The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-02-23

III. frat Aftorney General of toe State and ex-
ercised the ONCE both before and alter Its edmis-
zion into the Union. He resigned the Office OF
Attorney General in 1922. aud was chosen q
souri and served as such. In 1924. he was sp-
pointed by President Monroe United States At
iorney for the Missouri District
He was elected q member of the United States
House of Representatives in ls26, and served
through the XXth Congress as sole Representa-
tive OF the State Ia $780, he was elected TO the
State Senate and served four years; and 10 1884
he was again elected to the House snd took an
active part in the revision of the State laws
From that time till the present he as held no
political Office and sought none; taking little or
no part iC local politics; but often freely express
ing bis views upon constitutional questions ana
rational politics, in public speeches and in re"s-
papar essays. 3,
. Ia 1853, be was elected Judge OF the Land
Court, of s.. Louis County. and after serving 10
the Office about three years. be resigned. and re
turned again to the practice OF law, he ac'ea IS
President of the River aud HarooE Improvement
Convention which sat at Chicago: aud IN 1890,
acted as Presiden. of the Wing National Cen
vention which met at Baltimore
la 1850 he was appointed by President fiii-
more and confirmed by the Senate. Secretary OF
War. but declined the appointment for personal
and domestic reasons
Mr. Bates was complimented with the hoao.s-
raw degree Of Ii d. in 1883 by the Harvard
College. Some wears before be had been honor
ed with the same degree by Shurtleh College, III
lnois.
Such. in brief, is a history of the early life and
public service of one of the most distDguisheo q
and able statesmen of the West. From youth be
has been accustomed to self dependence, aud his
life has been one of habitual labor. aud compar
alive poverty. 1t has for the most part, been
spept in private 10 the faithful discharge of his
professional duties and is therefore devoid of that
haxibility and adaptuess which nothing bat Of
hcial discipline can Largely give.
Ia personal appearance Mr. Bates has noble
and comm andng air. n stature he Is of the
type of Mr. eos,er HIS hair begins 10 ex-
h,bis tokens Of age Ills eye beams with inteiii-
gence from beneath a-sive bfows, and his lace
Is marked with deep thought. His manners ars
those Of polished gentleman of the last gener
alton.
Ia his domestic relations he is fond husband
and kind and indulgent father. He married, II
1923, ulia D., one oi the Eve daughters OF oavio
Coulter. late of South Carolina lie had by ina
marriage seventeen children, only eight OF Who
survIve-six sous aud two daughters
ihoagh he was porn and has always .vea III. 10
slave State, yet he has never sought to live upo'
slave LABOR. lie formerly owned few slaves
whom he Kept as domestic servants; but he EN- an
cipated The last OF them some years ago III
aged mother. who died in 1876 set Tree oy VIII
the few remaining Slaves she had, and last oPr'ns
MS sister, SAI6u DPteS -
slaves, all that remained to her. having before lhA
set tree or eight by separate Instruments
Grape HID, the residence Of 'ir Bates sitaate'
about iour miles from the city of St LOUIS Is
brick mansion, surrounded by nicely cultivate
gardens, aud arbors, and shrubbery, among whic
Ihe grape. which gives name to the place, IS prom
in q confor table and subs.antia' ety 50. -, -; = "
the mau who has a national reputation like ms
His private character is eninen,ly exemplary
The p,ous teachings of his youth have becon'
the settled principles OF his MANHOOD: 80
/, the decent respect and venera.ion so' e.
! which politicians almost universahs an - sav,
outward lives, he cherishes, by daily acts OF aes'
,iou in his family, and other ordinances oil rems0
the sentiments of consistent Christian PeS
With the virtues of head and heart Will n enas :.
ac,erized some of the early statesmen Q, - y
Republic he ia equal to any station 10 the W
ernment which his countrymen may as''S