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Milton Slocum Latham was born in Columbus, Ohio, the third son of Bela and Juliana (Sterritt) Latham. His father, a native of New Hampshire, was a practising lawyer in Ohio.
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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Milton S. Latham, of California: Delivered in the U. S. Senate, February 1, 1861, on the President's Message, "the Message of Peace From Virginia" It cannot, however, be doubted that there is a strong conservative feeling in many members of the Republican party; and that ground may be shared, to some extent, by the President elect 3 but it is to be feared it may be confined to a very strong desire to preserve the Union without surrendering any of the cardinal points of the Republican faith. All such conservatism, it is needless to say, at this time, is by itself of small practical value. The southern States are not willing to trust their destiny or that of this great nation to such conser vatism. They require more than a more promise to feel sure there will be an abstinence from wrong doing. They ask a public recognition of principles, and an agreement which will render injustice impossible, or at least highly improbable 3 something which shall not grant to our brethren of the South, from political charity, what the Constitution secures to them as a right. 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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Milton Slocum Latham was born in Columbus, Ohio, the third son of Bela and Juliana (Sterritt) Latham. His father, a native of New Hampshire, was a practising lawyer in Ohio.
He attended schools in Ohio, and graduated in 1845 from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Upon the graduation Latham spent some time in Russell County, Alabama, where he taught school, was admitted to the bar, and served for a while as clerk of a circuit court. These experiences in the South seem to have influenced him in the friendships and opinions of later years.
In 1850 he went to San Francisco, where, after holding briefly the office of district attorney for Sacramento County, he was elected to Congress, taking his seat in December 1853. He served only one term, declining renomination. By appointment of President Pierce, he became collector of the port at San Francisco (1855 - 1857). His conduct of that office aroused considerable antagonism, partly because of the local conflicts made pointed by the activity of the Vigilance committee, partly because of the rivalry of the two factions of the Democratic party, one led by David C. Broderick and the other by William M. Gwin, both of them United States senators.
Latham was his own faction, and made a successful campaign for the governorship in 1859, winning by a large majority in spite of the savage opposition of Broderick. Two days after his inauguration (January 9, 1860), he was chosen by the legislature to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate created by the death of Broderick. In his brief term as governor he transmitted to Buchanan the action of the preceding legislature agreeing to a division of the state of California, and presented at length the constitutional questions arising out of the proposal. He resigned the governorship January 14, 1860, and accepted the new position gladly--in fact he had directed the legislative canvas through his secretary.
In Washington he was made much of by the administration, although his relations with his colleague Gwin were strained. On April 16, he made a powerful speech on "Labor and Capital ". In the course of this address he said that, in the event of the dissolution of the Union, "We in California would have reasons to induce us to become members neither of the southern confederacy nor of the northern confederacy, and would be able to sustain for ourselves the relations of a free and independent state" (Congressional Globe, 36 Cong. , 1 Sess. , p. 1728). He supported Breckinridge in the presidential contest of 1860, and when later taunted with the "independent California" prophecy, denied that he was ever other than a stanch Union man.
For two more years he served as a member of the helpless minority in the Senate, usually supporting the war measures, but denouncing the conduct of the administration. He was not reelected and retired from public life, March 3, 1863, upon the expiration of his term.
The next twenty years were spent in Europe, in California, and in New York. He became manager of the London and San Francisco Bank (1865 - 1878). Going to New York in 1880, he became president of the New York Mining and Stock Exchange, which occupied his attention until shortly before his death.
Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between January 9 and January 14, 1860. In Senate, he promoted transcontinental railroad, defended slavery, attacked the capacities of the negro, the economic motives of the North, and the morals of the Republican party and voted regularly on war measures.
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Sanguine in temperament, ambitious for power, Latham possessed abilities which brought him success in politics and business--for a time. Skilful in manipulation of both men and principles, he made attempts at the formulation of policies which deserved a better fate. His choice language and a strain of mysticism in his nature gave distinction and beauty to some of his addresses.
Latham was married at San Francisco in 1853 to Sophie Birdsall, daughter of Lewis A. Birdsall. She died in 1867, and in 1870 he married Mary W. McMullin, who survived him, as did one son.