Biography of Isaac Hill, of New-Hampshire

Cyrus Parker Bradley

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OF
ISAAC HILL,
OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
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COMPRISING SELECTIONS FROM HIS SPEECHES,
AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.
CONCORD, N. H.
'JOHN F. BROWNPUBLISHED BY
1835. A
At IEntered according an of Congress, byto Act
John F. Brown,
of N. II.In the Clerk's Office of the District
ilson & Carter,
Printers,
OWCORD, N. HPREFACE.
was remark of Mad-It a that celebrated female writer
ame de-Stael-Holstein, thai the adventures of almost ev-
ery individual would, in hands, supply thecompetent
materials for an interesting novel. The truth of this
proposition, however paradoxical itmay at first seem, can
hardly doubted. is events of abe It from the common
common life, the excited hopes, the pleasing anticipations,
the multiplied disappointments, numerous vexations,the
the unavoidable accidents, the unexpected reversions of
fortune, which make up the every-day round of human
existence, connected with the degree forbearance, for-of
patience,titude, resignation, prudence and moderation,
with which all these various and varied occurrences have
been endured, with their effects upon after life and the
of lessons for the reg-developement character, that useful
and muchulation of our own conduct may be deduced
matter of interest and subject of serious contemplation.
other hand, the biography some startling indi-On the of
flashingvidual, some man of a million, who, like the
meteor or wandering comet, dashes his eccentric course
of the multitude, overthrowing the resultsacross the path
of human calculation, and heedlessly striking down the
barriers which mankind have by common consent, erect-
enterprize and man'sed, as the eternal bounds of human
daring, may serve as a record of this miracle of the age,
would be far more likely to check the rising ambitionbut
at which itsof youth by the immeasurable distance
events must be contemplated, than to nourish their aspi-
after fame and of an honorablerations the possession
memory.
The object of Biographical writing, it has been aptly
is — impart historical informa-remarked, two-fold, both to
tion by a sketch of the life and acts of some eminent in-PREFACE.4
true and prop-dividual, and by displaying those acts in a
toer light, devoid of false coloring or mis-statement,
lead others to virtue and honor, by exciting a laudable
emulation of the an unconquerable disgust andgood or
effect this latter and by far thehorror of the wicked. To
most important end, nothing could be more appropriate,
particularly in a country where there is no aristocracy
of genius and where political advancement is the chief
aim of our young men's ambition, than to note for the
consideration of youth and the instruction of all, the pro-
gressive steps by which an individual has risen through
his enterprize, and by the unconquerableown most per-
severance and untiring industry, from the humblest sta-
tion in life, to an honorable rank and comparative emi-
nence.
Such is the design of this little book—a sketch of the
life of a man who has borne no inconsiderable part in the
political events of the last twenty years, who, as identifi-
ed with the interests and success of one party and prom-
inent in his opposition to another, has of course received
his share of partizan abuse and the malignity of those
whose designs he skilfully successfullyhas and opposed,
but who, all will allow, affords a remarkable instance of
what may be effected by the unaided perseverance of a
friendless young man, and to whose industry, integrity
and public spirit, all his personal acquaintances will bear-
testimony.
Trusting that such a maywork not be altogether use-
less, this form has been preferred to a newspaper sketch,
for which the materials were first collected. The facts
stated are of unquestionable authority
; of the correct-
ness of the sentiments and opinions which have been in-
troduced by the writer, every one will, of course, form
his own judgment,