New-York tribune., 1885-03-06
rTCHEs OF THE CABINET.
THOMAS rnASc,s nAyARp.

vid"w !" w =, 81. ,,a,cs same 10 Arerics with Peter
s." en- F,., ., ,hs last Of the Dutch Governors o' Ne~
-. .fs,s,.s with her three sens- baithafar f''' w"
x,.,,.,s. reicr Baysld from whon we p
,,,.se,e senator n descended, boeTht 2""o as'ss "
,..l /, Msrya,,i and 1000 IN ne"wsfe' 70 WV" ~
original osnef Augustus Herman hs' ~" ,as, ana
a. u.hs,,sa Manor The twin sons cf ie'r' -,
go. Aane,.,--were active pntriss d"finr 'he NV
,,,,..evv e, and after the John ser'ea 'wo
Ga IA. Continental Cnnsress WIN ''"" 49, go
s,ie.s ,on James Ashetoa u7o5-isiN pesan ~.
,ori,s line ef the family. He was "''" W s,. q,
,,..,,sc, IN = IN Wilmington, served in 'o'a :,
r"' r - ,ast I'm the negotiation OF the treaty OF
,,,. .,,a ,,s~ otherwise active IN puhhe sh"ts' n
80 - ,,,s daughter Of Governor kichara bas'e"'
.,.,. ,,,,e a senator from Delaware HIS o'"o.' e'
p,.s.,d H. n7osiss served for seven year ~ '"'
senate and vac Tor tine Charge dAnases IN
Ills second sen. James A. VINO was oo'" ;" ,sa- .,
a, the senate from 1851 TO 1884, and again from
,.aa uher he was succeeded by his son. Thomas T.
Bayard.' S.,...,.. nam
rno.as Francis Bayar,i. President cevelsnds nom
a.. o. sssrs,,ry Of state wss born In wilmington on
October 90 1875, and was educated mainy -
4 HAWKES. school st Flushing, n 7. HIS e''er o'v'
ina third James A--had chosen the PROGRESSION VI s"o
, nm, rnouas wa placed In q counting room IN TINS
,,v where n,s father was then practising law Nhon
,ns family returned TO Delaware, Thomas ch'eN .'o
we-, India house OF Morris Vain Co., IN fh"a''P"a'
where he acquired thorough business framing :"
,sas when his elder brother died. be took up the s'n'y
AZ law the family feeling that the Bay srls ought always
A. n.vs rsrrescn,atiye ia that profession. He studied
a, his fathers Office for three years and was adut'eoo
,he bar in 1881. Except i'm 1885 and 1885, wnen no
ftved IN Philadelphia, he has always prac''sea Ia" IN
MS native city In 1883 he was appointed ohca o'"o'
Attorney for Delaware but no resigneo 'he
oics In 1854 When the civil broke out the fayafu
se,.n. vent Delaware from casting her lot with the
Corseaeracv but the family upheld the doctrine Oh
eraes rights ami wanted peace at any price so
called Peace Meeting-scme newspapers OF tne oay
called it secession convention held IN Do'er, DVi'
an ne 27 1861 the family was represented ny hn"a'
=. Bayard, his father being unable TO ATTEND. Mr
raw arIs speech whatever may have been thought o'
. the time was in after years considered anything but
pxriotc, and when reprinted In 1850 II aid not
sid IN Mr. Bayards chances for the Presidency Ihe
spcech was made at time when there was no longer
any talk among loyal men OF compromises or CONCESSIONS
and wnen the only choice Of the North lay between war
and the final destruction OF the Union Inc ioho"ns
quoted passages indicate the spirit OF MIR. Bayards
address:
uis well known to all that reign Of terror was was
sought be IN ths state % a s mas
q state Sar q.
ther fear and their ability to do mischief To-day we
stand here in the spirit r .! oay ss Citizens despite the
reiterated threats Of rohgste and swes x press % 2,
this State, equally shameless and corrupt
Eleven States have Withdrawn from the Federal Union
WITH soIsmp a"a Tney have made their
OF Independence Of the Government anoer %nEn q we az
every cost With this secession. or revolution, or
rebellion, by whatever name It may be called. the
fact Is st and but two alternatives present
Ss neM Coincidence or shall we pesOefa
them consent to their sef,government trusting 70
Ssious. ss wni'a to I bring l he again. voluntarily,
common government with us ! ;r,,,,.. ,,,o IA.
certain final inevitable" and believing oppose It,
lincoln ana his Cabinet than fruitlessthat
will prove disastrous 70 the North than TO the
Already it has driven out Of our Union four states'
Human governments we're ordained for the happiness
and Of ose e sass o e
of ulder new ss1 snr oo o m
this earnest cry for peace be stned at the bidding Of
host of fanatc and cowary editors aided by an army
ing an ignorant nob to, denounce and attack us Us
c cab;net Of Abraham Lincoln has affected to treat
all the seeded states still members OF the Union
So surely they are entitled TO al u0se pdis9sos ci
to its PENALTIES Yet. war In all Its iorms by iana
these States and the forms and most positive limits oi
the Constitution, which Is the supreme law OF ns ana
10 the President Cabinet 10 the hunblest private
cit,zen have been steadily and cencmptnousy dlsre,
garded in its prosecution nao sose hands the
rens Of government have passed have not ended here
the nvasions personal liberty in our sister state OF
Sshssartsn those who believed our tree institutions
were forms to be botted out at the caprice or
@ ny, uresent ~ oer war of the Ains
and the spectacle Of Maryland before us now ong a a
trace of constitutional liberty will remain for the 0her
States in the Union, ind how soon sern military
cesposm may usurp the place of the Constituon ana
laws Let u.s. as free stand prepared In AL iawIu
TO arrest the inauguration Of such degraded con-
Up e q s s m mo %ne ssi Il IS s.D''s anu
During the war Mr.. Bayard quiet observer oil
affairs and it was not until four years after Lees
surrender that his puf lie career began In January
1864 his father resigned his scat in the Senate Beley
ing that his loyalty not open TO question: he was
fncensed at the exacion Of tho ron-cad OATH when the
oath was submitted to him he took IT, but he expressed
his Indignation by rcsigDing his seat George Reed
Riddle was elected to I'LL the unexpired term but he
died on March 49, 1867 two beforehe end OF the
term elder Bayard then Induced to serve out
the remainder of the unexpre1 term resulting from
his own resignation. He appointed by the Governor
and when the Legislature met he was elected his son
being chosen at the time for the succeeding full
term This election without parallel in the history
e this country In private letter written at tDe tint
Mr. Bayard said You will be gratded to learn that
received all but one vote In caucus on the first ballot
and the un anmoas Joint convention; that have
mot been at Dover; have not written letters have mol
spent a fartlnng" Mr.. Bayard has twice been re-
elected to the 1875 and 1sslthe last time
for the term ending in 1887 He first took his seat II
the Senate on 1862 the day his father left
and the day on which General Grant began his first tern
q President At that time he unknown outside Of
Delaware Both branches OF Congress- were strongly
Republican and IN the Senate there hardly enough
Democrats TO go around on the committees. The othe
Senator from Delaware was willard Salisbury The
eaulsburys nave divided the.senaoral honors OF th'
State with the Bayards for many years Willard saul
bury served from 1859 to 1871 when be was succeeds
I-1i ter wi
1850 when no entered the Senate Mr. Bayad wa
made menter of the Committees Finance, Privat
Claims and Revision Of the Laws, and has since sorve
en the Judiciary ana other important committees, AM