nded there the Bullock Scholarship of the class of 1836. was one of the strongest supporters of its claims for recogion from the State by a legislative grant of funds in its 'or, and was always gratified that, with his friends and colge contemporaries the late Judge Otis P. Lord, of Salem, and r. Ensign H. Kellogg, of Pittsfield, then members of the egislature with him, he had succeeded in bringing the aid of he treasury of the State to that of the college.

After graduating Mr. Bullock taught school for a year or wo and then entered the Law School at Cambridge, which was then under the management of Mr. Greenleaf and Mr. Justice Story. Every one who was a student of that school during those days looks back with affection and regard to these two illustrious professors, who, differing each from the other in many respects, were alike successful in communicating to the students around them something of the enthusiasm with which they regarded their chosen and beloved profession. It was here that in 1840 the writer first made that acquaintance with Mr. Bullock which was to continue through life; and he gave full promise then of the rare eloquence, great ability, and manly and generous qualities which he was afterwards to exhibit. The animated election of 1840 was then progressing, which resulted in the election of General Harrison and the defeat of Mr. Van Buren. It is quite natural that among young men in training for a profession which furnishes so many men for the administration of public affairs, especially under every republican or semi-republican form of government, politics should have a large share in their conversation or in the discussions of their clubs. The Whig party was then in the zenith of its strength and influence. Its great chiefs, Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster, were at the full height of their splendid powers. The incipient rebellion of South Carolina a few years before by the passage of the Nullification Act of 1832 had been crushed by the proclamation of General Jackson, supported as he had been by the principal Whig leaders, although a mode of escape from their rash act had been opened to its authors by a characteristic compromise of Henry Clay. But the overwhelming popularity of General Jackson which had attended him throughout his presidential career had now to some extent expended itself, and had not certainly extended to his successor. The finan

advanced and his powers matured. His early appearances at the bar were recognized as exhibiting clear promise of powers admirably adapted for the legal profession. Unfortunately for the legal reputation which he might well have acquired, and yet not perhaps for his fortunes, personal comfort, or distinction, he was early drawn from the regular practice of the profession by the business offers made to him on behalf of important insurance companies with which he became connected. It is also true that while Mr. Bullock possessed powers that would have made him an admirable lawyer, he does not appear ever to have been deeply attracted by the study of the law as applied to the affairs of daily life, nor were the controversies of the bar altogether to his taste. These were much more unpleasant and bitter forty or fifty years since than happily they are to-day.

Mr. Bullock was appointed by Governor Davis, who had been elected in 1840, one of his Aids, and was usually known by the military title which this position carries with it.

As Colonel Bullock had great capacity for public affairs, he also took great interest in them, and enjoyed the discussions to which they give rise; but he had no pleasure nor participation in the bitter personalities they sometimes engender.

He wrote well and easily, and in 1842 became editor of Whig newspaper, the "National Egis," with which he was connected for many years. He edited a campaign paper during the canvass for the Presidential elections of 1844 and 1848.

He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Worcester in 1845-1847, and 1848, and in the Senate for the county of Worcester in 1849. He was a candidate for the Speakership in 1847 against Mr. F. B. Crowninshield (both being members of the same party), but was not elected. He was however the recognized leader of the House during 1847 and 1848, being the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to whom that place is accorded in the Legislature of Massachusetts.

The Court of Insolvency was created by the Statute of 1856. He was appointed Judge of that court for the county of Worcester in the same year, but resigned the office in 1858. In the year 1859 he was elected Mayor of Worcester.

During the time that intervened between 1844 and 1860 the years had been full of great historic events, all traceable