Biography of Zadock Pratt of Prattsville N Y to Which Are Appended a Portion
Biography of Zadock Pratt of Prattsville N Y to Which Are Appended a Portion
Nahum Capen
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— Anec- dote. — Courtesy. — Virginia delegates visit Colonel Pratt. — General post- office building. — Its beauty. — Cheap postage suggested by Colonel Pratt, in 1836. — Provision in relation to foreign seeds and plants. — Government should not manufacture for itself. — Individual enterprise favored. The extra session of Congress called by the president commenced on the 4th of September, 1837 ; and Colonel Pratt was present on the first day, and took his seat. Mr. Polk — afterwards President of... the United States — was chosen speaker. This was regarded as an adminis- tration triumph ; but was really owing as much to the well-known high qualities of the speaker as a presiding officer, as to any other cause. On the question of elect- ing a public printer, the administration party was beaten, and a member of the so called conservative party was chosen. This party was composed of a few persons who had originally belonged to the democratic party, but who, becoming dissatisfied with the financial policy of the administration, and not wishing to unite with the whigs at a single step, had formed a third party, which made up, by intrigue and unscrupulous tr a =r P 3 o 3 &?: a 3 -5 •«
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