The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-18

c ." y a. nominated by the Dernoc,.t,o
rsa on massachusetts and receiyapS siss aor
Aster ~, .nough not sufficient for eleetior very
crnt, ha .ne accession of President Poll NJ D.
sIoit became secretary of The ,a, o1A, Mr: Ran
ths us administration by the
forms and ip1 a1emy at Annapolis, and other ret
uesiseu ana completely set at yyorL ~ was
ali .slone, who received for ~. n, Dan,
asked. cone appfopriations for which he
es.apilsh naval academy He st,a MsItalLg 70
tbe, Ia tne powers of the secretary and fnr1
shou a vail 10 oraeT the place where midshipmen
instructors to give lessons IN th also ulTect the
iam nae power to follow them IN The ~, an1 ~
econo ri INC residence on shore With Close
a9 lne appropriation OF the veer e. eA .i
laval service would meet the exrs, ssai .os me
to- on war could cede an Abandoned Mill
toaetber t ~ sie navy So when congress came
10. az sea comfortably housed ar an ma VIE
ho'eeaeo from the dangers of idleness and ci,
Seeing What us Sod at "a regular course of study.
scnool, which was in full opersfio1 enS .ns
nloney Ior the repairs OF the buildfngs NJ P
Al mas also influential in obtaining addition
epPiopiidtions Tor the Washington CITY Or
IsaLoiy ana III introducing some new ~ ~
sssols " great merit into the corps OF instriIct
ton s sborsd aggested method by which promo
aun snouio depend, not on age alone bnt on
experience and capacity, but this scheme 's r On
never fully developed or applied vas
-, me secretary of the navy Mr.. Bancroft gave
g. Mexico. tai
annsoiate possession of California. and CON
staIitly renewed the Order sending IL Nv &c.
posslpte channel to the commander of the
american squadron in the Pacific; and Il was
iuiiy carried into effect before he left the nav
s aepar,ment No order so far as is known was
iroln any other department to take pos
During his term of Office Mr. Bancroft acted "a
ssscrclary OF war pro TEN. for month"; and gave
~. .ne oaaer 70 march into Texas which caIIsed
States w tue United
from 1916 to ls49 Mr.. Bancroft was minister m
grest Britain, where he successfully urged mon
laws - ia1is.ry the adoption of more liberal
ne was appointed minister TO Prussia. in tssss
ne was accredited to the North German confed
eIalon, and in 1871 TO the German empire. from
1874 o o"h request IN
While still minister at Berlin Mr.. Bancroft
l snaereo important services in the settlement
airy OF the United States. In its reference to the
king OF Prussia, which was proposed by Mr.
pahcro,ts the argument OF the United states and
tne reply 10 the argument of Great Britain, were
written, every word OF them, by Mr. Bancroft.
3reat Britain had long refused to concede that
ner emigrants to the United States, whether
from Great Britain or Ireland, might throw off
alegiance TO their mother country and become
citlzens OF the United States The principle in
vowed IN this question Mr.. Bancroft discussed
with the government of Prussia, and in treaty.
Obtained the formal recognition of the right Of
expafrtation at the will of the individual emil
grant, and negotiated with the several German
states corresponding treaty. England watched
the course OF negotiation. resolving to conform
herself and to principles that Bismarck
might adopt for Prussia, and followed him in
abandoning the claims to perpetual allegiance.
After the expiration of the English mission,
In lS49, Mr.. Bancroft took up his residence In,
the city OF New York and continued work Oh his
history. The third volume had appeared in
lblo and volumes ~. to X at intervals from
1892 to 1874. Volumes XII. and XII. were pub
Hshed in 1852, and revised edition of the whole
work appeared in six volumes in 1855,
Mr. Bancroft was correspondent of the ROYAL
Academy OF Berlin and also of the French In
st1tute. was made D. L. c. at Oxford in ls49, and
and in september, $50, celebrated at Berlin the
hftieth anniversary of receiving his first degree
at Gottingen.
Bancrolts minor publications include "An
Grafton Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1926,
itical system of Europe translated from
Heeren; "An Grafton Delivered Before the De-
nocracy OF Springfield and Neighboring Towns,
July 4, 1885, "History. OF the Colon
Grafton Delivered at the commemoration,
Washington City, of the Death of Andrew Jack
son." "The Necessity, the Reality,
and the Promise of the Progress OF the
Human Race" An Grafton Delivered Before
of the First Assembly of virginia" collections
Of the New York Historical Society,"" Literary
and Historical Miscellanies," Memorial Adj
dress on the Life and Character OF Abraham Lin
coin,' "a Plea for the Constitution OF the
United States of America" 1.-THE Cultivation,
the Support and the Object of Art in a Repub-
Ic,' 1.-THE Office, the Appropriate Culture and
Duty of the Mechanic and a biography of
Jonathan Edwards, published in the "Ameri-
eau Cyclopedia."
Among those the least satisfied with the histo-
riay have been some OF the descendants of emf
nent patriots (Greene, Reed. Rush and othersl,