Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-30

coed to London to continue the work
the negotiation OF a treaty OF COM
merce. he was taken olArminRly III and
returned home only to die Immediately
after his arrival. HA wife. daughter
OF Richard Bassstt. governor Of Della
ware. died December 10. 1854. aged
rs. Senator Baywrd& speech on the
Foreign Intercourse bill. wus WIDELY
published In 1898. as we'll az another
In the repeal of the Judiciary biil inI
1902.
When he became Ill no was brought
up the Delaware on national vessel |
and because tho draukht OF the ship
was too great to permit It to enter the
Christiana. Mr.. Bayard was placed
aboard a small boat and rowed by
sailors to the rock on the property
| of the Mccullough Iron Co. Thence no
was tenderly carried to his residence
on the west side OF Market street near
Ninth (now No. SAD, where ne lingsr-
ed for few days before pAssngI
away.
| Richard Henry Bayard, the eldest
son OF James A., and greAt uncle q
Thomas Il. Bayard, was born in vii.
mington in 1895 and dicd in Phila.
delphia, Pa, on March 4. 1868 He
vas the eldest son OF James A. Bayara
the Fedcralist leader; was graduated
at Princeton in 1914, studied Law, was
admitted TO the Delaware bar, and
practlced in his native city. In 1891
he was elected the fret mayor Of the
L Ntf nj
he entered the United States Senats
as a Wing. having been elected to
supply the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Arnold Naudain. He
SERVED until September, 1889. when h
resigned TO accept the ONCE OF Chief
Justice OF Delaware. but was again
elected Senator, took his seAt
December ., 1889. and served until the
end of his term. March 3. 1916. He
was appointed charge d'afYaires at
Brussels, December 10, 1850, end rep
resented the United States there until
September -, 1863. HiA widow. n
. granddaughter OF Charles Carroll, OF
Carrolton, who was celebrated for her
beauty. died in 1855.
The third Senator in the limo wa.
|
Bayard, who represented. Delaware In
; the Senate from 1861 TO 1864. when he
resigned. although he had but a year
previously been elected TO serve for n
third term. HE resignation grew out
OF the then recent adoption by the
Senate OF the iron clad oath" re-
: quired OF every Senator in the Senate
before entering upon his duties. When
this oath was offered to Mr.. Rayard
VINO mad grown gray in his country's
. service, he felt 1t as an insult and an
outrage. After the adoption OF the
regulation requiring the Iron clad
OATH" Mr.. Bayard took the oath and
then resigned his seat. In powerful
speech to explain hts action. he re.
l. ferred to his earlier contention in on
position TO a Civil War. believing thai
ii meant disunion and setting forti
y fairly HIS preference for peaceful
: separation rather than to have war
. He uttered in this connection the fol
lowing significant words: II have ali
the fixed opinion and belief that tn,
: life or a nation depends upon tn,
2 preservation OF its liberties and no
! upon the extent OF It's dominion" II,
:, maintained that the oath was uncon
: stitutionai ard added that to hold hi
:, seat he would have TO forfeit his owl
!, Ielf-respect and sacrifice his clear con
victions of duty. HE seat thus mad
vacant was filed by the next Legis
!, allure by the election OF George Rea
- Riddle and the Legislature compli
mented Mr.. Bayard upon his cours
= in the Senate.
- The first election OF Thomas F. Bay
ard, the son of James a. the secons