Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-07-21

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pEoaE sas aad q asiaAsien, asking - sra
ID AeF hissasy which WAS pregnant with
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80 qaisk-aanSas d ssaaaoaanl aiseasa.
ne papass ii laaed ID are @ll worthy III
psrasal, ahsl should bersad By I'll VINO
aasirs d know sho ehasasssrs Of ths men
% whems inc important ! crisis - the
pResaaa, esr pelisiaal des&iniea hare been
|eeaadea But asshspeopls 81 thia STATE
ase generaliy familiar with the aharao-
taga a shs prsAldeas and hia Secretary
os Stats, ii il m6re iRportana ehaa they
should learn Something d thosemembers
Of the cabinet selected from the southern
poEsian ~ tAe eoafeaaFacY. ii order 10
promote those feelings Of naasal oond-
dance and fraternity winch should exist
snong the people % j eonaaoa country.
Our present Chiol Executive has al
moss reached the eve-ssie Of life, and al
thaugh sae nAtisn may hops " enjoy the
benaas u his wiss counsel for some years
after the expiration Of hia SERVES At the
balm, twill not DO long ere he will aisep
with she fathers of sha Rsgolution, and
his voies from the spirit land, In unison
with thai u the immortal Washington,
will be al thaa il lefs tohia countryman IA
= Legacy - - treasured by faaurs genera
lions q Aappy freegaen. His priae
mini sssr ,ahe old Hero 81 Lazay'a Lane,
almoss shs conaeeting link beswesn the
past and pFsseat generations, between
the infant struggles Of the American Re
pahic 50 Eaaiasnia her national honor and
full blown greatness Of her present sd.
premaoy aanoag the nations of ths earth;
this venerable patriarch and statesman,
civilian and warrior, who in youth gal
lARtly drsw his sword in defence OF his
country, and in old age as gaIIautgy de-
votes his wisdom, long experience and
eRsrgy of. intellect 10 her garviee~-n0w
beyond three score years and ten, with
the harness still upon his back, is verg-
| ing rapidly towards his last repose, and
few years will elapse ere he win be en-
rolled with those departed sages and pa
EtFiots, jefferson, Jackson, Monroe, Clay,
Calhoun and Webster, whose names fl =
Illuminate the page Of histas3 and whose
example and ooansaIs alene remain a. "a
warning and "a guide TO the chosen nation
OF God for Ae propagation III civil and
religious liberty throughout The world.
AS period when the few remaining states
men Of the odd school are just passing
| from the stage of action, it behooves the
American people to cast around among
TIME theaF characters and cszaT s1ss, sass,rr
merits thoroughly, that they may know
upon whom has fallen the mantle Of true
EpatriotisGh, and Who have imbibed that
| spirit which sho' d animate the seas Of the
aiFes Of SO. OF such men has Preside Bu-
chanan composed his Cabinet, and ere
tEas close If Ais Administration il will be
seen that the nation has additional cause
TO thank that great and good man for
calling around him such cqunseIluFs as
can be safely relied upon fer wisdom,
energy, enlightened iiberaIiry and prae-
teal talents, in future times Of peril.
Next to the State Department, Mx.
IHoMPsoSs Secretary Of the Interior,
stands second to none In these essential
qualities Of an American Statesman.-
His ia perhaps the most Iaborious Of the
several departments, iRTolyinE Ia is ad-
ADMINISTRATION saeh importaat and diver
sized interests as to require the most ju-
aacaasas heads vita great energy and pow
~ 0s discrimination. That bis selection
fsIr the responsible and complicated d.
ties 81 ahas department was a judieious
one, Il shown BY gha following sketch Of
Of his past hfs, Whinh presents q record
unsaEnished and gives paamisa Of a fa-
ture career Of honoF and aEainAnee among
that noble list Of statesmen 10 Ahona, a.
practical axponsass of Dsmoeraeys the
ao&aasxy locks for ahe pegpetuisy II sAe |
Union, for she stability and integrity ~
The federal government
- Prom ths waaAlugaaa States
The Hon. Jscob Thompson, sprnsens
Secretary BIZ the Department Of the Inte. /
riug IL native Of North Carolina. and /
received his education at the University |
Chapel Hit, in that State. His eolIegl. /
ste career vas marked by that regularity I
and systematic punctuality which Is one /
Of hts most conspicuous traits; while his
quick perception and strong powers of I
analysis commended him TO sf1e favura-
bio notice DE- bis instructors, and for four
7eaFs the aonoraof bis class we're awar-
fed 70 him.
Graduating With distinction, he read /
aw with Judge /. NJ. Dick, then one Of Il
he most distinguished tariHts III the State +
md was called % tho Bar In 1884. Fhe
year he removed to Mississippi, Il
nd established himself 1t Ponsotoc then Ii
IN embryo village In the very heart Of Ii
he great wilderness that had formed the
sumain If The Chiekasaws. This Chick. b
saw cessiun, containing nearly SIX nail. h
ions of acres, had aos as that time been
divided into counties, ard MFR. Thomp-
ca was mainly instrumental Ia their e.
sanitation, thns presiding, as ii we're. ii d
be political birth Of sh6farge and inaa- !
initial constituency be DO long and 30 ably !
represented in the national Congress.
bfr. Thompson was arst brought prom :
nent before the people BY the pufilca- i
ion Of vigorous and spirited report, !
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