Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tmfei h'Y JOSEPH [RHIIKOSB (B(WG COPYR/CMT 3Y J03SPH 3. 5 iiTSmE of Missouri tl home of Thomas H. Be ai? J ton' *-*nited States sen ImHiHllft/l tor from 1S21 to 1851, jJIBl ' known only to the st /jiluTwn]) dent of history. We m IMftlUti 5-er- Clay and Calhoi arc familiar won ever: where, yet Bentc [gy gtj^rl served in the Unite States senate long< than any of these, an was responsible f< more sound legislation than all < them together. His name was nev( prominently connected with the pres dency, yet he accomplished more fc (his country than have the majority < the presidents. This remarkable man came into tb world in 17S2, six years after thesigi ing of the Declaration of Indepen< ence, and departed in 1S5S, three yeai before the Civil war. Thus his life co1 ered the formative epoch of a goveri ment by the people in the making, an ended Just before the outbreak ths shook the foundations of the fepubli and bathed the nation in blood. Fc many years he ignored the muttering In the political* sky and preferred t believe the talk of war between th states over the question of slaver mere idle chatter. When he realize that the sentiment of disunion wa -1 1? imn/imnrnmlcinctbn I CiU lit? luuiv au uuwuipi viu<>;iu0 in favor of the union and refused t alter his position or trim his sails t ( meet the breezes from Missouri the were blowing the other way. Thoug entering public life as an advocate < the admission of Missouri into th union unrestricted as to slavery, h left the public service in the evenin of life because he would not conser to vote for the extension of slaver into territory that had before bee free. He was a firm believer in th doctrine of state rights, which was, a ho understood it, the right of tb states to govern themselves as to a matters except those delegated to th federal government. His theory of th republic was an "indissoluble union < self-governing states"?a federated r pupblic. His education, that is the scho< part of it, was limited to t! grammar schools and a short time i the University of North Carolina. 1 a larger sense he continued his studi( until the day of his death, and wt one of the best informed men of h time. While other statesmen were i: dulging in the dissipations common I that period among public men, he d voted his spare moments to insrestig tion and study, and his knowledge < the details of public matters was vas 1 y superior to that of any of his cor peers. Benton's high moral character wi blemished by his pugnacious disp sition. In his early days he was I volved in many "affairs of honor" i duels were termed then. He had n< been in St. Louis long when the mo; unfortunate event In his career o curred. In the trial of a law su some trivial dispute arose betwee him and a young attorney name Charles Lucas, a highly esteemed ar most estimable young man. Luc<* won the case and Benton challenge him. . Lucas declined the challenj at first, but Benton persisted ar offered deliberate Insults. Lucas the accepted. They fought a first du and no one being injured a ~ecor meeting was insisted upon by boi parties. In the second duel Lues fell, mortally wounded. Before dyii he took Benton's hand and forgai him, but Benton never forgave hir self, and the shadow of this tragec went with him through the years i his grave. The code-duello was r sorted to in those days often for i significant things, and every publ man of consequence had figured such an affair either as principal or se ond. This duel was fought the yei after Benton arrived in St. Loui Four years later the lather of tl lamented victim of the duelling cu torn was one of the unsuccessful ca didates lor senator against Benton. His Fight With "Old Hickory." Benton, like Andrew Jackson, w; of North Carolina birth, and, like 0 Hickory, moved to Tennessee when youth just entering upon manhood estate. He became Jackson's frier while they both lived in Nashville ai co-operated with Jackson in raisii the brigade of militia which becan the nucleus of the army that was annihilate the British at New Orleai and make January 8, 1815, a red-lett da" in American annals. It was < Benton's advice that the brigade w; formed and offered to the governme by Jackson, and for a time he was < Jackson's staff. Their friendly i lations were, however, interrupt* by a disgraceful brawl. Jesse Be ton. a brother of Thomas Bento had fought a duel and Jaokson h; seconded the antagonist. An ang dispute arose, Benton espousing 1; brother's cause. Jackson struck Be ton with a horsewhip, ar.d in retu was shot in the shoulder by Bento Jackson carried Benton's bulletin h shoulder until the close of his pre . dential term, and the wound gave hi some physical distress to the end his days. The feeling betwei them ran high after this episoc not to subside until the hand of fa BRIGHT SCENES IN FINLAN Pleasant Change for Traveler Aft the Dreary Cities of European Russia. This pleasant picture of Viborg. Fi land, is from a recent book by Han de Windt: "There are few countrb so absolutely dissimilar (save clima' cally) as Russia proper and Finlan Everything is different, commencir with the currency, for rubles and k peks have now disappeared to gii sltawM WTQLK ilBKMft (MF M0^?[ BQWLG5 le was to bring them together again, one n- a senator from another state, and the a- other as a candidate for the presiis dency of the United States. A year u- or so after the fight Benton moved b- to St. Louts, wnere ne opened a ww in office in connection with a newspaper Is of which he became editor. He be>n came prominent at once in the discusid sion of public questions, and took a jr leading part in securing the admisid sion of Missouri into the union. Aftn er a five years' residence in Missouri jf he was electcd by the legislature one ;r of the state's first two United States ;i- senators. >r Declined Money Profit from Public )f Service. Immediately upon his election, with e scrupulous regard for his official irii tegrity, Benton called all of his clients 1- to bis office and told them that he s could not further serve them, as there f- might be a conflict between their ini terest and the public welfare. For d some of his clients he had litigation it over land grants, and as .senator he c was in a position, through the enactir ment of laws, to make them and him:s self wealthy in the settlement of diso puted titles. He refused even to rcce ommend an attorney to them, lest this y might embarrass him in his public d duty. His idea of public . office s was that an official had no more right d to use his public functions to aid pero sonal friends or to advance his own 0 fortune than he would have to put his j hand into the public treasury and take k { money therefrom to pay a private | debt. Through all his official career e Benton was true to this ideal and was e incorruptible and above reproach from ? any venal standpoint Championed "Missouri Compromise." y Benton's career of constructive n statesmanship was the greatest MIse souri or the west has produced. He lS came upon the stage of public activity e with the enactment of the Missouri ^ compromise, which was largely his ie work. He left public life coincident l? with the repeal of that measure. Under this compromise Missouri was e" admitted into the Union (though it was some years later before the state 3 was formally recognized) as a slave ie state, with the provision that no state !n created out of the Louisiana purchase, ^ north of the southern boundary of "s Missouri, should be admitted with . slavery. It hushed slavery agitation s for a decade, and any attack upon it tQ for a 'Jme was resisted by south as well as north. Benton was 39 years ^ old when he took his seat and had lived exactly half the years given to t him. Monroe was just beginning his a second term as president, Calhoun was secretary of war, Henry Clay was speaker of the house of representa^ tlves. In the next presidential conn_ test Benton supported Clay against .Tarkson. but ever after that he was IS 3t Clay's political enemy and Jackson's st warmest and strongest supporter. c Father of Homestead Law. jt To Benton more than any other man ;n Is due the fact that there Is no frontier in the United States today. What was a wilderness west of the Rocky 1S mountains fifty years ago is now settied by happy and prosperous men re and women by reason of his effort in securing the enactment of the home;n stead law. Benton established the pol-1 el icy of selling public land at a maxil(j mum of $1.25 an acre, giving preference to actual settlers and securing to ls settlers the right of preemption. This | lg made settlement easy and streams of re sturdy men and women began at once a. to move westward. ly Benton looked into the future furto ther than any other statesman of his i q. time. In answer to the taunts that the n. western country, particularly Oregon, 1C would never be anything more than in a hunting ground, he prophesied that c. the time would come when there ir would be more people west of the s Rookies than east. i-Ie advocated the le construction of a military road to New s. Mexico, and was so earnest in his sup-' n. port of the idea of a transcontinental railroad that his enemies charged him with being mentally unbalanced on the 3S subject, and even his friends feared Id he was too enthusiastic. In one of his a first speeches be propnesiea tnat tne s Pacific coast would soon become the 1(j door of Afia and advised sending min1(j isters to China and Japan?a proposal at that time considered extremely huie morons. to Brought About Specie Payments, as It was through Benton's effort that er specie payments were established and >n that all our money became based on as Ko'd and silver. So earnest was he in nt the demand for a specie basis that he an was nicknamed "Old Bullion," of e- which he became very proud, and in 2d his speeches of~en referred to himself n- by that term. He was at first inclined n, to favor a protective tariff system, but id later strongly opposed protection ry merely for the sake of protection. He lis stated his position thus: "The fine efn fects of the tariff upon the prosperity rn of the west have been celebrated on in. this floor. With how much reason let tis facts respond and people judge. I do si- not think we are indebted to the high m tariff, for our fertile lands and naviof sable rivers, and I am certain we are ?n indebted to those blessings for the le, prosperity we enjoy." While he opte posed the protective system he voted Q i p'ace to pennies ami marks, the latter being equal to a French franc. The 5r contrast Is especially noticeable as regards towns and their inhabitants. Thus there are few cities in European Russia which do not appear dreary and depressing to a stranger. Moscow ry and Odessa are exceptions, for the ug first named is undoubtedly plcturesque, while the gardens, boulevards d and well-paved thoroughfares of the ,g other present a striking contrast, to, o- ] say, Kharkoff, with its general im,-e | pressiou of gloom, and even squalor. I for a protective duty on lead, which i was largely produced in Missouri. In this he made the mistake that has been made by so many senators and congressmen of this day, who say they oppose protection, but vote for protection on the products of their own states, thereby placing themselves in the position of not being able to successfully question the justice of the demand of those In other states for a larger share of protection for themselves. After the election of Andrew Jackson to the chief maeislracy Benton tfa came the right arm of that gTeat president. In the atttempted nulllficaion of the tariff laws by South Carolina, Benton made effective Jackson's ultimatum to that state demanding submission to the law, by engineering the passage of a compromise tariff bill which stopped everybody from talking of fighting, but satisfied nobody. Fought United States Bank. Jackson's greatest battle was against the United States bank, which he declared must either be put out of business or it would run the government. Benton led this fight in the senate. He brought up the question in 1831 by submitting a resolution to the effect that it was not expedient to re-charter the bank. The war against the bank raged fiercely for years. It had many powerful adherents and obtained the support of a number of members of congress, as was shown later by Investigation, through what amounted to brazen bribery In the way of favoritism on loans.. In the midst of the fight the presidential election of 1832 took place and Jackson wa3 triumphantly re-elected. Shortly after this Jackson made an order withdrawing the public funds from the bank. This precipitated a tremendous public uproar and the senate adopted a resolution censuring Jackson for the act. Benton immediately began a fight to expunge this resolution from the record, and finally, in the last days of the Jackson administration, the motion prevailed amidst great excitement and the resolution of censure was expunged by having a black border drawn around it and across its face the words: "Expur.ged by order of the senate, January 16, 1837." Jackson I deeply appreciated the value of BenI ton's support and years later, on his deathbed, said to a friend: "Tell Col. Benton 1 am grateful." Benton was the supporter of Jackson's successors to the presidency, paiticularly of Van Buren and Polk, but after Andrew Jackson, the presidents up to the Civil war wielded little influence compared with those be : lore, ana were largely engaged in a j game of l.ide-and-seek on the slavery question. in 1S4S the anti-Bentonites carried a j majority of the Missouri legislature, Viborg is barely eighty miles from Petersburg and yet I awaken today in another world in a cozy hotel bedroom. Its windows overlook a scene more suggestive of sunny Spain or Italy than the frozen north. "The picturesque town nestling against a background of pine forest and blue waters of the harbor sparkling under a cloudless sky, the wooded islets with their pretty villas, the ruined castle of Viborg, with its crumbling thirteenth-century battlements, and last but not least the genera} air I Una a resolution was passed ae?*"4.1' ing that slavery be permitted to exisi c in territory north of the Missouri com- i promise boundary and instructing the i senators to vote accordingly. Benton t denounced this resolution as treason- t able and refused to obey it. He said 1 it did not represent the sentiment of 1 the people of the state and he appealed i from the Missouri legislature to the j Missouri people. The struggle was bit- i ter and intense. As Benton was up i for re-election, it being the close of i his fifth term as senator, the effort i was to control the legislature which wis to elect the senator for the following term. Neither side obtained a < majority of the members and a dead- j t lock resulted to be broken by the anti- J ? Benton Democrats combining with the i Whigs and bringing about Benton's t defeat. ' j The old warrior was not dismayed and kept up the fight. In 1852 he was 1 sent to the lower house of ''congress ' from St. Louis as a Union Democrat. * For thirty years he had been absolute ( dictator in the politics of Missouri. < His word was final, and his wishes 5 law, but the tide had turned, and for < the remaining years of his life set ( steadily against him. Yet at no time 1 in his career does Benton present a 1 more inspiring figure than when, with 1 his back to the wall, crowded on every * side by foes, he continued to battle for 1 the principles he believed in. By com- I promising and by truckling to the pub He sentiment of his state ne couia have regained his seat in the senate, but he would have lost the love and * admiration due the brave man who t prefers defeat with the right to vie- 1 tory with what he considers wrong. t Benton's mannerisms were marked ^ and did not tend to make him popular * with the masses. He seemed egotis- * (ical to the point of absurdity, yet in him it was merely exaggerated self- e respect. To the casual observer stern * and pompous, he was gentle and ten- c der-hearted to those who knew him 1 well. His public and private life were s above reproach. His high sense of J iionor as a publie servant, his incor- ' ruptible integrity, his unwavering ad- 1 herence at whatever cost to the prin- * ciples he believed in, his powerful in- ' tellect and his aggressive energy com- ( bined to make him a fighter eminently f qualified to lead and represent the militant people of the West in the first * balf of the last century. } - - . ? t | He was defeated tor re-eiecuon iu I the house in 1854, and in 1S5G became 1 , the candidate of the Union Democrats 1 i for governor, and ran third in the I race. He was now 71 years old, but as j vigorous and robust as ever. Without> t lamenting his fnte or the people's in- j gratitude, he cheerfully took up the completion of his "Thirty Years' j View," giving a mental picture of the important events in the history of our country with which he !:nd been connected. In 1S5S lie died in Washing- : ton, undismayed by tiie storm of pub- s lie misunderstanding that had wreck-j j f!3 his political life, ile looked into j c of life? and animation are Indeed pleasant to contemplate after the drab, dreary streets of the Russian capital. Ylborg is, perhaps, the least imposing of all Finnish towns, for many of its dwellings are built of wood, which, n however, is generally stained a dark c red color, cleaner and more cheerful f looking than rough, weather-bleached f logs. I "Pleasant also is it to saunter through the picturesque old streets, to ransack the silver shops and come i11 sudden:y upon a market place lying In i J :he future and saw the approval of ;oming generations whose views vould not be obscured by the passions in:l excitement of the moment. When he news of his death reached Missouri here was an entire j change of sentinent and all classes united to do lonor to his memory. They then realzed that the mightiest man of Mis- l jouri was dead, the man who towered ? ibove friends and foes. All the state r vas in mourning and his funeral at j 3t. Louis was attended by more than ( lorty thousand people. t Saved Missouri to Union. J It was the fight Benton made that enabled others, when the war came, .0 keep Missouri in the Union. If Missouri had seceded there probably vould have been a different story to i oil than that which came from Appo- ? nattox. 1 So Benton won life's battle by slm- < )le honesty, by perseverance, by hav- 1 ng Ideals and remaining true to them t n sunshine and in shadow. His influ- c mce will be felt for good as long as ;his republic lasts, and the failure to j ecure political preferment at the end i >f liia life by giving up the fight ac- ? :entuates the grandeur of his charac- t er. He lost for the moment, but in ( osing he gained for all time. For him y here was victory in defeat. The les- < jon of his life is?it is not essential t ilways to win, but it is essential to seep the faith. < The Mystery of a Duel. i Having fought his duel and saved c lis honor by firing a shot in the air, j ;he editor of a French provincial ? lewspaper' went back to his desk and ] he incident had quite left his mind i vhen he felt something strange in lis thigh. He looked and found that i le was bleeding profusely. i A doctor was called, who discov- t :red that a bullet was embedded in 1 " *" * *1 '?*- -?? ? Innlina 1 he editor s imgn some u?u ujvuto leep and required extraction. "Why vas this not taken notice of on the ;pot* where the duel took place?" le asked. The editor was as much n the dark as the doctor. At the moment of the duel he had fired into he air and his adversary also took l distracted sort of aim. There had >vider>fly been no intention of doing he slightest h^rm on either side. The editor felt nothing as he left he field and had shaken hands with >is antagonist as a sign of reconciliaion. IIow a bullet came to be lodged n his t'Mgh was simply one of the nysteries of dueling. Another Bocm for the Crops. "Not many dekgites appeared at he Esperantist congress that met in \ansas." "No. Most of them slopped off and lircd out as harvest hands." Strategy. pnccio?nut didn't you say if George ried to kiss you, why, you wouldn't :tand for it? pc-ggy?I didn't. I?I sat down in < i hammock. he shadow of quaint old gabled louses, where the rosy-cheeked peasnts, carts and cobbles and canbas 1 ooths packed with fruit and vegeta- ^ iles recall some old-world town in far way lirittany. Everything has a * leanly, bright appearance, and the ^ resh, pine-scented sea breeze is grate- ^ ul indeed after muggy, inodorous 'etersburg." Now that the comet has not killed mybody, 1st us turn our attention ti ' !uly 4. I mmmMen] SefiABINET I ?0U have no right to be blunt and call a spade a spade, If your spade digs up the happiness In he hearts of those who heas. ?S. E. Eastman. We cannot at the same time be both ' oving and thoughtless. ?Jenkln Lloyd Jones. Chafing Dish Dishes. As the bracing and cool days of auumn come upon us, the chafing dish vhich has been having its vacation ime, is welcomed with a real delight, rhero are so many appetizing dishes vhich are only prepared and served n perfection from the chafing dish. One of the most charming things tbout a chafing dish is the seeing a lish made before the eyes. For a beginner it is best to start with somehing simple, like fried bacon or liver iliU uacuil. H.UU llltJ Ui (XLXZi wicxa jnlon and put in the bacon. When :risp, lay in thin slices of liver which lave been rolled In flour. Serve each piece of liver with a slice of bacon. Curried Salmon.?Chop one small inion and brown in the blazer in a ablespoonful of olive oil, mix tcgeth;r a tablespoonful of flour and a teaspoonful of curry powder, add to the )nion, stir and cook until bubbling, :hen add three-fourths of a cup of lot water, a teaspoonful of salt, the luice of half a lemon and the salmon. Sardines on toast are another simile and tasty dish. Heat the sardines md put on pieces of toast cut the size ind shape of a lady finger. Serve with chopped onion put on lettuce eaves arranged around a platter. A Savory Rechauffe.?Stir together i tablespoonful of jelly, apple, cur ant or grape and two lablespoonfuls )f butter in the blazer until melted. Lay in slices of rare roast beef or :old mutton or lamb; season with salt md pepper, turn often and serve. Creamed Lobster.?Chop the flesh )f a medium-sized lobster. Beat the Folks of two eggs and mix with two ablespoonfuls of cream. Season with ;alt, onion juice, pepper and nutmeg. VIelt two tablespoonfuls of butter in VIA fl'noflnop rJloVi Wlinn Vlrtf Q H tbfi -ac v/uauiig uiou, IT UV.U MW UUU obster meat; when hot add the seasonings. Serve on buttered toast. Curried Eggs.?Take six hard-boiled ;ggs,. slice crosswise into four thick slices. Brown a small onion in a :ablespoonful of butter, add a tablespoonful of flour, a teaspoonful of rnrry powder, half a teaspoonful of salt and a cupful of stock; cook until smooth, then add two tablespoonfuls )f cream and the sliced eggs. aPtf! ECIPE for Home Comfort.? Take of thought of self one part, two parts of thought for 'amily; equal parts of common sense and jroad intelligence, a large medium of the sense of the fitness of things; a heaping neasure of living above what your nelgh)ors think of you; .twice the quantity of t?eplng within your Income: a sprinkling )f what tends) to refinement and esthetic jeauty stirred thick with Christian princl)le? of the true hand and set to use. ?Anna C. Powers. Du6tlng. Dust, like the poor, is always with is, and the process of dusting consumes a large part of the time of the louse wife. Many thrifty workers :arry a small dust cloth in the pocket, ;hen when going upstairs du?t the reads and baniiters; on cominf down lust the railing. Now that we are beginning to reilize that dust contains living germs, nany of them disease germs, which ire only waiting for favorable condi:icas to develop, we should use more :are in the removal of dust Broahlng ivith a feather duster only stirs up the lust, to be taken Into the lungs ;hrough the air we breathe. An amusing story Is told by Max D'Rell: When visiting in this coun:ry, his hostess and he came into a oom where a maid was wielding a luster with more vigor than judgnent, and replied, when asked what she was doing: "Why, I'm dusting." 3er mistress requested her to "please indust." f Much using of the broom is often jnnecessary, to pick up loose tnreaas md brush up footmarks takes less ime than ordinary sweeping, which eaves the dusting still to be done. Dusting Is an art. For plain surfaces i soft, absorbent cloth, slightly damp s the best, using a brush and pointed stick to reach corners and cracks. The cloth should be shaken and veil washed after using. The manuactured dust cloth wihch contains an )il and holds the dust is quite a popllar one at present. "Possibly we shall some day again juild our houses or dwelling places ;o simple and elemental in character hat they will fit into the nooks of the tills or along the banks of streams or | jy the edges of the woods without | listurbirig the harmony of the landscape or the songs of the birds."?Edyard Carpenter. nnnuihlfl fnrniHiro nf tnHav is ! vithout grooves and carving is easily j lusted. The less upholstered furni- ; .ure the better and more sanitary is j >ur home. Chairs may be as comortable of rattan or wood with movailc cushions and the hominess for vhich we strive is not lost, lor a cushoa will add a spot ol' color and make i restful scat at the same time. J A True Story. A little girl whose mother was In I he habit of singing to hor when she j vent to bed was astonished one night ! o hear her ask her to sing, "Jesus j ;ave the pio for me.' It was some Ime before the mother could underitand that it was the hymn, "Jesus !afely pilot me." The World's Cynical Side. Tho philosopher who asserted that rath was stranger than fiction evilastly never dallied with the six best sa. HER PHYSICIAN APPROVES raking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ' Sabattus, Maine.?"You told mo to take Lydia E. Pinkhafn's Vegetable t , ^Compound and mmm. ^ver ^fore " child-birth, and we are surprised to IK tcP see ^ow muc^ 8??d '$?!? f>W$it; ^ MyphysiA cian said 4 Without | ;.'r' $4 MM doubt it was the 1 - "k JMf* Compound that ' ^SartMllhelped you.' I , thank you for your I \ X V^\?\ kindness in advising ' * \ v\ \v me an(* ?*Te y?u \ V.fr fr* Ipprmissinn tO US6 my name in your testimonials."?Mrs. H. W. Mitchell, Box 3, Sabattus, Me. Another Woman Helped. Graniteville, Vt ?VI was passing through the Change of Life and suffered from nervousness and other annoying symptoms. Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound restored my health and strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me. For the sake of other suffering women I am willing you should publish my letter." ? 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No man has a right to throw anything at his wife but bouquets and hot air. j She Has Changed Her Opinion. "I hear your maiden aunt is visiting you." > "Yes. Came yesterday. "How long does she expect to stay?" "Oh, I don't know?probably , for some' time." "I feel sorry for your wife. I believe I heard her say not long ago that she despised the old lady." "She used to, but she has changed her opinion?in fact, has great respect for her now. Aunt Hetty brought three trunks, two of them filled with things she smuggled in from Europe." Mrs. Brlggs' Speech. If brevity is the soul of wit, one of the wittiest speeches on record was made by a woman. Mrs. Briggs lived in the northern part of Indiana, long distance from any village. Hearing that the Rev. Mr. Goodwin was to preach In a township some twenty miles distant, she resolved to be present, and as no other way offered, she walked the twenty rai.es. The pastor heard of this, and was so pleased that at the close of the sermon he mentioned the fact to the congregation, and called upon Mrs. Briggs to tell them how she came. * Rising slowly/ she looked over the audience with great solemnity, and said: "I hoofed it." Then she sat down again.?Youth's \ Companion. rOSi Toasties A bowl of these crisp fluffy bits served with ! cream or milk is some- j thing not soon forgotten. What's the use of cook- 1 ing breakfast or lunch when Post Toasties, ready to serve direct from the package, are so delicious? "The Memory Lingers" POSTL'M CEREAL CO., LTD., Battle Creek, Mich.