The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-08-31

SBs educsteu under The maternal care OF a
dls,sR, relation and very dear friend Of his
mother. lie pursued his studies in Gene
va, and graduated at The University of tina,
city in l779. Among his teachers q, that
period, was Muller, the celebrated his,o
Ran, and among his classmates was Du.
mont, the freed Of Mfabeau and the inter
prefer oil Bentbsm. Contrary TO the wish
es, but niihont the opposition of his pa
rents. Mr.. Gtllat n emigtated TO the United
States in the l9sh year of his age. He ar.
rived al Boston on the IA h July, 1850
A letter followed him to this country, from
La Rochefoucau'd 20 DR.. Franklin, reques,
ing him TO take little interest in GaIlalin
aud bis companion who embs rked with him.
Soon after his arrival in this country, the
young sdventurer procee ded TO Maine, and
resided sl Machls aud Passamaquoddy,
where he served as a volunteer under Col
John Alan, commander of tho fort Of
Mschlss and also made some advances 10
support the garrison.
Ia The spring Of 1872, through the in
te'est of DR.. Cooper, he vas chosen in.
strucior of the French language in Harvard
University which place, how ever, he soon
left for the South. In the winter of 1888
"A he was engaged al Richmond in prose.
cutting the claiu Of a foreign house for ad
yances made 10 the State oil Virginia, which
brcugh, him into contact with the pubic
men Of that State, and procured for him the
acquaintance and personal friendship Of
Patrick Henry. In l7S4-'5 he acquired
some large tracts OF land in western VIZ.
glnia On which with the moderate pslri.
mony which he had then received, he de
termined TO take up his permanen, resi-
dence. Disturbances among The Indians,
and other circumstances compelled him 10
abandon the eject; and in 1885 he pur
chased place and settled 10 Fay elite coun
ty, PENNSYLVANIA. He was elected 10 the
fall OF 1850 member Of the convention to
amend the constitution OF Pennsylvania 10
which convention he united himself with
the democratic party. lie there opposed
the system Of intermediate elsctors for
President. aud favored universal sutf;sge
without distinction Of color.
( Ia 1890 he was elected a member of The
House Of Representatives of the State, to
which pos, he continued to be reelected TIL
he took seat in Cong es., abon. two years
afterwards. He was chosen United States
Senator IN 1893, but was declared not en-.
titled 10 a seat, because not citizen under
I The constitution. He wss in The Senate
therefore but two months, daring which
period the deliberations Of the body where
tor the frs, time open 10 The public. Mr..
GsIlalin returned 10 Fayete county in
1894, after al absence of eighteen months,
during which period, or Immediately af.
ter, he married daughter of Commodore
Nicholson, a distinguished officer Of the
Revolutionary War.
Shortly after his return broke forth the
famous whiskey instruction" which orr
glnaled in Allegheny county, about fifty
mlls. from his residence, out OF the forcl.
BILE resistance to the serving Of wri,s a
gaiust dis,lIlers who had not paid the ex
else. Forty such wris had been issued,
OF which thlrty.lour we're against dIs,Ilers
IN Fayelie county, and had been served
without, opposition. The dsIlle's then met
and determined to resist. In the rebellion |
which followed, Mr.. Galls,in wOs active in
resisting the adoption OF watke and trea.
sonable resolutions, and gradually procu.
ring for the United States commissioners
favorable reception.
On the l4ih Of Cc,ober, 1895, he va.
sgan elected, by the concutrug vote of all
parties, member of the Legislature, and the
same day, and without his knowledge,
member OF Congress for the adjacent dis
ttict Of Washington and Allegheny coun
ties. He took his seat in Congress in De.
cember, 1895. and was elected by the same
district three successive terms, and would
have been the fourth but for the accession
of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency, By
" HON no was appointed Secretary of The !
Treasury, IN lS0l. /
Mr.. Gallstin addressed himself q, once /
o the eVingushmeni Of The public debt, a
'hich amounted 10 over 500 600, 600 d
Between the lst Of April, 1901. and The Is, h
# January, 1912. the reimbursement on Il
ccoupt Of the public debt was $50, 400, a
100. q
In 1913, he was appointed one Of the Is
commissioners to Client. and during his b.
bssuce, negotiated at Londoa the CONNER 81
ial convention between ihis country and il,
agIand. which succeeded the war. The n
EST OF his life was passed in tbs diplomatic III
'rtice. He was minister 10 France from m
SIG TO 1923, within which PERIOD he was er
aJuled 10 1917 to the Netherlands, aud in !,
SIS to England, to which country he ~as
ppolnted minister plenlpoienlary in 1896.
Il returned 10 this country in 1927, and
ok up his residence i'll this city. During
lis period he has constantly KEEP, his eye a."
'on public affairs, though no, taking any ,1'
lblIc responsibilities. g.
10 lS40, he published his essay on the gu
'rhessein boundary question, and more Nv
Gently historical dissertation upon the 'e'
ap oil Mr.. Jay, which was read before the p''
ew York Historical Society. ile has, 70
10, Since his retirement, published two va
,borste and ingenious pamphlets on the oe'
rrency. To Mr.. Gallatin, as much as 10 '"a
tho kn