The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
Though he has passed the eighsie,h year

 of his age, he is now representative Tn the legislature. and he has been for a number of years. This shows the conh- dence that the good people of Jefferson county repose to his integrity and sier- ling good sense.
 The Thiry-second congress met Decem- Der I, 1851, and adjourned August 3i, 1852. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, was elected speaker of the house. The Ken lucky representatives were Linn Boyd, John (. Breckinridge, Presley Ewing, Benjamin Edwards Gray, Humphrey Marshall, John (. Mason, William Pres ton, Richard H. Stanton, James W. Stone, William T. Ward and Addison White.
 Presley Ewing was born at Russellville, Kentucky. After receiving classical education. he studied law and was ad- mi,,ed to the bar. He represented Logan county in the legislature from IS47 to IS+e. In 1851 he was elected repre- sentative 10 congress, IS whig. by ma jori,y of Io9 votes over Beverly L. Clark, democrat. In 1853 he was reelected without opposition, and died September 2, 1851, aged thirty-four years, He was a young man of brilliant latent.
 General William Preston is so we'll known 10 the people of Kentucky, and far beyond its limits, that shall drop bu, word in regard 10 him. He was born near Louisville, October 10, rSI6 :; graduated a, Harvard University in IS ,S :: adopted the profession of law and com menced pratice in Louisville. In ISl7 he was a lieutenant colonel in the Mex ican war. Subsequently he represented Louisville in both branches of the legis- the present constitution of Kentucky. In IS5, he was elected representative to congress Gin the place of Humphrey Marshall, resigned) and was reelected in 1853. In 1858 President Buchanan ap- pointed him minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Spain. Return ing home in August or September, iS6I,- he soon entered the confederate service as brigadier general, and before the close of the war, for gallant conduct, he was raised to the rank of major general. General Preston has filled every position conferred upon him, whether civil, mili- tary or diplomatic, with distinguished ability. He now resides in Lexington, hale and hearty, in the siaty-seven,h year of his age.
 Ben. Edwards Grey was Kentuckian by birth and lawyer by profession. He represented Logan county in the legisla- turc from 1857 10 1859. Subsequently he removed to Hopkinsville and represented Christian county in the state senate from iS4- to 1851. In 1851 he was elected a representative to congress IS Whig. and was reelected in 1853. serving until the l,h of March, 1855. He died bu, a te~ yeats ago.
 William T. Ward resided al Greens burg, and represented Green county in he legislature from IS4o to 1851. In iS5i he was elected representative to con sress as Whis, and served one term. Throughout, the late sectional war he was a brigadier general in the federal ser vice. He practiced law in Louisville for a number ofyears before his death. which occurred at his home, near that city, about the year 1880.
 Addison White was native of Ken lucky and resident of Richmond. He represented that district in congress from 1851 to 1853. My information is that he now resides in Madison county, Alabama In 1852. Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp- shire, and William K. King, of Ala bama, were the democratic candidates for president and vice-president The Wing candidates were General Winfield Scott, of the regular army, and William 4. Graham, of North Carolina. The " Compromise Measures of 1850" were then so popular in the country that both parties. in their platform of principles, pledged themselves to stand by and maintain them. In accepting the nomi- nation rendered him, General Pierce gave the democratic platform his cordial sup port. In accepting the nomination rem dered him by the Wings, General Scott cautiously avoided indorsing that portion of the Whig platform which pledged the party to an " acceptance of, and acqui- essence in, the measures of 1850, the act known as the fugitive slave law included. as a settlement in principle and substance of the dangerous and exciting questions which they embrace This omission on the part of General Scott, together with the fact that many of his ablest support CTS in the north openly spit upon the platform, had no little agency in causing his overwhelming defeat Out of 2o3 electoral votes he received but forty-two.
 No exciting questions disturbed the deliberations of this Thirty-second con- gross.
 The administration of President Fill more, which closed on the 4th of March, 1853, gave general satisfaction to the pub lie, irrespective of party. It was conserv- ative, honest and patriotic.
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