The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-12


hon. Gs|orge M. Dallas, one of the most prom
inent dimocratic aspirants to the presidency
/ to be cdastitutionally disqualified for the Office
and that he could not take the seat if elected
According to these communications, Mr.. Dial
las is ntpjt ratiye-born citizen Of the United
States, land not having come into the countr.
previous to the adoption Of the federal consti
tution, Is excluded by the first section of th
second article of that document. According
to the writer Alexander ]. Dallas, father Q
the asrrant for presidential honors, was a ma
tive of ireland, went to Scotland, where h
married, and then removed to the British Yves
Indies where George NJ. was born. A cotem
porary thinks that if this account strue, TINA!
prove mountain over which the aspirant ant
his parlsans will be unable to climb. On tn.
contrary, we should suppose, from the.tone as
sumed IVY the Washington Union, Richmond
Enquirer, Louisiana Courier, and other officia
democratic organs. to say nothing of the posi-
tons taken, promulgated and advocated by
the caIdidates Of that party during the recen
State cAnrass, that being foreigner by brit
would tonfer upon Mr.. Dallas additional claims
to the support Of the democracy-for assuredly
they al|jared and professed to abhor any thing
'native and to the manner born As to the con
stitution. it is no impeachment whatever, for it is
daily s 1t at defiance by the Pierce office-hol-
ders, a9ad there is no telling but that, in their
anti American enthusiasm, they may abrogate
the cid fabric erected by our fathers and man
dalton pf Mr.. Dallas.
| The Delta the new Dallas organ at the south,
/ in no: ling the Tribunes biographical sketch
Of that gentleman, says the subject has been Sc
riously| nAooed even in New Orleans conversa-
tionalls; and holds that the prima facie evil
dence If MIR. Dallas being a native Of the u.
States, lin the fact of his once holding the Of
fee Of yice president, would be sufficient at
once ID put such question at rest in the alb
sence Of any conclusive proof to the contrary.
The constitution requires that the president
shall hi A native born citizen, and no man is
eligible for the vice presidency who is ineligi-
.ble for the presidency. We have no evidence
that ar.y one ever at the time disputed the right
Of Mr.. Dallas to occupy the vice presidents
chair; and hope that the Delta is right in sup
posing THAT it is preposterous to suppose that
he was; elected to the vice presidency and ac
cepted She Office, with that positive disqualif
cation resting upon him. According to the
Delta, which has been posted on the subject,
Robert :Charles Dallas, the grandfather of Geo.
Mif1n Dallas emigrated from Scotland to the
island 81 Jamaica, and after practising medi
cine for some years, returned to Scotland for
the purpose Of regaining his health and educa-
ting his chidren. Alexander J., the third son
of Robert c. and father of the democratic as
pirant, has born in the island Of jamaica on the
2lst of ] une, 1859. In 1880 he married the
daughter of general George Smith, of the Bri
fish ARMY, and in 1888 took up his residence
in the United States, qualified himself for the
practice law, and was admitted to the bar of
he supseme court of Pennsylvania, on the 18th
July, 1875. H. was soon prominent in his pro-
ession as well as in politics. and in the discus
ion of fundamental principles at the basis of
ur stisutons, then in state of formation. In
791, hd was made secretary of the common
wealth q Pennsylvania, and upon the election
f Jefer,.or to the presidency, appointed U. S.
ttorney for the eastern district of Pennsylva
la, which office he held until 1914, when he
vas appointed secretary of the U. S. treasury. +
about THIS time his son, George NJ, commenced Z
is poisital career. According to the Delta, !
e was bbrn in Philadelphia, on the 10th July, t
792, nehr ten years after the naturalization of !
is fatheI. We have gone into these particu- .
ers, for t,,e purpose of enlightening our readers
S to the,partcular claims the hon. George M. {
DALLAS hss upon his party and to the votes of j
he democracy for next president. .. j
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
lerald, il his letter Of the Goth ult, says that
he trouble with Great Britain has not been
djusted.'' 1t is thought that the presidents and
is cabinet are in doubt about their own posi- I
on. tits given out at the white house that
ne Pacific brought assurances that the increase
f the British fleet in the gulf of Mexico, had |
othing u, do with the Central American ques J
on. T;is was done merely to satisfy the pub
c. Tho real cause of the increase Of the Eng
sh feet on the American coast is to be found
l the peculiar instructions of attorney general ;
,ushng 10 the .. S. district attorney, at Phil
delphiai If any one will take the trouble to {
BOX at dates and facts, they will ascertain that
'ithin Fl hours after the receipt of the news
! London Of the trial of Hertz in Philadelphia,
he addition to lie West India fleet was under
aing ofders. I have information that when
,ushingfs two curious letters Of instructions
cached England, a demand for redress was
lade blythe British government, and that de-
rand is now before the cabinet at Washington.
his is alfact, and an important fact too. Will
,ngland:or the United States recede? This is
he quession--soon, indeed, to be the engross-