Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-06-20
from the Democratic Reciew
ORCE VI. DALLAS.

nllddeiphla, on the 10th day of July,
i'92. He is the elder son of Alexan-
Ger j.. Dallas, one Of the most accom-
Pllshed advocates and distinguished
statesmen that have adorned the legal
profession of the United States, or sus
famed, in important posts of public
trust, the principles and policy of the
republican party. He received the ia
dlments of his education at a school in
Germantown, and afterwards at the
friends Academy in PHILADELPHIA
q. the age of IA, he was entered in
Princeton College, and continued there
until 1910, when he was graauated
with The highest hdssllors Of his class
lie delivered their valedictory address,
which is still remembered and adverted
to in the college history as striking
example ofieelng, eloquence and taste.
Indeed, as public speaker, he gave
early promise of that excellence which
las since been displayed in many of
the prominent situations to which his
talents have elevated him; and a pub
hshed Grafton, delivered when he was
bat seventeen years of age, and pre-
served in the Port Folio, strikingly at
tests the maturity of his powers.
On leaving college, Mr.. Dallas com
menced the study Of the law, in the Of
fee ofhis father, at Philadelphia; and
although, In the intervals of that severe
Study, the more attractive forms Of lit
eIature and poetry were not unfre-
quently cultivated, he yet preserved
with unceasing application in making
himself thorough master of the great
principles of the profession of which he
gas since been so distinguished a mem
ber He was admitted to the bar in
1913. Soon after the declaration Of
war with England, he had enrolled
hlmselfln volunteer corps; ana when
in the year 1873, Mr.. Gallatin was ap-
pointed by President Madison, mem
Der OF the commission that repaired to
st. Petersburg, for the purpose of ne,
gotlatlng peace under the mediation
ofthe emperor Alexander, he accompa-
MED that minister as his private and
confidential secretary. During a resi-
dence of more than a year in Europe,
Mr. Dallas had an opportunity of visit
ing Russia, France, England, Holland,
and the Netherlands. While in Eng
Lard, family connection with Lord
Byron brought him into frequent asso-
citation with that great poet, who then,
at twenty five years of age, was recei-
wing in London the general and enthu-
siastic admiration which the appear
ance of his two beautiful poems, the
Giaour and the Bride of Abydos, could
not fail to cali forth. 1t twas in conse-
oIence of a remark of Mr.. Dallas, upon
the popularity in America of Childe
Harolde, and some of his previous po-
ems, that he declared in his journal
that these We're the first things that ever
sounded to his ears like fame; and that
popularity in far and rising country,
caused tidings very different from the
phemeral praises of the crowd of fash
Ion then buzzing around him. Through
another relative, the humane and elo-
quent iurist who was then the chief
Justice Of the court Of common pleas,
it was Mr.. Dallas's good fortune to be
thrown, not unfrequently, into the So
ciety Of some OF those eminent lawyers
who have, by the brilliancy Of their
genius, and devotion TO philanthropy,
made their profession yet more distin-
naished than it was in previous days.
Romilly, whose benefcence flowed in a
current SO transparent, copious and
- bfougham, with his far-reach-
inquisitive, and undaunted utilita-
- s91Ism; Macintosh, who could wise
n and kindly apply to the heated ac-
IONS, and in the busy forums of men,
he rule of conduct which he had dedu-
Z ced in the patient reflections of guile
loss life,-these We're men whose So
ciety, even transiently enjoyed by one
much younger, could not fail to leave
impressions equally permanent, useful
and gratifying.
In August, 1914, Mr.. Dallas return,
I'D 10 the United States, bearing the
,lesnatches from the American commits
s;oners then holding their sessions al
Ghent, which announced the prospects
s,;ttle favorable to a speedy peace that
TX known to have resulted from the
aarl;er conferences with the British en-
..avs. On his arrival, he found his
ether transferred from the bar OF Phlla-
' ssl,,b;a d the head Of the Treasury