Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-17
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ALBERT GALLAT,N.


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ALBERT GALLATtN.
To the long catalogue Of illustrious iudiyidu.
al, who have teen called hence during the cur
rent year, We have 10 add another By the demise
Of this distinguished statesman. II may not be
generally known that MIR. GaIlaiin resided in
Richmond 10 1854. He boarded for some time
in the wooden building opposite MIR. John A
Lacys grocery store, on 2 Street (be,ween l7lh
and lsth) In this house also boarded, al tina,
period, number Of the members of the Legis.
lature. Here, too, Mr. Gallaiin married bis
first wife, Miss Sophia Allegro, daughter OF his
landady. lie remained in Virginia several years.
On the death Of his wife, however, lie removed
to The State OF Penns, lgania, where, 10 1884, he
married the daughter Of Commodore Nicholson
Besides being statesman we have evidence
that he was kind, generous, good man
The New York Evening Post publishes the fol
lowing tribute to the memory of the deceased:
ALBERT GALLATlN.-Thi venerable
salesman died IN Sunday, al the country resi-.
dence OF bis son.ia-law, al Astoria, Lon. Island,
in The eiShty-ainlh year u his age. adding az
Other 10 The caial, que Of iIlus,Eious deceased
whose loss this country has been called upon TO
deplofc during the curlert year. This blow has
cot aen Unexpectedly upon the friends Of the
deceased, as his advanced age aud gradually in
creasing iri!fmies curing Inc pas, lew years had
given salena warning 10 him ard 10 hem thai
they were soon 10 separate.
Albert GaiI3tin horn al Geneva in Su;.
zarlaua, on the % h day ci January, l7Gl. lie
was LETT an orphan III his iaancy, aud vas edu-
Gated un:cr The maternal care cf di,laIt re!a.
lion and very Gear friend Of bis mother. He
pursued his s.rdes in Geneva ard graduated a,
Inc University Of that cry in 1873 Among his
;eschefe al that pet'5t 81. Muller, Inc releble.
tel historian, a. d among his cassmia IS was Dr.
mont, the ifienh Of Hfabeau and tie Interpreter
OF Brnlham. Contrary 10 The wishes, bu; WIKI
90: lhe opposition oi his relatives Mr. Gaaiin
emistated To lhs Unilet Sac; in the 18Th year
OF his age. lie arrived 4. Boston On he IA h Ju-
Is, 1889 A l.re. followed him Ia Ibis ccIn,ry
.fom In Rocheioucaula 10 Dr frlekn reant<;.
inc him 10 ;alSe a le ia;ries in Gailatin and IT,
his companion who en:hatsci In him. Sooa
aiIef his arrival in This connify, ID youpg al.
venture! projected TO Ma ne, ard resided al Ma
chias aud PessamaqlsidS, where he served as
volunteer uhGer @ j. Jnan Allan, commander
OF lhc Tor oil N tchias; and also made some al
vanccs 10 sup2or, The garrison.
In he spring OF 1852, through the interest Of
Dr.. Cooper, he WIS chosea instructor oil The
French language in lhe Harvard University,
watch place, how-Ter, he soon lett for he SCUM.
In the winter ol 1854 nc Sas engaged al Rich.
m1nd in prosecuting he clam OF foreign house,
for advances made 10 the STATE nt Virginia,
which brough! hin into contact win The pubic
men OF lha; State, aud Procured for him The &C.
quanance and persona! friendship OF Patrick
Henry. 10 i1si-5 he acqni'e: so:..s large
ii land in Wes'cfn Virginia, on which, with The
moderate Parimony, which he had then received,
he determined 10 lake up hi perlna nenl residence.
Dis;ui Dances among he tn5ians, and other cir
cnmsla noes cumnei led him 10 abandon The pro-
ject, and 10 l7sG he purchased Place and sci
lied in FayeEc county. Pennsylvania. lie was
eiecled in The fall OF 1889 member II the Con.
veDtnl Ia amend lac Constitution Of Pennsyl-
vania, in which Convention he united himself with
the Democratic party. He there o. posed The sys-
ten Of Intermediate electors Tor President, and la
vored universal suffrage.
10 1870 he was elected member of the House
vi Representative Of The State. 10 which post lit
conlbued 10 be Reelected Till he took sea; IN
neress, aboui two years after He was cho-
sen Unusd Safes Senator in I~93, hal was de-
u d r he CONSTITUTION. he was in The Senate
lhrisIore bui Two mouths, during which period
the deliberations Of that BODY were for the FIRST
time open 10 The public Mr Gallatn returned
10 Fayeue county in 1904, after an absence Of
eighteen months, during which, period, or imme>
d.alely alter, he married a daughter OIL Comma.
DIRE Nicholson, distinguished officer Of the
Revolutionary War.
Shortly alter his return, broke forth the famous
"whiskey instruction" which originated in AL,
leghany county, abou, dNy miles from his Tesi
dcnce, cut oil the forrible resistance 10 The serv-
ing Of vris acalus. ds,i'less who had ncl paid
The excise. Forty such wits had been issued,
o. which, lhirty.iour were against Gisiil!e's III
FayeIie county and had been served without,
opposition. The d;s:i.!s;7 hen mrl ard delei.
mined to resist. 10 The rebellion which followed,
alT GaIIa,in was active in resisting the adoption
Of wdflike and reasonable resolutions, ard
gradually procuring lcf lie United States Com
nissoners favorable reception.
On The li;h OF Oct, 1875 he was again eleced,
by The corcurrng vce CT all parties, member OF
The LEGISLATURE, and The same CAV, wiIhou! his
knowlt .e, member Of Congress Tor tie ada
cen; district CT w ashineon and Allegheny coun-
ties He took his scat in Congress in December,
l115 ard vas elected by The same district three
successive erms, aud woa'd have been The luurth,
bur for the accession Q! Thomas Jefferson IN tie
Presidency, BIZ WON he was appointed SecEeia-
~ ol Tfe2suaTy, in 1891.
NJ Galiatn ADDRESSED himself at once 10 Ire
erinsu same Il tic public b., %ach amount
I'd 10 over Giaa, ono QUO Be:w-en the first OF
April. 1891. cid 'ne Ii January, 1912 the Re-
im5u-seucn, on accom-; Of The pn5ic vas $50.
100000.
In 1919, lie was appointed che OF tic com
missioners 10 Gheni, aud during bis absence,
negotiated al London Tho commercial conven
ton between this country ana England, which
succeeded the war. TEE rest Of iiis public life
was passed in the diplomatic service. File was
minister 10 France from 1916 10 1923. wilhic
Which period he was dcp1,sd in 1877 10 iht
Netherlands, and in 1918 10 England, tc
which country he was appointed minister pleni
po,entiarv in is26 He returned 10 this coun
| iry in 1927, and look up his residence in lhi
city During this period he has constantly keP
his eye uron pubic affairs, though not ,akiai
AMI public responsibilities.
I In 1910 ne published his essay on lhe NoFil
! E .s,ern Bog, a ny question, aId more recently
| historical dissertation upon the map oil Mr.. Jay
! which was read before The New York Historical
Socisy. He has. also, since his retirement, pab
+! lishsd two elaborate and ingenious pamphlets Oh
the currency. To Mr.. GaIlaliD, as much as Il
airy one, The public owes the RESUMPTION OF speci
payments by The banks OF New York, i0rMay
1853. Soon alter his settlement among US, b
had accepted the Presidency OF the Ns'iona
Bank OF his ely ana sa 20 Gs as si Nswas s'
The Bank Of America, and CaFn.lins '" Law
reoce. OF The BANK of the State Of New York,
NAV well be doub ell whether that event, 50 ian
portan, 10 tie credi, and character OF this ci'J
would have taken place q, N time /, did.
Do,ins his relifemel', Mr Galla'in has Con
ribuIed several valuable contributions 10 ID