The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-03-01
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cable telegram. announcing the death
10 81 Petersburgh the day previous Of
Hon Apsun Bnfl,ugame. late Amen
can nil ter 10 China. aud At The time
" BIS iaash EasoE Extraordinary A1d .
Minister PlepipotrntArs from The
Poser Kingdom to the Western Pow.
era wiih sasboTity 10 execute CONNER
cial treaties betWeen them and the
hitherto partially ISOLATED Empire Of
which he vas the representative
Mr. BarhngAmc vas born IN New
Berlin. Cbenango county. New York.
Nov IL. lS22. aud consequently was a,
the time o. bis death but little over
AZ years Of age, young indeed for one
who bad develo,ed already statesman
Ike abilities and diplomatic Talents 10
make him the eompeei Of the ablest
diplomats 81 Europe aud America
HIS pa -enls removed 10 OHIO when he
was quite young, and young Bnflng-
game spent has earlier years with sur
yeying parties on the frontier, aud IN
treating with the Indians. lie prepar-
cd for College in Ohio, and graduated
at Harvard in lS46. After graduation
he studied law aud 1876 commenced
it, practice in Boston. The same yea
be turned bis attention TO politics, aud
four years thereafter attained to a seat
in the Massachusetts S nate. He EN-
braeed the doctrines of the Native
American party, before that organiza-
ton became corrupt with narrow-mind-
ed bigotry and prejudice, and rising
with it. was elected member Of the
3ith Congress. aud reelected TO the
35th aud seth Congresses.
He was in Congress through the Bor-
der rufIian troubles in Kansas, and
made strong speeches denouncing the
lmbeciity OF an administration which
allowed to go UNPUBLISHED those ruff
fans, under the leadership Of Atchison,
Strongfellow and Quantrell. Indeed
in those days he had few equals on the
floor Of the United States House OF
Rep esontatiyes, and was q terror to
tie hre-eating pro-slayeryites in tha,
body. We all remember how, after
Mr.. Sumner had been struck down IN
the Senate chamber by blows from the
cane OF Preston S. Brooks OF South
Carolina, that Mr.. Burlinghame, from
his seat in the House on the following
such scathing TEN as 10 call forth
IRON Brooks a challenge to Burlin
game, Offering to fight him "or any 9th
er Yankee mudsill" The chalIeng,
was accepted, rifles named as weapon'
and the vicinity OF the Clifton House
Canada, named as The place OF combat
But, though the Massachusetts, mar
was on hand at the time aud place spec
flied, the fight never occurred, Brook,
concealing his cowardice behind tht
excuse that he dare not 60 to Canada
as III doing SO he would have 10 pasi
] through hostile country.
He labored arduously on the stumI
10 the campaigns Of 1856 and 1860 To-
J the election first Of Fremont and thel
Of Lincoln to the Presidency, and So
great VAS his argumentatiye power
that il is conceded he did more thai
any other man for the success Of th,
1 party N these campaigns His seryi
{ ces were recognized by Mr.. Lincoln b.
an appointment as Minister to tn
q Court of Austria, but while on th
o committee Of foreign affairs, in Con
I gress, during the Italian war, he ha
expressed himself SO decidedly in fayo
n of Sardinia, as to win the enmity Of th
Austrian government, and Francis Jo
seph refused to accept him as a minis
ter to his court. Returning home b
{ was rendered the Chinese mission b
President Lincoln, which he sccepte
and held until early in 1868, when b
n resigned, to accept from the Chimes
government the mission to the West
\ ern powers. This mission be had cal
II ried out with eminent satisfaction /
9 the sovereign OF the Celestials and til
governments with which he had trea
ed, though not without much oppos
: ton on the part OF some Of those
!. Europe. His mission to Russia, Ii
81 one he designed as the GROWING effo
: OF bis labors for China, he had Just el
a tered upon when called to the preseDt
N OF the Higher Court above. His loss
- one to be felt by every American, K
be had already done much for the nj
ton, and at the conclusion Of his pr
sent labors had determined to settle {
al estate recently purchased by him
California, whence be would undoub
At eddy have emerged to again take bis
" rank in the forunm and in legisIati'
halls His death is an irreparabie 10
to China, as il can hardly he expecit
that that government will fad ms
GO competent to complete the work whi'
4" Mr. Bnriingame bad 80 well commen
:, ed aud carried so near the end.