The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-09
Franklin Pierce.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, ex-President of the
United States, died yesterday at Con-
cord, New Hampshire. He was born in
Hillsborough, that State, November %,
1904, and therefore lacked but a few
weeks of being sixty-tive years of age
He graduated in 1924, at Rowdoin Col
lege, Brunswick, Maine, stadied law in
tho office of Judge, afterward Senator,
LEVI WOODBURY., of Portsmouth, Maine,
in the law school at Northampton,
Massachusetts, and in the office of Judge
PARKER, of Amherst, New Hampshire.
Ia 1927, he began the practice of his
profession in the town of Hillsborough,
his birthplace. His first case was a
marked failure, but out of it he formed
the resolution that ultimately led to
success. Said he to sympathizing
friend: 81 will try nine hundred and
ninety nine cases, if clients will con.
tinue to trust me, and if l fail just as l
have to-day, l will try the thousandth.
shall live to argue cases in this Court
House in a manner that will mortify
neither myself nor my friends"
In 1929, Mr.. PIERCE was elected as a
Democrat to represent the town OF
Hillsborough in the New Hampshire
Legislature. He served four years in
that body, the last two as Speaker of
of the House. In 1888 he was sent to
the lower House of Congress, where he
served two terms, attaining little dis
tinction as a speaker but making some
reputation as q working member. In
1887 he was elected to the United States
Senate, and served until 1912, when
he resigned his seat and resumed
the practice of his profession in Concord
whittier be had removed from Hills
borough. Although a constant and
steadfast Democrat, taking a deep ln'
terest in politics, he declined all otficia
position, tenders of which were made
him by President Polk and by the peo
pie of his own State.
In May, lS47, he enlisted in volunteer
company raised at Concord for the
Mexican war, rose to the rank of Briga
dier General, distinguished himself II
the battles of Contreras and Churubusco
participated in the capture of the city
of Mexico, and in the following Decem
Der, the war being ended, returned
to his native State. Elected in 1850 t(
the New Hampshire Constitutional Con
yention, he exerted himself to secur,
the abrogation of certain tests, exclud
ing Catholics from Office in that State
On juno u, 1852, he was nominated TO
the Presidency by the Democratic
National Convention at Baltimore
and in November following was tri
umphantly elected over Genera
WINFIELD SCoTr, the Whig nominee
PIERCE receiving the vote of ever!
State, save Massachusetts,, Vermont
Kentucky and Tennessee. In his inaug
ural, delivered March 4th, 1888, N
favored the the execution of the tugl
tive slave law, but opposed the agita
tion of the slavery question, regarding
it as fully settled by the compromises o
1850.
Among the prominent occurrence
during his Administration were tn
celebrated MARTIN KoszrA expatriatiol
affair, the passage of the Kansas ant
Nebraska act, the Ostend Conference
the negotiation of treaty providing fo
commercial reciprocity between thi
country and the British provinces
the bonbardment of Grsytow,
and the dismissal of the Britis
Minister and Consuls for secretel,
recruiting here for the Crimean arm!
The lasttwo years Of the PIERCE Ad