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Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Rayner, of Hertford, on the Bill to Provide for the Establishment of a State Hospital for the Insane North Carolina: Delivered in the House of Commons, December 21st., 1848 The system now generally pursued for the treatment of the insane, in nearly all the States of this Union, as Well as in all civilized countries, belongs to the discove ry of modern science and to the progress of modern im provement. Until within the period of the existence of our own government, young as it is, the old plan of the dark ages-which grew out of the idea. That those bereft of reason were the victims ot'god's especial displeasure, and therefore had no claims on man's sympathy - of treating the insane as outcasts, was the only one known. The dark and noisome cell, the chain and the hand cull; the bar and the bolt, lash and the torture, the scanty meal and the time worn vesture, were. For ages, the por tion of these ictims ot misfortune. This cruel system, and the false idea upon which it rested, are now, and it is hoped, forever rejected, as unwise, unfeeling, unchris tian. New light upon this, as upon nearly every other branch oi knowledge, has dawned upon the world. The discovery of the philanthropic Pine, during the excesses ofthe French Revolution, whose horrors were so natu rally productive of insanity - that kindness and firm were were the great agents in relieving and alleviating the miseries of derangement - first gave the impetus to that benevolent system, which has dried up so many tears, healed so many wounded hearts, and soothed so many pangs of suil'cring. With rapid strides, this humane and wise system has marched ever the Christian world. France, unrivaled as she ever 13 in science; Eng an'd, foremost as she always is in deeds of greatness and glory, and the States of this Union, the wonders and ad miration of the world, as they ara,iin adventure, enters prise, and improvement, have reared this benevolent structure upon sure foundations, and in cementing it with the tears of sympathy, have provided tor the wants and sufferings of millions yet unborn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Rayner, of North Carolina, on the Question of the Reception of Abolition Petitions: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. States, on Tuesday, June 15, 1841 Mr. Rayner. I yielded the floor to the gentleman, for an answer to my question, and not for an argument. Mr. Adams. Then ask me no more questions. If I am to be stopped as soon as I begin to answer, let no more questions be asked me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Life and Times of Andrew Johnson: Seventeenth President of the United States Mr. Johnson is a man who, in the history of his political life, has evidently acted on a regular system. His course has not been one of versatility - of mere expedients. The pub lic appetite is hungry for information in regard to him. In endeavoring to impart this information, the author has been conscientious in his desire to promote the public good. If it is to the interest of the people of this country to support. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Kenneth Rayner was born about 1810 in Bertie County, North Carolina. He was the son of Amos Rayner, a Baptist minister and Revolutionary soldier. His mother, whose maiden name was Williams, was wealthy, and the boy grew up in comfort unusual in the home of a rural minister.
He was educated at Tarboro Academy.
He read law under Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin, with whom he formed a devoted friendship. He never practised, but became a planter in Hertford County and soon entered public life.
He was the youngest member of the constitutional convention of 1835 and won instant reputation by his ability.
In 1836 and 1838 he was elected to the House of Commons and in 1846 he returned for three more terms. He was state senator in 1854 and a member of Congress from 1839 to 1845.
He joined in the Whig quarrel with Tyler, who he thought should be impeached, and opposed the annexation of Texas as likely to cause war. He spoke but seldom, declaring "silence a great virtue, " but when he did speak, he was eloquent and effective though inclined to be fiery. He had rather a stormy congressional career, engaging in a number of quarrels, and coming to blows on the floor of the House with one of his colleagues from North Carolina. One of his quarrels was with Adams, whom he accused of "playing the mountebank and harlequin before the Grand Inquest of the Nation. "
In 1848 Rayner came near receiving the nomination for vice-president instead of Fillmore. In 1852 he repudiated the nomination of Scott and a little later was an enthusiastic Know-Nothing and a member of the Grand Council of the American party. In 1855 he wrote and secured the adoption of the third, or Union, degree, the obligation of which was to protect, maintain, and defend the Union under all circumstances.
On June 17, 1856, the bolting wing of the party nominated him for vice-president, but he declined in a scathing letter. He broke with the North Carolina Whigs in 1860 on their advocacy of ad valorem taxation of slaves, and he began to waver in his Unionism so rapidly that Lincoln's call for troops found him whole-heartedly in favor of secession for which, as a member of the convention of 1861, he voted with enthusiasm. He did not like Davis, and, refusing to vote for him in 1861, became increasingly bitter toward the administration.
In 1863, lacking the courage to come out in the open, he secretly joined the peace movement led by William J. Holden (Amnesty Papers, War Department). In 1865 he advocated Johnson's policy and in 1866 wrote anonymously Life and Times of Andrew Johnson.
In 1869 he moved to Tennessee and for a time ran a sawmill on a tract of forest land belonging to his wife, who was Susan Spratt Polk, daughter of Col. William Polk of North Carolina and Tennessee. Rayner owned cotton plantations in Arkansas and Mississippi and he soon moved to Mississippi to operate them, which he did with little success. In spite of his opposition to Reconstruction he had voted for Grant in 1868 and in 1873 he was nominated for the supreme court of Mississippi by the Alcorn wing of the Republican party.
In 1874 Grant appointed him a judge of the Alabama claims commission and he served for three years, resigning in 1877 to become solicitor of the treasury, a post which he held until his death.
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He opposed the disfranchisement of free negroes and favored complete religious toleration, but in other respects he was conservative and voted against all the amendments adopted by the convention.
Rayner entered politics as a supporter of Jackson but he idolized Calhoun, favored the Bank, was a strong state-rights man, and, according to the somewhat doubtful evidence of John Quincy Adams, who did not like him, a nullifier. So by the time he entered Congress he was an intense Whig and speedily won a place of influence. He was an opponent of the policies of Van Buren, but he also consistently opposed the policy of protection.
Rayner was a warmhearted, affectionate man of fiery and impulsive nature, whose character had a considerable element of instability. His natural abilities were great, but they were too often obscured by indolence.
Rayner had married Susan Polk, the daughter of Colonel William Polk of Raleigh. By Mary Ricks, a slave, he also was the father of John B. Rayner (1850) and apparently of Cornelia as well. There may also have been another mulatto son.
