Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-29
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The Gorernor 81 Msine .nd II. ,t.H are
1t IL aaditorinm. vhefe they viII nave
their he.dausrter. vbiIe II thie CITY Ia
the Governor Of Maine the VOID ..hSs,i-
auarsxr.~ n,esns = moi denI. for he "a
in the army. and therefore 10 to be ADDED
q, the list of old soldiers. Who are nov In
times Of peace holding harh civil positious.
For 4 FOOD MANY years the gentleman
y no j. nov entitled to be termed his IL.
eeIlency, Henry B. Cleaves, Governor Of
Maine, has been one Of ti,e best known
men of his State. He took a leading DO
.ifiou wears ago. when Maine vas ever
more widely known than II the present time
A. the State of strong men. lie made hss
vay rapidly 10 the front rank at the bal
AMI in politics.
Asa rule. Maine men have been Obliged
to york hard for Whatever position and
rank they have attained, anil, too, they
have been men who have male their own
way in the worn. Nathan Clifford, whe
died an associate Justice of the sapreme
Court Of the Intel states began tn. prac-
tiee of bis profession in a very humble
wxy. and the present chief Justice of tDs
same court had TO make his own vay with
the rest Of the members Of the bar.
Jane, 4; Blaine was a Maine editor be.
fore he uxs elected a member of the Legis-
lature, and few men ever worked harder
than did he for many years.
Senator FRYE had 10 show what was in
him. and he won his present position be.
cause i, was seen that he was a man who
II ~.
4. Reed. ex-.peakar and present thorn in
the Democratic aide of the House Of Rep
re.entatiyes va. a moor hoy. and Congress-
man Dingley served many years as an e,ii-
tor before he va, .,nt Ia the House.
Goyernor CIexyes. as becomes Cover.
nor of Maine. has the right to saw that he
male hi. own vay To his present high posi.
ton. He was the son of a farmer, ami as
A boy could look forward to nothing better
than A life Of hard and honorable work on
the farm or in the sbop. He is not the
graduate of a college, but of the schools OF
his ,o~p and State. That was perhaps not
IN al. disadvantage for the common SCHOOLS
Of New England have graduated some re-
marksble men To he sure a country print
iay office helpcd educate Horace Greeley.
bnt score. of men who have
been lealers of the pcopIe might be
named and pa,sed To the credit of the little
rcd .cbooIbnn.e- of New England.
The war came and called Young CIeaves
10 leave home for the South. He had been
working in the woods as chopper, AMI on
tn, ,rm. and had got some IDEAS regard.
ing the worth of the Union and of liberty
that would not let him STAY at home. Just
then one of the famous lawyers Of Maine
Hon. William W. Virgin, was raising a
regiment of nine.months men, and one 81
his p,iyate soldiers was Henry r, cleaves.
Year. after that same private, as Governor
# Min. attended the funeral of Colone
Virgin. and then as Governor nance. hi,
-nrce.sar ON the bench of he Suprem,
Court Of Maine.
Mr.. Cleayes. then a Young AMI hardy
man, vent into the war with the idea OF
,loiny his full duty. lie thought, AS did
MANY others, that three months would see
the war over, although the term of enlist
meat of the regiment was nine months
Before the time for which he had enlisted
had expired, it was plain that the war wa.
TO be \ very serious matter and some of the
men concluded to 90 home, but not so Or
ierIy Sergeant Clcaves. who at once rc-en
listed as a veteran" in the regiment, ther
being organized by Colonel Fessendcn, the
oldest son of the celebrated William Pit
Fessenlen. then Mt the height of his repu
tation AS a statesman.
This is the military record of Governor
Clcavcs:
lie was appointed first lieutenant of Com
pspy +, and a portion of the time he wa,
in command of Company F., the officers OF
the latter company having been either killed
or disabled in action. The regiment was
sent Ia New orleans and attached to the
army in the department of the Gulf. He
participated in various engagements under
General Banks and in tine Red River expedi
ton, aud was with Colonel Fessenden =,
command at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and
Cane river crossing, Colonel Fessender
losing his leg in the latter action while the
regiment was making a brilliant charge
The Thirtietb suffered severely in this &C
lion. Colonel Fesseudcp was imme,liatel,
promoted to brigadier general, and Thomat
II. Hubbard. son of ex Governor Hubbard
was made colonel of the regiment.
After the close of the campaign in Louisi
ana Lieutenant Cleavcs' regiment wa
transferred 10 Virginia. and he served dur
Ing the remainder of the war in the arm,
of the Potomac, and in the Shenandoah val
lev under General Sheridan. He was mus
tered out of service at the close of the wa
and was offered a commission in the reyu
lar army by Secretary Stanton, but declined
1t isa remarkable fact that so many o
the soldiers of the North, after they re
turned home, at once went to work as i
nuthing had happened to disturb the cours,
of their lives. Gen. Clark S. Edwards
one of the Maine commissioners to tn,
Worlds Fair, was a farmer before the war
and returned to the farm at its close. Year
after he WAS plowing the garden of neigh
Dor when informed that he had been nomi
mated by the Democratic party for Cover
nor. and refused to believe the news
Lieutenant Cleaves went to work at once
and for two years labored in mill. The,
he made up his mind to study law, in
aueuce,}. perhaps. by the example of hi
brother. " ho was then a member of Law
firm in Portland. lie worked hard. and il
a few months was admitted to the bar, an,
began what was destined to be the work o
hi. life. He was admitted in ls6s, and re
moved to Portland " here he still resides TIN
next wear he was elected to the Legislature
in 1876. was chosen city solicitor of Port
land in 1877 and in 1850 was elected nj
toru,v general of Maine. and twice hon
orej with n recollection.
His public life dates from his first tern
of service ms attorney general. and his lon,
fight with railroad corporations. As attor
nev general he was Monumental in secur