Sketches Of The Lives Of Franklin Pierce And W R King Etc Issued Under The Authority Of The National Democratic Committee At Washington

Author : Sidney Webster
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230312798
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Franklin Pierce and His Administration written by Sidney Webster and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... young man of sound sense, strong political convictions, patient observation, inherent tact and skill, and most charming as well as brilliant manners. In 183? he took his seat in the Senate of the United States--the youngest member of that body. Calhoun, Webster, Clay, Benton, Silas Wright, Woodbury, Buchanan, Walker, and Linn were members. It was the commencement of the presidency of Mr. Van Buren. In this highest field of political labor he pursued substantially the same course as in the Lower House. The youngest member, he did not attempt distinction by open controversy or competition with these great figures to whom alone the country looked, and upon whose wisdom its hopes were hung. He made himself, however, a diligent member of the various committees to which he was appointed, and soon obtained an enviable reputation for a thorough mastery of every subject assigned to his charge. By the defeat of Mr. Van Buren in 1840, the adminstration of the Federal Government, for the first time in twelve years, fell to the Whigs, who had a majority in both branches of Congress. It was the purpose of the party in power, under the leadership of Mr. Clay, to overthrow all the great measures which the Democratic party, under the administrations of Jackson and Van Buren, had placed upon the statute-book. It was in this great encounter that Mr. Pierce first became conspicuous among the Democratic Senators, and laid the foun dation of that hold upon the respect and esteem of his party throughout the Union which, transmitted from the older to the younger, continued during the rest of his life. Nowhere so prominently as in this struggle with the Whigs were ever seen the power and advantage of a disciplined organization, now sometimes described as " a...