The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-07-21

pffhuOtl Oh money ny tilt {Eenorai& Coy efll-
mcnt for roads ard canals iii tile states
except III caseof solaa gfea road f1r mill
tary purposes, Ike the Pacific Railroad, !
and IN favor Of tho policy uf improving
the grcat rivers and Ia he hasbers. With
till his apparent admiration FOR Mr., Cali
houn, Mr. Belt opposed tic south Caro-
lima doctrine of notification, mid was
made Chairman or The Judiciary E0nI.l
mfttee Of tic House 81 Representatives.,
With spcrfal reference 10 tie question: cons
nected with ztliat subject which might have
to be considered aatErepofted On. For ten
years he was Chairman Of tile Committee
ON Indian AH'air3 He was afaSor of
ii United States Bank, though he yptpdI
against the Till fer it's rCehaFter In d $50,
because, as ft IL alleged, he believed that
tile subject was brought tilrat that time
four years before TIE expiration of the
old charter merely to- defeat General
jackson III The ensliHg Presidential elce-9
#tion. and because he was afraid the
President wottld veto the bill, which
proved to he. The case. He protested.
against the removal of lilo deposits, and
refused TO vote for o resolution up.
proving that measure. This refusal was.
one OF hecauses which led to thesuhsc-
quent breach between himself and Rfcsi-
dent jackson and the democratic party,
and finally to his cooperation with the
wings The change Of party relations
was much accelerated by his election to
the SpeakeFship of the House or Repre-.
Esentatiscs In 1854. hi Dune Of that year
Dir. Stevenson resigned the chairupon
being nominated Minister TO Great Bril-
Itain, and Mr.. Bell was elected TO succeed
Him. i'm opposition to- James X Il Polk, af.
forwards IIesideIit of the United States.
who was The candidate Of tie adfAitifstra-
ttion ard Of tho democratic partys Nh.
Bell was supported lily tile wings and q
Fportion of the democratic party who were
oiposcd TO tho Intended nomination OF
Martin VAN Buren, as suecE ssor to: Gen
fJackson, The principal ground Of Mr..
lBeIj5s oppostiou to Mr. Van Buren, &as
This strong disaEpfaFal .ff tliB system Of
4 removals from the subordinate 0iiices for
political Tea soItss--4.sa systplH which Mr..
Van Buren, had zAafegSiy promoted inlhe
t pafiy conflicts OF the. State al New 6rk,
lnnd which, IL was supposed, he intended
Ito carry out to Its fuifextoiit ID the al,
ImiHistratiblr Of Che federal government
i The iiaa separation between Mr. IieH and
/ Gen, Jackson took place: IN j So when
i Mr.. Bell declared himself in favor 81
.tJalge M hite FOR the Presidency, in oppo
.lsition to Mr.. Nan buren, Up to TINT
Time there had been no opposition ID
Tennessee 10 Gen JaGksonls adhlinistfal
Etion, and it was generally suppaset
4 that his personal aud political influence
teould not fail 10 slhdue the oppositiol
raised Dy Judge White and his friends
4 The whole force Of the administration
was eXerted. TO this end. Judge White
carried the State hga large majority, ant
Mr. Bell was reelected TO Congress. Al
impulse was given to the political eharae
| ter of Tennessee, which arrayed it in op
position to the,lemorracy during the foa}
succeeding Observation-Disclosures, 18iQ<fi
t.4s452. When the reception OF petition
for the abolition of slavery in the pistfic
Eof Columbia was agitatcd in tile House Q
Representatives, In 1896, Mr.. Bell alone
Eof the Tennessee delegation, favored tlfei
reception subsequently, IN 1885, who
/ Atherton'S resolutions were introduced
proposing to receive aud lay these pet
tious on the table, he maintained his col
tSisteRcy BY voting in the negative. Whe
+ President Harrison, in 1871, was fermin
II his Cabinet, Mr., Bell was invited TO a
Eeept the War Department SecretarYshif
!. to which he, readily assent@l With til
rest Of the Cabinet; Mr.. W el1ster onE
= EgXceptetly he resigned Office on The sepS
:, ration Of President Tyler from tie viii
= Fpartyt in the autumn of that year Th
:, ERllig majority in the next Tennessee IL
lgislatufe which met aftpr. his withdraw
from the Cabinet offered him the 0
Z flee of. United States Senator which b
Q, declined. Mr.. Bell remained in retirl
u nlent until, called by the people Of Ii
o country, in ls4T, to represent them in Il
d Estate Senats, in which year. on the o
" curreRce Of o vacancy, he was elected
d the United States Senate! to which /
/ was reelected in 1883. His term Of sc
It fyite expired in March, 1859, since wllit
d time bic has been living in retirement fro
!. public life. ...=.. l. - /
i Iu the Senate Mr. Bell opposed the p
a, Icy Of annexiDg Mexico and other Spa
Q. isll- American States to the Union. II
% was in favor Of the compromise measure
S tof 1850, but desired to sec the issues tht
u made fully settled at the time of the
ID vision Of Texas into States, as Proyid,
rs by the act OF annexation, Ia 1854, Wit
&c the Nebraska bill was presented in q
5. Senate, Mr.. Bell protested against It's pa
,e.Esage. In the controversy on the admi
10 sion Of Kansas, in March, 1868, Mr., III
N opposed the Lecomptoa constitution
EDWARD EVERETT, or NAssAeHufErTs.
st Edward Everett, the Union candida
b. for Vice President, was born in norcb'
H. ter, Massachusett$, April 7, 1871 Il