Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-06-03


Mr.. Bennett was In many respects one of
the greatest and most remarkable men Of the
present and last generation. His parents
were French Catholics, who lived In Scotland
about lT95, whom Mr. Bennett was born. OF
his carly life we know little, except that he
received good classical ed icl tion, was fond
Of music aud SCOTS novels-a dreamy, ro-
mautic youth-not always understood, sly
and reserved. lie read Byron when a mere
schoolboy aud found in Byron that which
pleased aud fascinated him. The iirst Napo-
leon filed the world with his fame about the
tImo that young Bennett came across stray
copy Of Franklln's autobiography. Water
loo had been fought tho captain Of the Bel
lerophon had received the sword Of the con-
quered Emperor, and Sir Hudson Lowe had
been appointed his jaller, when the young
scotoh-Frenchman turned his eyes across the
Atlantic 10 the United States, and resolved to
make 1t his home.
He arrived In Boston about the year 1919,
with neither money nor fixed plans for the
future. The first we hear Of him In the
Athens Of America Is aS clerk In a book
store, still dreaming and enthusiastic, spend
ing his scant leisure on the Common, where
he picked up a shilling one morning aud
saved himself from absolute want, wandering
about Bunker Hill and writing poetry In
Bucklngham's paper-the GALAXY - about
Boston, which Boston did not appreciate, and
which Mr.. Bennett In after life did not care
TO acknowledge. Four years afterwards, in
1873, young Bennett left Boston and accepted
his first newspaper position-that Of trans
lator Of South American news on the Charles
ton (south CarolIna) Courier, which was then
one of the leading papers in the country.
There he remained about year, saw slavery
10 lis headquarters and stronghold, listened
to the first mutterlngs Of the angry discus
sion that was afterwards transferred to the
forum and finally TO the battlefield q genera
tion later. South Carolina taught him the
policy Of non.lnterferonce, which he stuck to
ever afterwards.
From Charleston he drilted to New York,
his life, to all appearance, still almless and
purposeless. He was good scholar, and
thought he would like to teach school, but no
one seemed willing to send their children to
him, and he turned TO lecluring upon polILi-
cal economy. Lecturing, however, did not
pay, and he began 10 write for the news
papers-the National Adpocdte, the Demo-
cratic organ, In particular. In 1895 he pub
lshed the sunday Courier on his own
promises TO pay, but after short time gave
u up as an Improbable specula alton, and
again turned to reporting, TO dramatic critl-
clsms, to anything and everything In news
paper way that came to him TO do. In 1888
Mr. Benueu made MS INST decided hit In
Journalism as the washington correspondent
oil the New York Ehqu'Ter. lie introduced
anght, Bosaipy style Of corresp ondence with
sueh success mat nc made good newspaper,
no' nauonai' reputation nus lel'erS
were 'op,eu anu ran through the country
pres; ms hlS ple'ures o. "Sshi ns1on manners
Huu washington soeio'y in 'uohSonS uthe
oIU pl4Ian' =, Hlu lusoeo's, S'u 'he'o %
stls ~ 'ae 1's'on uS' no uiAuo tiOre
iua'os .u ~, '' 'nV u,s'i"s sul'ueI "olneu oi tue
u1g 'H1H wv Ai 'no iuuisu'"S 'no',ois put
'S''"ei No tn"'o ieP"'auouS @uu no ue-
s"oyeu 'no"i' Sens'ors 'uu REPRESENTATIVES,
oesSu W ioar anu W na''oI nun ho was on
.ouuueu'ai soiius WIN Ssoi"ss S, oinoe''i nc
,.N niu 'ne e'''e ~ tlo hAoeuuso NlauS'oni was
suo'o oi'ouo, w in'''"''o"' ho"e'0'' '""n vi
h's own enoi0e,
Bennett a. thls tune, was a strict party
man ne aunlireu Jachson, ana ocheNed IN
nun iie uovei .rvu VI eG.Nins nun win nus
po"' noI n,I' nn ',,, auu , fiHA D.ai uiu 'no
n0a'y Pon''e" a,',"o'y "t,us, ihoy "o'o
'i'eo,'o'uuin s''1io9 on tue oahA qucstoh
1uu 'uo oous,''u1iOn, .IE ,uoy sPuu ou' Ponii-
S''1o " .nV yHiu, "uien n1'uiy anyoOuy
Ieau' pe"not' lnfouueea SSiooI MS own
Nv W. '"lo" l ''o s'ou''os nu,o'a1'o' wiz"
Puu' Nv So" o'su .no n'%'es' aEu,nenS
WIN nierc,ie's sa''rs anu 'no heones' rlaieuie'
ms annu'ou anu iiaue Goh'ers "noie oeners'
VINO were more aiPrcc'a'eu' pofeu ana made
oho'lieS' no was ne'or s'uPiu' ho never
Prosed' his hear' was IN MS Work' so mueh
80 that "heu james watson WeoO ana inc
enquirer ieiuSeu'o support 'aokSon nc lnre"
up MS position on the paper rather than write
as"ihs' uls Pohuea eonNlCtlohS-agalhst
"hat ne oeheyed 70 DC rlsht' Notwl'hstand-
ing aii TINS pohnett received neither honor
nor TeWMu Houi tno party aus enemies
snoereu a. mn 10 ioreigner ms iiiends
ued MS hanus ana denied MN their columns
IN "hieh 70 ueiehu himself lie was poor
80 poor una. he "fo1e im sorely puzzled
"h" 10 10 lne pontio'ans AAu used MN
ana cast nun on. ne had served MS party
IA,'niuliy honestly ana oouSoieu''ou''y, he
''.', asked 'no ioauels oi 'no party 70 ED'e nun
I.'ue money 70 start ho"SpaPet-penJs'nll'
f. butter aod van buren, the lal'er ot Whon
no was tne nrSt eu,1or IN view iorh 70 nOnl'
% nase ior Z 'ne 'ioo tio'iaouIy .t ~ ioIa aions
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