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 HON. THOMAS LOGAN TULLOCK. 201

An extract reads : —

'•' The Republicans in Congress are learning what their brethren of like faith in New Hampshire ascertained several years ago, — that when labor requiring patience, care and exactness, is needed, no person surpasses lion. Thomas L. Tnllock of Portsmouth. He is an ethcicnt worker, and the Republican party and cause of progress and liberty in Xew Hampshire owe much to his services."

"The Daily Standard" at Raleigh, N. C, Aug., 1868, in a column or more devoted to Mr. TuUock, said : —

" Among the great number of names prominent in the history of reconstruction, there is not a single one to whom more is due for services actually rendered the country than to the secretary of the Republican Congressional Committee."

Another : —

'• The entire work of the committee was done under the able and almost sleep- less supervision of Hon. Thomas L. TuUock, the efHcient seci-etary of the com- mittee, to whose earnestness in the cause coupled vvitli practical political sagacity and labor was largely due the triumphant issue of the campaign."

The '-Washington Daily Chronicle," in an article on the campaign of 1868, and referring to Mr. Tullock, said : —

'' His labors for the success of the Republican cause dtu'ing the last campaign were not surpassed by those of any one man in the country. Occupying the responsible position of secretarj^ of the Union liepublican Congressional Com- mittee, he was the working man of that body. Watching the progress of the cause in every doubtful section of the country, he was compelled to wade through a mass of correspondence that would have appalled most meSi. His supervision extended not merely to states but to counties and neighborhoods, and whenever a blow could be most effectively struck with the meaiis at his command, he stood ready to strike, und never failed to do so. Entertaining ^n almost religious devo- tion to the principles of the Repubhcan party, he threw all his energies into his allotted work, performing it with the zeal of a devotee rather than the cold tidelity of an agent."

The " New York Times " thus alluded to Mr. Tullock :—

'*• The entire work of the committee, involving the economical expenditure of vast sums of mone}^ and a correspondence tilling several large volumes, was under the supervision of Mr. Tullock, and much of it with his own hands and brains, and to his sagacity and vigilance is the country largely indebted for the triumphant result of the campaign. Mr. Tullock's public record is one to which the country can look with satisfaction and pride. He made the best secretary of state which his native state — New Hampshire — ever had. For more than twenty years a public officer he has shown himself a model of industry and tact, while in all things his integrity has become proverbial. With large experience, fine talents, and the noblest Christian character, there are few places in the Government to which he may not aspire, and, thus aspiring, none to which he may not attain."

Another : —

'• Mr. Tullock has acquired a reputation for sagacious and economical manage- ment, and has i)erformed political services with extraordinary ability ; and the country will yet have for this brave-hearted gentleman some adequate recognition for the eminent services he has rendered it. He accepted responsibilities with motives very different from profit or ambition, and the success in aiding to secure the restoration with loyal government of seven states of the Republic is deemed by him a sufficient reward."

Mr. Tullock was subsequently elected secretary of the Republican Congres- sional Committee in 1870 and 1872, and also treasurer in 1880, but was so much occupied with other duties, as to cause him to decline the appointments.

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