The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-13
Aitt1mond nispatth.
THURSDAY. AUGUST IL, 1868.
Death of Thaddeus Stevens.


night. We copv elsewhere from shee'
fr;endlv "a his memory an account OF ms
last moments.
uo was horn April 4th, 1892, in the town
,.ro ca,oSa,;o county VT. and was
Os,,no.oa n,r,,v =. darlington and partly at
r..o,,.h NE rar,n,s were poor, and he
D"' :. Nov. ra;3 tho e1penses Of his
education chiefly by his own laoors' "he''
hn loft college in 1914 he went TO York, Pa,
whore he taught school and read law nj the
same time. At that early day his eulosist
tells us he "opcned his eyes TO the evils oil
sIovcry and We may say they were never
afterwards shut, for he was one OF the mo"'
ronatical Of AholuioniSta until slavery
ended in this country. In 1916 he went ~
the bar III Adams county, Pa., and II 1885
was elected 70 the Legislature II Whieh ne
held seat uoril 1895, when he Was chosen
= member u the State Convention % Al"'i'i
the Constitution. Ii that H"1E &c ''rA :
prominent part, M 17":@'H"@ ''AA' wv
,aniv 10 slg.- sh.'e!' te~.aHS" ~ ~ s''N
%. -u".."".' 'vA"V."' - s'T
.I.ovg, ne eo.1 "n1'e ia nc '~'~H7 s~N
,vr,D.us mo 4""'-l1e"''" " ''@'ES 80 ''''>''
violent yppcoltloa- = PASSED, - AZ very
rrcal disgust, 1a4 sen'a1ie@ /" 'oe >'''S''.
tation 70 the 1oE u rs "e"'",
enraced NJ '&'S '1'' = : e'''>'
further interest," Il"
Conven''on'
Mr.. STEVENS re>u''''>' '''' 49,
gislaturc before Inc "uyo"i n'n'"'
Convention oe'"i'' VIM 0'
State under uo'''Noi ~. IT, .oo,, on
1888 was oa'','' ~, ,;,,,
active P".' - n,,.>. o,a co,arol
between ,'"r ~ - 200 - ,os ;nso1vent and
hANhiS'S' n,nn ooo u;e ,,ort-
his de''S ""!o"N'.N " ,,otore
ner IN Tue i'o'' .,.. 90, I'm,
TOOK the oe"e"' - Wv ,.;o,
Mr.. STh> EMS Ie'uS'" " ~ ~:
rapuer says lie "''ei ""t"' i"'
liabilities, prlnclPaI IN" INV
moved TO Lancaster az 'N'' ''n'.' .:.,har g
years DID, All" mus oe'"N'e r.:.a1
JAMES BUCHANAN, "'0 ""9 49,
States SENATOR r"'.' '9 ,0.,.~ ,ros ra-
more uh'!"e' l''''' 49,,
spec'iuI 70 '"'" '''''''
dial' NF' - + ''>> vac ,.n ga 1o.
yer! s''"' 4'''' aa.os :,
e'hE'o!ed III VIZ me-
'Ae A's"ei ''"'' % - INV
In 1919 he WIS e'ee'eu ~ INV
Congress- anu was re'ie''''' " '''' '','N
Ing congress- ile '"i''" ~ ~
next IN huccessloh' ana lei1"''e'' 0a' ~,
the three next Congresses nut was e'eo'e'
to the Thirty-siXth, and renamed mem
Der Of the body till the day OF his death.
TnAppErs STEVENS was man OF extra
ordinary talents, and was bold and resoIn'e
in proclaiming his opinions ami standing
by them, whatever the degree OIL ooi"ui 'ii"'
might attach to them. During Inc war
Congresses he was III the House Oh hepi'-
sentativcs, and Afterwards led the Douy III
he pleased. Up to the session ol o. o'
he held this position without question: ne
was sometimes ahead OF his party IN Ills
policy of oppression for the southern States
but up to the last winter he had finally
brought the House to agree with him III his
extreme propositions.
The manifestations of public sentiment
lbs, vcor ;rtimiao,ed the Radical party
somewhat, The health of the "great
Commoncr - ~ he WAS called, was steadily
fa;I;nr vet he was not intimidated he
st;n advanced with his recommending
eor I'm, fonp1 limsalf wi1h only q body
arard If his old followers. Discrimination
was put to sleep, and his impeachment was
received coldly and hesitatingl y- Like
other of his schemes, he found that
he had only been q little ahead IN
the latter. The hating and douD'-
ing were, with the force of his lash, aldeo
by auxiliary excitement, finally brought
up fully to his position, and he had the
satisfaction of triumphing in the House anu
being made one Of the Managers IN prose
cution which gave him Infinite deligh'' anu
added a new fire to his old eyes 80 soon u
he covered with the glaze OF DEATH Ahe
failure of the impeachh'en.
the exhaustion OF the 1uei 'ia' 4eI
piring flame of his eAis'eh''' 1,A'
only exhibited 1e" Oh i's '''''ii.'' -'''