Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-10-08

while almost The whole whig mai ACCOM-,
posed Mr.. Fillmore because he had Sa .ae north ~
the south Il southern men, under All ~ lasticet.
stances, can sustain the nomination e esun.
eney eAnle1 stronger ndellty party Than Seo
them to ruin. In the nomination a G sas Will saS
the democratic party, it was dona : Pierce L
south, and the northern democrats ;n ~ please H.
disposition TO heal the wounds and aas q ever,
tons that this slavery question had eausos se ffs
he northern Democrats manifested ne
force upon the south an individual obnoy;oan
in his opinions his associations, bnt eih.,
south to make their own selection If nn na'ted Ii.
circumstances southern men prove recreans Thee
magnanimity, they cannot in the future NJ ,u.h
right to look to the north for support, nave An,
have already extended this eommnn;a.
yond proper limits. and while have oniS auoh BE-
at some of the points that southern men ~ slane
to in this controversy, have indicated eau S LODI
the great controlling influence that should S:1eenAy
action. If such men Mr.. Badger could iecl lhel
the shackles of party and would speak e."a a,
they would tell the southern people thai Va andldl
ern Wing party as nou controlled cannnt ~ .as Aet
on the slavery question. That they will NJ. Husa
not done so: is fatal error to which !, Or hsn
awake, when these States are disseyersdI "ey nsy
dan' and oelllseren.- a UNION WIG
FRANCIS L. HAWKS, d. D. L. L. D a..
guished pulpit orator and divine, of the D. ssn
Episcopal Church, who has lately been
OPP of Rhode Island, was born ACCORDING r. 6
Men Of the Time, which again draw nna ,sIaneds
following facts-at Newbern, ~ c., on h. ,o @t
June, 1913. -Ile entered the University - 'u "
Carolina at the age of fourteen, and sraap.,NssSf
1885, when be entered at:once upon the ssna
the law, in the office of the Hon. Williahs' n
and was. admitted to the bar at the age ,of trss.
one and practised law with great succes, G.
al years in his native State, and at the aos
tythree, was elected to the Legislature ~ wen wen
| Carolina. "Vm
In the year 1927, Mr. Hawks whose mai.
and wishes had long tended in the direea aaa'on
Ministry was ordained by Bishop Ravensc,nasa DO
! in 1929 became assistant Minister Of s. Van, aud
Church: Philadelphia, of which Bishon VIA; ,.aa
rector. In the following year he was called !. s s
Stephens Church. New York, and on his rcsi.n,s.
of the rectorshp of that parish. he was e,l.SS
Thomas Clutch, where he continued twer. IVY. oN
notwithstanding lie was invitcd to variou. 9TH.
of labor, one of which was the missionary P.. usa
of the Southwest. pM
Dr. Hawks received the degree of D. y fou
E1umbia and Union College in 1888, and in 1Sss ~
appointment of the General Convention wan.
England for the purpose of obtaining comics ~.
portant papers in the early history Of the Amor.
| Episcopal Church.
ST. Thomas Hall, Flushing, was founded h.
L..
became deeply involved in debt and gave m s,,,.
thing which he had to bis creditors beynnipc sa.
the struggles and toll Of life. He removed f. 4.
Southwest in 1841, and was soon elected Rsbo, J,
Mississippi, but party feeling running strong Al hs
time opposition was made in the General Cmym,
ton to his conservation. the ground offrapdn,,
conduct in the financial concerns of the ruined +.
stitution. He made, however, an eloquent and e.
tire yindication of himself before the Cchttnt;M
of tkolx
the was referred back to Mississippi; but Al
though the Diocese passed vote of entire consda,
he declined accepting the Bishopric
/" Shortly after this General Convention the MI
versfty of North Carolina conferred on him, toretb
er with the late President Polk, the Hon j. Y NJ.
son and the Hon. w. P. Mangum the desretot
L. D. lie then removed to New Orleans where
became rector of Chrsts Church in 1874 and con-
tinued as such i've years at the expiration of which
period viz: in lS49 he was invited to return to X
York, with the understanding that aid should u
rendered towards meeting his remaining p'cumar
liabilities and on his arrival there, the Church
the Mediator organized which afterwards BE-
came merged into Calvary Church, of which he vS
rector at the time of his election to the Bishopc
Rhode Island.
.. In theological views Dr. Hawks says Redfeat
work, ranks among tire old fashioned churchmen
Bishop Hobart days and in his pulpit administrations
is decidedly evangelical. DR.. Hawks has alsots
tinguished himself in the field of letters and theh
lowing works have emanacd from his pen:-"R
ports of Decisions in the Supreme CVurt Of North
Carolina, vols I" 4 Digest of all the decided
and reported in North Carolina vol; several
. umes under the nom de plume of :" Uncle Phillip
Conversations; = History of the Protestant EpSqa
Church in Virginia. vol History of The PrOs
, tant Episcopal Church in Maryland" vol; cmat
,, tuition and CanonS Of the Episcopal Church With
= notes." vol; Egypt and its Monuments" n5
and various papers, reviews &c. The Bishop how
ever, is only in his fifty fifth year, and in all pr0%
bility his literary abors are not concluded