The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1890-01-24

" A1AA'~AANA>' ''As'A
the Cnth"llcs we're forbidden the exercise OF
thelr feEiglon nnu the Protestants were Tor
hidden Q manufacture, most of the Protest
ant o'keilys sought the American colonies
1he Quakers went to Pennsylvania an"
south I aroma, ana the descendants OF 1l,no,
thy " heily, VINO located IN the latter state,
SIN 't!loi MS bringing shoe iull OF goa
with which he bouSht the ancestral estate,
ne was II "oo!cotllper " trade, Inc frtSs-
pyteFhh y henfs ltlostly settled III inc noFah,
where the name soon became AmeTlcanlzei,
ana thflr SONS anh Erhndsqns, Ike those OF
other lrlsh cSties OF that time, we're .inost
ardent advocates OF American independence.
FrouHe says That one-half the men who
loneht 'he hfiiish IN the battles around b''S-
ton We're the immediate descendants OF IRISH
exues. lhe palsIllhi grandfather OF Judge
heHey was an "'h'er III the Continental
army us mother was deScenneti on one SIDE
from Quaker e1iles and on the other from
French HuguenotS, and thus the blood Of the
pest stacks IN the world Tor bravery, sincerity
anu CONSCIENTIOUS devotion to duty vas com
plned ~ me great fehnsylFahlan
LAW Kelley, son OF the Contlnenta! officer
and native OF New jersey, settled early in
Fhladfiphla and married Miss Darrah. OF
BUCKS county. unto them was born, IN that
GIN; iss11ll,n iss11lln ,te 4nnnensf of fntr Tie
fothn,. h,,, hoco,ra- involved ,,urinr the war
ond NIB s,,eculotive timas which succeeded IL.
AMI III ls,G los, MI Ms ,,ronerty 4 few
uoo,,s 1orsr he iro,,,ati load un1,, fine street
,oa7-frE !, ,ri1n,y and fnur vt,nnr or,,l,ons
without means Thc rnnfher Mt once olu.nei
a hooJ dive ,,us. o,ti hv sltli nnd iu,iustrv
ra,rat he, cl,;l,,r,, =ond socure,l lhe,n n com
mon school e,],,c.,tion. lut at the age nf Ii
William was nut TO curuinr his own livi,,., a.
arrand bov in hook store
His newt work was MS u couy holder to the
proof reader on The rhiladeiuhia Inquirer,
and there Ii. always maintained. he ncnuirel
that remarlabIe clenruess of articulation
which was the charm of his oratory ,lrough
life At the age Of sixteen he was appren
,;c,sl tn n iewcl.r--,hat havinr been his
fathar,s l,,sin,Ss.-and servcd the npnren,icc
shin df four vc,1.s Duriuo his era 1ccurr.j
lie nr1noraI|e war between President Jack
con md the limited Statas bank and Philn-
tlelphia. especially EMPLOYERS md capitalists
was nlnnst nn,nimous for tho bant. h,,,
voun,, k.)lav tool, mart with the Democratic.
minority onI soon ltcn,uc N not4, lt.o1.r
amor, ihe .nnrentices nud Young Democrats
1t waS an eyi, Inn. Only once before nud
erhl,,, once since has the war Of party been
50 fierce and terrible ms then. All considera
tons If fairness and p.rsnnal freedom wcr,.
cas+ n ,ho winds (,onitnlists and eun}overs
onen y 1nc,,re,, that rs Jackson was ,nati,g
war IN them tlei, eun)ovps 1nust stand hv
then or he counted as enemies, To borrow
the language Of The New York Tribune.
"Democrp,ic yorkuen were discharged on
all sides. One instance is narrated where II
tailoress was refused work because her broth
or had s,soken at Democratic meeting. Pc
t;tiony for the restoration of the denosjts,
we're circulated, and workiuemen refusing to
s;qn are said to have been marked for dis.
charpan
Y nunp Ke)ley threw nil his energies Into
the aeht. and SO great was his influence that
he nreyailed on many Federalist workmeu to
condemn such prescription and renain away
from meetings called in tho interest Of the
raw r. hs ,ano so dit,,cu)t for him tn pet
,,or. in pb;,ade)nhi, that he want tn Rostnn
in 1sa;s ...d obtained GOOD place there, His
sparialtv was enamelinv and his success In it
was 50 great that costly set Of gold cups,
ordered for the Imaum of Muscot. brought
his cmn]oyers n gold medal from, the Mnssa-
ch,,s.tts Mechanics nssocintion He remo;nrd
four ycars in Boston. working hard md read.
inphnrd especially in noliticul history. Tn,
rn,7ng necbnn;c smoke frennentlv in nml,ii..
aud lis name wns to be read in the Demo.
cratic papers along with those of GEORGE Ban.
croft. o. A, Brownson and S. H. Everett
He also lecturcd, and his name appear, IL,
more than one of the lists of lectures in which
Emerson and Charming were Included
Col. James Page was so pleased with a
spee ech of Mr.. Kelley at Faneuil Hal; that he
urged the Young man to study law in his of
fcr In 1s3e he hernn thn studv NM, an III,
I'D, of April, lS4l, being then ~ years old.
he wns IN motion of Col Page admitted to
thu bar This was in Philadelphia. He was
very successful from the start. In 1s45 he
WIS made prosecutor of the pleas in Philadel-
ubiu and on tile 18th of March, 1877. was an.
pointed Judge of common pleas, He served
asnn nnnointee ill l85O and was then elected
for q ten years, term. but the r.onenine of
tbs slavery controversy in 1854 made him a
ndliticiou. He severed his connection with
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