. Historic towns of the Southern States. THE OLD FOWLER MANSION. NOW THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN M. GRACIE. was the chairman of its Committee on ForeignRelations, the only time when the chairman-ship of both those great committees has beenlodged in the hands of a single State,—and thata State whose population consisted of a fewfrontiersmen almost lost in the primeval when the Mexican War was over and the 550 Little Rock time came to reap the fruits of victory, it wasMr. Sevier who, together with Mr. JusticeChfford, negotiated the treaty of peace. The leaders of the infant commonwealth. TH
. Historic towns of the Southern States. THE OLD FOWLER MANSION. NOW THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN M. GRACIE. was the chairman of its Committee on ForeignRelations, the only time when the chairman-ship of both those great committees has beenlodged in the hands of a single State,—and thata State whose population consisted of a fewfrontiersmen almost lost in the primeval when the Mexican War was over and the 550 Little Rock time came to reap the fruits of victory, it wasMr. Sevier who, together with Mr. JusticeChfford, negotiated the treaty of peace. The leaders of the infant commonwealth. THE CRITTENDEN RESIDENCE. THE FIRST BRICK HOUSE BUILT IN LITTLE ROCK. NOW THE HOME OF GOVERNORJAMES P. EAGLE. were all lawyers. In the early days of the Re-public the position of lawyers was much morecommanding than it is at present. Theirsocial influence has waned before the aristoc-racy of wealth ; and their political power haslargely passed to the boss and the machine,whose authority rests on a more material
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