The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-04-27
Death Of the vice President.

received the mournIul intelligence, mat the
Hon. MILAN r. KING, Vice President of
the United States, departed this life, at his
residence near Mobile, Alabama, on Tues
day the 18th inst. The Washington Union,
the next day gives the following biOgraPh-
ical sketch of this good and great man,
which will be interesting to our readets;
Colonel King was born on the 9th Of A
Pril, l7eG, in Sampson county, n. Carolina.
Alter completing his education at the Uni
versity OF his native State, he became a stu
dent Of law in the Office of William Duffy, of
Fayetteville. At the age of twenty, he was
elected a representative of his native county
in the Legislature Of the State. At TWEEN
ty.fOur, he was chosen a representative in
Congress from the Wilmington district, and
Of the party which advocated and support
ed the war OF 1912, he was a Jealous and
consistent member. In the spring of 1916,
he resigned his seat in the House Of Repre-
scntatives, and accompanied VIM. Pinckney,
Of Maryland, as secretary Of legation, first
to Naples and hen to St. Petersburgh, to
which courts Mr.. Pinckney was sent as
minister plenip~otentiary, On his return to
the United States, in the winter of 1915
'l9, Mr.. King fixed his residence in Dallas
county, in the then Territory Of Alabama.
He was elected a member of the Convention
to establish a State Government, and was
appointed on the committee to frame a con
stitution. With the Hon. John w. Walker,
who represented Alabama in the Congress Of
the United States. In 1923, in 1928, in
1884, and lG40, he was reelected to the
Senate. In 1914 he accepted the mission
to France with the especial object of ~facilita-
ting the annexation of Texas. lie was re-
markedly successful in his mission, having
by his skill and prudence entirely prevented
the opposition Of Tie French government to
that measure. In l848 he was made scna-
tor from Alabama, by appointment of the
Governor, tofll a vacancy occasioned by the
resignation Of the Hon. Arthur p. Bagby,
sent minister to russia. In 1G49 he was
elected by the Legislature for a full term of
six years. In 1850, on the accession of Mr..
Fillmore to the Presidency, he was unani-
mously chosen President Of the Senate. By
the Baltimore Convention of the 2l June,
1852, he was made the democratic candidate
for the Vice Presidency, and was elected to
that Office by the people in the ensuing No
vembcr. In the winter of l852-'53, Col.
King began to suffer from Il pulmonary al
lection, which gradually grew SO alarming in
its symptoms that he was advised to seek
alienation in a tropical climate. According
", in the month Of February, he sought re-
! rose and relief in the island of Cuba; but
discovering that his di ease was fatal, he
determined to die in his W land. His
wasting strength barely survived the %journ-
ey to his home in the country. Scarcely
had he crossed the threshold of his house
when he sank in the repose of death.
Colonel King was never married but
throughout life, as in the last struggle with
death, he enjoyed the alfectionate regard
and kind minlstrations of the most attached
friends and relatives. lie vas of a nature
to win the warmest regard of his personal
friends, aud to command the respect Of all.
OF sound judgment, masnanlmous heart
intrepid courage, and the incest sen'c Of
honor, he was the very model of a gentle.
man. Just in all his relations with the
world, courteous and cCnciliatory in his
manners, generous in his impulses, he lived
a life Of unusual length and responsibility
without mourning the bIemish of a solitary
reproach- on his honor. This country has
produced no man whose character can better
bear the s~everest scrutiny. AS II statesman,
his qualities were rather safe and solid thar
splendid and dazzling. Soundness Of judg'
ment, fertility of resource, a penetrating sa'
gacity, an intlexitle fidelity to principle.
prudence and caution, gave him that weight
in COUNSEL and that control Of others which
the moe brilliant, but less useful, %intellec
can never command. His public life wa:
an uninterrupted series of successes. NJ
man enjoyed in larger measure the conf
dence Of those who were capable of appre
ciating his worth, as is attested by his re
peated election to the presidency pro tenn
OF the Senate, and by the high esteem of ev
cry eminent statesman OF every party in thu
country. When a man Of such u~nsulliet
character, of such solid worth, and Of sucl
great influence with the country, falls in th,
discharge of the high function Of V. Presi
dent, the nation may well mourn its loss
OF genius, capacity, and experience in th'
public service, the country may feel no want
but where shall we find another in whom ar
united so much of integrity, honor, magma
nim.ty, discretion, sagacity, courtesy, ant
sound ability as were blended in the charac
ter and illustrated in the career Of VILLA,
RUFus KINe-the chivalrous gentleman an
! the s~potless patriot.
Gg-Daniel o. Morton, Esq, Of Toledo