New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-10

- 49,, ns,,v. NJ. rrnsten PoA lSa.o:Gi
D,moer,,l vac thereby elected by hh,ig Pi.r
IT, TIE raul: of'Co!. Bsnto1s cs-ysss, no.
v,s =, res,o-e IN = g-es. Cessure the coo'e'-
,,,rT. {. cling Of the safe, nb1 % prepare tle D
Gar a more liberal policy upon al domeslc -;
U,s feods I'D % the hour OF es1 ioo were g ~
bic uccess. He hlin'ef SO lever -, ou, ~ ra5.
1ly repaid for ell BIZ o'l by bsinpres. &c g na7
mon public ooaiop, and he .escton DC nsi en.G.
ID s5ains; dsup)n politics. Ia the fres'l. -,
.le,tion OF November, 1880, CO.. Benton sufpVI
M. Buchanan in opposikn % NE or I'm va
81 Fremont. The rss,on assigned oy h.n W. o
s.p idtnee that NJ. Ba,hansn, If e.ec'e1, "oao re
store the principles Q! the Jackson Aamn..,arl1'
and the aEprehe0sion .hst the success on ~
mont would eDgeDder sectional psries Ia-'I - 80
nermareuce OF tls Uoio1. lie sJon si.eI 50" ol-a-
ion 10 change both opEiors, ard ataouSn ~ -
melt he zeelou.ly opposed the Adn;n5,rhlIon -. "
Buch anan aud inclined - unite Win the opp, ~
hat presented itself N the hspnoh'an POI .,,,n
his defea in 1856 Col. Benton devoted MS :! ne IS an
"a literary pursuirs Even before that tine h' naI
besun his Thirty Years VisT' o! the woikios OF
the GoysrnmeIt This was completed ana pnoliSl ed
in New-York in 1874. IL 10 retfosPe-; VI
period during which he held ssat in the Senate o'
The United States and presents conn9c,sd n'rFe'Ve
OF the tmes from Adams to Pierce, deVelopns M ~
of the secret history Of the men ana poHtcs o, ~
epoch. No sooner was tina. OIL hs hanu5 .I'a Il. .n
gsged in the It'll labOrous ,ask OF condensng re-
ysipg and abridgng the debs.es OF C)ngTe.. rom We
foundation o the Government 20 the present Tune. IA
This work, although al the advanced age Of 10, avs
daily la1Ors were almost lnc1eulDle, anu SUN ~
men in the prime Of manly life could support. lhs
was accomplished in great psrt by mean: OF "a
robus. constitution, teuperata habits, regular *
ercise and daily resort tc the cold ba,h lis he.tA
was si a. perfect, his mind az unmpi red, aaG n.s
interest IN passing events absorbing as ever lie
also wrote in an interval OF leisure, reVew o. the
decision of the Supreme Court in the Ord S,o,t cle,
whicb has attracted great attention. VITA strong,
industrious intellect, dominating Character ana
ouicl. appIeci.'ion of men. Col. Benton eNeT'sei
o prominent influence upon national a1tr.. In VII,
,ouri his power was at one time boun1less al
throughout the West he nodded pubic opinion 70 his
y III for many years. While adhering 20 .,rc, parry
iues be was able 10 efi,c. amos: everything ne a,
TEMPTED ard often standing forth alone hs drew ms
party with him, against the viii of presidents AMI
O. binets In his last attempt o. this KIND, however,
te failed and was forced 20 relinqaish office "a
consequences; but this browning struggle wns 8
te.tin ony TO his independence and sense OF
duty that will contribute lees 70 his fame win pcs
teity than the honors which he received through
party allegiance. Col. Benton was married, AFTER De-
con ing Senator to Elizabeth daughter of Col James
Mcdowell of Rookbridge County, Va. His surviving
children are four dsughters-Nrs. Wl!lism Carey
Jones, Mrs. Ann Benton Fremont Mrs. Sarah Benton
Jacob and Madame Susan Benton Boieau now al
Calcutta, wife Of the French CoDsui-Generai. Mr.
Benton died in 1854 having been struck with paralysis
in 1874 and from the time OF that calamity her nus
band known 10 20 % any place OF ie+'Hi'y
or amusoment.