New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-03

:. ,espeotv for BIZ. o~n Ss-te were as many s.
ccu,d orcv. riy BE- attended e; aud thr same press
81 home business has prevented him from mshias
a more frequent appearance before the oaPfe"e
Court at Washington, where his position has long
be. u most honorable one.
SIM. ,bs death Of Gsrret D. WALL and the
rru,oysl of George Wood TO this city. MI Dayton
bss unquestiOnably bad no equal ct the Ne~-'etsey
b,r ard a conf, nation Of his honorable standing
nay be found in the fact that be resigned his seat
10. the B. pch of the Supreme Court 10 ooedleno'
10 the general demand for his services as an advo'
cate and council. We bsve had the pleasure OF
Int. nire to him on trials Of exciting interest," and
Lot even Il Gee familiar with his manner OF address
in The Senate Chsmber-so calm. logical ana iuh
Of geptlemsnly cOurts y-sre at all q ware Oh 'he
nervous force and slmcst fierce energy with wnich
be pursues and aDDibilates an opposite cham OF ar
anmept, especially in criminal cases Hehas been
come cted with the Wing party from his first en-
trsIce upon public life to the time when tas' psry
b. came virtually dissolved in the exciting ques-
tions of the last few years; and 10 sil the party
strupples-in which he has never been found
backward TO take decided stand-he has ever
displayed that courteous consideration nor OPP
pObtnts which to great extent r"ho'ed
him from the bitterness Of party feeios.
In the separation for some tiar nisnii sting
iself between the men OF N"toefn aod
Of Southern principles, he has 'rm tos mr."
been I, und On the side OF Frescm. iDde~d, when
ia Ie5O Henry Clay in'roduc-c BIS famous Omnibus
bi |. which was the basis Of tho "comproml-e al
trwsrd effected Mr. Dayton boldly and msnfnDy
rrsisnd that great Wing leader, aid nobly main
tanned his fidelity to- Liberty in defiance OF party
discipline and official influence. No doubt this
YVES the means Of preventing his appointment to
foreien n ission under the Fillmore administration
an sppointmert for which he was regarded as pecu-
Lsrly fit, d. and which it was believed at one time
had been rendered him. In personal appearance
the nominee for the Vice Presidency bears decided
marks Of superiority. At ffty-four he is shade
,touter in figure than when We first knew him
.eary thirty years ago. but he has lost nothing BY
the change. Hi, face is dark, and full of intel
lect and character but singulsrly placid and kind
in expression. In cOntradistinction to the de
( ppuished man with whom he is put In nomination,
be ha. steadily resisted the "beard movement
and still keeps the closely sAaven face Of twenty
years ego.
appearance at the bar, may remind the reader
of Patrick Henry and Brinsley Sheridan in their
momentary failure and ultimate triumph: Though
for .evera years past resdent at Trenton the capt.
tai Of the State, be began practice in one OF the
eastern counties, and made his maiden argument
in email country village, in one of the petty and
yexstious cases common in rustic communities.
He has won his way to bis presen. position without
the aid of wealth at the outset, and of course had
to begin the struggle of the profession at the bot
tom. Opposed to him in the Gaze in question was
Willy old lawyer, extremely sstirical, with some
talent and much experience, and well known In the
criminal records of the country as the man who
feIreted out the strange inducements OF the sup
po.ed murder case of Russell COlyn, in Massachu-
,etts. He lad a habit of making dead set at
youpQ lawyers, and came down upon our aspirant
18th mercess force Mr.. Day ton had slight pc
culiarity in his uttersnce, and the old lawyer I'M
feelipgly dwelt upon it. He had, too the worst
tide of the case, and every art was used against
him, 30 that be quilted bis FIRST courtroom, in
public opinion, having failed; and bis opponent
made some jibing outside remarks on the occasion.
The "youDg lawyer" was naturally eager for bis
reyenee-and it came. Very soon he found another
opportunity to m.tch himself against his opponent,
who was very willing to enjoy second triumph.
The case was one of those complicated iniqaities,
horse trial. and the old lawyer bad taken so ne
undue means to procure evidence. His young oP-
ponent ferreted out the delinquency, arranged the
testimony, kept it back until bis antagonist had
completely eDtapgled himself, and then opened his
battery of evidence and phil upon him. Twen-
t,-fve or thirty years has not diminished the
recollection in that neighborhOOd of the whitening
dtnunciations and the seorching Sarcasm he heaped
upon the man who had scorned him, until he woke
one long, loud shout in the court room, that could
not be suppressed, and the whole assembly absO-
luteDy bissed at the offender. The rivals were
never pitted again-in fact the old lawyer, We
believe, never plead another case; while William
L. Dayton went upward and onward to the head
of the Bar Of New-Jersey, to the Supreme Bench,
to the g. nate Chamber and even to the well.mer-
tied nomip alton of great party for the VicePresi
dency of the Republic.
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