Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-03-14
THOMAS FRANCIS BAYAEp.

-Attorilc.v-Gcneral--A. III. GAR
land, Of Arkansas.
THOMAS FRANCIS BAYAEp.
Nh. RayIrti WAS born in Vii,
mington. Del, on the 2?lI IF Octo.
her. 1928. The Rev. DIR. Hunks,
WHO kept Il private school at Elusil-
ing. l.. L., had the honor of cduca
tiny him. His father, Mr.. james
AShrton B;iyartl, all eminent law
Yer. intended him to hc IL merchant
and placed INN in the Stolc OF Mr..
5. Morris Vain, nt Pillatlr! plli:l,
where i,H. tcur Years he worked as
clerk. The death OF his elder
tn, tilcr altered It's fathers plans.
He SEN! inl the yuun. man, in
stalled 'riln in has Office in Della
0are aud instructed him in the
mysteries of Kent and blackstone.
InzlSJi Ia .waS admitted to the
bar. His prn@icSS WAS rapid, AID
President Pierce in duc course
made him United States District
Attorney.
He WAS always Democrat. Del
aware WAS Il slave State when the
VIII broke on: and the leaders III
the secession movement naturally
expected the cooperation oi lpola
ware. y public mcctln" WAS g. He'd;
al Dover anil The question wa>
discussed 10y citizens at all parties.
Mr.. B;iyavd'> influence. us we'll is
tina; of his family, WIS strongly
against secession. His friends
cha IN that his action kept Della.
Ware in the Union.
Mr.. Bavaul'S public life began
after the war. He waS elected to
the niicd States Senate on March
(. 1869. succeeding his father. Gen.
Grant entered the White House for
his frs; term on the same day
Since that time AIr. Bayard has re
tanned his seat in the Senate. He
came 10 he one Of the leaders of his
party. No man has veniurtd To
impHgn his honesty or his patriot
ism. People say he is Il descend
ant of the Chevalrr Bayar.l-him
without fear and without reproach.
He now wears tl.c senatorial robes
which have rested with distinction
upon the shoulders of his great
grandfather, grandfather, uncle,
and father.
DANIEL MANNING.
Daniel Manning WAS once IN er-
rand boy in HE office of the Al
bany ATLAS, now the Argus. He
became Il canpoSiior. worked III
the case with energy and was pro
noted to foreman. His ambition
waS not satisfied with this. He
went into journalism and WAS made
reporter OH lha paper with which
he had been connected from his
childhood. Smart and pushing.
he elbowed his WAY upward among
the Slirew1 politicians of Albany.
His chief, MIR. William Cassidy,
locked upon him with favor, aud
he rose rapidly in the estimation Of
Albany after he had shown Il ca
pacity for manipulating the vote Of
his country.
In due time, when Mr.. Cassidy
had been gathered to his fathers.
Mr.. Manning succeeded him us
president oflhc Argus Company.
Under his management the COM
pany pro>pered. They Securetlmlny
fat contracts for printing. and the
purse OF the President grew bulky.
But it was as Il political manager
that MIR. Manning grew more
famous. Mr.. TlIden recognized his
abilities, and in 1876 he WAS made
member OF the Democratic State
Committee. Their intimate rela
lions have continuedto the present
time. 1t will he remembered that
Mr.. Tilden addres Sed to Mr.. Man
ming his famous letter in winch he
declined to be d candidate in 1880.
In 1882 Mr.. Manning was chosen
chairman OF the State Committee.
How enersetically he worked for
MIR Cleveland at the conventions
has been duly chronclcd in these
columns. His zeal and his skill are
matters OF public knowledge. He
celebrated the election of Mr.. Clcve
land by contracting Il second mar
riage. He has been successful
man, but his advancement was
owing entirely to his OWN ability.
From nothing he has worked his
way up toa Cabinet position, and
he is proud of the history of his
struggle. He is about ii'ty-1ive
Years Of age.
LUCIUs QUINTUS CURTIUs LAMAR.
AS scholar, orator and States
man, Senator Lamar is justly hon
ored in the South. He was born in
Georgia in 1925. He WAS pro-
lessor of mathematics in Oxford,
University. Georgia, and in 1850
began to practice law in Covington.
Going into politics he "as elected
to the State Legislature in 1S53an,i
to Congress i'll 1891. He was d
pro. slavery man and a secessloniSt
and he fought in the Confederate
army. He went to England aud
Russia to Influence public icclin.
in behalf of the southern StatcS.-
He remained steasliast ~ the '.lasG
cause" until the SURRENDER Of Lee
and the imprisonment Of JetleSSon
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