the United States, but declined the
appointment.
T" We make the following Characters
tic extract from his letter declining:
MY personal wishes and purposes in
l949, when resigned seat in the Sc
nate, and since that time, were as l
supposed. so perfectly understood, that l
have not for moment contemplated a
return to public life.'
"'That my interest in the honor of
New Hampshire, and my devotion to the
great principles, the firm maintenance Of
which has secured to her proud posi-
ton, and an enviable name in all parts
Of the Union, suffer no diminuition in re-
tirement, and trust, may be sufficiently
apparent in every contest through which
VIC may be called to pass in support of
those principles, or in viudication Of that
honor
"In August, 1916, lie was rendered
the appointment of Attorney General of
the United States, hut declined The posi-
ton SO congcnial to his pursuits and
tastes, as we'll as tempting to his profess
sional pride-and here again, we must be
permitted to make short extract from
his letter to President Polk as illustra-
tive Of his decided preference for the sit.
uation Of "a private citizen and his fixed
purpose to adhere to the resolutions form
cd in 1942:
"'When l add your important mea-
sures in the foreign and home admins
tration of the government have oomman-
ded not merely the appreciation of my
judgment, but my grateful acknowledge
ments as an American citizen, you will
see how desirable on every ground con-
nected with your administration, the, of
fec rendered would be to me; and yet af.
ter mature consideration am constrain-
ed to decline. Although the early years
Of my manhood were devoted to public
life, it was never really suited to my taste.
l longed, as l am sure you must often
have done, for the quiet and independence
that belongs only to the private citizen,
and now at forty, feel that desire stron-
ger than ever
May. 1896, will long be remember.
ed by all patriotic men as period of
great excitement and anxiety on account
Of the condition of our gallant little army
in Mexico. 1t was feared that they must
be.not defeated but overwhelmed by num-
bers, and slaughtered, Announcements
like the following filled the newspapers,
and were rousing the whole community,
with the exception of those in our midst,
who, by denouncing the war, and dis
eouraging enlistments, were disposed to
give aid and comfort to the enemy;
"GENRAL TAYLOR SURROUNDED ny
5000 MEXICAN TRooPs.
"'ReguiSition anon the Governor Of
7cras for aid, Also on the Governors
of louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,
for 5000 troops
"'Governor Of louisiana ordered out
$500 troops. Appropriations of $780,
600 by the Legislature
con the cath of May, Gov. Stcele's
proclamation for volunteers under the act
OF tho 18th of that month was published.
General Pierce thought that the honor
of the State and the dictates of patriotism
required that all ranks and conditions Of
our citizens should como forward to fill
the battalion called for by the proclama.
ton of the Governor. He did not rest
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