The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
Hateful PART PLAYED BY
THIRD PARTY MOVEMENTS

MOVEMENTS
the system which he had cornbated for
a generation
Free Soil Defeated Cass.
The next third party to figure In Ma
tional affairs also turned the scale In
presidential election. This was tho Free
soil party which. founded II, 184s, took
for It's creed the Wilmot proyiso OF 1896
and confined It's efforts to excluding sla 4
very from the Territories. A dominant
element In tho now party. however was
the New York Barnburners. or anti sla.3
very Democrats, who hailed Van BuretB
ne their leader, and who were more ai1x-5
sious to wrcak revenge on the Democratic
party for refusing their Idol the prcsi-##
Dental nomination In 1874 than they
wereFto bar slavery from the Territories.
When Cass, whose aspirat TONS had dead
locked the Democratic National conven-
StioH OF 1874 and given the nomination to
Polk. was made the Democrats candi-
date In 1s4s, the Barnburners. bent upon
his defeat. secured control OF the Free
Soil National convention. and nominated
Van Buren, on a platform declaring Tor
free soil, free speech and free mem.
This vancouver lost New York TO the
Taylor. the Wing candidate, received a
majority OF thirty.six votes In the cleo
toral college. Van Buren, who had POLL
I cd POI, 1868 popular votes a Fourth Of ~flc1
were Democratic, retired to become tne
sage of the Village OF Kinderllook, VINE
Cass continued In public life undisturped,
showing his real greatness 10 the serenlty
~ loS, hn Tod Il.
In 1862 the presidential nominee Of the
Free Soil party, which now called Itself
the Free Democracy, was John Z. RAE,
bf New Hampshire, one Of the most win
ming and admirable figures In the hist Dry
OF the anti slavery movement. Hale pc
gan life as a Democrat, and In 1888 was Is
chosen as the representa- tive of his dis
trict In Congress. but. breaking with his
party on the annexation OF Texas, failed
4 OF re election. He then made q mem ora Y
I BILE canvass OF his State, as candidate
for Senate and at Its close won the seat
which. save for brief interregum. ne
held for sixteen years. a magnetic
speaker. Hale possessed a voice singu..8
Slarly adapted for. oratory. and \ he ha ps1
carefully cultivated It so that 4 5WasSpos
gsiblc for him. without seeming effort, 70
speak SO that he could be heard by i'm al
5mense thrOngs with perfect distinctness.l
His voice was mellow and charming and
so were his manners. Though Tor sever
& al years the only ayowed anti slavery
man I'm the Senate, a fact which made
him the frequent target for a brsc and as a
SAUL. he had perfect command Of his tenn
per, and was a master Of the art OF max "A
Ing a soft answer turn away wrq7 tn
The Bouts Of Hale.
Those WHO most violently assailed Hale
In debate were often in private life his
devoted friends, az & a. pleasant anecdotel
frccitcd by NEtfan Sargent bear witness
In 1850 tile presence OF a pro slavery mob
lin Washington prompted 4 Hale to intro MIRO
duce iii n the Senate d a resolution pro N
syiding for the Ereimbursemcntaof persons.
whose property should be DESTROYED by
sriotous assemble ges. HenrySa S. Foote,, a.
quick tempered Irishman. who then rep
resented Mississippi in the Senate, de-
snounced this resolution as intended TO
protect negro stealing. ddlng tna 81 Is Is
Hale came to mississippi lie would & be
hanged to the nearest tree, and that ne.
gCFoote) would icheerfully assist his ex--
8ecutoner It was most unfortunate
speech for Foote. who as q mat ter OF
fact. was on most intimate terms with
Hale His mail, In less than fortyEe!g hts
hours. was burdened with letters filled
with caustics revilement. and " thin &E a
week he 4 was known all over the North
a Hangman Foot e. 99G
one morning 4 month later, a young
woman from New Hampshire called upon
Hale and asked him to ntercede for her
brother, who had been arrested for some
fofrense. Hale told her that he could do
nothing, but that he had a friend who
might, and lie took Bller5to Foote. When
the girl had told her story. Foote said
that he thought he would be able to help
her, and that he would see the Secretary
OF the Treasury the next day. II did sog
and came away wit III a y pa rdon q for the
young Woman's brot her. she went Win y N
Hale to Foote's 81 com mi tee room and ne
told her OF his success. Then Il lie. turn
ing TO her, said: ''N1y$.dear young lady,
when you go back to n ew Hampshire and
tell the people there that your brother IS
ont OF his trouble. just say to them, VIII
you that he was released through the!
#intercession Of no other person than the
4Hangman Foote and who promised to
hang me IL ! went to Mississippi WHAT
he has done for you md your brother IS
the sort OF a. hangma n he Isl. e ere Hale
Tut his arm around Foote's shoulder, and
the Mississippi Senator was affected to
tears. I'll ~
Fs!ss Hale. al the presidential candidate Gofs
the Free Democracy. cut but a minor fig
sure In the election returns OF 1852 polling
8 only sc, 900 popular votes. The Barn
burners. having gained revenge In S4S,
had gone back 10 the regular Democra cy.
whose ca ndidate Pierce scored q !. over
whellnlng victory. Hale continued IN the
Senate q dozen years or more, and lived
long enough to rejoice over the dow mi
of slavery and the rest ora ton OF 8s5 the
Union. Owing, however, to the nlachl-
nations Of "a handful OF small-fry poiti-
clans In New Hampshire his last days
were spent in compa tive obscurity.I an
other man taking from him the seal in
the Senate which he had earned the
right to fill so long as he should care o.
remain in public life.
The s Know Nothing Campaign.
Tho presidential campaign of 1856
brought to the fore the most powerful Of
all the third parties whlchsh have appeared
In American politics. except the Populist
party 1T a more recent time. This was
1.-THE Knownothing. or American party
originally an oath-bound order formed
for he nvowed purpose Of checking the
Influence OF foreign born voters Because
It's members protested utter Ignorance
OF Its existence. they became known as
Knownothings In 2 1854, the yeariin which
fI1a !ReDiib1fcAn parCy was born, the