The sun., 1891-05-17

| Marshall and Thomas II. Benton. have plnced
| their tributes on the young mans memory.
He died at the nge OF AZ. He went into a
counting house In the West Indies before he
| was 49, arrived In Boston. en- route to New
| York, before he was 16. commanded his artil.
cry company at 10. went under fre ut Long
Island. attracted tho attention Of Greene. tho
ablest military man in our service. who spoke
OF him to Washington. and ut "a he charged
tho principal redoubt ut Yorktown ns an ofll-
cer OF the limo. equally vindicated on the stnfr
and in tho ranks.
His temperament and social skill were such
that. without relations in the country or any
estate or property. be married at 20 tho daugh-
ter OF Philip Schuyler. At 90 he was In Con-
Rress, and before that time he entered the bar.
having prosecuted his law studies ut Albany
In the house OF his father-in-law. In Congress-
he saw that the great task OF n man Of original
powers and perseverance would be to mould
tile misernbly discordant States into an har-
monious and enduring fabric. Riots had
already taken place hero and thore against the
tax collectors. the Sheriffs. and tho Governors
when tho Convention met at Annapolis with
the principal object OF making some commer-
clal regulations Believing that his opportun-
ity had como. at the age OF 90 Hamilton went to
Annapolis with Egbert Benson. where he wrote
the principal address. with somo notifications
from Edmund Randolph. his subsequent Cab
met associate. Tho Convention was called IL
Philadelphia. and,i order to abet it. Hamilton
went TO tho State Legislature. whero he found
the Clintons arrayed against him. Two other
delegates wore sont with him to vote him down
on all important questions. Throwing himself
unsupported into that body, he made q speech
i've hours long in favor Of n government of tho
whole by the whole. He wanted permanent
Senate. life President and the Governors OF
States to bo appointed by tho Executive While
taking this position he know worry we'll that ho
would bo compelled to fall bnck considerable
distance from his pronositions, and he aimed
to draw upon himself tho entire democratic
fire Of the Convention. He then retired.
and returned toward tho last to allx
his name to the Constitution. But that instru-
ment seemed doomed. and especially in the
State Of New York. Massachusetts was cold,
Virsinia threatening. He wrote tho Fsderalist.
which gave name to great party. with as i.
ststance from jay and Madison. and he was
the first man IN the United States to make the
press flrst-class power. and toward the end
OF his life he set It FREQ from the hostility Of
Judges and prosecuting attorneys. Hc made
other and great speeches In the New York
Convention. and beat tho Clintons and when
the Federal procession passed. through the
streots OF New York the ship OF state carried
tnere pore uunllton8 name. Hamilton now
charged the Clintons directly elected four out
OF the six Congressmen. and selected Rufus
King and Hamiltons father-in-law to be the
Senators. ignoring the Livingstons, who had
been disposed previously to be Federalists.
IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Only little past the ago OF SO was Hanil-
ton when he became Secretary OF tho Treas
ury for five years. He expounded the Constl-
tuition before Marshall or any OF them. and his
policy and personality largely caused tho ap-
pearance OF two political parties, which were
necessary to operate this system OF govern
mont His papers sent to Congress by request
for Information on general subjects are tho
chief beams In the structure OF this Govern
ment Against their will he made tho States
solvent carried his funding system OF taxa
tion. suggested almost every institution we
possess and the method OF running it. such rs
navigation. coasting trade. Post Office. West
Point. public lands, private claims. q mint.
coinage, q national bank and manufactures.
Though he was the son Of scotchman. and
lived abreast Of Adam Smith. and was nc.
Quainted with his writings. Hamilton parted
company with tho European economists and
a,distinctiye!y American system.
suited to our extended continent. remote sit
uation. and uniformed industrial policy.
The principal reasons why party spirit COM
menced In tho Cabinet OF Washington were
the jealousy Of Virginia. the indebted condl-
ton OF the public men and planters In that
State to tho foreign creditor. the soueamish-
ness OF slavery. and tho appearance OF the |
French revolution. which had powerfully pos