The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-27
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Charles Francis Adams, the new Minister
to England, comes of a family eminent in
American history. The grandson of the
second and the son of the sixth President
of the United States, and himself bonorably
known in the American politics, he will be
welcomed abroad as a worthy representative
of our government Mr. Adams Was born at
Boston in 1907, and received all the ad-
vantages of a thorough education. His first
political prominence was as participant in
the freesOil movement of l848, his views on
the subject of slavery, being essentially
those of his illustrious father. He presided
over the famous Buffalo Convention, and
was its candidate for Vice President of the
United States. He was chosen to Congress
in 1858 from the third district of Massachu-
setts; consisting of the counties of Norfolk,
Middlesex and Worcester and was re-elect-
ed in 1860. He has occupied an influential
position in Congress, and become conspicuous
during the past winter as the author of a
compromise measure which took his name,
and created a discussion second only to that
excited by the famous proposition Of Mr..
Crittenden. Mr.. Adams is a gentleman of
fine social qualities, and talents of a high
order. His edition of the " Life and Works
Of John Adams is a monument to his lit
erary ability and industry.
William L. Dayton the new Minister to
France, was born at Baskiugrjdge, in New
Jersey, February IT, 1907, graduated at
Princeton College, is lawyer by profession,
and began public life in the Senate Of New
Jersey in 1887.
IhsFebruary, 1888, he was chosen by the
Legislature one of the Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court of New Jersey, which
position he resigned in 1841 ; and on the
decease of Samuel l.. Southland, a United
States Senator from that State, in 1912, he
was appointed by the Governor to fill the
vacancy so caused. In March. 1915, his
appointment was confirmed by the Lcgisla-
ture, and he was also confirmed for full
term of six years. He served in the Senate
from July 6, 1842, to March 4, 1851. &s a
member of the Senate, be was what might
be called a freesoil Whig; he maintained to
the fullest extent the right of Congress to
legislate with respect to Slavery in the Ter
ritories of the United States, on which sub
ject he expressed his views in a speech on
the treaty with Mexico, in 1s47. He was
an intimate friend and influential adviser of
President Taylor, the policy of whose Ad-
ministration he warmly supported.
At the expiration of his term in the Sen
ate the Democratic party was in the ascend
ancy in the Legislature of New Jersey, and
they7e4sss Robert F. Stockton as his sue
cessor.
In 1856, Mr.. Dayton was nominated by
the Republican Convention as their candi-
date for the Vice Presidency of the United
States, with Mr. Fremont as the candidate
for President. In 1857 he was appointed
Attorney General of the State of New Jer-
sey, which Office he now holds.
George P. Marsh, appointed Minister to
Italy, was born in Woodstock, Windsor
county, Vermont, March II, 1902. He grad
uated at Dartmouth College in 1920, and
then removed to Burlington, where he stud
led law and was admitted to the bar. In
1885 he was elected a member Of the Su-
preme Executive Council of Vermont, and
in-1842 became Representative in Con-
gress, retaining his seat in that body, by
successive reflections, until I849, when he
was appointed by President Taylor to the
post Of Minister Resident at Constantine
pie, which Office he creditably filed for four
years. In 1852 he was charged by the
Government with a special mission to
Greece. He travelled extensively in Europe.
In 1853 he was appointed one of the Com
missioners TO rebuild the State House at
Montpelier, Vermont. In 1857 and 1859 he
served as Railway Commissioner in that
State. In 1914 he was chosen one of the
Corporation of the University of Vermont.
He resides at Burlington, and is constantly
occupied with literary labor and philologi-
cal researches. His lectures on the English
! language, delivered in the postgraduate
course Of Columbia College, IN 1859, and
other productions, enjoy a deserved popu-
larity.