The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-03-16

United States.
Gov. Brown served as senator from thC
counties Of Lincoln and Giles at all the sessions
OF the legislature, regular and called, from 1871
to 1927, inclusive, except the session Of 1925
when h. was not candidate. In the session
Of 1881 and 1882 he was the representative o
the county OF g tiles in the other branch OF the
general assembly. His course was distinguish
ed at al times as a legislator for the State fol
his determination to sustain an independent
and able iuiciary, and to build up an enlighten-
ed, liberal, and impartial system Of jurispru
dence in the State; and We hazard nothing in
saying that, in searching thruugh the statutes
one will find more laws of general and per-
manent nature which emanated from him than
from any one of the other public men Of the
State. lie was long in that service, and, by
professional experience, may be presumed to
have understood the defedts of existing laws,
and how 10 remedy them. Throughout his ser
vice in the legislature he evinced strong dis
position 10 diminish the number of Offences
which should be capitally punished. He did
not propO c or wish to abolish such punishment
altogether but only TO reduce and limit them
down to the smallest possible number CT cases
consistent with the necessary self defence OF SO
ciety against the aggression OF the lawlesS and
abandoned. At the session of 1872, by the
order OF the Judiciary Cammtte', he prepared
an elabor~tc and able report, which he submit
ted to the house, on the subject of capital pun
iShment, which attracted great attention
throughout the Union
Gov Brown first lecame canlidlte for Con
g0csS in 1899 At two former elections the wings
hal carried his district by majorities ranging
from eleven to twelve hundree votes. His com
petitorS, the Hon. L. J. Shields had served in
the two proceeding Congress. He was gen.
tleman of fine talents, and one of the most plau-
Sihle and handsome debaters OfhiS party. When
the election came off however, Gov Brown
was f,uld not only to have overcome the large
party majority against him, but to have over
come it by the immense majority OF sixteen
hundred and one votes. He was reelected .or
the called session Of Congress in 1871 without
having any opposition. In l043 the congres.
sional district was altered so as greatly to di-
minish the democratic majority by which Gov
Brown had been usually elected in the old dis
trct. This induced hopes that he might pos
sibly be beaten in the new one and all the regu-
lar steps were taken to present competitor in
the porson Of the Hon n S. Brown, now
minister to Russia. The result, however, de-
that the democracy of the new dis.
trict, although not in so large a majority as in
the old one, was nevertheless equally inyinclble.
Daring the period Of his congressional service,
beginning in 1899 and ending in 1845, Gov.
Brown seems to have heenan active member,
takinga part in nearly al the great questions
which came up during that eyeniul portion Of
our political history.
In May, 1840, he delivered speech in reply
to Mr. Bell, on the bill introduced by that gen
tlemen, "to secure the freedom Of elections" lie
llso made a speech on the celebrated New Jrr-
,ey case, having been member ofthe commit.
tee which reported on the same His speech on
he burning of thc Caroline to be foand in the
Globe and appendix OF f84l vas
listened to by the House with profound atten-
ion and emotion, and is regarded by his friends
rs one of his ableSt efforts in Congress. Lie
vas member Of the committee which framed
he tariff Of 1912, and united with the minority
n presenting report against the principles and
ietais of that measure. When the bill came
lp for discussion, Gov. Brown made clear
md powerful argument against it, opening the
ielate on the democratic side Of the House. On
the 18th Of August 1911, he delivered a speech
against the fiscal bank bill, which occupied so
large portion ofpublic soictude at that time.
He made speeches in 1914 en- the rem 'sSion Of
the fine imposed on Gen. jackson at New Or
cans, and against receiving and reporting on
abolition petition; also, on the right of men,
oerS elected by general tickets to their scrts.
1t was in December, 1914, "a Gov. Brown
found it necessary to reply to Sundry speeches
Of Mr. Adams, made in Massachusetts, in lela-
ion to the negotiation Of the Florida treaty.
That reply having direct reference to Incl,
dents occurred in the congressional career Of
Gov Brown. may he seen in the Daily Globe
of December II, lS44. A reply to Mr.. Adams
on the Oregon bill may be seen in the "COnsti.
tuition" of January 2a, l845, and also reply
to another speech OF Mar Adams may be seen
in the National Intelligencer of February 2, 1915
On the 18th March 1874, GOV. Brown, as
chairman of the Committee on Territories, re-
ported bill to extend the civil and criminal
jurisdiction of the several courts of the Terri
tory of Iowa over the Territory Of Oregon, and
for other purposes. At the next session he re
ported anotI er BIZ, organizing territorial gov
ernmcnt for Oregon, which passed the House
by large majority, but was lost IN the Senate
Gov Browns service in Congress ended with
the commencement Of President Folks admin
istration. He declined any Office under the ad-
and determined to return home
and devote himself to the education ofhiS chill
dren and the management OF his own private
affairs. Before he reached home, however he
was nominated by the democratic party as its
candidate for governor He met the news Of
this nomination at Pittsburgh, and hesitated
many dUys whether he would accept it or not
1t conficted with all his purposes 10 retire to
private life to accept it, and open wide field of
labor with but little prospect ofSucce5s. Mr.
Polk had failed twice Tor the same office, and
could not carry the State IN his presidential
race, under all the zeal and excitement which it
created. Besides this, Mr. Polk in organizing
his administration, and selecting his friends for
different Offices had withdrawn from the State
some of the most influential and powerful mem
bers of the party He himself was gone, Hon.
Cave johnson was gone, Gen. Robert Arm,
strong was gone, and several others whose
weight had been always felt in State elections
Discouraging, however, as were the prospects.
he finally determined to take the field against
Col Foster, late senator, and one ofthe most
popular and able men o the whig party. The
discussion of the canvass turned chiefly on the
tariff, the Texas and Oregon questions
In this canvass Gov. Brown was slected by
majority Of one thousand five hundred or one
thousand six hundred; bnt in that of 1847 he
he was defeated by about half that number
For the last twelve years parties have been so
nearly balanced in Tennessee that they have
carried the State alternately against each other
The one last defeated brings to the polls at the
next election little more zeal and determine.
ton to retrieve their last misfortune, and are
therefore very aptto prove triumphant .s,
In the next year. 1848, Gov, Brown was
candidate for eector for the State al large, and
it with great vigor, sustaining and
even surprising the reputation which he had
previously acquired.
In 1850 he was member of the southern
held at Nashville. He concurred
fully in the resolutions passed at the first session
Of that body but dssented from and protested
against the address At the second session Of