The North-Carolina standard., 1844-06-12

n faithfully maintained tltef Peipc es IN nl1ons
nosts Of civil trust, an4 50 bFiHianty augmented
the gIety Of hisseunrry iathe field ,sf battle Mr,
Dallas with seGtifnens 10 sAEds i1eIeI9t Jag ShsoH
MIA al once uaTiicip5fea ybd tASaeda EFsg ggsstin4
thnt the younger canAfsie sbeatas be PEeseoted %
the Atnefican psopls foF The second efacsr while
the upiled and karnoaioHs voice Of The demo
cratic uarte shouf4 4na5ne GeAerat Jaeksen for the
presidentiai chair lii every measured HeSnlted
fronrth:s discrimination, Mr.. alias bofe D psofnl-
nent part The eloqnente adde's in wnaea tse
euiocrate coagention Of the State Pfeseplcd faelS
reasons For the course they had adopted ls gene
roIlv'upderstaod 10 have pfoceedsd from bis pen =
and when, in uNayesnber. s24s the unusually laFge
majority of more than thirty thonsand denoc
votes showed theeHthusastic feeling OF the people
,ef the State thefe were ie<Y among them whose
zeal had been mora honoraAly and actively DIS
played Aan his in producing that !ifyiHg res9f-
The choice of the House Of Rep fesenlatfves
having given the presidency to Alr, Adams stHe
succeeding four years only eontri0uiea % etesss
The vet stronger concentration OF pHtlle oplnlon
in favor of General Jackson and when he gbr'
tanned, ia 1923, the sufrages ofs6fieen States, the
f4naoray IN PepnsyfEaaia had been Increased be-
yend fky fhoaSand. Ii wos during this lntsyEal :
that Mr. Dallasseeeivef from The people Of his
native cite an hDaoable, mark of their contdenef
by an election TO the msyorahy-~an Office which
for many years past has - consequence sei 1ne
usual asceRdency of the federal party, heen sctaon
bestowed upon : person OF his poGtFcal ef!aNaas-
On tn election of Geaeral Jackson, he Was,se-
lected By him as the chief representative OF tho
executive government of the Union ia the game
city, By being appointed to the Office Of district at
torney of the United States. To. the sama P6R
his father had been appointed by Mr. 1efegseo,
= through the whole of whose administsatran he
continued to fill it and ftom that Office MF Ma.tl:
soalcalied bin to The head OF. The txeasuIS- EtS
sou occupied that post for a much shorter PeTed
but, ia The two years daring which be discharged
its duies severa eases OF public inlerest and con-
sidera BE ma gnhn gave fu scopet TO his a6iArts
and contributed their SAaIe 70 bis refptaton as
professional man which eoch year c9et tataad TO
sadgment
Al length, in tho year 1881, a vacancy htfiug
occurred in the representative from Pelhsy ytFaIia
in the Senate Of the Unised Stalesth IegisiaAAFe
selecfed Nf Dallas to ELL that hoaarabte bosa7
Thus, IN entering for the Ar8 time a sfegislahE Ee
body, be fund hGa9eH 10 the highcst. and fnea
neoFtant asse hhlr that lists uneE the provisions
of the American Constitution A new heh was
given TO bis talents as statesman add al arnIaE
Having at the bar of Pbiladelphia &8. eqpah IN
forensic. etoquence, and being perhaps Ni[hoat r
rval-cerainly without Il SQpeler--al hG8er on
any-oecasioa of public, and; Especially pptlicak
discussion, he was BOW required to patch himself
Distinguished ability, In a scene "hlsh forbade the
logical -preeisieu Of court and yet could searee-
Iy call forth or permit the animated current Of
spontaneous defamation, so often successfully In
duged in the lesser assemblagAs of his feteH-
citizens. His spcechee IN the Senase Of Tie Unit
cd States. throughout The period 1hai be refnaiaed
there were heard With attention that gaxe evidcnce
of his complete saceeSs, Those that have been
more carefully repQaed, display, on variety Dft
Al.
with passages Of anirnaled eloquencR. The4adA
interesting subject Of general discussion was that
which made the winters of 1892 and 1888 more
memorable in our fe9isiatite history than any Pc
riod since the war with England. The Princi-
pies on which revision of the tariff of duties was to
be made, gave rise in the former session. to warai
and long debates, which, u the foloSFia2 one, led
to those that involved the serious question Of a
right of one or more Of the Sites 10 nali4y law
making such revision on psnci ples that il might
regard contrary to the provisions of the eonsti-
tuition. On both occasions, Nr. Dllastook part
in these debates. On the former, alter an eIequent
picture of the situation and resources Of the u
States, he touched wilma powerful, but friendly
spirit the various causes to which, independently
of the policy of protection generally advocated by
the northern statesmen, might be imputed the ds
tresses that weresupposed peculiarly to aecEand in
jure the agriculture of The South Fops&ing.
the declared policy of Pennsy ylVania, as evinced
in the repeated votes Of her Legislature he pFesa
ed, in manner not often surpassed ia force and
clearncss by those who have treated The matter
in the same light, the views thea enicrta6ed on
the best mode of abusing the delicate qest5on 50
as to save the South from any real injury. and ye4
preserve from destractio1 the labor and pursuits
of the northern and middle StatesS Wien DE
heightened excitement of the following yesf ore.
duced that gloomy epoch IN our fraterDst annals
which was marked by serious diacussigtf 90 the
extent of force that the general government rsigf
exert upon the opposing, laws Of the States, andt
the consequent actions fhef ar,thortesa peoSts
he sustained that power IA the Union wRictf he 4
believed to be essential to lis preservation, and
warranted by the spirit and terms of the contact
but deprecated, IN 50 doIng, every rneas6re not
clearly necessary for those objects 0a ali qaes;
tions appearing TO involve any Differences Of polist
cy orinerest among the States Mr.. Dallas appears
uniformly TO have leaned te that course wfteh he
deemed most ealcnlsted. even atfoue sacriisce so1
preserve fhe harmony OF the whole
0nthe 80 of March, 1888 term expired for |
WHICH he had been elected to- The Senate. sAtshIs1
vn Teqaests his name was withheld from the ieo
islature as candidate for reelection He .vsst
desrous to return to the bar, from which sueh ls
occupation necessarily withdrew him: and his /
doing so was speedily followed by his appoint. /
ment to an Office whose duties while fief nfsSn
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