Long before his death (which occurred in 1875 in his fifty-fourth year) he could have had any position in the gift of his State.

If his political disabilities could have been removed, he would undoubtedly have returned to the Senate.

His support did not come solely from those who had sympathized with the South, but included thousands who had been loyally devoted to the Union.

He possessed a strange, fascinating power over the people of Kentucky,--as great as that which had been wielded by Mr.Clay, though he was far below Mr.Clay in intellectual endowment.

No man gave up more than he when he united his fortunes with the seceding States.