Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar, Vol. 2 of 2: South Carolina In December, 1822, Col. Hayne, who had been by successive promotions, made major-general, was elected Senator in Con gress, beating Judge William Smith by a few votes. This was a great triumph for so young a man to be elected over a veteran in the service of the country. Judge Smith was a Radical, and in favor of Wm. H. Crawford for President. Gen'l. Hayne was an anti-radical, and opposed to Mr. Craw ford. These were then Mr. Calhoun's ...
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Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar, Vol. 2 of 2: South Carolina In December, 1822, Col. Hayne, who had been by successive promotions, made major-general, was elected Senator in Con gress, beating Judge William Smith by a few votes. This was a great triumph for so young a man to be elected over a veteran in the service of the country. Judge Smith was a Radical, and in favor of Wm. H. Crawford for President. Gen'l. Hayne was an anti-radical, and opposed to Mr. Craw ford. These were then Mr. Calhoun's political views. My purpose is not to follow Gen. Hayne through his success in Congress. He discharged his duties as Senator with his characteristic energy and ability. He was the Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, and so discharged the duties that he was, on the election of General Jackson to the Presidency, favorably spoken of for the office Of Secretary of the Navy. In the Senate he was the leading antagonist to the Tariff, and fairly competed with Webster on that question. In January, 1832, in Opposition to a resolution offered by Mr. Clay, Gen. Hayne made an appeal for conciliation, which would have been fortunate if it had been adopted. He said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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