Throughout his political career, Dallas believed in popular sovereignty regarding states' rights. To him that meant, until the Constitution was amended, each state had the right to decide the slavery issue for itself. The "Life of George Mifflin Dallas, Vice President of the United States" was originally prepared in September 1844, by the Democrat Committee of Publication, and then revised in November 1847. Quotes from Dallas within the publication document his understanding of popular sovereignty applied to the issue of slavery in new territories. A debate, following the war with Mexico, raged between those who believed the federal government should designate which new territories, gained after the war, should be free and which should be slave. Dallas: The Series Part 1: Will Dallas join the 2017 Great Purge of American History? Part 2: Who was George Mifflin Dallas in American History? Part 3: Life of George Mifflin Dallas, Vice President of the United States Part 4: City of Dallas is named after a Democrat Party politician whose support for the Fugitive Slave Act Part 5: Dallas praised Pennsylvania's denunciation of slavery in 1835 Part 6: Will Dallas join the 2017 Great Purge of American History? (Part 6)

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