Oragoyo Rtepovtev
Towanda, Wednesday, July 23, 1845.
Oaa Futon Stns contains a monody to the fiannory
of Gen. Jackson; and-the condition thetele—"Wig
wem
versus Alioseks:",with 3 variety worth perusing.
OCR SPACt INSIDII is occupied by Mr. Wilmot's eu
logy, to the exclusion of our usual spicy.
Newspaper Quarrels.
The aim and object of the editorof a newspaper should
be lofty and elevated. The tone he assumes should be
dignified, fearless and manly, giving a unction to right,
and rebuking wrong. ✓
—As a caterer for a vast variety of tastes, inclinations
and judgments, great care is to be taken—and much risk
incurred—in providing for the mental wants of each and
all. It is not to be expected that he can render perfect
satisfaction; the remarks' of the Mihail, the fault-find
ing of the hypercritical, and the grumbling of those who
are never to be satisfied, he must expect to incur, but he
is not rim who does not lend a deaf ear to all captious
interference.
The position as editor of a political newspaper is, in
many instances, anything but pleasant. There is a cer
tain portion of the party, who imagine thrat . tho "organ" 1
of their party is as much bound to lend itself to the fur
therance of their private interests, as it is to advance the
prosperity of the party. Hence, on the slightest occa
sion, they fly to it as the instrument by which their per
sonal aggrandizement is to he achieved, or their private
griefs indulged. And, consequently, it becomes our du-
ty, on many occasions, to refuse the publication of arti
cles calculated, either to benefit a single individual, or
which contain attacks pointed most directly at some mem
ber of the patiy—Auch to the indignation of those, who
in their selfish and contracted ideas of the aim and ob
ject:o a public journal, imagine that it is conducted fur
their especial use and•benefit.
We cannot, neither will we, lend our columns for the
indulgence of private piques, even though held to-
ward the most humble and ening member of the demo.
vatic party. Each member of it, is entitled to our re
spect, and while we have a care for the succesi of the
party, or a wish fur Ito perpetuity, no member shall be
made the subject of covert or open attack through the
columns of our paper; nor will the Reporter become the
especial organ of ally party, clique or preference, aside
from the great Democratic party. We have higher, and
we trust nobler, duties to perform, than the indulgence
of malice, the advancement of personal interest, or even
the rebuking an, chastisement of apostates.
Many of our immediate neighboring counties have
been—and some still are—Abe subjects of unhappy divi
sions; the Democratic party being rent and torn asun
der; their success endangered, or dominancy given to the
opposition. Let those who ask the quebtion, "Why is
this so?" pause,a - moment and examine if every clique
or fragment of the party has not it mouth-piece or organ,
bent not upon .the gr neral advancement end prosperity
of the u hole party, anebeeupying a dignifielY and rleya
ted
position:—but on the eriorary, zealously endaavoring/
to promote some indiri.a t interest and gratify personal:
ambition. And if our ezi erience teaches us rightly, the
only method of procuring contliation and a harmony of
action, has 'been by the cons lidation of every interest,
and the raising of a periiinal ad venial press, to a high
er course of .azuon, the good and weifare of the whole
party.
• Sounds which address itIU ear are lost and die
In one short hour; but that which strikes the eye.
Lives long upon the mind the faithful sight
Engraves the koowledge With a beam of light."
—And particularly is it both in political and private'
quarrels. To the credit of human nature be it said, that
years will efface the strongest enmity, and friends es
tranged once again forget , their difficulties, amidst the
cares, the jays, and the buitling activity of the world.—
But quirreli, through the columns of a newspaper, if al
lowed, seldom fail to plant a sting wheat rankles for
years, and engender an animosity which time but in
creases,
A Pent re Glans:tr.—A gentleman from Ithaca,
vouches to us for the correctness of the following eseare
from almost certain death, which • Isherwise we should
have thought too incredible for beget':
As a party of young Ladies 41d Gentlemen were
amusing themselves with a rura walk, on the 4th of
July inst., one of the number, Mira MOFFAT, of Yams,
approached the bank of Fall Creek, at a point near the
dam, about a mile up the stream, {to obtain a view over
the precipice. Seizing hold of a bush for support, and
fascinated by the beauty of the scene, she incautiously'
leaned too far forward, by which, the bush giving was,
she was precipitated over the bank, a ' , perpendicular fall
of eighty.two feet. One would suppose'lthat instant cx.
tinction.of life must .be . the necessary eirquence of
such a descent ; but fortonately ; she was received in woo
ter of three and a half feit,deep, from which the scram.
bled upon dry land, considerably frightened, bat not
seriously injured. not having even' lost her presence of
mind, for supposing after striking the water that she
might be carried down byi.the force of the currene, she
had drawn off a glove, to enable herself to seize hold of
any thing which she might be able to reach, to sinew r
progress.
The party, the gentleman informs us, had to pr
for a half a mile up the creek, before they could d
the rocks, and when after some half hour, they re.achesk
her, she had drawn herself from the eddying waters of
the creek, and Was seated on the rock, not materially lA.
jured. Her shoulder was bruised. she having commence
ed her desceotheadforestost, and striking a projecting
limb in her passage.
.
HOW, MU.AVII OT ' S Evioov.—We have the plea
sure of laying before our reeders, this week. Mr Wil
mot); Eulogy on the life and character of Gen. Jackson,
delivered at Troy, Pa., on Saturday lest. Tire ocair‘inn
has produced a larg,e number of sin tr addremers, from tab
enied and thstinguirshed men ;'and with any of . w hich
Mr. Wild:toes address is worthy of comparison. It doei
justice to the load life, the -- political integrity anti the
bravery of the patriot, wham the nation huis just been
called to mount.
Aarrristina.-=Oor humus are busy at present ga.
thering to their garners the golden barreit of their Labors.
This ercipi Wok fiery fule;—What is usher light in the
'grim; but the heads are mef,slled, and she grain plump.
Grua yields-scantily; there is, bower's, a sufficient
quariity dead hay yet remaining to answer she con
mnition for this year.
['Lissa Baoseasow,e—This distic4uished character,.
noted licentiousness, has been nominated for
Congress, by thelThigs of the first district of Tenne;e
Hymen: B. WRIGHT aeliverra a Funeral Oration,
to the memory, of Geo. Jaetion. at Wilkes-Barre on. the
4th inst.
HOT WIATITZI.-1.11 Monday was decidedly:the
wanted day of t,!tativeation
. - ,,The.ticrrmemeter Wool in
our Ace at gr . . At other prittea in toarriii'atoed even
higher. Oh! for a " bouii`dlen contiguity delude."
Disc:qty.—Beta Badger's, pgier, the Morning Post,
of rhiledelpitii, has gone to the thistles of retir' rment..-
Funeral Honors to General Jackson.
Saturday last agreeably to public notice had been set
apart by the committee of arrangements for honoring the
Memory of the illustrious departed Hero, Statesman and
Patriot, ANDREW JACKSON, at the borough of Troy
in this county. We have not been famished with a
programme olthc arrangements, and, of course can on
ly give a general accounts of the proceedings.
At an early hour in the day the village was thronged
with visitant, who luaLleft their fields and workshops
and come to pay the last tribute of respect to him, who,
when living, they delighted to honer, and whose memo
:Ty they will ever cherish, along with that of Washing-
ton, as " first in war, fast in peace, and first in the hearts
~ ,of his countrymen." At the hour-designed a procmaion
was formed under the command of Col. lash Wrzator
and itiej. BURT, headed by the Tniy Band and the mill
itery in full uniform, and the vast assemblegveturzed to
l a pleasant grove adjacent to thxvillage to listen teen ora
-1 tion soiled to • the occasion, from our fellow-townsman
Hon. DAvio
Having arrived upon the ground, the speaker and of
ficers ascended a platform and the vast concourse of
spectators were seated in front, on temporary seats prepa
red for the occasion beneath-the umbrageous foliage of
the trees of the forest grove. Fora moment ell sass still
and quiet as the house of death. Every 'being present
seemed impressed with the solemnitrof the occ
t ion
As we razed upon the -anxious features of tha crowd,
the language or en eloquent orator on this identical oc
casion emceed to our mind:
•" Light hearts are sad and thoughtless gran!. Little
children quiet their past:mrs in mysterious trrmr as it
were to wonder at a calamity they do not cm nprebend.
All misv something, every body has los: something. A
friend; a benefactor, an opponent that cannot be spared;
the pride of one, the glary of another, and the admiration
of all; the successful statesman, the triumphant general.
the stern pat 64 is gone, and there is no other. He was
needful to all, and there is no one who does not feel his
death as personal loss."
About one o'clock the ceremonies were commenced
by the offering up of prayer to the throne of grace by J.
M. SM , paid-cat the close of which Mr. Wilmot arose
and pronounced hi. eulogium.
Governor Dorr.
A Valued cotemporary in resiming the e‘e,ts
of Rhode Island, for the not three pars, loihia the
just and patriotic sentiments, to nhich we le.Jruly
re.p.12,11
Every re , l fiierol of !awry must rejoire. and esely
real fries.! liberty Lbws rejoiee in the libelist on of Go•
vernor Dorr from the prison in which he hail been
fined by the contem; tilde vindictiveness of the party
ollich has ever Teen hostile to human rights. He is
now I or for which he ventured alit° render his oppres•
sed fellow citizens, n framon and ifwe may infer the
future from the popular enthusiasm which greeted his
restoration to liberty, he wilt receive, as an appendage to
hi. freedom, the highest hunorsowhi:h a grateful and in
telligent ~colds can bestow. The work of refamstion,
which bz.lll wit i the elec.:ion of Governor Jackson, has
been well sustained by the liberation of Governor Dorr,
and Will we trust, i c prosecuted by the election
of Governor Dort to:the executive chair.
" The w hplc courstkiroceedings in Rhode Island,
from the attempt'of ,:e_rps,jority of its people toustab.
lieh a cratatitution, to the liberation of Governor Dorr
from the, prison' of indiclive tyrrany, offers an impres
sive lemon to the pople of all the other states. They
show that all parties founded on exclusive privilege, all
monopolists, are tirants, and to maintain their power,
will never be seri:pious ajout means. The "Alger,ne"
p_arty,jet•Rhode eats: exclusive landholders' par
ty were tailed, tho h as the • Algerines are a humane
people, we object, 11 the propriety of the term, having
the solo right to en e undeville old charter, and saying
that the charter co Id be amended by the legislature
alone, which the, fleeted, effectually opposed all
amendments, and r led the state upon the "rotten bo
rough" system of ngland. This drove the majority to
their original right lit assembling to adopts constitution;
end under this constitiOtion was Governor Don elected.
The "Algerines " t.sorted to force for the purpose of
le
keeping the gove ntal power, and the constitutional
ists to force, to disp mess them,• In this conflict origina
ted the unconstituti 'nal and shameful proceedings of the
" Algerines" of vek ch Governor Dore is the victim. =
Burthey were finai l ly compelled to adopt a popular con=' stitution, and undet it we trust that Governor Dorr will
reach the highest +ors of the state. Those in whose
cause be suffered ate bound to do this, for the purpose
of vindicating the• l eat principlle on witickall the state
constitutions are f unded, the original, inalienable right
of the people to flovernment.. They are bound to,
and, we trust, •wi reverse all the tynannical proceed.
ings " Algerines" geinst him, tun] thus send them to
posterity in their edict] guise. We hope to see Mr.
Don the Govemor of the State, and Governor Jackson
its Senator to Congress."
11 7.—The trial or this monster ; for the
.:;wu progrewingst the latest accounts
he particular of this affair show one
cold blooded murders., we have ever
ad been married but a short time tea
l • ire of 18, be being 22. Without
cause, he dosed her repeatedly with
i •eral occasions, gays her this poison
• standing by her bed.
Taut oithis
murder of his witri,
at Troy. N.Y. '
the most shae" . nr
recorded. Green
t
young, ainfi.rng
any proiroeat n i
amide, and n 4
while person' wri
They had beer
his friondo, nd
prejudicif;iw I
arsenic t old hi IT
'married but a week, when, it is stated.
•articularly his mother, succeeded in
much spinet her, that he resorted to
If Of her.
I WAUE!—The money article of the
I lowing accent' t of what it calls a -rim.
%WARS ! .B
Ledger, has the
gerous eounterfei." •
"Tape. Bank if Mithi . Totowa, Pa. It is boa,-
ed, froirt Tenth N 'ar,l Bank. N. Y. LP bq A. VitTri
ette,.lDelaration of Independence;" on tho l«ft a sailer
,boy with a flag; n the right, blackamith+ at the fnge
and bellows.• i tad September 6, 1813; payable to
eolt, .arid sign: Simon Cameron, Cashier; Mercer
Brown. Preside. , The paper is light, and the bill he.
ing well eniraved and the alterations well eo:errit they
are well calculated to deetive, especeislly in the evening.
Several persons. men Women are . believed to be engaged
in their ciranialan." •
APPOINTiENTII B Y THS Gevantron.—The G&W.
nor has appa l inted Gen. A: 1.. Ronnrowr, to be Harbor
Master for dr Pint Of Philatielphia.in the place of John
'.Stump.
Gno nos W. Bovraur. of Belford county, to be Ad-
General of the.St!tte of Noon+lwania.
A Ml] Brium.—iessee Moore, and a man named
;Spencer, entered into a contrast:ray:on Sunday last, near
Phcenirsille, Chester county, as to their powers, and fi
nally went out to wrestle, which resulted in a fight, and
terminated in the death of Moore. Spencer wait seemed
- and taken to prison in West Chester.
POLL & DALLAS is animated there are
now in propene of erection within the limits of Penn•
sylvanio, at leis' t one hundred new lion furnaces. What
a commentary open the assertions of the whip made
jut before election.
II
EULOGIUM
On the life & character of Gen.
.Ddivend at Troy, July 19, 1
' BY SOW• DAVID WILXOT.
...
Fzu.ow-Cretzsns.---T phe Reoli i. `urns
the lose of her ablest Captain--her, st . re
vered and honored Magistrate.—And Jack
son is no more. The greatest light, e age
has gone out in our midst. The tn,. Iva-,
ordinary man of his time is cold lel: ; 'plate
as the marble. No more will hii vp e i earn-.
mend be heard above the din 440 : sled fir
mies.—No more will the wortll ; efnn:ipsiest
0)
of
patriotism. falling from his list atolls liis
countrymen to action. Never 'again wi the
mild accents of his love thri the he nil of
family end friends. Never ag ain lbe heard.
those fervent devotions and nt-iniriegs of
r
his great soul to Almighty G . w ch inspir
ed the Christian with higher ope and mon.
ger faith.
Fitting and proper for us, bit.
zens and friends, to linger shout
this Hero awl Sage—this grind I
vout christian ; and there, within
precincts of nis sepulchre. mount
virtues, and those acts of sinplae
cotton to country which Mg •ed
of his eventful life.
Honors to the illustrious deafshould ever
he paid by the living.—lt e outages tovirtue
—it excites to heroic dee4. ft teach* that
life has nobler objects. anti higher rewards
than the successful pursuilltf a sordid and sel
fish ambition.
W bile. therefore, if is fining and pmper at all
times thus to; honor the great who e, on this
1
occasion it hicomes the solemn and nperative
ditty of every American, o rend its most
profound and gratet homage to t memory
of him, who for hi country saciiiced the
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quiet and security of lomestic life. id braved
the toils and dange . f the Cam; whose
latest breath, was a fervent prayer , Coil for
bl , ssiiigs upon that people. whoserights lie
had ,o vars.( .lly gth , rd. d. and %all. Ort , lll LC so
br.tt a y .1, f hoed ott.the fp-Id of hair
Andrew Ja.•ltson tt a. hunt at at 'lt
a,.1.1e,i.1 . 11 . n the 15th i,t Mar la ;
I. nil ,I , ii,s !I a hin..,r t.t I.le par ,
:4;.. ill 1.: ~. :. a ..! l. a :;" I. \% !
i•!..1 i: il,'. ' 114 II it r .: sit : .ak
in. I, r. ,t• r r ii., ur Ig. IA
~•i. , r,.1. , ~Le• oa• r. ~.et‘e,i f r ii
1110 .o er rollit r 11l in the - mills'
volu I. n ; thus offeriag the first
I loi.d ilia] con•ecrairti our Hero tc
of his country, anti - the hatred of,' ir Ines._ _
At the early age of thirteen Ind him in
company with his surviving tr ot r, a soldier
in the Republican armies ;•—taiteiprisoner—
wounded by a blow of a British Beer fur re
fusing the performance of a me al service ;
thus dedicating himself in youtki and sealing
the covenant with his own bloot%to that high
and glorious mission to whicl 'Providence
called him in the vigor of his m ' hood. His
brother also received severe itiju s, of which
he shortly died. for the like total d resistance
to indignity and insult. His tide surviving
parent, weighed down with alai!"and grid
fur the loss of her two sons, lout relief fur
her sore bereavements in the gr4 r ; leaving
friendless and alone the youthful otp an, whose
heroic life has shed new luster upr, Our ,
coun
try's annals, and over whose fres rave a ea
bt
' lion mourns. ' } •
Possessed of an ardent and impious char
} acter, with no friendly hand if guide, nor
voice to admonish, the youthful Aeon took
i
counsel of his i own judgment. , voiding the
errors of a fiery nature, he ente , with manly
firmneal upon the pursuit of ao linorable pro
fession. He was admitted to tie tar at the
early age of twenty, and immedittel set out
in the practice of the law with eid and assi
duity in the western part of Nolh Carolina,
now Tennessee.
It was in this, then wilderneste ntry, up
on an exposed Indian frontier, arded by
some of the most savage and war e tribes
i that held dominion over the west, t 'Jackson
'Was Just called upon to exhibit i efence of
}
infant settlements, those rare end ' tnents of
character—that combination of urage and
sagacity, which so emineetly disti 'Mated his
career as a general, and plaredriti }confessed
ly is the first rank among thetre est military
commanders of ancient orino in times.—
Wherever the war cry of Ilse Cherokee struck
terror and dismay—wherevr the tomahawk
and scalping knife or the
r iociawdratik the
blood of defenceless won stal children,
there he rushed to save; to'avenge.
Nor was it aline id; sanjumary strifes with
the savage. that his Itantl found employment
in the public service. j Ift look }an}active part
in laying the foundations of siteia order and
,civil government in tile lltatenflii adoption;
whose every movement,i either ofMartial val
or. lir civic renown; is udisstlubl. associated
with his-trarue:---After 4sistiug i the forma
tion of a Constitution for the State of Tennes
see, preparatory to her adlmission into* .Un
ion, he was chosen her lest and side represen
tative in Congress ; aril' within two years
thereafter was associated with Jefferson in the
,Senate of the United Stales. lie Soon resign-
ed los seat as Senator.
a roninti,•sion, as Sopre
Truly. Ihe Ynuth of
filvire. Thiry
.e.rved n I:, ri•lOtwe Ii
1111BE=IMMIE=III
i,1•• .•r ; I j 1
i r-
, 011111
11 - 0 , 11 age IIfe• at,
w Ijikrut.:.s, a
. .itisug am uialit woe: defend
ni.
ing her frontier midi cons inmate kill and un
douteecourage. and imp Sailing von her so
cial and civil institutions t e ilia of his bold
and.powerful. mind; Wertishertlyno eon-,
templattiliiMfophit iFfeliret •04,' gattiltAilitAt
aetioa.,..occupyng in the \ 'camp and in the
cabinet, positions so elevated and command.
ing. as to dri.w upon him die wondering ad-'
tniration and plaudits of the 'world.
England, our haughty Pmts.'', had steadily.
for long, years, committed aggressious2upon
our commerce. impressing.outaeamen and in.
milting our flog. The clarion of the public
sounded, summoning her children" 'trout' -
The Messenger of war found Jacks with his
armor en. The pursuits of - peace
,' agricul
tural industry were instanify aban ed, and
the sword of Freedom gleamed lit a meteor
in his hand. Wherever his standar was rais
ed, there rushed the brave andhar y,sons of
the ,west, assured that victory and gl ry waited
upon his banner. , i
At a most"critiral conjuncture/ when the
inn. hung trembling in the balance of fate;
suddenly the flames of savage war illuminate
the south west from the Timmons and Savan-
nab to the Gulf of Mexico. The thousand ;
braves of the powerful and war-like Creek n- I
tion, come down as, a Thunderbolt ; and tl je
frontiers groaned. and shrieked under thlir
merciless attacks. 'fhe ceuhtry's deep tell'
aroused - Gen, Jackson Irom a bed of confine-
ment anil pain: In an incredible short .perikit
of time. he collects an army, and placing hips
self at their head, fights his way from the Min
tier to the coast of the Gulf. The rapidity !of
104;trogresa through the „wilderness and done
late country ofthe i
Creeks—hisindomitable
.energy and perseverance in the 'support and
preservation of his army—his sagacity in anti
cipating the stratagems` of the enemy. and de-.
(eating them before they were matured—his
three decisive and signal victories, distinguish
this campaign as one of the moat brilliant and
successful of modern warfare; and the matter
spirit who planned and executed it, a Napoleon
in action—a Hannibal in endurance. The
success of his arms, struckxlmost supernatural
terror into the Creeks. He seemed the aveng7
ing sprit. and his march as desolating to their
nation, as the path of the Angel of death.
While Jackson was fighting his way through
the Creek nation. the peace in Europe which
succeeded the downfall of Napoleon, enabled
England to recruit her American armies fermi
the ranks of those who had fought under Wel
lington in the Peninsula war. She was eon;
reforming: her veteran forces for the conquest
of the siiuth west, and the command of: the
, Missis,sikti.
The neighboring and professedly net
province of Florida, then under Spanisl
minion, violated its neutrality by openly
i l
lug aid and shelter to the 'enemy. Jac
was not the man to stand debating pit s
national law, when the safety of his co n
demanded action. He understood the
of the case . His country's honor—the b'el
/
and paramount law of necessity and public
safety, deinamlcil that the British shot dhe
driven Irom Florida ; and before the Si dish
governor was apprised of his movement , his
cannon sum n
moed the itirrender of Pens cola.
Thp British were driven out to sea. and tl flag
.i i
fellow-citi
e Brave of
an and de
the sacred
his exalted
nd rare de
very period
if the Union (booed over the ancient
nl Spain.
Hav;for emppelluil the Crei ks to s
p.: , ,tft. ;II rl In I i, ;111; , Ist• rm Pl'l , lo'olll •
vtt ar. gi I rg,lr lie en' mv. he ri
II Iltet!lttlt 1% to N. w Urlr us W here
eholi o ere cone* ntraiivg their forces I .
tore to on shock, which if successful.
give that Power the command of th;
valley of the Mississippi.
I,,than
7. In
lii" : all
tA s O. eil
. re des , -
, milk.--
l the Re
-1 •
v./ince of
he §ervice
Jackson's defence of New Orleans,
ihat stamps the Hero— in all that ma
man of fertile resource, unerring sagac
inflexible purpose—in the time and me rsen
ployed, stands unrivalled by any mill el ,
plait of which history has given authe tie re.
cord. He arrived at the city on the is of De.
ember 1814—Destitute of an army, od all
the munitions of war—ine f f i ciently s tained
by the General government, and wo e than
unsupported by the state authorities—s round.
en' by a population alien in birth. mill many
known to be alien in their attachmeni
'to the
Union ; yet with such obstacles to o ercome
and nu resources in his hand, he falter nut for
a moment. With an energy almost super-ltu,
man, he sets about the defence of tie city,
against a disciplined and well provided army
of ten thousand men, flushed with victory
from the best fought fields of Europe. His
presence revives the desponding, over twelithe
treacherous and fires the brave. The patriot
ic-citizens of Louisanna flock to his eiandaird.
The country is put under requisition f r arms.
and all the elements of attack, and cans of
defence. His sentinels encompass e city,
intercepting spies and cutting o ff traito a. New
Orleans becomes the camp of the Ge ral, and
the strong prompt energies of martial I w, take
the place of the ine ffi cient and suspec en' civil
authority. On the 14th the Ameriran gun
boats on lake Borgne were catouredi leaving;
Jackson - no reliance but his land forcds; which'
at this time amontind to some 1500 titan. De
tachments of militia had - been ()Mired from
Tennessee and:Kentucky,.'and arms land am
munition were floatin g down the river, but the
time of the arrival o f either was uncertain.
'flue British in the meantime, aided by the
treason of some fishermen, had Pilfered the
Mississippi. and shortly after the commander
• in chief disembarked the main body ) of his ar
my, preparatory to an immediate attack by
land and water. Incredible were the efforts
of Jackson to perfect his defences. i The la
bor of months was accomplished in :clew days,
Time mum he gained. The city as yet, was
comparatively defenceless.'. In this !emergen
cy it was, that Gen. Jackson, by an,act of he
roism: equallld in boldness and chivalric dar-'
ing, only by its unparalelled execution and
success, struck a blow thatilecided the fate of
New Orleans—preserved its 0 ealth front sack
and pillage, and saved its lovliness and virtue
front horror more terrible than death.• Ott the
night of the 23d of December, with a force
scarce half that of the enemy—undisciplined,
and many unprovided with arms, he fade an
attack upon the British troops which hail
disembarked below the city, and earritd alarm,
confusion, and death into their camp. Never
was a General more disconcerted in his plans.
than was Parkingliam by this attack, . He die.
trusted the itilormation of his spies as to the
American force. To his schooled conceptions
or Generalship. it appeared incredible, that
with a, hare so weak and ill provided as be
stiplinsed the Americans tin tie, its General
,Mmill litre the li null I in penmr n t e his
1111,p. and attack the main Imily 4.1 his enea li v .
Ile had h.-1•11 nistrnemil in ilis art .if war, lIIIM
d. r I1•.1 itittin, ii as se , tmkil against surprise
bn the tactics Ili Napoleon, )ei , the daring
holdicess oh Jackson. struck him :with panic
anti alarm. He-te-enibarked his troops fur
safety. Jackson's object was arcompliilied-
.s. time was gained t and when mithellth ofJanu
ary. Paekinellam iiitfull form led, the -assault
nn ,New, Otleatbk (mind 'at JIM, cpik 4.. Ns
"'own life i -ali the-overwhelming defeat of ,hisr
army, Oat Jackson was but to well prepared;
The history of modern times, can furnish no
parallel of a victoq so:signal. so decisive, slid
. purchased at so small allacrifice a blond. The
most skillful and experienced Generals of Eu
rope, have applauded, this defence of New
Orleans, as a master - piece of military skill
and v.alor. The- memorable victory of the B.th,
si ii too often' leaked upon se constituting if it
self the whole of this matchless achievement.
it was in truth but the,consumation and crown
ing glory, of a series of sets, sufficient in them
selvovopon which to build a monument tin:
peiishable to the transcendent abilities of ire
• Hero.
This splendid triumph over the enemy of
his country, fell abort in sublimity and true.
1 heroism, to the moral triumph achieved over.
himself; when, with - lhe laurels of victory.
i fresh upon his brow, he protected from the Cu.•
fury of an - indignant people and exasperated
receiving, unsolwiled,
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soldiery, a tyrant judge, while imposing•upon
Itim a floe of one 4housand dollars, for 243
which necessity demanded, and his country
men approved. exalted his patriotism,
how profound his respect,for civil authority;
now that danger-no longer threaetned from a
foreign foe, that thus. he could in the hour of
Ilia greatest triumph, distinguish between the
Unmanly tyrant, and the Judge, who sat at'
the expounder of his country's laws.
Jackson turns from the field of his labor and
renown.. He-once more seeks the shades of
retirement. Sweet to him are the joys of his
I hearth-stone. A wife lovely in person, and in
her pure elevation of soul, awaits his - coming.
Shall he now find rest from the toils and fa
tigues of the camp ? Shall a love romantic in
its inception—fervent it! its growth and undy
ing in its strength, weave its garland wreaths
in thelaurel crowns of the Hero ? Too brief
are the days of his rest—all too brief, the pure
and holy delights of his home.
From the sunny plains of the south again
,goes up the red glare of savage conflagration and
;blood. The merciless Seminoles are wielding
with terrible havoc their impleMems of carnage
and death. Again Gen. Jackson is in the
field—He drives the foe before him. The
Indians retire to their shelter Within the
swamps and morasses of Florida. still a Span
ish province. Spain now. Ils before, when Pen
sacola was garrisoned with British troops.
pleads her neutrality- It is in vain; she slid-
Jere the savage' enemy 'of his. country—his
march is onward for the foe, and the stars and
stripes floating from the battlements of St.
Marks and St. Augustine. teach for the se
eond time, to the
, cr : own of spato, that to. do.
ininmes are not broad enough, nor his ("rims
see sufficiently strong to hold ant tieuly. against
whom the republic has charged AndreW Jack
son with a commission. The campaigns of
1817 and 18 against the Seminoles were charm>
' termed by the same hightlaring and consummate
skill. which marked that of 1814 •Tainst the
Creeks, and terminated With equal success.
With his health deeply impaired by the
rliinate, and the fatigues
,Ile hail tintlergot , ..
Jackson again !Pi ke his Ole( home 011 the
banks of the Ctemlierlaisil, and gives himself
up to the piir , tilts of agriculture the snperin
temlenee of It s farm and household. But the
eyes of a nation are upon him. Ile is enshrin
ed in the hearts of (the warm children of the
F o i nt h—...the genernhs and hrave sons of the
West regard hint with equal pride and affection
—the freeman of the North love and honor
him. His beloved l'ennessee, with the fond
ness and pride of a mother, claims fur her he
ro, the.civic (Town.
He was a candidate for the Presidency in
1824, made so by the nomination of the Leg-
Wature of his own state—is defeated, not by
e votes of the people, (to the honor of our
'country be it said.) but by the arrangements
and intrigues ofqoliticians in Congress. In.
'2B he is again a candidate. Nobly on this
occasion did the people vindicate their own
character, the integrity of this government,
and the,gooil fame of their candidate. He is
elected by majorities overwlielniing. The
loud'huzzas of the people, from the St. Law
rence to the Sabine, proclaim his triumph.
/ His .adminietration during two terms of the
Presidency, was marked by the most violent
and bitter political conflicts. he public mind
was, deeply agitated in the discussion of the
most important principles and measures that
divide the parties of the country. 'nide con
tests 'are of too recent a date. and have to direct
a'bearing upon questions of the present day, to
expect argument upon them, among our peo
pie. But while we differ, (and when free
dom of thought is, their must ever be diversity
Of opinion) we can, We ought to exhibit a
magninimity that should do hill justice to the
motives anti petriotism, of the t great man who
has left es forever. Surely the day is passed
when any can be found to question Andrew
Jackson's devotion to his country. He lived
hut for his country. He braved death in her
defence, and counted life but as dross in the
scale. against her honor and glory., His while
life illustrated:a quenchless patriotism. Love
of country was the deep -absorbing passion of
his soul. It formed 111 haracter—it ruled his
destiny. .
The great feat' 4.74 ,cteristic, or negative
measure of his admi on. was hostility to
a national Bank, and to the re-char
ter of the one then e a ing, and about to ex
pire. The enmities provoked in the discus
sion of questions growing out of this subject.
cannot he entirelVuried, except with genera
tion they so deeply agitated and divided. The
vast pecuniary interests which hung trehibling
on the issuemingling themselves with the
fierce party Strife of the nines!, "brought down
upon the President and his friends in Congress.
• and throughout the eountry.l a degree of visi.
knee and bitterness almost before unknown in
political contests. His impeachment for pre
tended violations of the Consiitution.was open
ly Proposed' in the Senate. Indeed, condem
nation was passed upon him without the Germs
of impeachment or trial. in the p , ssage of the
. relegated resolution. around,
quently were drawn black I, ..s ;" and on
a fare written the a ord "iXPUNGIE D."
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A panic siezes Upon the country—all the
ap-
Witten , s o f the money power are put iti arrive
op ration to make that distress real, which his'
oppettents(knowing the means to be.cniploy.
ed) hart predicted would tallow his,nteasitres.
Ciiiitiiience. gives skay—the commercia In
terests lie writhing tit i 'lnyeltis twit:v . 01)1o1
business asp k) p ly and staggers under
tbe severe and riptiter4re;sttire of-the •utottev,
power itself ; alt of eViich, by n thous:toil
tongnrs, and every chatthel through which gold
could purchase the way; is charged ilium jte
obstinate and .lei'verse %It'll of a tyrant and
usurper.
,herit uplift the ruin of every industrial
interest in the it nd.
Was it so, fellow•citize!ns ? Were such the
motives that susittiried den. Jackson through
thus, the severest,,trial hi. of Could such
010/iVe3 give sOli,Mity, grandeur, and moral
power to his firmnesa r No ! will, be the an
swer of every titie4nd candid mind. An um ,
dying - love of country'--a devotion to the in
terests and rights of die people, so pure and
elevated, that if . reached fat beyond and above
air sel fi sh hop e{ -.or fears, alone influenced—
alone sustaijsed litxv Unmoved alike, by the
clamor ofiirtial interests, the tornado - of party
'denunciation whlch swept over the land—the
desertion of friends,. and the threatenings of
the Senate—the brave old man, intrenched be
hind the deep and solemn convictions of his
own soul, stands upon the veto; immovable as
the everlasting hills. Sultjime man ! this trial
alone was- wanting to vindicate before the,
world the 'moral / grandeur of thy character'.
A new and qarining crisis arrives in Of
• history. Secti anal jealousies are aroused.Z=
The clashing interests of distant portions of
our Union, are brought into fearful strife. The
South stands arrayed against the North in at-
titude of portetitiou
hurls bier her dial
chivalry of South Car
Her squadrons are m
daring leaders. He
note of preparation, a
armies. W ho shall to
—who - savenur count
war ? Who speak
waters ? • Andrew Jai
vation as chief magis i
forth the voice of re i
Lion. lie appeals in
ism. From his lips
4. The Union must, i
The arms of open re
grasping spirit of set
The North and th
and just compromis
shines gloriously on
Equally eqiceessfa
administration in its)
its domestic policy
other powers, he act,
the first to.lay downl
what was clearly rig,'
wrong." Long. ul
brought to a succe
was our country mo!
vet.. the slightest ini 4
rarelully avroded.
knew and respecte
j
swayed the council
fully understood, tit
not fail to note, an
sent the slightest in
indignity inflicted 1
el
Caen - the laogorig i
of the Einbehadors
eqUrtet , llB phrase. w I
Such the influence n
the power of a stron '
On the 4th of M: i
8 vents as President
mem he had often to
try's calls had hitl i
the mantle of author
and successor in offt
threatening—the ,
enge of defiance.
Tina fly to their arau
'rebelling tinder bold s
shores resound with
d the tread of marchi
n aside this fearful dat
y from disunion and ei
peace" to the troubl
ckson from his lofty
ate of the nation, e
roof—of solemn ado,
tones of eloquent patri
all the words of pow/
and shall be precent
ellion are grounded.
•:interest stands rebut
South meet in frier
, and the sun of pi
was General Jacks
;I foreign intercourse, 2i
Tedln our relations *
l ed upon the maxim hew;
1: to " ask for nothingla
'hi, and submit to nothi'
;ailed negotiations
. sful termination. New t
re respected abroad. S t .
:
1 ;ion of her rights mow
The Rulers of nation,
the man, whose vole
o f lour Cabinet. They
t Andrew Jackson wink
in a becoming spirit, re.
ult offered• our flag,
i pon our humblest eitizi
dipinra2ey.(mm the:
f kings, assumes it mu
ien addressid• to him.--
a lofty patriotism—such
will. .
m i l . 1837, having served l
longing for that retire.
Itight, but which hie coat.
erto denied him, he drops
ty upon his tried friend
i.e,. and immediately nu
es and quiet groves of the
I
out for the deep sitar
Hermitage.
Oh ! how grateful
harrm.sed magistrat •
life, was the peace,
cures of his home.
vation to the Fresh f
the wife of his hos.
dren. or the ties of
vertheless by- ado
i
with all the tender
'home. Soils end d
and to bless hint.
dren call him I y th
The children of his .
grave ()flits injured
mg influences ever
due. Morning andl
venerable man port
forgivness for his
the children of hie a
sings of Heaven, ar
and the protecting e
From time, to fi
treat, comes the v.
to the worn soldier Ind
. now in the evening alba
and love and holy inan.
P,ereaved before his ele.
f ent.) , of his heart's idol,
.m:--unblessed with chil.
kindred Moot]; he has TIE.
tion, surrounded himself
I and endearing relation s of
fighters are there to honor
l'he voices of lovely_chik
endearing name of father.
Ilove are about him. The
, is near, with its sanclify.
.resent to chasten and sub ic
evening Is the soul , of the
ed oat in prayer;
own sins—invoking upon
• doption the choicest filet
Ed fur his country, peace,
are of. the Almighty.
e, from out this holy re.
ice of coupsel to his coo.
i h power. :is the voice of
wymen. always w
Prophet.
For eight long years, is it permitted the
Hero to drink from —this fountain of Earth's
purest and holiest joys. God in the infinitude
of his love, gives his servant abundance if
time to complete, hrough the sanctifying in•
fluenees of his Spirit, the work, early beget,
of purifying his tool from sin, before calling
him home to a rest eternal and unfailing.,
The work is 4cotriplished. In the pod
man's heart, nought is found but .elove-to God
and good will tori an." The hour of his he
battle, and most al
orious triumph is nigh—
Deep shadows hang ' about the couch of the
expiring hero. The strong heart of manhood
is convnlsed with !the heaving° of sotyow.—
The wait uf woman, and the cries of childhood's
grief, are distinctly audible. Down thechiati
of devoted servitu e flows a torrent of tears. •
'Elie Patriot, War lot., and Sage—th,e devoted '
friend and ; father the kind master, is pro.'
nouncing his last blessingtenderly kissing
the objects of his one, and taking his last fare- 'i
• well. ~i
ilia Orphan, i whose lonely lot we Oa- ',i',
pathised—the chi Italic Whose heroism thrthei 1"
lea—the.magistrat whose" moral firmness ad 1:-..u,
devotion to the pe ple, we respected and lovii, S'i.l ;
has gathered up lis robes, and without for 'i:4
lin t the messeng r of Death. Sublime rot. .I'.;:j.
.t 1 m illation of a . glorious,' de. How full 0!
!moral grandeur il all the elements that lose .
I patriotism !, and ralllglon lends to give noblenest i
~,,
to our nature, is the life and death of this great I:,'.
nail ! ~,`...4.--,,,
Who in historyi . shall we compare with Jr .r;: t
drew Jackson? 'Who so inflexible in put.
pose, yet so vieldiug to the voice of friendship l'-•-;-
and love r W hrie life illustrated so pure I
patriotism, so qiiick a sympathy witn the mil- il: . :1
loins. whose tH is labor? Wht,se death P 1!.7.
eat tkk ,so triumpli i int ? History has - recorded. l'::A
the name of hut one, who, in the glory of ha
life. natisiitilontty of his death, forms a pars!. : ',' i :ie.
lid with Andr,w dart:son. He too, is all out ..,:-...:'
11%11. 'Flue lathe's of his country—the nobler. Hs:,
representative of his time ; the immortal Waste i :
...,!.
ington. Stile VI side, the judgment and ad , ...'
inirattim of the }world will ( dace them. cm the •,"••,.....:
temple of Fame.] Let them not he divided id
our grateful afrei-iiiins and remembrance.
The remains ik Andrew Jackson repose in ' '.:.
the tomb of the 1 Hermitage. She. `iv ha ere
..'
ctiaioril lion in love ;so pore, so holy, so us' : ~
using—as ardent in age.ias. in the first hourof
its passiim—sleeits by his side. Unfading be ~, ' ..q
leer virtues — unifying has renown. When our -1: ,
country again calls upon-her sons to defend he !I:Af,:;,.
.oil against unwilling armies, in the recoil of 4 . 14
Freedom's liosts l . the name of JACKSON shall .•4. ;
hen rallyirig cry'—a tower of strength is the ,N
shock of battle. i 1 l'.l
Let the languige of eulogy find approprian Q
expression in the song of the poet to his fade' '";i
e•.Au
less immortality!. . ±,14
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. Long as the Hero'n grave shell be 433
A cherished altar for the free—
Long
as the River, by whore wave
Thou last di l e armies of brave, - re;
Shall, in the.stiades of evening dins, .. ,
Echo the anthem of the sea
And mingle with its solemn hymn, ..
The ancient spgs of liberty.
Long as the s 'fits of the blest •
Shall hover o't; each patiiot's sleep—
True as those lancts of the west
That watch*, abut eyes of the deep—
' Lonvas ours banner thes ,
1
On dashinesdas; through azure skies—. ,i . :
A radiant h from heaven displayed
ol lfi
To all who g out in tyrant chains. s'l,
That still, des Re of thong and blade • r;:3
For theazab "ghter lot remains.
So long, Tali ! Soldier, Patriqj, Sage— .
So long, o 1 ' ed,ltublimie ',
Ethan thou, unheeding Javy's rages ~.i::,
Tower up, ttM landmark deg age, ...,
The noblest glory of thy..tirneC , - ' ..l:
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