Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-03-28
GOV. ROBERT Y. HAYNE.

man, SO long and favorably known, as such
throughout the country. was born near
Charleston, South Carolina, on the 10th
OF November. l79I Mr. Hayne is an
example, added to many others. of what
may be accomplished without the aid of
academies and colleges His early educa-
ton was obtained at the grammar schools
IN the city Of Charleston his later train.
ing was In the school Of life, where the
cllnk of mind against mind strikes out
those brighter intellectual sparks which
Iliumine the world, and reflect glory from
| the brow of genius.
At the age of seventeen young Hayne
entered the Office OF Langdon Cheeyes. a
distinguished jurist and lawyer of South
Carolina, and, after the usual course of
4 reading. commenced the practice of law
IN Charleston. On a requisition of the
general government on South Carolina for
a regiment TO defend the southern sea
board, at the opening of the war of 1912.
! Mr.. Ilayne volunteered his services. and
entered the army as lieutenant. and served
iE various grades to the termination of the
( term of his enlistment, when. having re.
ceiyed an honorable discharge, lie return
ed to Charleston. and resumed the prac-
tice Of his profession, in which be soon
became prominent.
/ Starting with no patrimouv. such was
the success of our youthful lawyer, that.
at the end of a few years, he found him
self blessed with competency His re-
markable powers as an orator soon brought
him into political notoriety and, as early
as 1914, he was elected member of the
{ II IF tho Sta+a T
| 1878, he was chosen Speaker of that body,
an office which he filed with remarkable
dignity and promptitude for one so young.
During the same session, he was appoint
ed Attorney General to the State, being
but twenty seven years Of age. In 1922.
he was elected member Of the United
States Senate, which office he retained fo-
ten years
1t was during the latter part of his sec
ond term that the notification difficulties
arose between South Carolina and the
/ United States, In which General Hayne
took so prominent and conspicuous po-
sitioB, and which we need not here enlarge
upon. as it is fresh in the memory Of all
our readers. Ia S32. lie was elected a
member Of the famous Union and States.
Rights Convention" aud. as chairman u
. the committee of t1ce1lg-03le," he re-
ported the " Ordinance Of Modification"
which was adopted by the convention, and
filed tue whole country with alarm and
apprehension for the safety of the Union.
He was Immediately chosen Governor of
the State, and, on the receipt Of President
Jackson's famous Proclamation against
the nullifers of South Carolina, Governor
T r L ID =
= fun of lofty defiance and determined
resolution" After much angry discuss
ion, plotting and counter plotting forum
ately for the country, those difficulties
were arranged without bioodshed or dis
union. In 1884, he was elected Mayor of
the city of Charleston, and, in SS7. Presi-
dent Of the = Charleston, Louisville, and
Cincinnati Railroad Company, which of
fee he held until bis death, which took
place at Asbville. North Carolina. Sep
tember "a, l64l, in the 50th year Of his
age.
His abilities were of an eminently
practical east; lie was ready III resources,
clear in judgment and conception. fluent
and graceful IN speech. and endowed with
a persuasive eloquence which never failed
TO find its way to the hearts Of his audi
euce, and told with equal effect in the
popular assembly, and in the intelligent
Legislature. In public life, be was pure
and patriotic and few men ever enjoyed
a higher degree of public confidence. In
private life he was distinguished for the
same spotless integrity that marked his
public career, and for those domestic and
social virtues which adorn aud dignity
human nature His celebrated passage
at arms. in 1880, with the celebrated Sen
ator of MassacL usetts, Daniel Webster.)
will long live in the recollection OF those
who witnessed it, as one of the most gal
liant and interesting conflicts ever fought
on the field of Senatorial debate, and as
cne in which both Of the combatants
crowred themselves with laurels of elo-
quence. and an accession of intellectual
fame, however widely opinions may have
differed in awarding the palm Of victory
To the great Railroad enterprise of which
he was the soul as well as the head. he
devoted himself with his Characteristic
zeal, energy, and ability, sustaining it
equally by his business talent and his
persuasive eloquence III Anler. Bog