The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-05

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professions which would have involvsd 10
perpetual trouble win other nations VITA such :
modification Of views believe that the appolum ns OF
Gensr ri Csss 70 the state Department. w excite 40 an
easy feeling in Engsnd Toe presdi Of tes psst are
iNicai expsrsso % his aoknoveoesd no essy Of onssc
ter his thorough aoqoautsnce With fcreisn politics sod
bis patriotism oasr .hs fullest gor.nssss snss ne s ~
bis past personal grievances our new poaoy towards
tue services rendered BY General Cas- turtag his mis-
Zion in Franco Increased HE popularity TO such degrees
homo, that In 1874 large portion o. The denoorscy
United S,sses There i, NO doubt that be would have
bern nominated had not Mr. Van Bursns name beea
Withdrawn and Mr. Poke subsu,utsd In iw stead Ia
l84b be elected TO the United Statos senate ffo
Michigan and since sat " taat BODY where he
hes justly been regarded n tw wisss sad soles.
BaiumoYe by the De moo~uc Convention receiving two
thirds the fourth ballot Owing the resonery
Of Mr.: Van Buren, and his fr,ends, vac oroagas
ous third csndif ate In persou Of Martin Van BIrea
himself be defeated for President by v.te OF LOB TO
ls.. The Whole Northwest voted for a,n 10 = slose
the compromise measures Of 1850 whoh we're Oa.sd
the idea Of his famous Nicholson lftter In lS6 hs wS
again candidate for rresi lent ., h' Nsnoa. u.aysu
other candidate An agreems nj vas onsly elected
upon Gcuesai Pierce ~ Compromise mso, an the later
received the support Of 0eaoEa, Cass aid oils friends
General Csss iept the full wes o. hts aud suppon
10 the passage Nebra,ka bill and he e,eJuon OF
Mr. for President IN 1855 scd not hstsndtng
bis great sge took the stump In Mr. BUCCANEERS favor
Michigan. Toe fanatic eo,D made To couoterac ais Ia
fueose resulted In throwing him out OF the Cuited states
Senate OF which be had OF tao onte ornaments
for many years Although seventy hvs years Of age
General Csss Is younger than most men 81 et1ts and
there oouot from bis uteec ua aud bodily vg,,
that his ADMINISTRATION Of the State Department viii tally
sustain his his previous reputation.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
uOk. HOWELL C0BB, OF GEORGIA..
The Secretary OF the Treasury DO at Caerry Ill.,
Jefferson county, Georgia. the 7th OF september, 1915
He s The son Of Col John A. Cobb, ~ho, whsn quite
boy removed from Green vllle North Carolina With his
faahef. Hs moth p Sarah Cobb, the daughter Of
the late Thomas Roots, OF Fredericksburg Virginia In
year 1884, when only nineteen, Mr Cobo grsdused
Franklin College Georgia. and on the ioi'osiDs year
he married Mary Ann OF the ats Col Zaonsrsh
LAMAR Of Mile ,seviiie, Georgia. by whom be has bad
SIX sons three Of Whom ocsd the dy ng
wsshr gton city during the nrst session OF tine tnre,n
CocgreAs II may not be uninteresang to mention that
bis unsls howell C,bb. after whom he ~ss named,
Represented district Of Georgia In the Congress Of shs
United States during the lass win Great Britain, and
bis cousin, Tnouas Cobb was many years since
United States Senator from the STATE. In 1888 NJ
Cobb was sdni ted 70 the bar, and a gave SUCH
evidence OF talents character and ct Enthusiastically
possessed BY Of his sgehs in the uing year he
elected by the Legislature solicitor Genera Of the
Western Circuit Of Tho State the region in which he
sided. Notwithstanding bis youth and inexpsrencs Il
has beea generally conceded tha, the Office
fDsd that c.rouit with moro % ILL., vgor aud uava'yIns
success than during three yea-s he held Hlving
early In life obtAoen bitcsl fame . Iscksou
"Unioe" democrs, in Is4S, NJ Coon ~ss elected o. .
geosea Ticket 70 the Congress Of III, Cotet states,
being bis nrst service In any Legislative body Since
1870 and ia<8. A. the late ianeoted G ,nera, Drom
Rnole failed in heath, became necessary mat sone
the II the House, ana xr CoSa xi,noas long
xp<renoe In that body and without ans rious ser
vsed % sSis srascus and responsible pontos NJ MAJ
could be better qnahdcd To- oy bis readiness de-
basr hs strong good sense his never failing temper,
his persouai integrity, and his taoroash aca isussace
via % lhneuta'y preoedenis wncn we're derived, OF
courss chiee- from books His peculiar provinces, OF
conducting the most I'm porssn asssuls and defsuces
OF his party smost pre- ,iuoed Mr. Cobb fro n
mskrg Get speeches. His duty 70 opsu the for
the play Of the democratic ea,s RES and to cover taer
rpougn called carly in his Congressional career 10 tns
absorbing duty Mr. Cobb hes OCCASIONALLY found 70
oevex carefully prepared And powerful YES
eaorz Que,uoos Amongss the hsppicsi Of tness-G ms
Ay cIta his speeches In January, e IN vindicstion
the consultation ,hsg OF the csiebatsd els rule
the I'd n MAJ the on tbs tsrid ies IN,
orc The doctrine OF free trade on the 2sd Januay
is45. OF texas qrsd,n tie Sta JAnu
sry 1850 the oreso, % soo on tue OF febvusry,
isls causes sod ,odocs IT TIE wt1 acr,oo;
and the IL; Of July, 10 she sane ytav, the Cvl
spd pomsuc Appropriation bill repn bis eotranoe
NJ. Copb has been the siSn'ul AMI Ell.
cent "a, ooaie and defender Oh. gh and int
his owr section the coofederscy tnvoved IN the
erct maintenance OF boz the letter and spirit OF the ss
very con PROM iees Of the ccnsututiop.