All the western states and territories . s memory. The other candidatewas speechless, and lost his election. When the Americans in Texas commencedtheir war for independence, toward the close of ]8o5, Crockett hastened thithertohelp them, and at the storming of the Alamo, at San Antonio de Bexar, on the6th of March, 1836, that eccentric hero was killed. He was afterward found dead,surrounded by a pile of the enemy, who had fallen beneath his powerful arm. Hewas then of age. Hugh Latoson White, an eminent statesman and jurist, was born in North Caro-lina, in 1773, and when 13 years o
All the western states and territories . s memory. The other candidatewas speechless, and lost his election. When the Americans in Texas commencedtheir war for independence, toward the close of ]8o5, Crockett hastened thithertohelp them, and at the storming of the Alamo, at San Antonio de Bexar, on the6th of March, 1836, that eccentric hero was killed. He was afterward found dead,surrounded by a pile of the enemy, who had fallen beneath his powerful arm. Hewas then of age. Hugh Latoson White, an eminent statesman and jurist, was born in North Caro-lina, in 1773, and when 13 years of age emigrated Avith his fathers family to Knoxcounty Tennessee. He was educated to the law in Pennsylvania, and in 1796, be-gan the practice at Knoxville. Though his education was limited, he was clearheaded, logical and self-relying, and attained distinction throughout the entiresouth-west, where he was familiarly compared to Aristides, and reverently re-garded as the Cato of the republic. He served in many offices of trust, as U. Brainerd, the Ancient Missionary Station among the Cherokees. The engravinf; shows the Mission Church, Store House, and other buildings connected with the Missionas they appeared about t)ie year 1821. The grave of Dr. Worcester* is seen on the left, at the spot wlieretwo persons are standing. district attorney, judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, state senator, presidentof the state bank, etc. He was appointed commissioner by President Monroe toadjust claims of our citizens against Spain. In 1825, 1831, and 1837, he was suc-cessively elected to the senate of the United States, where he served with signalability. At the election for vice president of the United States, in 1836, he re-ceived all the votes of Georgia and Tennessee. In 1839, having received instruc-tions from the legislature of Tennessee to vote in the senate contrary to his ownjudgment, he resigned his seat in that body, which he had held sixteen years. Hedied at his residenc
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