Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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ilflccololeuo Steueno Thaddeus STevens was born aT Danville. VermonT. April 4. I792. His TaTher. Joshua STevens. an unThriTTy shoemaker. died or disappeared aT an undeTermined ::laTe. leaving The moTher. Sally llvlorilll STevens. and her Tour sons in dire poverTy. ForTunaTely. she displayed fine ideals, greaT indusTry. and especially sacrificed To educaTe The youngesT child Thaddeus who was lame and sickly Trom birTh. His educaTion consisTed oT The classics and maThemaTics aT Peacham Academy. He laTer graduaTed from DarTmouTh College and Then wenT To The UniversiTy oT VermonT. Leaving New England. he came To Pennsylvania where he began Teaching school aT York. IT was here ThaT he began To read law. Moving To GeTTysburg. he became a prominenT lawyer and a Congressman Ia+er. , ,Q HeadsTrong. diIigenT, and independenT. STevens desired greaT wealTh: buT. aT The same Time. he developed a sTrong dislike Tor The arisTocracy or anyThing ThaT suggesTed class disTincTion or special privilege. He also developed an inTense haTred of slavery and defended many run- away slaves wiThouT charge. , 1 One oT Pennsylvania's mosT baTTling personaliTies. STevens was sTrongly liked and disliked. To some, he was The Old Commoner or GreaT Leveler who ToughT Tor The poor. The' oppressed. and The underprivileged. By oThers. he was held in conTempT. Shrewdly. he climbed To power by supporTing The issues which were popular wiTh The ordinary voTers OT his day. Having rare parliamenTary TalenTs, he was well-read. quick Thinking. indomiTably courageous. masTerTul in speaking. and deadly in argumenT. His hearTless humor and nimble wiT made him almosT invincible on The Tloor. His privaTe liTe was Tar Trom sane, Tor gambling was one OT his habiTual vices. STill. his sTrong spiriT. Terrible earnesTness. gay resourceTulness. and Tine inTellec- Tual powers, always inspired respecT. Had Tolerance and nobiliTy been added To his characTer. he mighT have been a brilIianT insTead of a sinisTer Tigure in American hisTory. Thaddeus STevens died on AugusT ll. IS68. in WashingTon. Since he never married. his housekeeper and his nephew were The only persons aT his bedside. His burial place is in Lan- casTer. Pennsylvania. in Shreiner's CemeTery open To all persons wiThouT regard Tor race. creed. or color. The TombsTone inscripTion wriTTen by STevens himselT: I repose in This quieT and secluded spoT. noT Trom any naTural preference Tor soliTude. buT Tind- ing oTher cemeTeries limiTed by characTer rules To race. l have chosen This ThaT I mighT illusTraTe in deaTh The principles which I advocaTed Through a lone liTe. 'EqualiTy of man before his CreaTor.' .L...