ned an intense
attachment and devotion. In his later years he published a work on
Methodism, under the strange title of "The Iron Wheel examined, and its
False Spokes extracted." He came into public and general notice as the
editor of the Knoxville _Whig_, which, though printed in the mountains
of Tennessee when facilities of communication were restricted, attained
wide circulation and influence. Its editor was known as "Parson"
Brownlow, a _sobriquet_ which attached to him through life. His paper
was strongly anti-Jackson, warmly espoused the cause of Mr. Clay, and
was distinguished in its editorials by a treatment of public questions
so original that for nearly a quarter of a century it was known and
quoted by the journals of the whole country.

But the odd and humorous editor, hitherto notorious for his partisan
intensity and for the extravagance of his diction, was suddenly
transformed into a moral hero. When the wild movement for secession
swept over Tennessee, and carried with it even such men as John Bell,
Brownlow took his stand for the Union. Threats could not move him,
persecution could not break him, the prison had no terrors for him.
His devotion to the National cause did not mean simply the waving of
the flag and the delivery of patriotic orations; it meant cold and
hunger, separation from his family, loss of property, possibly loss
of life. He endured all, and faced his bloodthirsty enemies with a
courage superior to their own. He won their respect by his brave
resistance, and was finally released from jail and banished from the
Confederacy. He came North, and remained until the progress of the
National arms enabled him to return to his home. His patriotic
devotion was rewarded by the boundless confidence of the loyal people
of Tennessee. At the close of the war he was chosen Governor, and was
now promoted to the Senate of the United States--too late for the
exertion of his once strong mental qualities, but early enough to
testify by his presence the triumph of loyalty and manhood in the
bloody strife through which he had passed.

--Thomas F. Bayard, who entered the Senate at the opening of the
Forty-first congress, was little known to the public, except as a member
of a family which had been for a considerable period prominent in the
political affairs of Delaware. His service in the Senate has been
remarkable for one leading characteristic,--the power, or the
accidental fortune, to create a