Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-29
PhINSEIoN AND HER TVurJ
GREAT. GREAT MEN.
Question and Answer.


question and Answer.
WASHINGTON, Dec 8. issA
To the Editor Of THE FvTNrNo Sr.R.
In your notice Of the ..Reur,ion OF f,c rr,-,-.--
men, hrst column, fourth page YOU sv. ..Ir-. -.
has furnished several Presidents. Cl.,s, a., -.
cate JUSTICES a.. Please give Us a Isl M -,
PRESIDENT graduates; also. a rs, OF her o., -,
| Tee graduates never knew or bur I7r.a J,-.,.-s
man who ever occupied the White Hsu,, 5-1 -.
was James Maids IN. ana nov n heard u Dr., =.
VINO sal IN the CHIEF Ju,rica's scat ana thar "a.
ot~L h"ScoIN'' Who WAS Chi.' Justice one tern.
namaiy: The August term OF frw weeks %
/ A~o please give list II THE ..Ss,r-s....' =. =
/ trHg"ion not notorious men. hut gr.1r r.- ~. u
/ "H' ave ltft a name and iniiur1e l-...ia ..Ia
( Asst! t.t. Il easy. uCt r0lAe lie ...yG. Et.rs
/ To the Editor Il THr FvFNrSs STAR.
The tone and turn OF the above co,na.r-f,,.
| tion. signed . Facts which was referred to,bo
undersigned. Indicates temperament that "a
querulous rather than inquisitiye. Howe,,.r
! proceed TO answer briefly The author ~ "a
notice, Reunion OF Princeton Men +" ha5 IN
mind as an occupant OF the Chief Magistrate
chair, in addition 10 Madison. James Monroe
who, II was believed, was student and recir,4nt
of an honorary degree, though not a graduate
In course. In this impression he may have been
mistaken. But he has not yet had time OF IN
portunlty TO verify or correct this impression
Among Vice Presidents were Burr and Dallas
III is true, a. suggested by Facts In a da
predatory way that Oliver Ellsworth was
Chief Justice only one term But this
Is accounted for by the fact that Ia
was called TO other fields of labor n
was no mean honor to have been nominated
to this station by Washington. while a
member OF the L. ;. Senate And In l7gtl he
was appointed. 10y President Adams Envoy ~
traordinary TO France one of his two colleagues
General Dayie being also graduate Of Prinoa
ton. With much reluctance he accented Iris
appointment. While abroad his falling health
induced him to resign his high Office OF Chief
Justice. Mr. Ellsworth was model OF le.ds-
lator and Judge. His perceptions were un-
usually rapid. his reasoning clear and conclu-
slNe. aud his eoQuence powerful. He moved
Tor more than thirty years in a most conspicu-
Gus sphere, unassailed by the shafts sf SANDER"
In the list of other statesmen" of Princeton
''not' notorious men. but great men," the nj.
lowing are submitted with ditildence and auolo-
getically: Ephraim Breyard who renned tha
Mecklenburg resolutions, and his colleagues,
feZeklah James Balch and WGightstill Avery:
William Patterson. ofNew Jersey one ofthe three
men To whom ii has been claimed we owe this
admirable system OF federal government: fbe
Others being Chief Justice Ellsworth and Rarar
sherman. OF the committee on the judiciary
which framed the judiciary act, We're Elswurth
tclairman) and Patterson. IN has been said.
Indeed, that William Patterson declined the post
OF Chief Justice Of the United States. fearing
mat his promotion would hurt the feelings Of
his associates. aud thus IL came about that
Marshall was selected. To these NAV he added
the names OF Edward Livingston -Representa-
tive, Senator. Secretary of state Minister
France, and Hon. Member OF the French Acas /,
envy. II was OF him that the late Chief JUST
of the United States referring to the Pc
Code, wrote: "And the most advanced think
OF the age among whom must be mentioned
lllustrious names Of Bentham and Jeiicrsu
made haste To acknowledge its merits ana I,
arrange, To use the words of Jefferson. the name
of its author with those of the sages OF au,lqui-
ty; Richard Stockton, Representative and Sana-
tor; Henry Lee, Governor Of Virginia and belle
gate in American Congress. and Thomas Mel
vile. one of the patriots who boarded the tea
ship" In Boston lIarbor; Vim Castor, OF North
Carolina. jurst. whose opinions are not Uuy
monuments of legal learning. but models u
elegant literature" the six Bavarls Among
Associate Justices OF the United states ind
the names of William Patterson. of New Jersey
William johnson. South Carolina; BrucAAurs
Livingston, of New York. Smith THOMPSON
New York; James Moore Wayne Of
Georgia. Among Attorneys General az the
United States are William Bradford, Pcnnsyl-
vania: Chas Lee Virginia; Richard Rush Tenn.
sylvania aud John Mcpherson Berrien Georgia
The names Of Ashbel Green and John FORSYTH
and Luther Martin are familiar in the annals Of
American life during the early part al the nine
teenth century; while the Ogdens, Bla rs South
AlcAhuutIs DdNlhuS, fftlin9AuScels
lngersolls, Sergeants. Biddles, Troups, Badgers,
Crawfords, Smiths and stocktons have lon. been
prominent In their respective spheres. or the
delegates who framed the Federal Constitu-
ton, six were graduates Of Princeton one OF
whom, William Patterson, has been eulogized
as lone of the chief architects OF the constitu-
ton, In that he secured its federal features and
attained the stability and capacity OF unrestricted
extension which spring therefrom." Not one
generation back the singular spectacle was pre-
sented in the Senate of the United States. then
In its palmiest days. OF more than one-sixth OF
Its entire number OF members being alumni O!
Princeton But time nor space are mine 10 enter
Into the history of the relation OF Princeton
graduates TO the life of the nation during the
century that is closing. When the Declaration
OF independence was on its passage in the con-
tlnental Congress and the result was doubtful.
the scale was turned. in a great measure, 10y q
speech OF Dr. Witherspoon. With such an eX-
ample in the person Of its president, il Is not
surprising that Princeton early became q .
training school for American patriots
and statesmen. Coming down TO the
present We can number. among Others.
brother alumni in high places at the capital OF
the nation, Senators Cameron and CUlquitt,
Representatives Eyerhart, Ffndlay and Jones.
Attorney General Brewster. Assistant ATTORNEYS
General McCammOn and Blair. Hon. VIM. II.
Armstrong. Commissioner of Railroads; Judge
Hagner, DIR. yelling and the late Mr.. Blackian,
superintendent Of Foreign Mails, whose eficl-
ency and ability have been very recently the sub
Jcct of eu!ogy at the hands of his associates.
ALCMNUs.
WAsHINGToS. Dec. e6. 50.