The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1859-07-30
DisceliaQeoQs.
From the Ne,e ADpe,4can Cyclop9dia.
BY THE HON. GEORGE S. billiard, OF Bos-

from the Aetc ziDe3Tcdn CycfODUdid,
Rufus Choate.
BY THE HON. GEORGE s. billiard, OF Bos-
TON.
RUFUS CHoATE, an American advocate
and jurist was born in Essex, small
town in the county of the same name in
Massachusetts,, October l, 1893. The
ardent love of knowledge which distin-
guished him from the first, enabled him
10 draw the utmost advantages from the
moderate opportunities fer instruction ana
training which were within his reach
during boyhood. He entered Dartmouth
College in 1915, and was graduated with
the highest honors Of his class in 1919,
having gained during his collegiate course
reputation which gave confident as
surAnce of his future career. He contin-
ued attached to the College in the capac-
ny Of tutor for year after his graduation.
lilo then entered the law-school at Cam
bridge, and after remaining there few
months he went to Washington, where
he was for about year in the office OF
Mr.. Writ. Returning to the North, his
professional studies were completed in
the office Of Mr.. Andrews, of Ipswich, and
In that of Judge Cummins, of Salem. He
was admitted to the bar in 1924, and
commenced the practice Of the law in the
town of Danvers but, in the course of
two or three years, removed to Salem,
the shire town of the county. From the
moment of his admission to the bar, his
success was marked and his rise rapid.
The oldest and most experienced jursts
at once found formidable rival in the
youthful advocate, who, to thorough
knowledge of the law, the most careful
preparation of each particular case, and
the most earnest devotion of himself to
the cause of his client, added the charm
Of brilliant aud persuasive rhetoric, such
as had never before graced the CONFLICTS
and discussions of New England court
OF justice. Though he occupied seat in
The Massachusetts House of Representa-
yves for one year, and subsequently in
The Senate for the same period, he did
not allow himself to be diverted from the
path of professional toll aud professional
success by the attractions of politics.
When, in the year 1882, at the earnest
solicitation of his personal and political
friends, he allowed himself to be put in
nomination as a candidate for Congress,
ne ielt that he had gained a position
winch made such step not imprudent.
ne was elected to the House of Represen-
'auves, and served there for single term,
with honor to himself and satisfaction to
MS constituents, but declined q re-elec-
tloh, having determined to remove to Bos-
ION, the capital Of the State, as the sphere
ueS' suited to his powers ard his aspira-
tlonS. he went to Boston in 1884, en-
ss'su al once into possession OF large
1uu important business, and measured his
powers with the leaders of the bar. For
". .he next eight years his life was one of
rue most asSiduous toll and the most bril-
i'Ant trlumphs. Ia February, 1S41, he
was CHOSEN by the Legislature of Massa-
Tlusetls member of the Senate of the
uul'ed States, in place of Mr.. Webster,
W. Tno mad entered the Cabinet of President
-. Larson. he remained in the Senate
~, March, l845, the close of his term,
"uen ne gladly returned to the more con-
senlai sphere of the bar. He took FREE
Iuent part in the discussions of the SEN
a.e' aud made brilliant and elaborate
.peeches upon the Oregon question, the
'atin the Courts of the United States,
P. u''n We're publishedin pamphlet form.
~ ou' the close of his Senatorial term to
s"e present time he has resided in Boston,
sSsed In the most extensive practice,
SUI Only diverted from his labors by the
las IIsonal preparation and delivery of q
PUBIC PUBIC address. He was for three or -four
s 1; one Of the Regents of the Smithso-
ln au Institution. April 81, 1871, he de-
he'd eulogy on President Harrison
Ta 'u'e the citizens Of Boston, in Faneuil
on ; In Dec, lS4S, he gave the address
p I the anniversary of the landing of the
!. sIl@s' b.fore the New.Eagland Socie-
S0 VI New York. In Aug, 1853, be pro
Oncsd sulogy upon Daniel Webster