Calvert’s Colony lands at St. Mary’s, 1634
March Twenty-Eighth
Nor less resplendent is the light
Of him, old South Carolina’s star,
Whose fiery soul was made by God
To blaze amid the storms of war....
Orion T. Dozier
Wade Hampton born, 1818
March Twenty-Ninth
A great event of this [Tyler’s] administration was the Ashburton Treaty. This settled our northeast boundary for 200 miles and warded off the long impending war with England. In most histories the whole credit for this treaty is given to Daniel Webster. Of course this great man should not be robbed of any of his well-earned laurels; but the President is entitled to a share of the honor. Webster himself said: “It proceeded from step to step under the President’s own immediate eye and correction.” Moreover, it may be added that at one stage in the proceedings Lord Ashburton was about to give up and return to England; but President Tyler by his courtesy and suavity, conciliated him and induced him to go on with the negotiation.
J. Lesslie Hall
John Tyler born, 1790