New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-13
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
THE NEW COLOMBIAN MINISTER-ANIl
SLAVERY DAYS RECALLED-GON-
ERNOR WOODS POPU-
IARITY IN CUBA.

1,-,sbirg+or Aprfl - (SpeciaD-The recent recall
oI tho Minister from Colombia to the United states
mr. silva caused much surprise here He had rep
resented his government at this capital Tor only
,aor and during that time had been most Jealous
and assiduous pressing the object for wnlch ne
WAS sent TO Washington. the adoption OF the ram
anna route in the canal project now before Oon-
sress Whether he needed at home or whether
q was thought by those In authority that another
could moro efficiently carry the work begun oy
him Is not known. The simple fact is that he mas
been superseded by Vincente Concha. one OF tne
most promising of younger politicians or Coonl-
hia The new minister from the South American
repubfc whose future depends so much upon the
action of this government. began his career as a
newspaper man. starting at the very bottom or the
ladder and at the time he reported for one OF the
local papers Of his native ctty-Bogota-he stuoeu
law His wit enterprise and real ability won MN
speedy recognition and soon after TeceIHlns MS
degree lawyer the President or ooloihoa. NJ
Caro- invited him to become ms prlvates ,I9 ~
MIR Concha was promoted from one confidehtlaI po-
nr Warronuin made him Attorney General in his
Cabinet and later Secretary of War; he Is said
under whom he served. and to have exerted an ex-
aordeary f3o his Paoba has recently
passed his fortieth birthday, and looks his age he
Is Is , Ti made by strenuous work and RESPONSE
biity He has a talent for politics for manasing
Toncbas mission accomplished. he will probably re-
turn to Colombia where his Vile ana FOUR chiidren
await him.
The death OF MIS- HaIe, INQUIRER VI MIS-
William f. Chandler and wife Of the late Senator
uaIe Of New-Hampshire who was for many years
a conspicuous figure in society at the capital brings
to mind that interesting period in the history or the
country when the antfsIavery question agitated the
naonIe Of the North. Senator Hale was an ardent
abolitionist one the erces opponents of the ex-
tension Of slave territory including the annexation
of Texas He opposed from the beginning the war
eth Nexico which Mr. Webster designated as IAN
,nou;tous war made in order to obtain by conquest
slave territory" He fought the compromise meas
ures Including the Fugitive Slave law. with a force
logic and wit that made him the talk of the day.
and until slavery abolished never for mo-
mont ceased his efforts the emancipation of the
black
Mr. Hale was not only distinguished states
man but n leading lawyer of his day. and one
nj the ATTORNEYS in the slave rescue cases In Bos-
tom If was I'm defence of the rescuers of Shad-
rack that he uttered the famous paragraph which
Mr. Summer said worthy OF Curran or ErsKine;
claim Debree claims that he owns Shadrack
Owns what? Owns man. Suppose. gentlemen.
Iobn Dabree should claim exclusive right to
the sunshine. the moon or the stars Woud you
sanction the claim by your verdict? And yet. gen.
,Iar,er rho stars shall fall from heaven. the
moon shall grow old and decay. the sun shall fail
q. ai,o tic light the heavens shall be rolled to-
cetbar as a scroll. but the soul of the despised
and burtsd Shadrack shall live on with the life OF
God HIMSELF | wonde: III Johh Depree VIII claim
that he owns him then! ., g.. ~,
motive slave Law process in the case of Anthony
p1rns ard the conduct of this case inspired Mr.
800 70 sneak of him and his associate Charles
Mavo Ellis as magnanimous lawyers for their
1aS-~ 4, a noble profession, and generous advo-
lapols ~ humanity equang the glories of Holt
and Erskine- of Macintosh and RomlIlS In their