The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-11


protectors should be called away. But
our contemporary may rest assured that
between their own alarm leading them
to run and the moderation of the Con-
servatives, causing them only to laugh
at the foot-raoe, they would lie safe. and
the hegira be both peaceful and success
full. 4
MILLARD FILLMoRE.-The following
is a sketch of the life of Millard Fill
more. thirteenth President of the United
States, whose death occurred in Buffalo,
N. Y, on the 9th instant. He was
stricken by paralysis ssvaral days ago,
and hia dea.I, waa not nne.nected.
Mr.. Fillmore was born In the town
ship of Locke, Oayuga County, N. Y,
January Z, 1SUO. and was, consequently,
q little over seventy-four years old at the
time OF his death. His parents were
poor, his home rude and sparsely SET
tIea frontier town, and his educa tional
advantages we're of the most limited
character. He was taught reading and
writing nnd the simplest branches of
arithmetic. but never saw either gram
mar or geography until he was nineteen
years old. At fourteen, he was appren
ticcd to q fuller, with whom he remained
for five years, when he commenced tho
study OF law. Two years later, he moved
to Buffalo, and in order to support him
self-for he was miserably poor-taught
school, rising in the morning ut day
light aud pursuing his law studies until
o'ulock. The statutes of New York
required seven years' study by appl-
cants for admission to the bar; but
through the interoession of several dis
attorneys. he was admitted
to practice in the Erie Court of Com.
mon Pleas, after four years study, and
settled in Aurora. Alter managing to
support himself for few years, he ac-
4uired fine practice, and worked him
self to the front rank of his profession.
In 1926. he married Abigail, daughter
Of Rev. Lemuel Powere, In 1882. he
headed the opposition to Andrew jack
,on in his district, and was elected to
Congress. Upca serving one term, he
retired for two years, and then ran as
Whig, and was eiected-serving two
;erms. In Congress, he took but little
interest in the national bank measure
The leading Whig question of ths day
out strongly advocated Government aid
or internal Improvements aud the pro-
;ective tariff policy of his purity. In
lS42. he retired from Congress. aud WIS
imported by his own and some Of the
Western States for the Vice Presidency,
n the Whig National Convention of
1914, but was defeated. In September
of that year, lie was the Wing caudi-
late for Governor of New York, but
shared in the general disaster which
hls party that year, aud
was beaten by Silas Wright. his Demo.
,ratic opponent. In 1S47. he was elect
sd Comptroller. General of tho State Of
New York. In the year following. he
Was nominated for the Vice Presidency
on the same ticket with Gen. Il .onary
Taylor, aud was elected by large mu-
ority. On July 8. 1850, Gen. Taylor
died, md Mr.. Fillmore pecame Presi.
dent. In the main, his administration
Was ablo and patriotic. Just before his
departure IRON the capital, he sustained
who had been his friend and companion
10 life for nearly twenty-five years, und
TO whom he was tenderly attached. Iu
1853, he visited Europe, and WAS The re.
,ipient of marked aud gratifying atten.
lion wherever he went. The degree of
D. q. l.. was conferred upon him in
England by the University of Oxford,
bnt WAS declined. While absent, the
Wings nominated him for the Presi-
dency, but that party had then ceased
TO be an appreciable quantity in politics.
and the race was between the Free SOIL
Fremont. and Buchanan, Mr..
Fillmore receiving the electoral vote of
but one State. Maryland. In 1853, he
again. his second wife beng
Caroline Mcintosh, of
N. j. Since his defeat, in
1856. Mr.. Fillmore has not mingled in
public affairs. During the war, he
sided with the North, as it was natural
TO expect he would do. but there is no
reason for believing that he was very
bitter partisan. In the antnmp of 1869,
he was delegate from New York to the
Commercial Convention, which
assembled in Louisville, and WAS elected
President OF that body. Els address
upon taking the chair received the
highest compliments from the press of
the country. He was then an active and
vigorous old man, with rudy checks
and snowy hair-apparently good for
many additional years of useful life.
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