The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1858-04-08
From the wabash Expire .
AphLan.e ESQ.

4 few DAYS a,sketched for the benefit Of
the electors of thate, suceinct account q
VINO William D. bold, one OF the nominees
for the Supreme J., IS. To-day we discharge
an equally pleasnty and present them with
few 0,og1aPse II this is eoionn 10 al ID ga5
is the Fss~ 2sx1.g log Aq1itor Ct State.
Albert Lass eAman BE- birth, having
been born Ii toks i Landsaerg, rpoA Inc
WaFtha river srne sssi.y miles east OF lae cry
of Berlin. lie spitsot Prussia on the 10Th Jay
of Decenbs. SOL. Ills parents dying ~tsn ae
was a small DO eas placed uaaeF tae s"a5
dianship OF ooflan, VITO was clergyman ID +
h;s NATIVE town. he was soon afterwards piac
edna Collage gated near Zalichan, mai.
village near ne ahern frontier OF the ffuS='sn
Progicce OF Sles Being possessed q / strong
active mind tn bag lapil advanced with great
rapiditv. aud afd Il years hard study, lett C9.-
l-aa a proficient Ill the branches usually taught .
in sgch in-titutjobesdes SPEAK NJ the tern al
and French lauge correctly. aad having crit .
zeal familiarity b Latin and Greek. y, the
clas- Of his CoHs te-rl and after a n!ast Fi-'a
examination whi ssted Ave days Mr.. LanEe re
ceived from the ginning committed. certificate
OF "maturitg tcitstiaction. I4ls coming iron
oue OF the best tsnaa Institutions, Was mara
of proficiency iatl to be coveted, aud VITA Il
at the age oils ys he repaired 10 the ohiFeFs-
NV u devote hell to one Of the learned pro
lES-ibf4-- IL Nj A@4+i>I '''.' 80
lent u.alnemat.c land q proficient u the ia1-
guages-could i with ease the Hebrew Bio.e-
the Greek poets d observation-disclosures knew the
Latin poets by tsst and vas familiar with treecl
aud German ltecss1sans Alter seaylug taIs Insti-
tation he ents~vt. diversity at Halle, where'
he studied las for u three years and II was
while there he formethe aceIantsnce OF many
Of the most iEtellige aod Intellectual young ntn
OF the country. Tne4ccijenta. fellowship rIpen-
ed into . warm aadntimate friendship lnyy
formed among themves CLUB, where the suo-
iect Of government, aNtlcat economy, and pup
!! c education were Irted, IN lectures. and deoat-
ed during ther Suits Being young men OF
learning and Fesearctaey could not but 20 oach
u the fist principles government, ana IL DONG
this they socn scored tfat he goTeonmeu' =
Of Europe, differed vely from those which de
ri.ed Just powers fro the consent e the govern
ed. independent iruought aud eulhas asfte II
purpose, these youu a4eH were awe 70 'Ae mi
quituns despotisn with crushed Europe ara Is
pecialiy Germany. anabey resolved to DO al. thet
power to put an eud , it, aad for that purF"se
entered into ccuspiFty to overthrow IN tEif'l
two, big and little tyrct7 OF their native anu
and establish one tpe, Republican,, constitutions
government. Thi wa IN 1921. The suspicioo
of the government being aroused, these y3nn-
men became the o ect II especial attention, ol
lis police and agens for years. In the be4iuAiA.
Of 1924 s, i4f4--AA Mr. rf-Sc vas member q III
bar Ia hi UatIve tow, aud Whcn the coUspFac
was extended into eery quarter, and was We
matured and "a the h3w, which was about to ElN
freedom 10 the peop's VS. just beng struck NOR
than 800 arrests wereuade ail over the ceuaiTy
Tyranny triuwphed. al equal rights went dowf
They were tried 10 high treason, and coHdemf
ed to Imprisonment aryiug from one TO Lftte
years, owing To the influence eAeritd, and tn
leading part taken by each one OF the cohspFt
tors Albert Langs'sterm Of imprisonment wa
fifteen years-the higtest punishment ittucted u
on any OF them.
In his confinement lie surrounded himself Wit
books, and inn ediatey commenced the study {
the ngilsh language, and in three weeks time h
could read Shakespeare without the ald Of a dl'
tioaarv. and lie tirst year of his Imprisonment, +
added to the works OF the immortal bard, thos
Of Goldsmith; >moilett Fielding, Cooper Wa
ter Scott. Byron ard others.
- In 1880, having been released from further COZ
fnment, aud being determined TO live under II
s.rnctions where feedoGN is universal and eq"i
~rbt. su.rar.,ies ssse-.>-Innee-s left the hon
sacr. iced position, shich was offered him-,yen!t
and influence which lis family possessed, aud d
the endearments Of home, to live under the irht
cree of instructions which he had so thorough
studied and 50 perfectly understood. And tc-da
although born under a foreign SKY, he Is as trl
an American citizen as the most patriotic.
For more than twenty years, Mr. LANCE h
been Il resident Of this city. Under the admin
tration Of Gen Taylor, he received The appoia
uent of American Consul at Amsterdam bl
after remaining in that city for about year, an
disehargiug his duties with marked ability tie Re
signed the position and returned home. For man
years he acted as Justice of the Peace Ct til
city. and it was generally deemed, by the membe
OF the bar is going do1rntrard, to appeal from
decision to the Circuit Court For eight yea
he has been Auditor Of Nigo county, and I
county in the State has had better officer
Such IS au outline Of who Albert LANCE is
There Is hardly position in free go7errnle'
that us not altogether competent to I'LL. la
ing mind Thoroughly learned, AMI being. 10 /
true sense, a practical nan his peer IS not easi
found
Having said thus much il commentator Of o.
MISUNDERSTANDING written much which X
know 10 be true and al that We are satisfied Is :
W. can in all disiaterested sincerity, reccomme-
him to th, citizens Of the state p oae pn>sessif
the Jef-rsoniaa qualifications CT honesty al
competency.