B. Gratz Brown

Vroui the Clucinii:i!i Ooim'.nn'flitiï. Govornor Biown was born in Frankfort, Kuntueky, about i'oi'tysix ago, and bas quite u political linouge on both paternal and maternal sides. His f.ither w.is the late Judge Mason Browu, i)t' Frankfort, a ltnvyer and jurist ot' note, oud the son of John Browu, the lir.st pcrson over chosen Senator in Congruss trom Kentucky, a positiou ln -ulied foï thrce successive tenns. Jease Bledsoo, his maternal grandfatber, v;s ttlso Senator in Congress from Kuntueky. ïh; is b man of tbe Prestous, Brëokinridges, JU ■.- '■ Dowells, Blaira, Rantous and othur weil kiiniïii fattiiliM, whose niembera have bden prominent in National and State affairs sinco the forination of the GoveruIni'll!. Gov. Brown gnvluated at Yule Colicúo in 18!7, umi after stodyinglaw rem to St. Lioms, .Missouri. lie goon identiüed liiiosolf withthe eiuiincipation movouieut in tliat State in oonjunotion with Xhotnaa EL Beuton and Others, became editor of tbc Mi isouri 1 , and subsequently a Fpee Soil momber ot' the ljegislature. The ftsroenees of the poli couteat in Missouri over the qüestion of slavery will bo remeinbered by áll familiar with tbr; Kansas troubles which prece.led and led to tho lobullion. Missouri was the buttla-grownd of that great controversj', ia naii3r reepeets, quito .i muck as Kausiis. The perseveranoe and nerve of Govei'r.or Iirown and liis Pree Soil assooiates during Ibis crisis, considoring all thoir disoouraging Burroundings, won: in the higbest degree oouimendable. Tho support of their cause mvo'.vod no small uuouut of phyatcal dangcr, as well as tho othur ;tinl more usual MMultS of ] ylitical strife. Ou ono occasion, in a personal euoountor with a prominent pro-slavery politiciun, Govemor Brown vas shot throuj;h tho knco, and so severely injurod that ho yot suffers from iU eB'ects. It was not untU 13 JT that the Missouri emancipa tionists vere strong enoaa to broacb in the Legialature a formal attaok upon tho peculiar institution. 'íliis was dono by Governor Brown, in a speech of unusual eloquenoa and power, which vvas publisiieJ and widely uirculatod, elioiting comment throughout the Union. !:■ year lioliins, the Pree Böil ca.ididato i'or Governor,, caiiu; withia teesthan iivo hundivd votos of au eloetiuiK Tho extraor1duiary zel, enurgy and sagacity exhibitod by the emaucipationists L6r thd i i ding four or iive yoars was beginning to teil, and th(; Mn&nent was iornied u.nd eduouted wlticli aoou after enablsd the Unionista to preserve Missouri from secession. Tho Bttaok upon and capturo of Camp Jacksoa, ucar Öt. Louis, in 1861, was apranged. by Gen. Lyon, in full consuitatiort with Gov. Brown. Tt was the firet blo-w in Missouri for the Unioo, and fixed tln :.ttitudu of the State, lu tllikt aiïair üovoruor Brown coininanded a regiment of militia, which ho had organizud for tUe occasion, and behaved with notable coolno.ss unit irisHantry. Daring tbe first year of the war ie oommanded v regiïaciit of voluntBers, but beforo any opportunity of distinotion in the field had been ail'orded hini he was e'.ectcd to the United States Senat.: and rasigoed his positiou ld tbe army. Ac thv expir.ttiwi it' his Senatorial tüimi ho retired from politics and devoted himself to professional and private pursuits, antü theocganization of' J.Í10 Liberal Hspubliaw movcinent in p.ri, which he hoaded as a aandidate for Governor, to which otnee ho was elected by au unprocüdsuted majoiily. In porson Oov. Brown is ï-ather less thanmiddie hüght, slightly built, and of nervous organization. His most noticaa bic charactoristics, next to vigor a:xl ïireetness of thonglit, are boldtaess wid do cisioa iu action, thorouglx gameness and greut capacify for long oontinued labor. '. pujblished papers evinee scholarshi}), ;t:i Í ure ;lr.iys pointed an.i forcible. His manoei in debate is said to be very impressive and attractivc.