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PUXERAL OBSEQUIES OF GENERAL JACKSON.
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[ From tlie iVcw York Herald of June 2 ot ' a , we give ffle following interesting account of the proceedings jB yew York on the 24 th , on tlie occasion of consignj 9 p io ( lie tomb tiie remains of him wto was emphaiitvdlj the " saviour of his country . " It was thus itat a free people did honour to the general , the statesman , and the patriot . ] The verr Leavens appeared to smile on the emleavoais of tlie resuients of this city to do honour to him fflio iias recently goae ' To that bourne from whence no traveller returns . " jhc weather , which for the two previous davs wa siomewaat unfavourable , cleared up at davlight yesterday raorning . The genial showers of the Wvioas day and nigut made the atmosphere cool assJ rolYeslimg , and preventing dust to any great exicnt . 'l »> c raorn was yshered in by the discharge cfa piece of oronanec from " the battery , which was
nsjionded to by anolner on the Brooklyn Heights Thee were continued at intervals throughout the jiiornrag . About eleven o ' clock the troops ordered on duty assembled on the Battery . They consisted of tie whole of the force mentioned in the proaananc . The field was kept by the troops of the " Gcnnr . n Legion , while the United States troops trait through their exercise . About twelve o ' clock tLes e were joined by different companies frore Brooklyn , Jersey , V . Jliamsburg , and Ate parts adjacent , ia tise whole , it was said , amounting to 10 , 000 . At tils time a discharge of minute guns were given , tornsycndinjr with the age of the deceaseu—73 . About one o ' clock , when the word was given to fall in , we never saw such a mass of persons assembled fca ilicr before—racn , women and children , of all cc ! ours , grade and character . To such an extent \ rastlie space covered with spectators , that it was Tvhli difficulty iLat ihe troops could form in line to inarch to the Park . This , after some little fM . iv
was accomplished , and upon reaching the last named spot , the trcops took up their several positions . in Trent and around the City Hall . Here the mass was greater than ever .
nnsT Dmaox . A few minutes after two o ' clock the city authorities jnsde their appearance in front of theCitv llall , when the discharge of three pieces of ordnance announced the movement of the procession . The Gorman Legion troop of horse formed the advanced guard , in open rank three deep , in the rear of which tos General G . Hopkins , accompanied by some ¦ jis weight special aids ; these were brought up by ¦ Col . J . 1 ) . Stevenson . These were succeeded by the ¦ troops as mentioned in the pro « raninic under the ¦ rosraaad of Mnjor-General C . W . Sandford , and ¦ t . Lsa ' ofiiccrs . The iroops having fallen in , the corfcitjnicjwdytookcp their position , and the prccespoa moved off . The fourth , fifth , and sixth
rM-¦ jnciite took up the line of march twelve deep , led by Hlic American Brass Band . The ninth regimeat mxcas nme deep . The martial appearance of the ¦ German Fusilccrs , ten abreast , had a Tcry imposing fe . j .. arantc . The first division consisted entirely of fcihtary . Tae l-car of the first division was brought ¦ dp br a body of Dragoons five abreast . SECOND DIVISION . This division was led by ilajor General G . H . ¦ Rnker , aud George G . liopkius , Esq ., aids to the Knuid Marshal . The Kew York Brass Band foi-¦(> t . v 1 Then followed some twenty-five open carfc ' Los , in which were the officiating elergymau , fc s ;; , r of tlie day , ex-President Van Huron , and KiL . ^ aKfli-dJng to programme ; Gen . Scoitliead-¦ u ^ - . iic L . S . troops , seven companies of artillery ,
K : > . or . e company of mounted horse artillery . These Bfcm' followed by about thirty naval veterans iu uni-¦ k ; r .. The Uni , covered with crape , was drawn by Hour beautiful horses , led by able-bodied coloured Hik-2 ! . drcs-cd a la Turk . * 0 u the Urn were the fc : ' . r . c 3 of "Washington , Hamilton , Lafayette , Ilani-Ksn , : ; : id Jackson . " These were followed by the ^ ir . v < . ? s of Xew York and Brooklyn ; the authorities Kf Jersey City and Newark ; followed by the com-H > : o ; i councils of iliesc places as mourners . The ¦ L ' cairil of this city love their wands of oliics covered Brit ! : crape . This division was closed by the Yf ash-¦ iji'ioii Greys of Jersey Ciiy , the authorities , clergy , ^ K : vi ^ satieties , and citizens . In tlie whole cf this Hivi ; ion there could not bs fewer ihau 5 , C-G 0 pevsaus Bi ) i :: ; e .
H ininn division . - ¦ i enr caiao the third division , with General \ Tw . ¦ : ;<; rris , a :: d Beajamin S . lfavt , Esq .,-as aids to . Li- Ursnd Marshal . " The Senate and House of ¦ iWtsubly" of the State were in full attendance , and ¦ iii ' i-. ntcd . ia imposinga ? pea ; -anc « . There wcrcako ¦ he "Membersofth « TSei 5 atc and Rouse of llenvc-Bintativc 3 of the United States . " The isranbcii of ¦ l : c " Society of the Cincinnati , " composed cf venesmp ' e Mid highly esteemed citizens , were out in full ¦ trciigih , ss mourners on the occasion . A few " He-» t ! ul ! oaary soldiers , " in carriages , were r . ext i : < ^ fcu er—old men witli wounds and scars—deep furrows ^ B ji their care-worn brow , and iiie silent tear coursing ^¦ ii cii- usanly cheeks , at the tLought of him who \? as | K-1 a soldier and a warrior—a nation ' s benefactor ,
^¦ i :. ! srcaleai ornament and pride . "The Grand ¦• a-UJof the State of Sew York , " in fall dress of the | Bi wi- attjictcu coasidcraWe attention . The c-x-^ Payors , cx-AMsrmci ' i , r . ndjix-Assisiauts of the cities ^ gf-New Yoke and Brooklyn , were : i ! i present in cav-¦ Ei ; . L t 3 . VJ : e Jlcadst'fD .-jfanjacatsofthc City Go-Kcrasi'ct were all in attendance . The Couiul ¦ frrceralsand Vice Consuls for the Governments oi fchitd , Frsace , Belghna , Bavaria , Holland , Poi-^ nnal , Saxoay , . Nassau , Sweden , and 2 \ onv : ; y , in tlie ^ E&Jit dresses of their respective governments , now ^ w&wed ia splendid carriages . Their apiicarascc ^¦ iiraeteJ the attention of the ladies on ihe balconies , ^ friin wared their handkerchiefs in token of then
Hu-iiratiou . The Judges ofthe United States , Stale ¦ fci'i City Conrls , were an imposing and respectable ^^ J o ^ t , claiming universal attention and respect . They ^^ porc attended by the learned and honourable uiem-^^ E ? ? . ° ' ' j ! e ' •' ar 'A ' ie . S' acrifis of the city and county Hi : li , \ - Yorlr , and under sheiii ? and deputies witii ^^ g ! : y ; rs p ; , ^ - " » < 2 Kssed Li lnouraing . prose » ted Ki'y rinluable and iiiie appeaiancc . Jfext came the B- ¦¦• • cc ihigistratcs and Oineci ? , with their staves oi ¦~« . and the Ilcgisicr , County Clerk , and Co : tn : er . V ' ¦ ¦ : Collector , . Kaviii Olficer , aud Surveyor of the ¦ S-Vt , acctjnpanied by civil officers of the United Ptei' and . "italc o « JJcw York , were also here . The ¦ f '/; jiicriean Art Union , " "A-nerican Academy \ mg- ' \ j vdgn , " " CJixnbi-T of Comsacrce , " aud " iluaivi Hdi i ' lrule , " all fui'nlshcil iiiwai ; s .-i-5 ior i-ic r-rcecsiion .
m rcrsrii ihtjsiox . B ,--: ' 5 £ caffl 0 ilie fourthiJivIsion , wilh itL"jor Gen . IMF- ivniz raid ihjov u . ii . Striker , jiui ., as aiiis to B ! : i- Grand ilai-slial . Tiiis division e : ? -is ! 5 tci ! of the Bjrc- Department of the Ciiy of Sew York , and ; -A .: !^ it Firemen , asd was , pi'i-haps , the J ;! : ^ cs £ i ;< ¦ - I'Jiacasion . ILty vrtic ; Ji stalwartiuar . iy kok ¦ ~ i ' -ilor « , severaltiunaind strong . H . _ rn-Tn nvisiox . . - •;~ came t !; e j-jfti : L'ivisioa , with Ilor . Isaac L . :.:- : aa an » l ilaj ., r Ilobsrt 15 . Boyd , : ; s aids to ihe ¦ r " - " -l iir : saal . Tl : e venerable society of"Tam-» : ^ ' -y , or Columbian Order , " witii banners fearesent-V- vLe iiiinccB cid states of the eonfadci ^ ev wiiL oi
IK" ' - ' ^~? S . ^ - < i eu :- ; c :: corps tau " j iiuepcnaem V " - ^• kiss ' s ^ -u- -s" for as ; ectort , won tlie praisss cf ¦ P ¦ -. ! : oi ;! cri . The " L-eiuociatk Rcpublicm Gene-id B' curiHttce"' ar . d the " Democraiie Youu _ ' ; . len ' s Ge-¦ i :.: i Conimittee , " accsmp&nicd by wiTnl coni :: iit-¦ v . s and ciiizess vril ' i r . ppm » rir . te basuers , also prc-B ::. u-: i aa iin-rjihig stiucarasjec . 2 Ci ; xt < : up ; c the » &b ,-attJ 'K : i :: > lre Ciab , " with Capt . Is : sh Kyudws Kt : i : c : r hc . ~ J , a ; : a a si-lciidid baiidcYjr . Bac , ftsSlowcd H > / tii" jasuniilcat feassccr , on v . ! :: ch wei-c tiiu ¦ -il . Tiits w Wssliiaijien , Jac-kscn , Jcucistn , ai ;* 3 B -- ) Bav ; j , s :: d the jrraad car ar . d t-isnb di-a' . n : by ^ B' : ¦ •' ' ' -P « * ' : ? : ' 3 rs ;! rft . scd in niourjihij , and on whie < i
H SIT . TH DITJ 51 HX . Tills I : srl *« oa cejnmKi'A-J with SccieiJcs of t . 1 ; c Wh '' - } " --i" - ^ vhiek 23 u-is : rcd abou t si :: : Loa « nul . ^ K' ; -- kic ? h-zvlu ^ ihasr badges . of oiiice . The V ' v " .::: r . tV Lc ^ e , Y > h : c ! i was co : r . n ! satied by Lieut . K- ' f-Sp' ~ t 0 an " C ? - ^• i i » 2 Kaudo ' nh , aids to the ^ Kf . " -V" , ? H ^ - > iJciuctl tl ; c wjio-e jrivap ci ' : he R' ^ Kv : « r :-, ; -: ] : c rear being brougiit uj > by the K .- iT " :: " , ^ - ; ; -- " Huc-Ii sicsabcr wori- a white scarf , ; -- ;' . w ? si ?; V . iisarii ; t , to which was ;; Uac ]! cd the pcr-»¦ .: o : i . u :: ; -- ; , j . c . ] -c j trimmed round , ini-. i 5 f . ie ¦ f •; e , _ ~ u ! i Kvqie . Several of the Jo : ges had bands ^ P- ; . iz- < l _ - i ^ iL « 2 , T . hieh now and then f layed the
H .-. ,. . ssv ^ -n j « nsu > s . ina uiv . i : on v ; . j ] : Cadi : d iiv the iJrockhn Lite ¦ K '" :: Iri ? > : au ^ er ::: e eoitinand « a C : ipia ; n C . il . »^ K 03 ^ s ai ) ciro-i . li-ersi lickr ; ZCicbo ^ , ¦ - 'i ' ^ - * -i- "^» i , l . T . iv . 2 as ::: us A ; . ? :::: r . der BcrgtJ * , .-¦ ! ik ?< . - - ^ 5 i «? gaa K . W . l-iskc , 11 . It . Si ' ¦ ' ' ? ' " - "'' ii i- ~ 5 c , iisr i ifiic .-:, \ Tiiic 5 i wevc £ ¦ :-¦ - ^• i . hv tas ¥ ii :: aiusbav . ; Aru ! Urv / 'ihc ' J > ¦ l- ;^ . t V orat e e : * , " " Uinoa Bines . " nvd" C' : bsi ! . Vjs ¦ v - ' J , ' :: ftcr "X ^ ' & 51 owca lie Br « o ]; : v 5 ;; - ] : h-C ¦ r / . ' ^ Y-rp ' - ^ i » ' the ft 2 Uiwir-s wcjv . vlvf : —The I ' ^ Mv ' SCi ^ S ^ SfSii ¦ J * :- ; 7 caiTicd a Bior irinnued with t-yr .:- w ; mr ~ : ~ ? ltcda fet , die fortralt cf ilie lato U ^ eral
»" ' " 5 " - --- ^ A fjm- o'doek iliis divl ^ on fo' -tn-d M " 'I" ' - * ' i f ^ V& * &S thriven t ]; e prescribea K& ^ l ! lc hlilhsof GriBd ^ tKtt The crc ; v . ] BS ^ 1118 ^' : tnU l - : o ; : = - csee ] - Rn 4 !^ ^ V ™ ' " " ' TllIi « n& « iitj- ttc Bf '!^ r :: "' f ° r"r ; r : i - TrC ^ lOlsKBCS . TOOfs » V . . ^ r J ??« ! a »» . fcfctt , « r . w cornttTrherc * - ^ irio ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - * --, 1 »' " » : ut . ws were comi , leiciy ? : ; * i wV : ;^'*™ Phtfamscm-tej on crcrr H .. -r , lmfl tU . r-M ; j to a fford tf-ow-vto we- i ' n tic t ^^^^^ e fefKS S u * aab or other supjoils Li frant of the Louses . T" r . ^ ghth b Wi shk . we r ^ jfa dld "ot "nmte so manv societies as e vac led to expect from the programme , lut Uskc
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Sf S S Bronnd were n « merously attended , SL !^ eiliannci ? most tastefully arranged with crape and the vanons insignia ofmoumin" —Thcv weremarshalledhy Col . R . C . Morris and &ShoVS M . * " ° «^ ^ tho "Italianbenevolent ;™ « & , bea « nS A fy banner representing the landing of Columbus . After them fofiowedthl "Hibernian United Benevolent Society , " with banners de-SSftnSt * 1116 ¦ ««» . ai «» t 'w * « no of Washington , S , S'Jtharp wreathed with crape-there were npl wards of txve hundred members walking . " Tie of fw ^ iPen cTOent Society" appeared next-one ofthe most proniment of their banners mw alaiw b tuat wpro nn 41 m > m ,,., l , .. . .
" S -reen one eugea with gold fringe and bearir . " the motto "Justice to IvcWl . " , This society S mm bercdabouttwohundred . . "TheHibSIfeSS " lent Society" next followed , and tuSoutqS strong , there benig ^ pwards of fivchundredmembcrs they were most ^ tefully decorated with green scarfs and their beautiful banners were all emblematical of the character of the society , the visits to the sids and the consolation and assistance to survivors being all depicted . Thesebanncrs , like those of the other societies , yere hans in mourning . . The American Institute , lno members of this institute followed in carnages , but tliere were but few , and with them closed this division .
sixin division . . This division was under the able charge of Col . Grant and G . B . lung , Esq . The numbers here also were somewhat diminished ; the first that led off was the "Journeymen Tailors' United Benevolent Society , " whicu mustered a large force . Their banners contained the appropriate motto of "Ye were naked , and we clothed you , " and several other minor banners . The various literary associations "The New York Society cf Literature , " "Mercantile- Library Association , " " American Society of loung Men , " " New York Metropolitan Association , " " New York Society of Letters ; " shipmasters and mates of vessels in port ; all made a most imposii : g appearance with their appropriate banners . In the part ofthe city where we observed the passage of the procession , some of the societies had fallen off from the plan laid down in the programme , but this was owing , we believe , to tue fact that from the intenso heat of the sun several of them were obliged to withdraw at Thirteenth-street . =
TEXTU DIVISION . So early as eleven o ' clock this Division began to assemble at tlicir place of rendezvous , Centre-street . A , ? ,, . i 310 n wls P ] accd undcr command of Cols , riulbnck and Hough , aids to the Grand Marshal , llic "Ironsides Association , " with Mr . Andrew lhompson in diarge , took the lead ; and took np its position immediately in frontof Chamber-street , down Centre . "Fourth "Ward Jefferson Association "Mr . James Hagan at the head of this Association , toilowcd next in order . " Polk-Wriglit Association . " Ihe banner of the society , bearing an appropriate device , made expressly for the occasion , ' was hung in deep mourning . Mr . Joseph Elliott , supported by Mr . J . 1 ) . II . Tutrnan , led off the society , who took tneir place in the regular order in the celebration , such as was assigned them . Tl : e " German Democratic Association" followed . The " Shifilcr Club " next followed ; and were succeeded by the "City Watch , " headed by their Grand Marshal ( Miller ) .
ELEVENTH DIVISION . The "Journeymen Stone Cutters of New York and Brooklyn , " in full force , led off this Division , headed by Mr . Mullen . Their banners avows baautiluily executed , and were hung with crape . The " Journeymen Granite Cutters' Association" next followed , under Mesa's . Michael Paige ami Jeremiah Lcroncy . Tiic entire body consists , generally speaking , of stout " Hibernians . " Tiie " Operative Masons "—a good muster—succeeded them . They were followed by the" Labourers' Union Societv , " under Mr . John O'Leary . The " New-York Benevolent Society of OpcratiA-e Masons" succeeded tlism in order . They v ; crc followed by . the " Benevolent Society of Operative Tailors . " The " Coidwaincvs of the City oi" I \ e \ y York" next followed . Their banners bore appropriate devices ; and they made a line appearance in the precession . They were followed by the "Bookbinders of New York , " who formed the wind-up of tlie eleventh Division .
TWELFTH DIVISION " . Major Thomas K . Kcllinger , Captain C . S . Storms , aids to lliu Grand Marshal , took command of this Division . Long before the hour appointed , several of the societies had taken up their position at the place of rendezvous in Franklin-street-, fronting on Uentvc-stveci . Yirst came the " Ancient Order of Odd Fellows , " Leaded by John Pickford , Ririit Worsliipful Grand Master . Following these cams-the " Pcreeverancc Lodge , " Ko . 3 , 613 , 1 . 0 . of 0 . RJesse Jackson , Grand Marshal . " Independent Order of KcehaVitcs , " New York District No . 1-City Tents , 1 to 07—17 m . Jay llaskct , Grand Marshal . The banncs's of this Society wore very iarge and beautiful , with very appropriate devices .
T 1 IIKTEESIII DIVISION . John Colgan , Ksq ., and Captain II . Z > I . Graham , aids to the Grand Marshal , took command of this division . At about tweke o ' clock , the "New York Pilots' Association" were at their place of rendezvous in City Uall-jJace , fronting on Chamber-street . On one of their banners Avas "The People , the only competent Pilots to govern the Nation . " Following these came the " i \ ew York Watermen ' s Society , " live abreast . These were followed by the " City Waiehinen , " who c-ftsne marching along six abreast . Nc : ; t came the " Citizens and Associations" of the I ' enih Ward , with band playing and banners waiA'ing . Next came " The Sons of Herman , " a German sueicty , mourning in common with their fellow-citizens in tbu less of the " Old Hero . " They had a line band of nj'jsic , and several Lcautiful banners .
At tlic hem-previously mentioned the giviiid proecssinn left the park and moA'cd t : p Cbatham-stiiret , wl ; i ; - ] i was tV . ronged with dense masses , nil animated wkSi one spirit , and ail eager to view Ihe parade in honour of ike memory of him whoso bravely , so gal-HBit ' . y , and so icark-ssly dcibndctl raid inrJr . taincd kis eov . ntry ' i ? lumour and his country ' s rights in the dark hour of danger , peril , and distrust . The balconies ai : d windows in Ciiaiuain-streei were iii ' cd with lovely and bewitching forms . All was hushad anil still , save the low , deep , mournful tones of ihe mutiled dn ::: i , and slwins of martial music from full awl ei&Ciive bawls , which fell like a knell upon the ear . The procession again inoA'ed np East Broadway . The balconies , wnidrnvs , and catii the tops of houses in tliis highiy-fashioKublc street , were fall of Indies and graUeiue 1 . ! , who waved their handkerchiefs' as the
proecssion passed along . Wreaths of fresh and beautiful flowers , Around into garland ? , Avere from thao to time t ' iUOWK ' or lovely hands to ihe weary tvoo ; is av 1 » . o , by koks , at last , thanked the givers fur this marl ; o ! " their approbation . All "the pride , pomp , and circumstance of glorious Avar , " atos here . With such a en-- _ -ii-. ony t ' w a elosiag see :: " , who would r . ot live , aghi , : md die fov his ecuntry—who would not serve lou . e years ofteilsud hardship if such-a iate might be the reward . Never have we witnessed so iml > o .-hig , brilliaat , raid sclenm sv spectacle . The appearance cf the BcAvery and Union-squnre was- most lively . All altmg the line of inarch the windc-AVS r . nd streets were crowded with people , who took up their pu . si ' . io-i at an early hour . The mansions in the si-: ;;;? -. ? presented a most aniraatcd sight . This spot \ vas . 'i ? :-i ; ifi ! SY the most favourable one foi * wibiessiiss
ll : v procession as it rcir-se ;! 1-c-v . ml aad oeincii uovni 3 jvo ;; dv .- ; iy . Yc-v upw . -. vds cf three l : ov . rs one conti : aious m : \ vcl : of military r . nd societies , with their b ; i : ! :: civ =, w :: 3 iapt up . It Aras tho most imprcssiA'c : u-: tl % YAY , tl uif-play that lias ever tsken place in Now Yia-k " . Tlic - ' roission then reached BroadAvay . The apiicararicc in this vast theronshfare , from Union 1 ' aVk to Caii .-il-strcc-t , and down to the City IlajK . so rai-jj as lialS ' -vast tliree o ' cioe ' e , l > s £ ics description , livery wisdow—every stcj )—every nc&lr from whence ceuhf be cardit a glimpse , avcvc litciTJly jammed up :,-j siif&esiiej ! . Tlic intenrc licat was almost
iutolei-ji-le , yet it did not keep the ansioas crowtl > - , avuo HiiC-kod iVovn the sdjoining streets , from Mocking lip the si « : cwa ! k :: at either sfdo . The coup < zil , as tlie two iiif-t uivisioris had passed dovca BrcaiUvay , from 1 ' p . ion Pask , was truly imposing—animating— avIicii v-cAvcd from an deva ' ted spot . There was an ^ imiHor . se concourse of ' people ol * both sexes , and all elsssos , a& £ cai !> k-u ftloa « lij"oacway on both siuas , and it was isitcriv hnpossibse fi-r ar . y lic-non io cvoss sonic oi " i-sc streets . There atos not one political banner m ti : o " Av ] ic ! o procession . One spirit appeared to pervn < Io the snafs , to sink all polit-eal feeliitg ami aad in w-iuriuftk-eto thememorv of one atIio uadsci-vcu
iwjg ;; nd faithfully ibr his ceuntjy s avcsj . TEE OBATION . Sht-vilv after seven o ' elocl ; , \ hc Uon . L . F . iacara ir . « :: itcd " the ] . latfui-m , and after silence had been obtained , i ; roiio ? i : ! ced a most eloquent oration , vrjica Atss listened to v . itli tiie most marked attcntios , _ su « i ni tlie conclusion there was a strung but solemn tone of r . - > v , ir ; : l : ; i : ws from those around . , . 3-ra-cr was 3 ; o-. v oilortd u ;>; j ; r . d Avhcn conc . iu . co , the X-l-sr Tor !; Musical Soelciv pave si r . iece ol mtisK ; in honour ofthe departed , which was abiv cxcciucu . Tiw boir consisted of upAvards of lilt } ' icmalc . anu
; ua . o periormei's . UEXhDICIIOT . Tl : o Her . Hklr . Ykuxavujght then appeared ontne froi ; tof . tlicplatfoim and said— ¦; - '; ; li the blessing of the Father , ofthe Son , andw ¦ lie Holy Ghost be -with you , aud all the Israel oi God . Amen and amen . "
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i he different military and civic companies then Wed oft m regular order , and in a few minutes after-Avards the whole scene in front of the Citv Uall was changed .
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that war , of tliempelves , foHii a monument to human power , to the celerity ot'liis genius , to the creative fertility oi ' liis resources , his intuitive sagacity . As Spain , iu his judgment , liad committed aggression , lie would havo emancipated her islands ; of tlie Havana , lie caused tlio rccoimbissiince to be innde ; and , with an army of five thousand men , lie stood ready to guaranty her redemption from colonial thraldom . 33 ut when peace was restored , and his office was accomplished , his physical strength sunk under tho pestilential inllncnce of the climnto , and , fast yielding to disease , he was borne in a litter across the swamps of Plorida towards his home . It was Jackson's character that he never solicited aid from any one ; but he never forgot these who rendered him service iu the hour of need . At a time when all around him believed him near his end , his wife hastened to his side ; anil , ly- liu- tvndcrnce . i ' nursin-eari ' . her patient assiduity , and the soothing influence of devoted lovewithheld him from the grave .
, Ho would have remained quitttly at his lioinu in repose , but that Ji . i was privately informed his good name was to be attainted by some intended congressional proceedings ; he came , therefore , into tlie presence of the people ' s representatives at Washington , only to vindicate * his name ; and when that was achieved , lie was once more communing with his own thoughts among the groves of tlie Hermitage . It was not his own ambition which broughthiin again to the public view . Tlie affection of Tennessee compelled him to resume a seat on the lloor of the American , Senate , ami , after years of the intensest political strife , Andrew Jackson was elected President of tho United States .
Far from advancing his own pretensions , ho always kept them back , and had for years repressed the solicitations of his friends to become a candidate . He felt sensibly that he was devoid of scientific culture , and littlo familiar with letters ; and he never obtruded his opinions , or preferred claims ! o place , lint , whenever his opinion was demauded , ho was always ready to . pronounce it ; ' . and whenever his country invoked his services , he did not shrink even from the station ^^¦ hieu had been tilled l \ j- ttro most cultivated men our nation had produced . Behold , then , the unlettered man ofthe West , the
nursling of the wilds , tho farmer of the Hci-mitajje , littlo virsed in books , iiueoimeetc . l by science wilh the tradition of the past , raised by thcwill of the people to tho highest pinnacle of honour , to the centra ' , post in the civilisation oi ' republican freedom , to tlie station whore all the nations of the earth would watch his actions—where his words would vibrato through the civilised world , and his spirit be the moving star to guide the nations . —What policy will he pursue ? What wisdom will he bring with him from the forest ? What rules of duty will he evolve from the oracles of his own mind ?
ihe man ofthe West came as tho inspired prophet of tho West : hceamo as one free from the bonds of hereditary or established custom ; ho came with no superior but conscience , no oracle but his native judgment ; and , true to his origin and his education—true to the conditions and circumstances of his advancement , he valued right more than usage ; he reverted from the pressure of established intu-ests to tlie energy of first principles . Wo tread on ashes , where the lire is not yet extinguished ; yet not to dwell on his career as President , were to leave out of view tlie grandest illustrations of his magnanimity .
' rhe legislation ofthe United States had followed the precedents of the legislation of European monarchies ; it was tho office of Jackson to lift the country out of the European forms of legislation , and to open to it n career resting on American sentiment and American freedom . — ' He would have freedom everywhere—freedom under the restraints of right ; freedom of industry , of commerce , of mind , of universal ai-tiou ; freedom v . nshaeUku by re . strieiive privileges , unrestrained by thu thraldom of monopolies . Tiie unity of his mind and his consistency were without a parallel . With natural disU-elics he developed tlie political doctrines that suited every rinerircncy , wilh a precision and a harmony that no theorist could hopo to equal , On every subject in politics—I speak hut a fact— ; he was thoroughly and profoundly and imniovaMy radical ; and would sit for hours , and in a continued how of remark make the application of his principles i <> every ( luesiiun m ' ' J
,. .. _ ,.,.. . .. . . ,..,.. „ , ,. f " n ? , i — ' •' :. ••«« " » legislation , or in the interpretation ot the constitution .- > His expression of himself was so clear , that his iuflu- ' cnec pervaded not our land only , but all America and all Kini ' . kihd . They say that , in -. lie piiysical world , the magnetic fluid is SO dift ' usetl , that its vibrations aru discerui-Wo simultaneousl y in every part of the globe , f- ' o it is liilh the element of freedom . And r . s Jackson developed its doctrines from tiicir source in the r . - . ind o : humanity , the popular [ sympathy was moved aud Hgitalcd throughout tho world , till his name grew everywhere to he the symbol of popular power . Himself the witness of tho rulhlosfiioss of savage life , he planned the removal of tho Indian tribes beyond this limits of tho organised Stati-s ; and it is the result of Uis determined policy that tho wgimi cast «? the Mississippi has been transferred to the exclusive possession of cultivnted ninii .
A pupil of the wilderness , his heart was with Ike pioneers of American life towards the setiing sun . Ko American statesman I ' . as evev cml > -.-aci .-tl wilian his affections c"l sdicme so liberal for the emisvauis as thai <> f Jackson , lie longed to secure to them , not pre-emption rights o : dy , mii ' inorethiiii pre-emption rights . Kb lonjjcd to invite labour to take possession of t ' ne unoccupied fields without money and without price ; wilh no obligation except the pwpiitunl duvotiici ul" itseil" by allegiance to its country , r . iulei- Ihe beneficent inliucjico of his opinions , the sons of misfortune , tho children of adventure , ii » ., l their way to the uncultivated west . There in some wilderness gladf , or in the ihk-H forest of the fertile ptoisi , or where the pr . iirii-s most sparkle with f ' owci'E , they , like tiie wild bee which sets them the cxmnpb of industry , r . iav choose
then- home , inarlj the extent of their possessions b y driving sinUvs or blnziiij ; trees , shelter their log cabin with boughs aud turf , and leaehthe- virjrin soil to . yield ' itself to tliu plangiisharc . Theirs shall bo the soil , tiicirs tlie bcanliiu ! i ' anns which they teach to he pruductivc . Come , children of sorrow i you on v . hom the Old World frowns ; crowd fearlessly to the forests ; plant your homes iu confidence , for tho country watches over you ; your children grow around you as hostages , and the wilderness , at your bidding , siurentiers its grandeur of useless luxuriance to the beauty and loveliness of culture . Yet beautiful and lovely as is this scene , it still hy far falls short of the ideal which lived iu the affections of Jackson . liis heart was ever with tlie pioneer ; uis nolley cver favoured tho diiingion of ir . dcptnd&nt freeholds throughout tiic labourim ; classes of our land .
Itwoumucnsin ag . Vmst-the occasion , weruitoomit to commemorate the deep devotcdness uf JauUsonlo tins cause ami to the rights of labour . It was for the welfare of tho labouring classes that he defied all the storms of political hostility , lie longed to secure to labour the fruits of its own industry ; and lie unceasingly opposed evtiy ; -ystem which tended to lessen their reward , or which exposed them to be defrauded oi' their dues . The labourer . may bend over his grave with affectionate sorrow ; for never in tliu tide of time , did a statesman exist moro heartily resolved to protect them i : i their rights , and to advenes their happiness . I " or their benefit , he opposed yartial legislation ; for ilicir benefit , he resisted ali artificial methods of controlling labour , and subjecting it to
capital . It was for their benefit that he loved freedom in all its forms—freedom of tho individual in personal independence , frecdum ot' the Stales us separate sovereign , ties , lie never would listen to counsels which tended to "iu centralisation of power . The true American system p-c-sup-r . sesihu diffusion cf freedom—organised life in all the parts of Die American body politic , as there is organised life in every part of the human system . Jackson was dwif to every counsel which sou / . ht to subject general labour to a central will . His vindication of the just principles ofthe co : ssli ; ui ! on deiivcd its su ' . umity irotn his deep conviction that this strict construction is rci' . uirect by tho lasting ivclfavo oi' the great labouring e : ; i . ' SL-. ? of the Uniteii fjiiite ; .
T-. j this end , Jarfrson revived the tribunicial pov / tr of tiic veto , and exerted it against tiie di-eisivu actioti of both branches of Coiijtivk . , iigah ' . st 11 " , a votes , tlie wishes , the tnU-taties of personal nnd i » j 3 itit : « l friends . " Show me , " was his rtply to them , " show me an exjn-ess clause in the constitution authorising Congress to ial : s the busiiicxsoi'StaU : Icgisiatun-s out isf their liands . ' "You will ruin us all , " irriuti a firm partisan friend , " you will ruin you-. ' party Mid you :- tr . vn jirus . vuis . " " l ' rovi ^ . v-nct , " answored Javkson , " will take care of inc ; and lie perseve ) i--ii . Iu proceedin } : t-mlischsrjiS the debt of thcL ' niStd States —a ' . uenr-ura thoroughiy Amerit : ; i : i—Jsiuhsou ioHowcd tii : c : ; ai : ij ) lij of hi . i jii-cilcecssors ; but lie followed it with theiV . il co : iwiousucs 5 t ' . uil liu vv . \ s ve ? euh > g tin : coimti y li ' iiru ' . lie a : iiik-ia ! system of linancu whicli had prevailed throughout the world ; anil v . U ' u liiia ii i ' ormed a part of a system : > y \ vli : «; i Amwioan Icy . islutivii was U > peparate it .
stU mow and wove cltVclually l ' ro : i iJuroiicau precedent ? , ar . il < loveloj ) s itself wore and ir . oro , according io the vital priueiples of our political existtiieu . The discharge of iho debt brought v . it ' . i it , of necessity , a grtat reduction of the public Icrdcns , and brought , of Etcessi ' . y , into view , the rjuei > lio : i , how far America should follow , of fhnicc , 'hu old rsstvictivu system of high ilnties , under which liUrnpc had oppressed America ; or how far she should rely on her own frecdum and cii ' c- ' . 'prisc and jiowei , defying tho competition and sec !> : i : ; j the m :: v ! : ets , and receiving tho I'i'Oduets of tho WCvriJ . i ' l'lic mini } of Jacl ; sc : i cu tliis r > : O . j ; ct reasoned elcRrjy , ! iijid wiiisout ]' -assioii . lit ll ' . e abuses of the system of revenue V-y expressive i :-.:-m :.: s , lie fav . - evils wliich tho j pubiiu niinil wnuld Ai . K'i ' . y ; ii : nl , iiicliuing with tho j wiioie n . v : hi of his cnci-getie n . iir . rB to tils ! side of revenue I ilutitF , :: c made his eavni'st but tniuouil ar >] ieul to tho | jud ; ru : sut m the people-.
Theportioii 3 ol" country tl :: it suiiercd most severely froi'i : \ system of k-g ' igin ' . io : ; , wlik-i :, in iU extreme c-V . arr . ettr us it then cwistci ! , i : ; r . ir . v universally acknowledged to have b ' ecu uneijuaF aist . I uiijust , wove less tranquil , ami y : > . i ! yuv ; on tliu lincirir . is cf fi ' vciiov . i , which made our govevnment a limited one , l : H-y taw in ; lie oj . pressive acts an iiESUmption of power which was nugatory , because it was pxireiscd , as they held , without authority from tho people The contest tbat ensued wr . s tho most momentous in our annals . The greatest minds of America engaged iu I liie discussion . Eloquence never achieved sublhnor triumphs in the Ainui ican Senate than on those oecnsionSi The country Leeuuie deeply divided ; i \ nd tho antagonist I dements were arrayed against each other under forms i of clashing authority menacing civil war ; tho freedom / ! ofthe several States was invoked against the power of ( Continued in o \ iv second page . )
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PERSON AND CHARACTER OF GENERAL JACKSON . We are naturally curious to know something about the mere person of a man who lias performed wonderful exploits . Philosophers may say what they will about the man consisting solely ofthe mind lluman nature will not Lave it so . It will , in spite of philosophers , give a good deal of weight to the person by whom a tiling is done . Jackson had this advantage . His friend and brother senator and neighbour Mr . Eaton , tells us that lie had nothing ofthe robust or the elegant ; that he was six feet and an indllli"ll ' , that lie was remarkably straight and spare ; that he weighed not more than a hundred and forty-live pounds ( what a poor thing compared to our George the Fourth !); that his conformation appeared to disqualify him lor hardship ; that , however , accustomed to it from early life , few were capable of enduring so much fatigue or with so little injury ; that his dark-blue eyes , beneath his high and bread forehead , ami loaded with brows somewhat heavy , when excited by any cause , sparkled with peculiar lustre of penetration ; that in his manners he was pleasing , while his address was commanding ; that in his deportment lie was easy , affable audfiundiar ; that during Ins whole life it had been his study to honour merit , find it in whom ho might ' ha honest poverty had always been respected by him , while he had tamed his back on dishonest wealth hathe was never known to discover the existence of distress without seeking to assist and to relievo it ha no man ever sawUm irritated on account of » Bclfeh purpose ; and lfi . t % o man Z »*• Sb « m swell with rage or with anger , except against Iho enemies of his country , open or secret
Puxeral Obsequies Of General Jackson.
PUXERAL OBSEQUIES OF GENERAL JACKSON .
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_ PROCEEDINGS AT WASHINGTON . Similar proceedings to those at New York , were engaged in by the citizens of Washington . In tlie Capital ofthe States countless thousands assembled to do honour to the memory of the departed Hero and Patriot—the Hero , because he was a Patriot . With breathless attention did they listen to Iho following oration , pronounced b y Mr . Secretary ' Bancroft . Its natural , forcible , and unaffected eloquence won or . every ear ; and it will be read with deep and abiding interest by thousands and thousands into whose hands this journal finds its way . * SIP .. BAXCBOPT' 3 OIIATIOK .
ihe men of the American revolution are no more . That age of creative power has passed , away . The last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence has long since left the earth . Washington iies near his own Potomac , sui-roundud by his family ami his servants . Adams , the colossus of-Independence , rqioses in the modestgvave-yard of his native region . Jefferson sleeps on the heights of his own Monticcllo , whence his eye overlooked his beloved Virginia . Jladison , the last survivor ofthe men who mads our constitution , lives only in our hearts . Bat who shall say that the heroes , in whom the image of God shone most brightly , do not live ibr ever ? They were filled with the vast conceptions' which called America into being ; they lived for tliosa conceptions ; and their deeds praise them .
We . are met- to commemorate tho virtues of one who shed his blood for our independence , took part in forming the early institutions of the West , and was imbued with all the great ideas which constitute the moral force of our country . On the spot where ho gave his solemn fealty to Use people—here , where he pledged himself before the world to freedom , to the constitution and to the laws—we meet to pay our tribute to tlie memory of the last great name , whicli gathers round itself all the associations that form the glory of America .
South Carolina gave a . birth-place to Andrew Jackson . On its remote frontier , far up on tho . forest-clad banks of the Catawba , in a region where the settlers were just beginning to cluster , his eye iirst saw the light . There his infancy sported in ttw auuknt forests , and liis mind was nursed to freedom by their inllncnce . He was the youngest son of an Irish emigrant , ofScottish origin , who , two years after the great war of Frederick of Prussia , fled to America for relief from indigence and oppression . His birth was in 17 CT , at a time when the people of our land were but a body of dependent colonists , scarcely moro than two millions in number , scattered along an immense coast , with no avmy , or navy , or uv . iwii— -and exposed to the attempts of England to control America by the aid of military force . His boyhood grow up in the midst of the contest with Great Britain . The first gi-eut political imtU that reached his heart , was that all men arc free and equal ; the first great fact that beamed on liis understanding , was his country ' s independence .
The strife , as it increased , came near the shades of his own upland residsnec . As a boy of thirteen , he witnessed the scenes of horror that accompany , civil war ; a :: dwlicn but a year older , with an elder brother , he shouldered his musket , and went forth to strike a blow for his country . Joyous era for Asnerica and for liumnsaly ! Eat for him , the orphan boy , the events were full cf agony and grief . His father was no more . His eldest brother fell a victim to the war of the revolution ; another ( his companion in arms ) tiied of wounds vecsived in the ::- joint captivity ; his mother went down to the grave a victim to grief and efforts to rescue her sons ; and when peace came , Ue was aloac in tac world , with vio kindred to cherish hfcn , and little iulzcrltancc but his own untried powtrs .
Tho nation which emancipated itself from British rule organises itself : the confederation gives way to Vhe constitution : the perfecting of that constitution—that grand event of ihe thousand years of modern history—is ai . ' - i-o' . njJishcd : America csisls as a people , gains unity as a government , and takes its pUtvc us a nation among Ihe powers of the earth . The nc . \ t great oilice to be performed by America , is tlie taking possession of the wilderness . The magnificent western valley cried out to the civilisation of popular power , that it must he oceunii-d by cultivated man . Behold , then , our orphan hero , sternly earnest , consecrated to humanity from diildhoud by sorrow , having neither father , nor mother , nor sister , nor surviving brother , so young and yet so solitary , aud , therefore , bound the more closely to collective man—behold him elect for iiis lot to go forth ar . d assist in laying the foundations oi society in the great valley of ihe Jlississippi .
At the very time when Wasiiingiwi was pledging his own and future generations to Hie support of tiw popular institutions which were to oo Hie light of the human vacs—tit Urn time when the institutions nf the Old World were rocking to their cer . irc , and tlw mighty fabric that had come down from the middle ages was falling in—the adventurous Jackson , i : i the rauis ' . nt g . ' ory aud boundless hope and confident intrepidity of tv . entyor . s , plunged into the wilderness , crossed the great mom lain-barricr that divided the western waters from the Atlantic , followed the paths of tlie early hunters and fugitives , aud , uot content viili tlie wcnvsv Meigliaouvuoou io liis parent State , went still fi-. vthtr" and fuvihev to tfce west , Jill he found his home in the ino . ' t iu-autitul region on the Cumberland . There , from the Jirst , he was re-.-og--. used as the great pioneev ; uwiwhis eouvage , tlw t ' o : ) :-ing emigrants were sure to find a shield .
The lovers of adventure began to pour themselves ui . o the territory , whose delicious climate and fsrlile soil invited the presence of social man . The liuntev with i |« rifle and his aic , attended by his wife asd cliiWrasi ; ilio licrilsir . au driving the few cattle that were to multiply -s they ' orowEoa ; tlie cultivator of the soil—all came to the inviting region . Wherever the bending mountains opened : l pass—wherever the buffaloes : mcs tho beasts uf the f »« st had made a trace , these sons of nature , chiWi ' .-n of humanity , in the highest sentiment of pe rsonal freedom , cair . e Ito . oceupy . the beautiful wilderness whose pvasvissLlosisoiiu-d everywhere profusely with wild flowers—whose woods in spring put to shame , by their magnificence , tne cultivated gardens of man .
And now tliai these unlettered fugitives , educated ^ only hy the spirit of freedom , destitute of dead letter erudition , but sharing the living ideas of the age , had made -their homes ' . in the . west—what would follow ? "ffouldthcy degrade luesasslves to igaoiance and infidelitv ? Would
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they make the ' solitudes of the dosei-t excuses for lirai-• tiousness ? Would the doctrines of freedom lead them to live in unorganised society , destitute of laws and fixed institutions 1 : ' At a time wlitn European society was becoming broken in pieces , scattered , disunited , and resolved into its elements , a seeue ensued in Tennessee , than which nothing ; mere beautifully grand is recorded in the annals of the race . j These adventurers in the wilderness longed to come together in organised society . Tho overshadowing genius
of their tima inspired them with good designs , and filled them with-the counsels of wisdom . Dwellers in the forest , freest of the free , bound in the spirit , they came up by then-representatives , on foot , on horseback , through the forest , along the streams , by the buffalo ci-aees , by tho Indian paths , by tho biazed forest avenues , to meet in convention among the mountains at Knoxvilk , and frame for themselves a constitution . Andrew Jackson was there , the greatest man of them all—modest , bold , determined , dcmandingiiothing for himself , and shrinking from nothing that his heart approved .
Iho convention came together on the 11 th day of Janaary , ITS !! , and finished its work on the Cth day of l : ' eb-• uiu-y . -How had the wisdom ofthe Old World vainly tasked itself to frame constitutions , that could , at least , be the subject of experiment ; the men of Tennessee , in less than twenty-five days , perfected a fabric , which , in its essential forms , was to last for ever . They came together , full of faith and reverence , of love to humanity , of confidence in truth . In the simplicity of wisdom , they framed their constitution , noting under hi gher influences than they were conscious of . They wrought in sad sincerity , Themselves from God they could not free ; They builded better than they knew ! The conscious stoucs to beauty grew .
In ttte instrument wliich they framed , they embodied their faith in God , and iu the immortal nature of man . — They gave the-ri ght of suffrage to every freeman ; they vindicated the sanctity of reason , by giving freedom ol speech and of the press ; they reverenced tlie voice of Cod , as it speaks in the soul of man , by asserting the in . defeasible right of man to vjorship the Infinite according to his conscience : they established the freedom and equality of elections ; and they (' remanded from every future legislator a solemn oaih " never to consent to any act or thing whatever that shall have even a tendency to lessen tlie rights of the people . " These majestic lawgivers , wiser than the Solons , and Lycurguses , and Xmr . ns of the Old World—these prophetic founders of a State , who embodied in their constitution the sublhnest truths of humanity , acted without reference to human praises .
Ihey kept no special record ol their doings ; they took no pains to vaunt their deeds ; and when their work was done , knew not that they had finished one of the sub-Iimest acts ever performed among men . They left ; io record , as to whose agency was conspicuous , whose eloquence swayed , whose , generous will predominated ; nor should we know , but for tradition , confirmed by what followed among themselves . The men of Tennessee were now a . people , and they were to send forth a man to stand for them in the Congress of the United States—that avenue to glory—that home of eloquence—the citadel of popular power ; and , with one consent , they united in selecting the foremost man among their lawgivers—Asdiiew Jackson , The love ofthe people of Tennessee followed him to the American Congress ; and ! so had served but a single term , wlii'iitho ' state of Tennessee made him one of its representatives iu the-American Senate , where he sat under the auspices ol' JriVvrson .
Thus , when he was scarcely moro than thirty , ho had guided the settlement of the wilderness ; swayed the deliberation of a people in establishing its fundamental law . 3 ; attc-d as t ' ac representative of that people , and again as tho representative ot'liis organized State , disciplined to n knmvki ^ c of the power of the people and the power of Ihe Stales ; 'lie associate of repub'iean statesmen , the friend aud companion of Jefferson . The men who framed the constitution ofthe United States , many of them , did iiotk : iowthc ii .-natc lii ' c and seif-presi-rving energy of theii-work . They feared that freedom could not vut ' . uve , and they planned u strong government for ils-. ii'iT . cciiOi ' ..
During his fhurt career- in Congress , Jackson showed Iiis quiet , Uscjily-scsfcd , inutile , ::: tuitive t ' uith inhuman freedom , and in the iu . Uiiutious oi' freudo-. u . Hu was ever , by Ins votes and opiniu - . is , foiu-. d iiiuor . ; - ; those who had eimfidciiei ! in humanity ; am' in tho great division of minds , tliis chiid of the woodlands , liiis representative of forest life is the west , was found modestl y and ihmiv on the > ida of freedom . It did not occur to i : i ' .: t to doubt the right of man to this ires ilcvchipiviciit of his powers ; it did not occur to l . ini io place a guurflinushij ) over the people ; it did not occiu- io him to ceek to give durability Uj popu . larisstituiions , l .. y giving to government a sii-.-ngth iuJep : iitient of : ; op « 5 :: r will .
From the » : • •«; , he was attach ? d to lhefiiiHi : ; nic-nfol doctrines of popular nowi . " . , and of tlie policy thai favours it ; and tl : ou ;;! i his reverence fuMYashiiigton surpassed his reverence for any human being , ho voted' against ' ilie address from the Houreoflleprcscntativesto Washington on his rttivenicm , because its Uu ^ iwse appeared to sanction the financial policy which he believed hostile to republican freedom . During liis pwicd of service iu the Scniito , Jackson was eV ; ct « i « i ? ji , v general by tlia k-igatSitys and fitW oiScet-s of the inil-: ; i : i of Tennessee , lii'signing liis place in the Sv- ;;; iio , lie < vns made judge of the supreme court in lav .-anil equity ; such was the confidence in his intogrity of purpuse , Uis clcuvness ofjadgiuent , and liis vigoiw of will to Ceal justly among the iurbuhnv who crowded into the new settlement ' s ol' Tcnnesse-i .
Thus , in tiic- short panofl ot nine years , Andrew Jackson was signaiised by « s many eyideuevs uf public cs ' cc-m as could fail io rill . -lot of man . Tliepioiwtrofihe wiUlevjicss , the clei ' i - . iiKr of its stations , he was their lawgiver , the sole representative of a new pscplo in Congress , the representative of the State iu tlie Senate , the highest in military coni-. iumil , the highest in judicial ofiice . He seemed to hereciiguisea as the first in k , vU of liberty , the first iu the science of legislation , in judgment , uiid iutogrity . Foiid of private life , he would have resigned the judicial ofiscfr , but the whole country demanded his service . " Katurc , '" thsy cried , " never designed that your peivcvs of thought and independence of mind should be lost in retirement . " - -15 ut-. after n few yeai . reiieviiig himself from the caves of the bench , he gave himself to tho activity and the independent life of a husbandman . -He . caiv ried iuto retirement Uie fame of natural intelligence , and
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was cherished as "a prompt , frank , and ardent soul . " His vigom-of character constituted him first nmonpiH with whom he associated . A private man as he was , his name was familiarly spoken round every hearth-stone in Tennessee . Men loved to discuss his qualities . All discerned his power ; and when the vehemence and impetuosity of his nature were observed upon , there were not wanting those who saw , beneath tho blazing fires of liis genius , the solidity of his judgment . His hospitable roof sheltered the omurrnnt and the pioneer ; and astiiey made their way to their new homes , they filled the mountain sides and valleys with his praise .
Connecting himself , for a season , with a man of business , Jackson soon discerned the misconduct of his associate . It marked his character , that he insisted , himself , on paying every obligation that had been contracted ; and , rather than endure the vassalage of debt , he instantly parted with the rich domair . which his early enterprise had aequircd-wiih his own mansion-wiih the fields which he himself had tamed to the ploughsharemth the iorest whoso trees wei e as familiar to him as liis friends-and chose rather to dwell , for a time , in a rude log cabin , m the pride of independence and integrity . On all great occasions , Jackson ' s influence was ' deferred to . V hen Jefferson hail acquired for the country the whole of Louisiana , and there seemed some hesitancy on the part o , f Spain to acknowledge our possession , the services of Jackson were solicited by the national administration , nnd were not called into full exercise , only from thepeaceful termination of the incidents that occasioned the summons .
Iu the long series of aggressions on the freedom of the seas , and the rights of the American flag , Jackson was on the side of his country , and the new maritime code of republicanism . In his inland home , where the roar of the breakers was never heard , ami the mariner was never sosn , he resented the continued aggression on our commerce and on our sailors . When the continuance of wrong compelled the nation to resort to arms , Jackson , led by the instinctive knowledge of- his own greatness , yet with a modesty that would have honoured the most sensitive delicacy ' of nature , confessed his willingness to be employed on the Canada frontier ; and it is a fact that he aspired to tho command to which Winchester was appointed . We may ask , what would have beon the result , if the command of the north western army had , at the opening of the war boon entrusted to a man who , in action , was ever so fortunate , that his vehement will seemed to lmvu made destiny captive to his designs ?
Ihe path of glory led him in another direction . On tho declaration of war , twenty-five hundred volunteers had risen at his word to follow his standard- but by countermanding orders from the seat of Government the movement was without effect . A new and great danger hung over the West . The Inilir . ii tribes were to make one last effort to restore it to lU solitude , and recover it for savage life . The brave , relentless Shawiiees—who , from time iniinemsri . il had strolled from the waters of the Ohio to the rivers of Alabama—were animated by Tccumsch and his brother the
Prophet , who spoke to them as with the voice of iho Great Spirit , nnd roused the Creek nation to de-ptratu massacres . Who has not heard of their terrible deeds when their ruthless cruelty spared neither sex nor aire t nlieu Hit liiRiui ' uiia us inuinur , mu | oauiu , » j i , i , family , who had fled for refuge to tho fortress , the garrison that capitulated—all were slain , and not a vestii-o of defence wr . s left in the country ? The cry of ihe West demanded Jackson for its defender ; and though his arm was then fractured by a bull , and luuijj in a sling , he placed himself at the head of the volunteers of Tenne « .
see , and resolved to terminate fur ever the hereditary struggle . Who can tell the horrors of that campaign ? Who can paint rightly the obstacles which . Jackson overcamemountains , the scarcity of tenanted forests , winter , the failure of supplies from ihe settlements , tho insubordination of trot . ps , mutiny , menances of desoriion ? Who env . measure the wonderful power over men , by which his uersoiv . il prowess and attractive energy drew them in mid-winler from their homes , across tho mountains and morasses , and through trackless deserts ? Who can describe tho personal heroism of Jackson , never sparing himself , beyond any of his men ; encountering toil and fatigue , sharing every labour of the camp and of the march , foremost in every danger ; giving up his fcovste to the invalid soldier , while lie himself wailed through the swamps on foot « Xone enivaHed him in power of endurance ; and tho private soldiers , as they found him passing them on the march , exclaimed , " lie is as toiish as tho hickory . " "Yes , " they cried to one another , "tlwve goes Old llickovv . "
iVho can narrate the terrible events of the double battles cf Emuckfiiw , or tiic glorious victory of Tohoptka , where the anger of tho general against tlie faltering was more appalling than tlio war-whoop and the rJHe of tliu savage ? Who can ri ghtly conceive tlio field of Knotochopco , where the general , as he attempted to draw lh > j sword to cut down a flying colonel who was leading a regiment from the field , broke again the arm which was but newly knit together ; and quietly replacing it in the sling-, with liis commanding voice arrested tiie ilight of the troops , and himself led them back to victory ! In six short months of vehement action , the most terrible Indian war in our annals was brought ( o a close , tiic prophets were silenced , the consecrated . region of the Creek nation reduced . Through scenes of blood the avenging hero sought only tlie path to pwice . Thus Alabama , a part of Mississippi , a part of his own Tennessee , and the highway to the Ploiidas , were his gifts to the Union , Tlii-se were his trophies .
Genius as extraordinary as military events can call forth , was summoned inio action in this rapid , efficient , and most fortunately conducted war . Time would fail were 1 to track ouv licro down the watercourses of Alabama to the neighbourhood of l ' cusaeola . How he longed to plant the eagle of his country on its battlements ! Time wouUl fail , and words be wanting , were I to dwell on the nsagieal influence of his upnearauea in Xew Orleans . His presence dissipated gloom and dispelled alarm : at owe he changed the aspect of despair into a confidence of security and ; i hope of acquiring { rlory . Every man knows the t ; : lu of the heroic , sudden , and yet deliberate daring which led him , on the night of the 23 rd of December , to precipitate Us little army on his foes , i \ i the thick darkness , before they greiv familiar with tli-. ir encampment , scattering dismay through the veteran regiments ofEnjclaiul , and defeating them , and arresting their progress by a fa ; - inferior force .
Who shall i-C'Ciiunt the counsels of prudence , the kindling worih of eloquence , that gushed from his lips to cheer liis solfiic-1-.-i , his skirmishes and battle ? , till that eventful morning when tlie day at Bunker ' s Hill j- , ad its ful ! ilv .- . unt in the glorious tattle of Kuiv Orleans , and American independence stood before the world iu the majesty of victorious power . These were great deeds for the nation ; forhimsulfhe did a greatev . Had not Jackson been renowned for Hie vehement impetuosity of his paffions , for his ( Mmnce of oiht : s' authority , and the unbending- vigour of-his selfwiii ? Dehohl the saviour of Louisiana , all ( jurhmded with viator ; . - , viewing around him tlie city ha had
prestrvt-d , the maidens and children wham . Ins heroism had protected , stand in the presence of a petty judge , who gratifies his wounded " vanity by an abuse of his judicial por . er , Kvery breast in ths crowded audience heaves with indignation , lie , the pnssionnto , the impctucus — ho whose power was to he humbled , whose honor questioned , whose laurels tarnished , alone stood sublimely serene ; audwhen ihe eravenjudse trembled , smd Inhered , and dared hoi proceed , himself ,-the arraigned one , hade iiii : i take etrr . va ; : e , nv . rt stood I'y the iaw own iu the moment when the law war . mr . du the instrument of insult and wrong o : i himself—at tho moment of liis most perfect claim to the highest civic honours .
ins country , when it grow to hold many move millions , the generulio ;! that then was eoming in , has lissn up to do lu- 'inaguto the iiob ' . a heroism uf tiiat ! hh : i \ Woman , whose feeling is always right , di ; i honour fi ri : i the first to tlits purity oW :, liwoism . Tlie . people of Louisiana , to she l .-. ti st hour , will chcriph his : iamo us ilieir greatest benefactor . The cuiiuve of Jackson ' s r .-. ind had been much promoted by l . is siTvic .-s and associations in the war . His discipline of hiius-j'f as ( he chief in command , his intimate lchitioiisv .-iih nun like Livingston , the wonderful deeds in wliich he bore a part , all matured liis judgment and mellowed his ckavattc-r .
| Peace came with its de-lights ; mice move ' . he country rushed forward to the devulopmcnt of its powers : once j n-. ors the ai-ta of uidv . st . try healed t ! -. u wounds ilint war j hae * . inliicteii ; and , from commerce and sigriculture and mauufacluive , wealth gushed abundantly under the free activity of ur . vislraincd enterprise . And Jackson returned to his own fields and his own pursuit ; , to cherish his plantation , to cure for his servants , o look after his sluil , ty enjoy tho affection of the most him !» i-. d duvoted wise , whom herespectedwith the gentlest defen-i ' icc , and loved with tenderness . Ami tiioi-o ho sloinl , like one of the iriighlU-st forest trees of la .- ; own West , vigorous mid colossal , tending Us sumniit to 'iic skies , ami jii'owiiiij or . its native soil in wild and inimitable magnificence , cavi-lef-s of beholders , rroiii . sill parts of Ihe country he received appeals to his political aiiibi'iioii , a :: d the severe modesty of his wellbakuK'cd mind turned thc : u all s ' . si'ie . He ' was happy , in his Sirm . happy iu seclutiou , -happy i : i his lainily , happy within hiniEtif .
15 ul the passions ofthe southern Indians were not allayed hy tho peace with Groat Britain ; antH ' oreign t-niissarics were still amouj ; them , to inliamo aisd direct thtir maliguity .- Jackson was called-forth by his eountvy to restrain " the cruelty of the treacherous and unsparing Suninolcs . It was in tho train of the events of this wur that he placed the . American eagle on St . Mark ' s and iitove tho ancient towers of St . Augustine , Uis umlsin
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 2, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1326/page/1/
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