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Show (today in HISTORY I SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1910. Born to Be President. "If ever a man was born to bo president presi-dent of the United States. Lowls Cass !u that, man!" This" was Iho opinion or Andrew Jackson, and It was 11 sentiment voiced by his srr-at host of friends. It was certainly their firm belief, and IL iicems to havo been Cass's chief ambition. ambi-tion. But 11 was never realized. On two occasions oc-casions he attempted lo obtain the Democratic Dem-ocratic nomination, but without success, and on each f thesu the actual candl-dale candl-dale was elected. Once, be managed to hoad his party's ticket and was defeated, and finally. In 1852, he abandoned his hopes of Lite- presidential ofllce and served as a. member of the United Stute3 sonalu. Although born In Exelor, N. U on October Oc-tober 0. 17R2, Cusb moved to the then 1111-tiettled 1111-tiettled wesL In 1S00, mid. traveling partly by foot and partly by boat, reached Marietta, Ma-rietta, O. at that time a pioneer town-Just town-Just as wlnlor was approaching. There, with lily family, ho Bottled upon a tract of In nil which tho gnvcrninont had given to Major Cass, tho father of Lowls. In return for his mlllfiiry services, and there, beginning the study of law, Iho young man was finally admitted to the Ohio bar. Casn heg.-tD practicing In Znnnsvllle, and prospered, lie married at tho age of 21, and. shortly after engaging In a political career, was elected to the legislature legis-lature of Ohio. j year later the president presi-dent Thomas Jefferson appointed him a United Slates marshal, and that ofnoe ho filled until the breaking out of the war of 1S12. Almost at the beginning of the war he was made colonel of the Third Ohio vol-unloerfi, vol-unloerfi, and served under General J lull. Ho commanded the advance guard of our army when the United Htaics' troops advanced ad-vanced from Detroit Into Canada; he led the detachment which defeated the British Brit-ish at the bridge of Aux Canarda. and: he drew up the famous proclamation of the American general and iho people of Canada. All this no promising military beginning came, however, to an Inglorious Inglori-ous end. Hull surrendered, and Cass, of I course, was Included In tho capitulation. He had been a good and daring fighter and was so indignant at the turn of events that, It la said, ho broke his sword rather I ban give It up. In 1S31 President Jackson appointed Cass his secretary of war, and In this capacity he put down the Black Hawk outbreak. Resigning, he afterward went as minister to Km nee. and In IS f 1 vainly vain-ly tried to gel thu Democratic nomination nomina-tion for president, which went to James K. Polk. Early In IS 15 he was elected to the senate, from which he resigned thrco years later to 'accept the presidential presiden-tial nomination and to be beaten by the independent candidacy of Martin Van Buren. In lSf2 he was again defeated for the nomination and In 185U Buchanan made him secretary of state. Cass was opposed to his chief's position posi-tion 011 the state's rights question and, upon Buchanan's refusal to reinforce Major Anderson at Sumter. Cass resigned. Tills action ended his public career of Ilfty-slx active years. Ho died iu Detroit. De-troit. Mich., June 17. lS'JG. On October 9, 1701. tho charter for Yale college was granted. It is tho date on which Alaska was transferred to the United States In 1SH7: ott which Ihe llrst overland mall arrived In St. I.otils from San Irranclsco by pony express ex-press In lSiJS, and on which the Italian union was established In 1S70. Today la tho birthday of Michael dc Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote" (lf-J7); Charles X. of Franco (17S7); Isaac Ferris, clergyman clergy-man and educator (170S): Elizabeth Ak-ors Ak-ors Allen, the poet (1S.'(2); Wlnlleld Scott Schley, the naval herb (1S30). and Leonard "Wood, the American general (1S60). |