The Arkansas advocate., 1835-03-27
From flte .Ns,c Tort Eceaing Star. HIGH LAW SON WHITE.

fs#EE J1O0GI lsA " 1StaN VI Ill fs. From an editorial article iii the Knoxville l (Tenn.) Register, we make fhe following
 condensed biographical summary of ths distinguished senator. Iin was born iil
 North Carolina, in l773, of highly rcspect- able and pions parents, and removed with them while II boy to Tennessee. He was
 considered promising aud talei.ted. His
 education was extensive for the opportuni- ties afforded. He studied the law, first at Philadelphia, afterwards at Lancaster, (ponn. with MT. Hopkins, and returning to Tennessee, obtained license about i79d. Very shortly alter he distinguished himself for his legal leurning. adroitness in the management of causes, his logicalargu- ments, and the facility with which he com prehended and analysed the most complete
 subjects. In a few years he was elected q l judge of the old Superior court, in winch he presided with universal satisfaction.--H showed strong native sense, and sound Vigorous judgment. His judicial opinions
 were neat, afgumentafive and luminous 1 When the Supreme court was created he
 was made member of Ii. and gave great
 satisfaction IIe afterwards resigned his
 sseat on the bench, and was made president
 of the bank of, Tennessee, which office he
 filled for years, with grent skill and the
 strictcst integrity. For some time. he was 1 q senator ot the State Legislature, in which
 office he displayed state esnful1-lilsc talents of
 the highest order. In 1921 he was chosen
 by AIr. Monroe, enc e!f ef ...hse commissioners l for the adjudication Of the Spanish claims,
 in which situation his decisions and opinions
 extended :s;f::. ovtf the mutton. 1 Whep Gen Jackson retired from tho senate
 of the United States, Judge White was l chosen hy q voluntary unsolicited vote IS his
 successor, which office he accepted, chiefly
 from personal regard 10 the General. Iie
 has ever avoided the degrading contentious
 of party politics and personal inyective; a mild, modest and conciliatory in his deport- z .ment, he possesses u firlnness and infex~ ibility which never wayors, relying in dee bate on reason and argument, rather than on
 yehefnence of declamation. No man has
 lbeen more uniformly consistent i'll his po- litica course. He was opposed to the Ichartering Of the United SIates Bank from. : the very first, 10 the mania for internal improvements and latitudinarian construct l ions of the constitution, and to lnfringements a tic ;liiss Et,fy of Sissfes. He x has flfunf 1a i ples, and nepsr VII II is i. his private ..iu y:ssz es ahile stsl lssf< ,ff resplendent.
 q :. Kind afiectionatc, and fond of donles- : tic retirement, he is unambitious of the 2 honors and plaudts of the world, esteem- !; ing good name more precious than rich- l. es, regarding his friends with fond and Q too partial attachment and exercising to- . wards his enemies the magnanmous vir- l, tues of charity and forgiveness.
 q II IS in his character, as lawyer of pro- !, found attainments and of eminent success r that he IS not known.
 c His eloquence IS plain and comparative I y unadorned, but forcible, argumentative f and convincing, sometimes descending to 6 the leylty of ridIcule, sometimes indulging f the severity of sarcasm, but occasionally r touching the heart by sweet and simple eff. Il fuslons ofpathos, or astonishing the mind by
 unexpected flashes of sublinity. His
 moderation and prudence, i.is;; plain repub- o lican character and his spotess reputation t erninently qualify him as the successor of d Gen. Jackson. His course will tend to 7 sootho the violence of party feeling and t restore to our aeitated and distracted coun- : try peace, harmony and union. He has : too much sense, virtue and patriotism to i, be an instrument in the hands of any party i He has no narrow and selfish views, he has never been fascinated with the baubles : of ambition or delighted with the pageantry ! of office. Possessing habits of indefati- gable industry, great experience, a iudg- ment clear, solid and strong, undoubted in- dependence aiid I,atTiotisII, we conceive him peculiarly qualified to preside over the destinies of great nation.
 The writer thus concludes :."he is pe- culiarly formed by his habits, the sound- ness of his judgement, the maturity of his
 intellect, the purity of his principles and
 the energy of his character to check the
 encroachments of power, preserve the prlv-
 ileges of the people and maintain the in-
 tegrity of the Constitution. Such man \ l IS Hugh Fl Iii;;iissstti Il WI yyVFii,ite.' :.