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BOLD I'LL. : aAfuIpkY. JULY 10 1870
DEATH o. GRN. ,. r. nLAIR.
One more Of the men whom history
viii record ~ the foremost Of this ssn-
has stepped the "dssA
and solved ths mysteries Of futurity.
Frances Preston Blair. Jr... Major
General Of Union volunteers In our ats
war. died yssssrday In q. Louis. Mis-
soui. spaes prscludss an sztsndsd
but We give . brief sksseh Of
his life anil Services Gen. Blair came
Of an iflustzious stock. His grsas-grand-
father was Attornsy-Gsneral Of Ken
lucky. His father vas . prominent
journalist and politician. and in the
early part Of the present century q warm
personal fisnd Of Henry Clay. whom
he supported for The Presidency In 1924.
Under the auspices Of y. P. Blair. sr..
the Washington Globs VA establishsd at
President Jsckon's request, In 1880. q
. Democratic journal. He Afterwards
removed 70 Maryland. and in The organ
izsiion Of the Republican party. after
the Missouri compromise. took an i'm
portant part
General Blair vas born at Lexington.
Kentucky. in 1871. He was graduated
at Phnssson College. Nov Jessy. at the
ags Of twenty ; adopted the profession
Of the Law. and settled In 81. Louis. Mo.
On the breaking out Of the Mexican wal
he Joined the force under Ksaznsy and
Douiphan. In New MEXICO. and served
- . private soldier for two ysars. Re-
turning 10 81. Louis, no resumed the
practice Of his profession. and in 1859
was elected 70 the Missouri Legislature
- Free soiler. 10 was reelected in
1854, and was elected TO Congress from
the 81. Louis District in 1886. In 1851
he delivered an elaborate speech In Con-
ersss in favor Of colonixing the black
population Of the United States In
Central America. He was reelected to
Congress in 1858. and aiterward was en-
QaQsd - editor Of the Missouri Demo-
erat, al that time . Free Soil journal.
In 1861 no joined tho Union army
~ Colonel Of Volunteers. and the nsIt
year va made . Major General. Be
ing elected 10 the Thirty-sighth Con-
arsss, hs took his seat, hut subsequent
" rssignsd 70 resume his command in
the army. After the war was ended he
was appointed Collector Of Customs at
81. Louis by President Johnson. In
1865 he wss . delegate to the Soldiers
Convention. and also n Of the Pacific
Railroad Commissioners. His last
prominent appearance on the political
stage was in 1868. whom no was nomin-
ated by the Democratic party for Vice
President ON Tho nckss WIN horAuo
Seymour. In 1871 Gen. Blair attended
the Cincinnati Convention. but not - q
dslsgats. Il vas doubtless through his
influence that his relative. Gra1 Brown.
secured tho nomination for Vice Prssi-
dsnt on The tskst there nominated.
The attitude Of Missouri as loyal to
the Union through the troublous days
Of l8so-61. was doubtless greatly due
10 the influence Of General Blair. His
var record 10 luminous with dssds Of
bravery. and there 10 no single charge Of
failure to DO entered against him. He
~. with chairman ON his march from
a.. nm. a. AZ. l,.,s, .,5 n.x., ,sf,
ouo ~- ="
the army unti tns war was enoeo' IN
the volumes which in after Year, will
Ia deJicatsd Nv historians 10 the event.
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