THE CASTING VOTE OF VICE-PRESIDENT DALLAS ON THE TARIFF OF 1846.
Philadelphia: Daily Keystone, 1846. 16pp. Disbound, else Very Good.
Polk's Vice President, Dallas was a Jacksonian Democrat who walked a fine line on the tariff question: although his Party had pledged to reduce tariffs, his native State of Pennsylvania supported them. On the Walker Tariff of 1846, "he labored strenuously for a compromise which would provide more protection than the Walker Bill offered, but when the vote on the latter measure resulted in a tie he voted for it, making it law, on the ground that as a national officer he must obey the national platform of his party." DAB. This pamphlet comprises Dallas's statement before the Senate, in casting the deciding vote; and three letters to his Pennsylvania friends, explaining his position.
FIRST EDITION. AI 46-1962 [4]. Not in Eberstadt, Decker. Item #25715
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