The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-08


BEFORE his last illness he gave directions tor
a ncichbor to make for him Il PLAIN cou
to be paid for before his lntcrment. lie also
selected for his grave barren ridge where
the plOw would never come ana ordered
the spot TO be marked by Il pile of loose
stones from an adjoining field. Benton des-
cribcs his death bed as THAT of Socrates.
all but the hemlock.
J0reph +. Narnum, of Massachusetts. who
had been Il general during the revolution.
was speaker during the tenth and eleventh
congresses He afterwards served term
in the senate and waS president pro tcmpore
of that body. as was also Macon.
In the twelfth congress there came to
the house as Il new member one of the
most remarkable men of his time. With
the exception of Muhlenhcrg. speaker Of
the first congress. he was the only man over
chosen speaker on the day that he took his
seat as Il member Of the house.
Ciay's Remarkable Career.
This man was Henry Clay, of Kentucky
Clay had already served two short uneX-
pred terms as senator AS Il member and
speaker of the house in the twelfth CON
gress he fairly began the marvellous career
which closed only with his death in this
city more than forty years after. Clay
WAS elected speaker oftcner than any man
who ever sat in congress. In fact. he was
never member Of the house
that he was not speaker of that
body. His influence upon legislation was
greater than that of any man who had
preceded him in the speakers chair and
perhaps greater than that of any man who
has followed him in that position. TO
Clay more than to any man was due the
creation of the hostile feeling towards Eng
land, which led to war in 1872. Unlike
the speaker of these days, Clay did not
confine himself to the mere work OF pre-
siding, but left the chair and partcipa ted
in the debate upon the floor of the house.
As his ieutenants in urging hostiitics
against Great Britain he had John G.
Calhoun. William LoWndes, Felix Grundy
ami Langdon Chevcs.
Clay served as speaker during all of the
twelfth congress and during the first SEES
sion of the thirteenth. During the sec
ond session he resigned and went abroad as
member of the commission appointed to
negotiate Il treaty of peace and commerce
with Great Britain. During his absence,
Langlon Cheycs of South Carolina was
chosen speaker. Clay returned and was
elected TO the fourteenth congress and was
again chosen speaker as be was also Of the
fifteenth and sixteenth congresses During
the latter congress he resigned to retire to
private life and John w. Tavlor, of New
York. was chosen speaker. Clay was not
n member of the seventeenth congress, but
returned to the eighteenth when he was
again elected speaker. This was his last
service as Il member OF the house of rep
resontativ"s
Philip p. Barbour. of Virginia, was
speaker of The house during the seventeenth
congress. Son" fif+ceT years after he WAS
appointed by Jackson an associate Justice
of the supreme court of the United States
which position he held until the time of his
death.
John w. TavIor. of New York. was
chosen speaker of the nineteenth congress.
this hoino his second period of service in
this position.
-lrveuson. ,:qlI and Polk,
Andrew Stevenson. Of VIRGINIA. was elect
cd sneaker of the house in thc twentieth.
Effectiveness tWruIy-sncnnd and flyrntv-
third comorrssrs giyinr him more s,Icrcs-
siyr .InrtIn,ls ~ snn,lIrr Than any other in
cumhoni in thyt nositiou During his last
form he resigned from congress and re-
fired 10 private life. Afterwards. he scrv-
nI far , tinn ~ Ininistnr tn I,n,ioud mis-
RENO his IuSt uuhIir service
,T6n housn in III. t,ynntv-fourth congress
wa, nrnsiInl nynr h,. Jnhu SOL of 1rrn
,,as.or nnn nf tho most eminent mon of
hi. lima poI ,y,. nI,, Of thn founders If
H. ii, n,.t,. a,,J ,ro.. ninctnI TO ,ha
,,,,I.,,,,I;, .,:,r I,,nns 4 P,Il, ItnlI
~ .P ~ r. ,,.1,' j., tLn 1dnr unrri
was secretary OF war III tn' elu W I ri"tIl,
S"Il c""'Vl anu ''i'I Iuf.n ~ ~ ',''
'I9i"l'S NtH"LV' III io"o, nc W. ,nv ,t,,-
Hi'd'P lol me IN 99Ntrn'S VI ~,
li'hal UNION Parll; ms "S9o'I"II Oh 5I'
ticker ptimS EuWaru Everett ot -i"SH'Tiu,
sets. Nheh ,he war was on, bGI !leIHrI
10 HtS SUI OIn'iiiiSH "i,u 'U '''U ''''i''-'7
by the southern states. cc
he house IN IN" tWchty-Hith alli twenty
sixth congresses was presided over by James
II. Folk. OF tennessee, VINO lett congress
to become governor of his state. ana whose
friends took his name before the conFPh-
ton III baltimore IN 1911, hoping 10 nave
hun nominated Tor IN" wee presidency
II! lhc Wt"hEiG nIcl 'IH"tI' WIN H"n
tlnally nominated Tor IN" presidency. p'ih3
the hrSt dark morse ma h'u "Pp'"leu
III A"lrriH4" y, n" 'I?nat [ir,,,i, os
hGorft "; liuHI'[i "l ,iIsii'.a, m|s
speaker ol we mouse III .ll' lN'r'! &C. ' I
congress; re was 4eicai'" lol wv
ton To the mouse Il! llie n'Al ieiih. i"tti
he was elected nlcu States senator ana
was member OF the senate III the outprrah
of the war. lie WlthureW from tilat pQGy
and was Afterwards formally eXpeilrui ne
was member OF the provisional confederate
congress and II was ORIGINALITY lhtehuvu
that he should De CHOSEN pICSidchl % inc
cOniCderacy Win Jefferson l'dNlS as COM
mandcr III chief or the army ror iiiile
he was secretary OF state OF the cohlcdGr-
arcy and afterwards as member Oh inc
confederate senate.
John White, OF kentucky, was CHOSEN
speaker OF the house III the l"ehty-elShth
congress. w hite afterwards served on Ihe
state belich Oh iNtHtucN! gu oil Nv I.Cnincl
-. 1919. took his own lie. During the
second session OF the tWenty-e!shth con,
gress, John w. Jones, OF virginia, acted
as speaker.