Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-26


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s,.aiss-l, as.i..f Len utaniisipai,d. . b. ll
hrm State "a his health c. sliiic !esls .t.lif7rs
tisr asa icat phich hapl=rei 60 niu . shor
tin,c silot likely % prove fatal. a. it has. thu
renewing one u tis grrat Piifiel hndaaafAi
q the past
Hon gahn 2. Hall uas toru ~ Rochester. \
a. uarch n. is5 Va fitted Cor caiir-c a
phiIIip- Aciismy AZ Excfer. Tie graduated n
R,~loin C,llcsr in Isl Among his class
saitss - Hun. Alphrus Fitch, furmeriy 4 :
. 81 afor f.um Mica Nc Hale Host Lac ard
uas aimistsl " the SirAfarl cauuiy bar in 1851
I lle s,on aficruarl commrncgd the pnic'ice 4
hi- profession la Dover. H. 1852 be Hzs c.ccicl
O. the State legislature H. 1894 h. uas app
painted ID Pnsiient Jacks'n 4. = District A.
iornoy CO.. New Hampshire. snd vas Subsequent
IL retppoinici 20 thr sans position ID PrrsiluHi
VanBnfcn. he was originally q democrat. aud
bis last Increasing ps,puiarity ia that ptrty rc-
suited ia his hriug 4 cicl a Representative %
Cuugrrss In 1913. IN lsli, while still IN Con
gres-, b. opposed the scheme Cor the annexation
Of Texas GA the ground thst the measure WIS
urgei by the SOuih for the purpose 81 extending
ia cry.
Ills action Al that time constituted one Of the
boidrst political steps ever taken BY any states
mau In this country. The excitement Nas in
tense. As might have been expected. the Dem
oerais Of New Hampshire threw him o,erho ,r,i
although fer ye,rs he al been one q the ablcst
aud h,ost popular men in that party Il woull
not he cxtin,agant to say that be was an idol ia
that organization. Mr.. Hale felt iusiifol IN
his course, and appealed to the people The NJ
suit the Nation kRuws BY heart On returning
10 Concord his friends rallied about him and in
Al tel a. 81
where occurred the famous discussion between
him and cx-Prcsi lent Pierce II was a me.nor-
able occasion AID Is called the most important
event ia the modern political history u New
Hampshire. An immense audience assembled.
composed Of PEI suns o. all parties In rcpiy to
Gen. Pierce Mr.. Hale male short spe, ch, re-
for its earncstness. eloquence aud in-
prvssiyeHes~. No record Of the address has been
preserve cd, but IN the hearts Of all whu listened
il ahidcs g. this day. II was regarled BY i'm.
partial men rs triumphant yiulicaiiuu for Mr.
Hale. In 1876 he WIS again sent 10 the Legis-
AZURE. where. for the first time for many wears,
he Old line Democrats who had east h from,
her organization we in minority, The 1
Wing, and Free Suffers chose MIR Hale Speaker. I.
La 1917 he WIS chosen to the Uni'el States
senate Tor TX years. The imporuuo ,f this
lection is not etsily appreciated nj this day. .
'enaior Hale WAS the pioneer Of the champions'
I freedom IN that Chamber. Two years later he
vas joined by Chase and Seward, and four years
alter by Sumner; but though single handel, and
Or a long time dcridcd as outside Of any
eil'hy political organization, =" he was host
d himself writer who was not in symn,tl,v
18th S'nator Halt's political views. has sid:
when Mr.. Hale tosk his seat he wa nln,.s,
uht' tha mad G. eeul at snse-hauded, the poiit.
thtfgN IA Is Ag I'M I
llh laburcd Arguments, then subjected To hitter
'Puaehos ut times thv so who wore hUt his peers
ouiu Affect Almost to lsnurc presence aud again
icN W,utd int rcilCssly denuuueo him ms adv.c,t-
Y doctrine dangerous 10 the liberties f tho Re- A.,
lpIc but the senator from New Hampshire Nas
! 10 pc intimidatcd Or diverted from FIAT he CON q
ltFeu 70 TO his duty. Adopting the euorila' .
cites, he manfu'lJ held his ucHnd and with ia.
ious hnmor puasent rctori, or keen sercagn.
uly an imprt sslUn upon the phnlauN a-aipst
'ch ny had 10 contepd So hi h were his inns,
nc Iiatlhg were his manners that hcfurr the q
Sc 81 his Senatorial term, Mr. Hale had bcaten I D
Wn the barriers Of prejudice, aud irly cluuucred
'tunal disc, urtcsy. lie was thus not only The u
~, "ru-'taTtr, Lut the pioneer Of the North in C
AT the close # his Senatorial term the Dem =
rats had possession Of the New llampshire Leg =,
AZURE, and VIZ Hale returned TO the practice !.
ms profession, in which his rare skill as nm .
'ocltc gave him mu ii distinction. Ia 1S55 ii
was again chosen u. s Senator 10 susceel :,
n Jared W Williams, a Democrat, in .ou,- "
ing The unexpiIel term OF Senator Albert,
o hid died while In office This term was
shed in March, 1859, when Mr. Hale was re- II
'tei Senator for six years up to lSGj-ma.,- be
IN all about lG years uf Senatorial service In -,
OF the most important eras in tue history Of
Republic. d'
would +, quire muci, longer sketch than -,
en- give to trace the part which Mr. Hale
e IN the great debates Of the tiaits. Always
to the Interests Of freedom, fearless, pun
and good-nltured, he made himself fit at
fy crisis. Certainly his enemies ga,o him
utes enough Senator Foote promi. ed him
lngibg ifhe should ever come to Mississippi
The great Calhoun demeined himself ns 10
are . would just as So argue with n
nae from Bcdlam as with the Senator from r
hampshire. MIR. Hale, however, was
n more than brillilnt gladiator He
iy Jailed to rise to the moral hight Of the
sion When the bred Scott decision Of die u
RENE tourt was rendered, he said "If' ~"
opinion OF the Supreme Court be true. il ney
Is tue Immortal authors OF the Declaration . en-
ldepehdence liars before God and hypo,ritcs n
re the world again, rs if prophetic of C ca.'
solemn ordeal that was to come, he tod the ccse
ocrItic leaders, intent upon The Kansas in % @
~ mat they were lighting fire they could IA,
luencl--" they will raise feeling in this Cur,
Try such as has never yet been raised; and Lun
men OF this country will go forth, as they frol
oil olden time, in another crusade; but il VII
not be n c"as,de to redeem the dead se,jul- "
where the body Of the Crucifed had lain tic
the proitnation of the inidel, but TO redeem poui
hlr land, which God has given to lie the ~
G OF ireemen, fOm the lt spcration of n des- 10 4
N sought TO be Imposed upon them in the once
or perfect freedom AID nonul,, CIV. be "
MY ''' nsV.
Dn after leaving the Senate in 1865, Mr.
was appointed by President Lincoln Min. N
70 spain On his return from Spain he
Welcomed to his home il Dover .by a COM
ovation # The people. Politics were laid
) ana the nassts # both parties led with
o'hcr IN their efforts to give him such n rc-
n as ms distinguished ser, ices to III, ,on,,. ~
eserNed IN 1870 he visited The Leoi,J - Sc
u concord, aud was most welcomeiv r,.
ry oe'h Houses. The Senate formally E
he,' nm while IN session, an honor seldom,
'td ~ New Hampshire ~ 49,
rae was an excellent speaker before non
udlenc,s, aud was in great ~ Quest in I'M kt
" cahvasses. His manners Nelesinenlar 1T
IA, ana attractive, so that hosts Of friends 80
ed about him wherever he went He mar. ~
carly lie Miss Lucy u. Lamher Of Rev. Ms3
V, 'Nho, with tvodaus hlers, survives him
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