The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-02-02
Edward Everett

shs,;er, MISS. April II, l,a4 lie
graduated a. H,rvarl, with the hi.h
81 honors ot hs clIss, lear!n. y hi,l.
reputation, bo'h as w,,.er ard >chn,sr
H. - subsequently hmpIryed ~ til.
i,r. AMI III ISIS sas called To the Bat.
tic Street Church to succe.i the gittcd
u. krnir,stcr, AMI amply sustained him
rr,:. He rntli,h"d Defence Of
'hrstissi., u, 1915, with his be,
h%his commended an ~. suhsc
qlrnty excited professor 81 Geek ~
Nsr, III, for ~iic. he VISA permitted
to thoroughly qualify himself by s,n1,
anI irav'l abroad. He spent two years
= Go'tlnyen University, the winter OF
isi1 Ia * Paris, and the succeeding
months N E"2'anh ard in trsv,l
through tl,ly, Greece, & with winter
."sl.nc. in 1slv Returning u, ma In
1912 he devoted himse! 10 the dntie.
II his profrs-o"sh'r, delivrrin. series
.f lectures IN Grecan literature and
ancicn, art in both c. mbrid e and
Boston.
III 1924. he,ook charge "fthr North
american Re,>.,c AID i'm ,aei il with
Thoroughly national >p,,i., exposing
the shall wacs> aud ass .;ap:lon Il f.. {.
ciyn tourists II !. ala, prepared ,rs'' !.
la,ion & Ra,,man'. Greek G-nmnsr.
-, the same year, lie delivered the FIRST
r. that series f orat;oas which have Sc
cured his fame. l. vs. pronounced
before 'hc Phi R';a X .ppa S cie'y, in
TIE presence Of i !favette, AMI carried
with him the enthusiastic sympIhics
=! the wat al hence. Th,; ora'ion
We ne starting point Of lie nomina
,ion f,r Congress bv the youny men
~ the d,stJi.', when he served for ten
rr:rs with great acceptabili'y an! dis.
function. H. was member and Oh ,ir.
msn # he Committee on Foreign r.
lfi'ns, and mad. f. g,ent reports,
which attracted m little attention.
Though ,levo., d to his Z ,ngreseionsl
da''es AMI attention to tho personal
claims Of his constituents, lie s,il! found
tive for s'niv and f,r the pages If the
.t3r;A .fm.r;clu R,ri w. I..le34, NJ.
E,tre:. was ale-,ei G.s.nr 1T n IS.
sathuse;t,. AMI re clra,, j for three sue.
ce>s:re terms. The next vear, under
ihc Administration O: e neral Harrison
- vas APP ,,n'ed Minister 10 lie Court
ri 81, Jsmes, whore he commanded t..
.heai''cs. rcspec; and admiration. Oar
relations, with England were extreme
- ttlicaie. growing cut If the bound
afy question, The fisheries. and the in.
'"rferencs VII anr dag BY British cru
'-ers. II" conluc:et! the negotiations
.el,nrei With great skil, ana ability.
ia his return TO tbs country be was
elected President Of Harvard College.
where he served for three years With
.rea; accep'.hili,y and usefulness, buI
VS. compelled /, resign on account o.:
he heath. Subsequently, be collected
his ors'ians and speeches in t~n vnl.
nmes, and edited the works Of Dlniel
Webster, whom he succeeded in the
alice ct the Secretary Of State. III.
ieost :amoas paper in that eapac;'y vas
tie nemnratln d diplomatic note reeppc,
ing the tripar'ite convention on The ac.
Inisifion of Cuba. He was Il .c.cl to
the United States Senatc, and made a
,nas:elly speech on the Central Ameri.
ran question st the extra session, bu,
wa.4 unable to endure the stormy ses
ron growing on. OF tho Kansas and
A.oraska excitement, and after max
nus - his nobie.t Congressional speech
- in February, resigned lis place in
My. T,is,cl"sci he active political
career, lI.s health improving, he pre-
pared and commenced delivering his
memorable .ra,ion an Washington ia
al our leading cities the proceeds oil
which were handed over 10 the Noun,
Vernon Association, for the purchase
q Mount Vernon, aud ia 1859 cog.rib
ne.! tl.r Aaua' Vrrron papers 70 III,
New York Ledger" for $4,000 paid
IN advance. He thus raised for III.
Hon.t Vernon fund over *6S,lc3 On
December o2nd he made an address il
Boston, ga Charity and charitable in
..itntions which has been frealen,ly
r,.,,Sa,... Isl where and has realized
ahaui els 500. tie WAS nominated f.,
ice President on !c Bel Everett ;icl
q; ir 1850, ar'i ,hou.h strongly al
verse I, strife, t>"k einpli ! &c araun.
~ inst iae rebellion. HIS eloqnep
tongue was empiosed in behalf Of th,
lFr.innis!s IL Els; Tennessee, and som
el0O COG raised to re!,eve their want
Whi'e Is unanimous consent he WAS in
vne' 10 !.,sTtrtay ora',nn II the cei