The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-06-26

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The Republican Nominee for Vice.
-hs.0u aFJ7so President eaoilsq s,l, 81
Hon. Henry Wilson, Of Massa
chusetts, the snUuiinee i'for the
office OF Vice President of the
United States on the Radical tick.
ct just placed before tile country,
by the PhiladelpRia Convention,
was born Of humble parentags at
Farmingtop., New Hampshire,
February Nc 16, 1872. From his
tenth year until he became, of age
he worked OH a farm near l,is na.
tive village, during whichstime lie
received twelve months schooling
in the district school. He early
formed a taste for, reading, and
partially made mp for his .meagre
education by employing disclosure
time in lperusing books obtained
from a library in the vicinity
His next step in life was to en-
gage himself to shoemaker, in
Natick, Massachusetts, where he
remained for two y ears. The
wealth thus acquired he employ
ed in educating himself, at, the
Academies Of Stafford, 1lW oltsbo.
rough aud Concord, He ;subse
quently resumed shoemaking, be.
ing, obliged to abandon his ambi
tious plans of education on, &C
count of losing his scanty savings
by the bankruptcy of the friend
to whom they were intrusted.s He
entered politicalslite in 1910, and
made upward of sixty speeches in
behalf ot General Harrison, the
nominee of the Wing party. u
] He subsequently served three
terms in the Legislature, from
Middlesex county, and soon be
came known as Jealous opponent
of slavery, and he was the author
OF several important measures to
secureits extinction. In 1s4s he
withdrew from the National Con
vention to which he had been ap-
pointed delegate, and actively
engaged in the formation, OF the
Free Soil party. He became edi-
tor and propriet' of tile Boston
Republican, which paper he con.
Quoted for two years. He after.
ward served four years as CHAIR
man of the Free Soil State Com.
tnittee of Massachusetts, during
which time he also served as State
Senator for two terms. and was
made presiding officer of this body
during his last term. He presid-
ed over the National Free Soil
Convention held at Pittsbnrg, in
1862, and was made one of the
National Committee. He made
an unsuccessful run for Congress
in the same year. He was elected
to the United States Senate in
1855 as the successor of Edward
Everett, where he continued to
advocate his abolition views with
great force and vigor. Upon the
disruption of the American party
he assisted in the organization of
the Republican party. For de-
nouncing the attack on Mr.. Sum.
ncr as a brutal, murderous, end
cowardly assault" he was chal-
lenged BY Mr.. Brooks, but declin-
ed on the ground that duelling
was inconsistent with his ideas OF
civilization. He was identified
with every public measure which
Gaze before the Senate, and in
1859 the Legislature of Massachu.
setts reelected him to the Senate
of the United States by an over
whelming vote. Upon the break
ing out of the civil war be was
made Chairman of the Committee
on Military Affairs, and performed
a great deal of labor. M. Viii.
son introduced bill in 1861,
abolishing slavery in the District
of Columbia. His career from
that time until his nomination for
the Office of Vice President is we'll
known to the country.
| 1902.
WHAT GREELEY Knows ABOUT
CIeARs.-In regard to the cultiva.
tion of Cigars, Greeley is said to
advise growers to be careful in
planting them with the small end
in the ground they should, be set
in rows to be no less than two feet
from each other; care should be
taken to keep them we'll watered,
for if allowed to become dry as
they grow, they peel, : and, won't
smoke worth cent. By keeping
them well watered, in about three
months they viii be ready for
gathering in lunches of twenty FIVE
and fifty. They may then be