The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-18


Henry Clay as lawyer, his equal as
a speaker, and his superior in wit and
| education. One of the daughters mar
ried Frank Blair, the old editor of the
| famous Washington Globe; one mar
ried Judge Brown; third married
Mr.. Henry Bodley, prominent and
respected merchant of st. Louis, who,
with his wife, is still living and Il
fourth sister married, we think, n Mr..
Hart, of Kentucky, who was one of
the volunteers in the ill-fated Raisin
River campaign, and never returned
from that disastrous field. 1t was
never known whether he had been
killed in the fight or carried off "a
prisoner by the successful Indians,
and tortured to death.
GratZ Brown, it will thus be seen,
is closely related to Montgomery and
Frank Blair, the latter of whom spoke
of the Governor the other day to an
interviewer" as follows:
"He is o double cousin. On his
fathers side he is my fathers cousin !;
on his mothers side my first cousin !;
but that has nothing to do with my
choice. Gov. Brown would resent a
political suggestion from me at tbis
period as quickly as from any Demo-
crat.,'
The Governor derives his name of
" Gratz from O prominent Philadel-
phia family of that name who came
originally from Germany. An aunt
of the Governors married n Mr. Rem
ia1nip Grata. and the nanbaw WOO
named after the nncla
II may he Well opob IN note here,
that this Gratz family Wore of lavish
descent and ane of Tho Fnronaan
daugbters of tha bouoa ,yas re,,,,ta5
to have heen Waiter Scot+,s ,,;a;n.1
in his descr;ntion of flo haan+;f,f Pa-
bccca in & Invanhoe -
Gratz Brown Il a sl-;nsmo, ne .
npmber of old Families bas;das thos@
above named the Masons Of Vaw
YORK tha Rrecl, inr;aras prostnns anS
Baylors of Kentucky
! Youno Rrown gradnatad at yala
COLLEGE, In 1s17 sfud;ed law apd ra
mova9 10 Ct ToniS Ha saon hacan,a
nromiuent in Missouri % no1;ficS IN
connection with Thomas f Renton !.
was editnr Of tb. 1T;oso,,.; Damna..a4
Ho was ono of the n,os+ ;nfl',en+;al
leaders of the Free Sn;l nartv in Mic.
sonr; In91a6i he ,rss ~ ,ra,,,;,ant m y a. - =,
connection With Cen I.ron IT 9
in tha attack and cantnra of Can,n
Jackson near ST I,ou;s He there
can,n,andad a. ..;,,,o,,f af n,;lit;s
which he hadlorranized for the occa.
sion. and is reported as having he
hayed with marked nalIautry and
coolness. During the first wear ofthe
war he commanded n regiment of
Missouri volunteers. but resigned on
being elected to the United States
Senate.
When his Senatorial term eynired
Gratz Brown retired from politics.
and devoted himself to professional
pursuits and to the endowment of
domestic life with fine family. In
! 1866. sooner than any other Republi-
can statesman. except Horace Greeley.
he proclaimed the doctrine of "uni-
versal amnesty" In 1870, heading
the Liberal Republican movement
in Missouri. in opposition TO the
straight laced Radicals, he. as candi-
date for Governor, was elected by an
unprecedented majority. and enfran-
chised fifty thousand prescribed " ex-
rebels" who lived in Missouri on bare
sufferapce.
Gratz Brown is very popular with
the Germans of the West. He is the
friend of Carl Schurz, and may be
considered the author of the move.
ment that has resulted in the Liberal
Republican Convention at Cincinnati
In person Gov. Brown is of slender
build, a little below middle height
and of nervous organization. Ths
f Cincinnati Commercial says of him:
:" His most noticeable characters
tics, next to yigor and directness O
thought, are boldness and decision il
action, thorough gameness and grea
, capacity for long continued labor
His speeches and public papers evinc,