The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-04-26

s insertion. Quarterly and Monthly Advertise
iments will be charged the saiue as n single in
seertion, and sem-monthly the same as new ol:se
The late Vice President.
WILLIAM RUFUS KING, was a native
OF North Carolina, where he was
!. : born 'Sa;i III l7se. He was consequent
ly,,a67 years Of age. His duties were
limited to presiding in the Senate. and
I, in his absence, the President pro tenn.
of that body, who is elected by the
Senators, takes his place. Mr.. Atchi-
son, of Missouri, is at present Prcsi-
sdent pro lem. BY the death of the
Vice President, Mr.. Atchison re-
mains in the same position without
assuming the title. as the Office is now
4 vacant; but in case OF the death Of
sbotl, President and Vice President. the
B President of the Senate pro TEN, be-
comes President Of the United States.
until an election can be held. This is
according to the provisions Of the
& act of Congress of March l, l7?2. We
Z are not acquainted with the early life Of
Z Rfr. King. with regard to his pursuits
and studies, but VIC find that lie en-
tered public life before he had atta:cd
his twenty year, when he was
chosen by the people ofSampsoA coun-
*tysto represent them in the Lcgisla-
.sture of his native State At the age of
4 twenty-four, in 1910, he vas elected
by the people Of the district of his
residence to the Twelfth Congress,
which held its first session in the
autumn of 1911. 1t was that Con
gress which declared war with Great
Britain; and for that measure of the
democratic or republican party, Mr..
King voted, as we'll as for the vari-
GUS acts for carrying on the war with
Tyigor. He was reelected to Congress
1918 and 1915, remaining men,
4@ber until q year after peace was re-
stored. In 1916 be resigned his scat in
( Congress, i'll consequence Of receiving
the appointment of Secretary Of Lega,
ton to Mr.. William Pinclincy, Minis
ter to both Naples and st. Peters
burg. During his two years resi-
&dence in Europe, Mr.. King became
well acquainted with the affairs of the
continental governments, aud the con
dition and character ofthe people. Re.
turning from Europe, Mr.. King soon of
ter removal from North Carolina to
1sggtlie Territory of Alabama, in 1918. and
Y assisted in the framing of the constitu-
ton of the same, previous to the adj
mission into the Union as Il State. Hc
was chosen by the Legislature one of
first Senators from Alabama. (John
Walker being his collcague,) and took
his seat in the United States Senate
in 1919. He continued IL member of
that body for over twcnty-four CON
.secutive years, having been reelected
in 1928, 1929, 1885, and 1881. lie
resigned his seat in the spring of
1914, in consequence of being offered
the mission to France by President "
Ter; which appointment he accepted
mainly with a view of preventing the
just protest Of France and England
against the then pending annexation
OF Texas. He was the early and
decided friend of that great stroke of
policy which secured to the people Of
this country tho control of all the
good cotton lands not lying within
,the old boundaries of the conicdc,a.
ton Or the purchase of Louisiana. On
accepting the mi sion Mr.. King dc
parted forthwith to fulfil il. Louis Phil
lippe discussed the subject with Mr..
Aing, and became satisfied that the
projected protest would not avert an
nexation. Tho French king finally de-
clared that "hc would do nothing hos
tile to the United States, or which
could give to her just cause OF Of
fence" BY the means of Mr.. Kings
mission, England was isolated, and
her plan of a protest against the an
nexation of Texas was abandoned.
In November, 1915, Mr.. King, hav-
ing obtained permission to resign his
office of Ambassador, returned to the
United States. In 1919 he was again
appointed United States Senator from
Alabama in place Of Arthur Bag.
by; sent to Russia; and in lS49 he
was elected by the Legislature for
the full term Of six years. In 1850, Mr..
Fillmore. The Wee President, having
succeeded to the Presidency by the
death of General Taylor, M.. King was
chosen by the Senate their President
pro TEN, place he had held in former
years, from 1896 TO 1871. It is un.
necessary to state the particulars of
Mr.. Kings nomination by the Demo