Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-01
From the Per
-9 Hon. tvm. L. Marcy.


Among the Distinguished men whose nom.
be cherished by future generations, few have evil Wl
( broader space in the public eye than ,bo hlled
man who occupies the first place in the Cahssesn e'
Washington He took prominent and act;rn at
in politics at very early age and has never part
red ON his political principles for momen. wer.
in the times that tried mems soulsn Ar even
earliest evidences of his patriotism was bis the
in that small but gallant volunteer band of listing
which captured the first British flag in tho oOuerS
1912 from the enemies of our country: var Of
last were his arduous and responsible duties 8 The
crowned the Mexican with such brEon. which
A brief sketch of his eventful public career glory
| be unnteresting to our numerous readers "not
William Larned Marcy was born in Sturh.,
Mass, Dec II, 1856 graduated at Brown Ia; uge,
ty Providence. r. L., in 1903 removed to Tro ersl-
7. where he commenced the practice oflaw w. N.
ed the appointment OF Recorder of the civ - 1lT'
after he had returned from serving his connt,oi
the army: in 1921 he appointed Adiptont N
eral of the State of New York and removed :. en-
bany in 1923, the Legislature appointed him =, a.
troller of the State in 1925, he was appoine] NJ
of the Associate Chief Justices of the Spnroo one
of New York. which office he held until 1S4I C1uIs
he was elected United States Senator: this o "uen
held two years, when he was elected GoroV ne
New York reelected twice viz in 1894 and 1oo OF
From that time he devoted himself to nrivato fOo
ness until invited by Mr. Polk to take a seat 09sF
Cabinet in 1845 He accepted the a,duons IN -" dis
sponsible situation of Secretary of War. with .' re-
Hcuties of an impending rupture with Mex;co wi ul'
ing him in the face. His duties durinc tbot '"f'
full crisis were performed with an energy and event went
ty which entitle him to the grateful and ,r ann.
homage of al future generations ming
At the close of Mr.. Folks administrators n
Marcy returned home to devote himself 70 tb uO!.
otto effort of uniting the dismembered Domoo,p"
New York Without single consideration nf yUt
he boldly and decidedly took high ground ora Se''
the Free Soil and Wilmot Proviso movements "6"ns'
l &c.
tial political friends 1t is saying no more than en-
facts warrant, that to his rmneSs energy and 'ue
fatering fidelity it is in great degree ownc ,G"
D we obtained such an overwhelming trumnb ,n"V
the factions of fanaciSm and disunion. # ;s ~
small praise for to be able to say that narsonT
considerations not allowed to weigh in his r;S
g for moment against the public good His lot""'
in opposition to the reasonable schemes of the NJ
litical Aboltionsts enttle him to our warmest ort
t itude and respect. The strong and steadfast Snn
port he received in the Baltimore Democratic Cynp
d ton, as candidate for the Presidency atesed IL
the clearest light the unfalerng devotion of his No.
! litcal friends. The position to which he has hao
+ called by Gen. Pierce is compliment to his emu
nent ability, which he richly deserves In hisband
e the honor and interests of the nation will be safe
S American citizens will not be nsucd abroad with
) impunity during the present administration.
e Perhaps there is living who has had mora
experience in public affairs, who has more indon
T. liable energy and hrmness in the discharge Of a
public duty, than present distinguished Secrcta
IT nv of State. 1t is but justice to say that
in all his public acts. he has more than euuaied the
: expectations of his most sangune friends No man
: possesses keener foresight, or sounder Judgment
: HI never commits political mstake--hs sagaciy
e is never at fault In all the res onsibe stations e
has held, he has uniformly discharged his duties
with such ability and propriety. to extor praise
e and commentator even from his enemies srik.
IS ing instance of this may be found in an extract
n which we copy from the Albany Evening Journal
n thorough Abolition Wing paper. edited by 1hurow
Of Weed bitter political enemy of Gov. Marcy. The
d editor says:
r "After standing for than thrty-fre years in
n an attitude of political antagonism to Governor
" Marcy, during which time he discharged the duties
is of Adjutant General Comptroller, Judge of Su
ID preme Court, Senator in Congress, Governor of the
" State and Secretary of War, it is but act Of SIM
e, pie justice to say that he passed credby through
re these trying ordeaIs and enters public life
lg with stainless reputation. Widely have
t. differed from Governor Marcy. and fercely as
n have Gin fierce confcts) opposed him, now, when
b. looking calmly back through long vista OF repon
sbe public service. we find clean official recordn
j. his favor, it is less pleasure than duty to bear
IN testimony to his integrity of character"
r. We congratulate our party and the country upon
l. the selection which has been made of this dStn.
" guished gentleman as Secretary of Stale Its one
re of the best that could have been made
\. The magnificent project of spanning the st. Law
~ renee river by tubular bridge, similar to thateree,
ii ted over the Menai Straits, by Stephenson likely
to be one of the trumphs of modern science andme'
"A chanics The following particulars in relation
rp the proposed bridge, are furnished by Canadian
Ii paper; ,.u., p, ozoo0n
IL its greatest span. the deep channel of the river
nc is to be $50 feet in length, and the carrlage-W
~ will be 100 feet above high water level AS the lar
t. famed Britannia bridge, the Nenal straits con-
or sistng of four spanstwo in the centre beng 6 d0
or feet each in length, and those next the shores Do
he feet each-iS carriage way being lO2 feet ABOVE o
high water line, only cost G7OI. S65 we take .S T
granted the much increased estimated cost o. , Wv
0't proposed bridge the St. Lawrence IS algI
of table to the great expense of constructing over LUZ
land and shallow water the approaches to "n"'H"'
U. be called the bridge proper. ,:Jre
ne " 1t will be observed that the Britannia u In,
to from land to land, is only 1880 feet III leD Low
little over quarter of mle-whlle the w. w. two
y renee opposite Montreal is nowhere less '"""
ly miles, from shore to Shore