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KING, AUSTIN A. 



sisted the enfranchisement of all men. "We only have 

 feelings of sadness at their many shortcomings ; at 

 their illiberal and malignant spirit, and at the 

 wickedness which has so long, and still appears to 

 govern their hearts and divert their minds. We 

 throw wide open our doors to all lovers of justice and 

 right, without regard to race, color, or creed, and in- 

 vite them to join us in administering the government 

 on the principles of equal and exact justice to all, 

 and we will gladly welcome to our ranks every erring, 

 wandering sinner who returns. 



The political canvass of the year in Ken- 

 tucky was unimportant. There were no State 

 officers to be elected, and therefore no general 

 convention was held by either party. The 

 election for members of Congress occurred on 

 the 8th of November, and a Democrat was 

 chosen in each of the nine districts, generally 

 by large majorities. 



Before the close of the year a call was issued 

 by the chairman of the Democratic State Cen- 

 tral Committee for a convention to be held on 

 the 7th of January, 1871, at Frankfort, to nomi- 

 nate candidates for the regular State election 

 of that year. Several of the county conven- 

 tions, at which delegates were chosen, declared 

 in favor of John Young Brown for Governor, 

 and others named Thomas McCreery. 



KING, AUSTIN A., a political leader in Mis- 

 souri, born in Sullivan County, Tenn., Septem- 

 ber 20, 1801 ; died in St. Louis, April 22, 1870. 

 After receiving what was esteemed a good 

 education at that day, he studied law, and in 

 1830 removed to Missouri to practice. His 

 talents gained him influence in his new home, 

 and in 1834 he was chosen to the Legislature, 

 and reflected in 1836. In 1837 he was ap- 

 pointed judge of the Circuit Court, and held 

 the position till 1848, when he was chosen 

 Governor of Missouri. In 1860 he zealously 

 espoused the cause of Douglas, became a con- 

 spicuous champion of the policy and claims of 

 that distinguished statesman, and was sent to 

 Charleston as a Democratic delegate to the 

 Presidential Convention at that place, where he 

 made one of the most earnest and effective 

 speeches delivered in that body, in behalf of 

 his candidate. In 1862 he was restored to his 

 old place as circuit judge of the Eay judicial 

 district, but shortly afterward he resigned to 

 take a seat in the Thirty-eighth Congress, to 

 which he had been elected. After the expira- 

 tion of his congressional term, he retired to 

 his home at Eichmond, and devoted himself to 

 the practice of his profession and the cultiva- 

 tion of his farm. In person Mr. King was tall, 

 dignified, of gentle manners and affable ad- 

 dress. He was a man of strong intellect and 

 great eloquence. 



KINGSLEY, Eight Eev. CALVIN, D. D., 

 Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church; 



KINGSLEY, CALVIN. 



died in Beyroot, Syria, aged 58 years. He was 

 born in Annsville, Oneida County, N. Y., Sep- 

 tember 8, 1812, and was the eldest of 'a family 

 of twelve children. His early opportunities 

 for study were limited, but he laid the founda- 

 tions of his education by night study, and the 

 careful improvement of the intervals of his 

 working-hours. It was early his purpose to 

 enter the ministry, and by teaching in country 

 schools he saved enough to partially defray the 

 expenses of a collegiate education; in 1836 he 

 entered Alleghany College, whence he gradu- 

 ated with honor in the year 1841, having 

 twice left the institution to earn the money re- 

 quisite for the completion of his course. In 

 the year of his graduation he was elected pro- 

 fessor of Mathematics in Alleghany College, 

 and discharged the duties of that position for 

 several years, taking upon himself also the 

 work of preaching. In the year 1843 the 

 Pennsylvania Legislature withdrew the appro- 

 priation for State colleges, and Prof. Kingsley 

 was selected, in connection with others, for 

 the work of raising funds for the endowment 

 of his college, in which he was eminently suc- 

 cessful. In 1844 he was stationed in Erie, Pa., 

 and, at the close of his term as pastor, returned 

 to the college, and remained for a number of 

 years a member of the faculty. At the ses- 

 sion of the General Conference at Boston, in 

 the year 1852, he was at the head of his dele- 

 gation, and made so favorable an impression, 

 though a comparative stranger, that he re- 

 ceived forty votes for bishop. In 1853 he re- 

 ceived the degree of D. D. from Genesee Col- 

 lege. ' In 1856 he was a prominent member of 

 the General Conference, and a member of the 

 Committee on Slavery. At this conference he 

 was chosen editor of the Western Christian 

 Advocate, succeeding Dr. Elliott in that posi- 

 tion. Dr. Kingsley displayed much editorial 

 ability in his connection with this paper, and 

 it became a powerful influence in the West. 

 In 1860 he was chairman of the Slavery Com- 

 mittee in the General Conference, and managed 

 the discussion on that subject with great abili- 

 ty. He was at that time reflected editor of 

 the Advocate, and at the breaking out of the 

 war brought its whole support to the aid of 

 the Government. 



In 1864 Dr. Kingsley was elected bishop at 

 the General Conference, and in the discharge 

 of these duties started in the summer of 1869 

 upon a tour around the world. He went^by 

 the way of Oregon and California, and,_ having 

 visited many points in Asia, had in his prog- 

 ress homeward reached Beyroot, where ho 

 suddenly died of disease of the heart. Dr. 

 Kingsley was the author of a work on the 

 "Resurrection of the Body." 



