The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-09-12

should be fall, it will be from the perUerSioR
/ OF naturally aspiring and well disposed
nature. He has all the qualities requisite to
make him pre-sminently happy, in the social
or domestic relations. We see nothing in
! his organization to prevent him from con
/ tinuing to rise until he shall have reached
/ the highest position, Intellectually, morally,
and socially, among men.
Speaker Colfax was born in New York
/ city on the 23ds of March 1928, and is a
! lineal descendant from General SCHUYLER
| and Captain CUlfax, both Of Revolutionary
! celebrity All the academical instruction
! he was favored with was received before he
! had reached ten years of age, and that was
| obtained, chiefly, through his own diIigent
application. At the age of thirteen he went
! to Indiana. in one of the towns In that
/ State ne entered a printingOfice, and CON
tinued the pursuit Of a printer, with degrees
of advancement, until the year 1914, when
/ he became editor and proprietor of the
/ South Bend Register. He was then only
/ twenty one years of age. His paper was a
! political organ. in the interest of the Wing
! party and though commenced with a small
/ circulation and little influence, it steadily
! grew IN popular favor, by reason Of It's bold
| avOwal Of honest sentiments. This paper
! brought him cOnspicuously into view among
/ the politicians of Indiana, and his straight
forward and consistent course eventually Sc
! cured for him considerable reputation.
! In l84S he was appointed a delegate from
! Indiana to the Wing National Convention,
! Of which he was elected secretary. In 1880
/ we find him occupying prominent position
in the Indiana Constitutional Convention.
In 1884 MIR. COitax was elected the repre-
sentative of his district in the American
/ Congress, and from that time to this has al
ways been returnad to his seat IN the na-
| tiOnal assembly.
In Congress the same energy and industry
| have characterized him which were so prom
inent IN his private life and personal voca-
ton.
He was first elected Speaker of the House
Of Representatives in 1868, and twice since
has been reelected. He has so discharged
the important duties of the Speakership, that
he IS considered one of the best presiding
officers that has ever been called upon to
conduct the proceedings of n great body.
In personal appearance Mr. Colfax is of
medium height, and solid and compactly
built His hair and whiskers are brown,
not a little tinged with gray. His counten-
ance has a pleasing and frank expression,
and evInces the man Of substatiaI endOw-
| ments.
H0RATIO SEYMOUR, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.
Horatio Seymour has a large-sized brain,
something more than twentY-three inches in
circumference, with a mixed temperament
in which the vital, motive, and mental are
fairly blended, the mental or nervous some.
what predOminating There is no lack of
quantity of either bone, muscle or brain.
But what Of the quality Were he sound
or in perfect health, and were the quality
equal to the quantity, he would with his
hTrh Il,
As it is, there is no deficiency of intellectual
ability, no lack of knowledge, ambition, love
of property or power. But can he endure
or viii he break down under care. trials and
hardships? That is an important question
on which success or failure, happiness OF
misery depend. A front view of this head
reveals a very broad brain at the base the
head Is wide between the ears, and acquis
itiveness, destFuctiveness, and alimentive
ness are conspicuous. A side view showa
very large perceptives, with Tetreating re
r hectives. Very large frmness, full self
esteem, with less hope, spirituality, and con
scientiOusness. Venerati0n and benevO
Ience are fairly indicated, but not large
CautOusness Is full, secretiveness Is large
) and so are comparison and language
: This combination produces or indicates q
strong unyielding will great love for prop
erty and the Iuzures Of life, a ready percep
j ton, good memory of facts, with less dis
position to theOrize. His moderate hope
would incline him to form moderate views
of future accomplishment, and to make des
: perate efforts to realize present wishes
t There would be little or no penitence ol
e compunction; little faith in the fulfllmen
{ Of promises. He would seek to obtain hii
? ends by stratagem, management, cunning
f and intellectual generalship. lie will ma
+ neuver with the best and keep his plans vel
"a lad Ia IA ,,1f q
sharp, snug business man, a close economist
an uuyielding and unrelenting opponent; ht
is ambitious, tenacious, fluent, beliigerent
secretive, and a study" for any man. In
. deed, he viii never be iully known, not even
TO himself
y Mr.. Seymour was born in Pompey, Onon
D daga county, \. Y, in 1911 Educated fo
0 the law. he earIY attained TO eminence in il