The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-06-29
nALLAs AND THE BANk.

lion, II ! Walker, Of Miss, is reported ~
admitting IN tho Locofoeo National con'
ycniiou, lhal Hon, George NJ Dallas did
vote fvf United States Bank 10 1892, but
that II vas under instructions from his own
state, and that Dallas lhon and lhafo stated
that such vote was against bic own private
opinions aud views IN regard to such an IN.
slitulion The, lion, Il. ] Walker stated
as aknown 10 hun and the same was en-.
dofsed by powhailan Ellis. The Hon Sen.
aiot went further and stated that George NJ
Dallas, soon after he cast tbs vote for L
States Bank, went home 20 Philadelphia
and at mass meeting there, made aspeech
agans, bank of the y, $, that he has been
opposed 10 such an institution ever since.
Why did the Hon Senator make this states
ment in the late L1roioco Conventionp THIS
statement was mado too, at the very june
ture Of time that DdIas's name wos propo,
sed as a candidate for the Vice Presidency,
aud if we recolec; correctly, after The FIST
baloing had taken place. Was it to innu.
ence the anti bank men TO vote Mr. Dallas
| The rSuh trds, that on the nert ballot, Dll> |
las, who at first had got but IS votes out Of
| 266, received 220: Mr., Dallas is indebted
to The Mississippi Senator for his nomna>
ton. Well, notwithstanding the Hon Sen
ator is said to be the brothor-in-Io W Of Mr.,
Dallas, get there can be nothing wrong in
seeing what foundation there may be for
he Hon, Senator's statement Of the vote
Dallas gave on the Bank question in 1882
Was he 'instructed or requested' to vote as
he did? We sag he was not. - 1t is true that
4 very short time before be cast this vote |
he Legislature Of Pennsylvania had passed
| resolution iD favor of Bank of The Uni,
ed States, and hence il is that Dallas him :"
elf, says he was "yirtually" instructed be-
ause he considered that as indicating the =
opular will Of his constituents. But as 10 q
lie Hon Senator's statement, with the in o'
orsement Of Powhattan Ellis, what does
lie record say, Here ii is. Judge ye of it. Y
"Monday, January 9th 1882, Mr. Dallas
resented the memorial of the Bank of the
United States, praying for a re charter of
ne bank, and said, 4" He could not but feel
tropgy impressed by the recollection that
he Legislature of Pennsylvania, and in eff L
ect unanimously, had recommended the e
re-charter of the Bank He became there.
ore as ~ilting as he was "pirtualy" an in. L
trucied agent IN promoting to the extent of II
lis ability, an object which, however dam 1t
,erously timed its introduction might seem, "
vas 10 itself entitled to every consideration a
If favor. [See Register of Debates vol s, r
,, 55l i
Now that Senator Walker hereby falsi. t
he'd the record you see is palpable, and q
thereby produced an effect that otherwise q
might not have happened,for on principle the r
Locotoco Convention could rot have voted a
Tor Mr.. Dallas unless he had changed On '
the bank question after 1882 and 1886 II
will be recollected by all, that in July 1886
Mr., Dallas wrote his memorable letter in
which, he maintained the constitu tionaliry
OF Bank, and approved, as a .seryicea.
bic means in preserving sound currency
We do not attribute to the Hon Senator any
w'Iiul design to falsify the record, but sure.
ly, he ought to have known better, and so of
lion ?. Ellis, who endorsed the statements
referred to. We might extend his article.
but we forbear, merely adding, that Hon.
George NJ Dallas has been in favor of U
S. Bank.--A protective Tariff, Internal
Improvement, and firm advocate of Distri.
button. What his position at this time is on
all these subjects becomes his southern
friends to show, who enmass and in detail
IL, al.