Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-10-21
For the Standard.
For the Standard.
HON. JACOB THOMPSON OF
TIE INTERIOR


MEssRs. EDITORS: At the commencement of the
year, gave to readers sketches of the Presi-
dent and the members of the Cabinet In this with.
out design, Mr. Thompson was omitted. We now
endeavor to supply this omission.
Mr.. Thompson is native of Caswell county,
North-Carolina. He was born in May, 1870 His
father, Nicholas Thompson, was a respectable and
excellent man. who belonged that envable class of
society, possessing neither poverty richrs" and
conscious of the value and importance education he
bestowed upon his son every advantage the country
afforded. The early education of Mr.. Thompson was
conducted by Mr.. Bingham, Sr, at Hillsboro'; the
fidelity of whose teachings have been proven BY the
many "rare and ripe scholars" which he sent to
the University, and whose in life has prov
en- how thorough were his instructions. Mr. Thomp.
entered the University of North Carolina, and
graduated with distinguished honors in 1851
Among his associates in college, and whom he pre-.
coded by year, were Hons. James C. Dobbin. late
Secretary Of the Navy, and Thomas L. Clingman, at
present member of Congress from North-Caroina,
Cadwallader Jones, Esq, late Solicitor General Of
North Carolina, and others. On the same day on
which he graduated, he was elected by the Trustees
and Faculty tutor of the College, where for eieh-
teen months, he strengthened and deepened the
foundations of knowledge already laid. After this
service Mr.. Thompson entered the law Office of the
Hon. John NJ. Dick, ut Greensboro, now one of the
Superior Court Judges of North Carolina and was
licensed by the Supreme Court in 1884. The next
year he emigrated to Mississippi and settled at Pom
totoc, and at once entered into extensive and lu
crative practice In 1885 he was married to Miss
Jones in the following fall he was elected member
of the House Of Representatives in which he served
continuously until 1851, when he declined reelec.
ton.
1t belongs to the statesman and historian to ex.
anime and discuss all the great questions of public
interest which agtated the public mind during this
excited period and to extract from the many speech
ma nv Mr. ThOmpcOn /,
ent questions Of the day. Suffice for our purpose to
say that he proved himself Democrat of "the
strictest sect bn all these occasions-the deerm-
ned Toe OF all corruptons or intrgues, the constant
advocate OF truth and justice, the liberal and patr
otto statesman, and the answering and fearless ad.
vocate Of the honor and interests of Mississippi
He took his seat in the House of Representatives
| member from Mississippi, the I'd day of De-
cember, 1889, with the Hon. A. G. Brown, now
Senator in Congress, the sole Representatives at
that day. This was period of extreme political
excitement and the first lessons which Mr.. Thomp-
son received in the stormy school of politics were
well calculated to try his consistency and his
The celebrated New Jersey case, where a partizan
| Governor endeavcred by the abroad seal to fix q
broad lie upon the national records, and place
men in office not elected by the by the people. The
| Independent Sub Treasury system, the policy Of
which was so much questioned, and SO ferociously
assaed by the advocates of corporations and banks,
was then agtated. The sagacity of Mr.. Thompson
perceived its advantages and opinion has proved its
Importance. But for this system, the government
would now be sad sharer Of the financial ruin that
spreads through the nation. In speech made l4th
January. 1s42, he opposed the temporary expedient
Of the issuing Of Treasury notes, without creating
at the same time, fund to meet the debt. On the
2lst Feb. 1S43, he made noble and eloquent de.
fence Of the State Of Mississippi, in reply to the as
saults Of Mr.: Adams, u. O. and Granger.
In the defence of the Administration of Mr.. Polk
on the Mexican war, and other questions, he was
the right arm of power in the House, always ready
firm, able and devoted; in the subsequent admins
tration he was "a terror to evil doers" by his fear
less denunciations of the "Galphin swindle" anl
other populations on the public Treasury. He ther
declined reelection to Congress to attend to hi,
private affairs, necessarily much neglected by 9,