UPON TIM OTT. AND CILSRACTER Or - 'G:ENE.II. ANPAF.W.. 3.A.CiCSON: Delivered in the city of Tittaburg,h, July-17,:1845 • L WILSON N . C.d:NDLSSEIi ESCL. " The Lo . nom has taken: away the rnighiy. man s and the Enna of war," -- the accomplished civilian and the • great Captain of the uge. The.people praise him, the nation mourns him. He has gone down to an humble and unpretending tomb, there to await the sum mons of the archangel to 'the resurectionof the just. What a spectacle is here' presented to eye.44l:As,i s vilized worn. This'is no tribute to ti04.0.„ 1 --no suppliancfto wealth, no bowing of the knee to congregated au thority, It is the voluntary offering of a free and generous constituency= to - one linked to them by ties that nature holds in dissoluble. Like the silver cord_of pure affection, which connects us with beings o the spiritual world, these r ties cannot be sev ered by the:convulsions of personal or par ty _warfare. In one mind and one spirit, and as biethren of the same household, you have come up to this place in sadness to perform a rnelaiicholy but patriotic du7 The bells -have tolledthe funeral song 0 is sung--the muffled_drum has revealed its inoutnftil tale—:the proud -ernblem "of our national sovereignty is shrowdedfn sable— the trumpet to the cannon speaks through out the land, that one of her gifted sons has fulfilled 'his destiny, and surrendered his spirit to God who gave it. And, fellow countrymen, in commemo. rating the virtues of departed worth—in celebrating a name full of interest and love ciminty, let us not forget that this Ifero, like his great prototype of the Revolution, relied not on his awn arm, but upon that Onanipo'enee which controles the operations of republics and kingdorns, and who also sheds upon us His tender mercies, with all the renovating, influence of the early and the latter min. ' . Emulating this illustricais example, de• rived from high authority, let us not wor ship false gods in the hour °four. extremity. .Potent as. may be our means of attack and defence—proud as we may be of our prowess' and :Valor, and animated with a consciousness.f the rectitude of our cause, we must look to the Source of all power for that assistance which, commands success. Jackson's nativity was amid the happy hills; the pleasant shades, and refreshing gales of the palmetto State—that State which - he regarded with, filial love, but Whose. ,truant spirit he was, compelled to rebuke, when in after years she manifested a rebel disposition towards the Govern ment, which in justice and WiS'dom he ad ministered. He cherished that State—with touching sensibility he remembered the play grounds of his early days; and When in the stern reality: of maturer life, he - was called by the responsibility of his political position to correct the errors and defections of her statesmen; '-he did, so, as one honoring his parentage, but resolved to execute his-high commission.. . Nursed in the lap of a mother who fled from the oppression of a foreign land to seek refuge in this, he imbibed those sena ments.of patriotism which prompted -him, when a stripling, to battle against -a sover eign, who "arrogated to himself the name of the Lord's annointed. , Ths mother offered up . her whole fami ly, except her last born son, upon the alter of her country; and like Abraham, she Weald have sacrificed him, _too had not her hand been stayed by_an invisible Power. That same spirit which animated the mothers of. New England, prior to the con test at Lexington, actuated hi.r to resist foreign ag,areSsion.although at the expense t. • of domestic immolation. And as son after son shouldered his musket and departed to i participate n the danger and glory of the great struggle for republican liberty, that mother forgot the natural yearnings for her offspring in her deep seated love for the land of her adoption. She knew not, at that early period, the reward that was in store for her, favored and favorite child. Her imagination had not pictured a new empire springing into existence, which Would rival the Colossus of the Old World. one that would humble his strength and dry theftources of, his power. And she could not see in the youthful Carolinian the SUCCCUfiII General, or the popular Pres ident of a new republic, predestinated to 'revolutionize the workings of the social system. But if it is permitted to those called hence to witness from their lofty sphere the changes and chances of this life, to partake of our joys and our sorrows, with - what maternal exultation must she have pursued his brilliant career, and gazed with fondness upou its happy termination. Education, 'profound or polite,.was not to be acquired during the stirring scenes of the Revolutionary war. The schoelinas ter was there, but his superiority was su perseded by a higher authO'rity. -Even the sanctity - of the "meeting house," where the Rev..Mr. - Hurnpliries instructed Jackson in the .dead languages, was. invaded, and the pedagogue and his pupils were placed upon an equality in rreparing for the common defence. Books were turned into. wadding; the fefule was supplanted by the sword, and the foolscap by the helmet; the hunt ing shirt took the place of the roundabout, and the rifle and the powder horn that of the satchel. The juvenile ramparts, thrown up at mid-day, were deserted, and protec don was sought for in the forts and block houses of the early pioneer. In the midst of all this excitement, Jack son acquired the rudiments of en education which, - riveted upon his strong faculties, -enabled him to surmount difficulties in' his subsequent acqusitions of knowledge, and which were illustrated in the military and intellectual achievements of his maturer years. His mother died when with christian zeal she WAS in the fulfilment of an errand of mercy to the p/ison ships at Charleston. isolated, stript of the endearments of home and consanguininity, and in the pos ' session of a trifling patrimony, he entered upon - those studies that were to fit him for the world's criticism and the world's char ' Wax.haw had no more charms for him; . the last link that connected him with that spot was broken. Beneath the_ broad elan in. thazuralchurchyard, was deposited the mortal remains 'of her to whom he looked for advicaand consolation. 'The old thatcli ad roof which protected him in infancy, was only associated with death and desola tion. The spring at his father's door, where. he allayed'his _thirstaller the pas - , • - 'Firstorli - ; . • . - '49ritAi t , . , 'time ora - autnrnee-aNttaY,,hali no longer refreshment for. - His companions N ' vere all gone—theyliad'been sacrificed to the vengenee of a ruthless tyranny: he goeS, leaving the scenes of his youtt And his early associations .10d 'enters upon . the study of the law. Notwithstanding the perplexities inci dent to this pursuit, greatly aggraVated by an imperfect education,lielriumphed here, as in-the field of _battle; arid his indoinita ble coniage, and love of adventure prompt ed him to explore, a scene of future action, suited to-the : . bravery and independence of his 'character. - Boon and his companions had been, "monarchs of all they surveyed." -1 They had contended. 'or supremacy upon: the dark and bloody ground, where many a battle was lost and non, With an intrepidi , ty that commanded, as it deServed, the.ad miration of succeeding generations. Wild and uncivilized as was this: terri , tory at the'period now referred to, the An glo Saxon blood: could not be restrained within its limits, but bursting the bounds of semi-civilized•society, sought a more ex= tended field, upon which to develope its love of forest life, its excitement and toils. - Tennessee< opened a new !area for the youthful ardor of the country. Rich in valleys and plains, teeming with the rank verdure of an unfilled soil;and interspersed with"-barren bills which. yielded no pro , ducts "But man and steel, the soldier and his sword;' many a young man wandered there, to test the strength of his constitution, and to carve his way to glory and to fame. Thence went Andrew Jackson! The incursions and depredations of the savages soon afforded him an opportunity to display those military qualities which subsequently raised him to posts of the highest distinc tion. His bravery exacted fear froin his enemies, and commanded their highest ad miration.—The red warrior, who fired the cabin and scalped the unprotected mother and her children, received his recompense ' in the deadb i r airrlof our hero's fire arms. in Confidence t:',0..5 excited the ability or the white man to hold at bay, and finally subdue this formidable antagonist, and al though the crack of the rifle and the yell of the Indian; yet assailed the ear of the . people, they assembled la solemn council to form a Constitution for their mutual goy ernment and safety. To that Convention Jackson was elected a delegate, and he there-Exhibited the same skill an I disecrinnent in laying the foun dationsof a State, that he exhibited in other great enterprizes, civic and military. Stout hearts and strong minds were prmnt at that convocation, and among , .them,; pre eminent in judgment and debate, was the subject of this eulogy. They modelled a Constitutton, republican and conservative in its eh [ meter, and .were admitted into , :The ileague of love that binds,l our fair broad Empire, State with State."l [ Talent of the, high order manifested by mortal' him, wee not permitted to slumber in the seclusion{ of obscurity. -- rd Bono with the approbation of t cob stituency whom he priz - A and loved, he was sent -by acclamation to represent the people o the hew-born State in the 'Con gress of he Union. Thence he was trans-:I mitted - t that august body, the Senate of the Unit d States, there to be associated with Gentle of the founders and fathers of in . the Republic, maturing a system of laws in conformity to the great fundamental in strumen of our national creation. Altho gh he was neither "the cunning artificer, nor the eloquent-orator," he was gifted b Heaven with those masculine powers Of mind, which rendered him a val uable adjunct to the grave Senators by whom he was surrounded. The principal measurelto which he devoted his attention during his legislative career was the repeal of the alien law—that odious enactment so repugnant to the spirit of our inimitable institutions. Anxious for the retirement so often sought for, and so seldom attained by the eminent and the good, he abandoned the stage of political - collision, before the ex piration of his constitutional term, and took up his abode on the sunny banks of the Cumberland river. Like the noble old Roman, he was not permitted to repose long under his own vine and fig-tree, until popular sentiment called him to the exercise of the highest judicial functions of the State. pistrustful of his legal attainments, and his ability to spread the broad platform on which was to rest the jurisprudence of Ten • nessee in all future time, he accepted and exercised the duties of- his high vocation only for a limited period. Clear and.discriminating he looked more to the ess - nee than to - the bodily form of th,, subject. Justice, equity, a sense of, right prevailed over mere legal technical ity, and when his decree tras made, it was ftsl unalterable as the laws of the Medes and Persians. More: when the ministe i rittl authority was set at defiance, by the turbulent spirits of the day, he was first to inCulcate by his presence and courage un-_ conditional submission .1,0 the laws, in this he illustrated the force and beauty of our political system. When the whole popular momenttun is brought to bear, by the exigeney of a single writ upon an insubordinate inember of socie ety, the bench, the workshop and the pulpit may be impressed into the civil pol ice, to re store order, or compel a compliance with the jsigments of the Constitutional Courts of the country. The offended or defeated party may appeal .to Cresar, but he must' respect the edicts of the lesser tribunal.— Upon this is, dependent the proper adminis tration of justice to all classes of the com munity. • Jackson found many during his brief ju dical career who regarded animal force as paramount to legal obligation, and he checked the revolutionary spirit by a ready and resolute complance, on. his own part, with the requisition of the proper officer enjoined to execute the mandates of the law. Once more in retirement, surrounded by ardent friends and generous neighbors, and in the enjoyment of Utak recreation neces sary to the restoration of a debilitated con stitution, the. Judge was merged in the Farmer, and heso continued until his coun try called him to the protection of our southern frontier from the attack of a bloody and relentlentless adversary. With alacrity he obeyed the call, To his standard flocked hundreds of his coun trymen eager as himself for the fight.— The close of the campaign showed that the valor attributed to each was not counter feit or misplaced: To the Creek war, we may refer with pride and satisfaction 133 rivalling in glory the itehidfdetiVi - Of - theciuthful corsicm `upon the plains of 'ltaly.- Eneotnpassed everywhere with the ap prehension of 'disease; and the reality of fapine,.vietory stleceeded victory, until the machinations - of Tceumsah, the divinations of his brothe,r . the PrOphet, and . the - "sav age" diplomacy, of Great Britain, were overwhelmed by the bravery of the Com . mander. and hie men, The . battle . of Talusatcuee under the di reetion of the unsubdued and unconqUera ble Coffee, was., a prelude to the rout at Talledega; but. at Talledega, astounded, scattered, dismayed, these heretofore in vincible warriors fled before the valian men under Ja.ckson's command, until night intervened and arrested , the pursuit. This battle, the first successful blow a Creek sovereignty on the soil of Alabama animated the hopes and revived the lan guishing-spirits of the gallant Tennessee ans. Tney- fought as men never fough. before--.rnutiny was absorbed in discipline and love of home in love of country. Ad monishecl by the advice of WASHINGTON to Braddoch, on the shores of our own Mon ongahela, they encountered deep ravines and a clandestine foe, with an energy that confounded, surprised and put to route their enemies. From Eatuckfatv to Tohopeka their march as a succession orbrilliant achieve- ments, and extermination would have been the fate of these infatuated tribes,•had they not sued for quarters and despatched the Calumet of peace to their intrepid conquer ors. Afier this last great contest with the Crocks, Jackson addressed his soldiers in. the following words, that blaze and burn with she patriotic feeling of the Nation's Champion: " - You have entitled yourselves to the gratitude of your General and your Coun try. You have opened your way to the Tallapoosa and destroyed confederacy of the enemy, ferocious by natnre and grown insolent from impunity. The fiends;will no - longer murder our women and children, or disturb thequiet of our borders. Their midnight flambeaux will no longer illumine their Council bouse,_or shine upon the: vic tim of their infernal orgies. in their pla ces a new generation will arise; the syeap ons of warfare will be exchanged - fbr the utensils Of husbandry; and the wilderness,l which now stands in sterility, will - blossom as .the rose and become the nursery of the/ arts. It is lamentable • that the path of. peace should lead through blood, and over the dead bodies of the slain, but to inflict partial evils .that good may come is a dis pensation of Divine Provldence." The prophecy was fulfilled long before the undaunted General had completed - his earthly career.. Thes3 heroic deeds attracted the atten tion of the general Government, and when that crisis came that was- to exhibit _to an impartial world that our ancient enemy, j; , alous of our . rapid progress to glory and empiri, trampled upon the rights and pre roaatives of freemen, Jackson was honor ed'by the Executive, with the appointment of Major General in the regular army. This was in May, .1614. Alter treating with the enemy he had subdued, he march ed in the autumn of that year to the. South, to counteract the, operations of the British and Indians, who had made a hostile de monstration in. that, quarter., As Spain, a neutrabnation, harbored them white they were liarrassing, our borders, he exercised the right of a belligerent, acting upon the principle of self preservation, reduced her forts and planted the American Eagle on the walls of Pensacola. - On the first of December, 1814, he established his head quarters at New Orleans. A lowering cloud hung over Louisiana, threatened with the arrival of a well ap pointed and disciplined army, unprepared with men or : the munitions of war, fear and despondency shook the faith and para lyied the arm of her motley population'. Dread and dismay was depicted in every countenance, until the invincible General, with.stern aspect and indomitable resolu tion; declared, in tones of thunder, that the enemy should never reach the city. • He gathered his limited means of de-. fence; he fortified every vulnerable point. Sleepless, active, vigilant himself, ho. real mated the people by his bold and cour7fge ous depoTtment. lie told them that they were contending for all that could make life desirable; "for your property and lives; for that which is dearer than all, your wives and your children; for liberty, wall out which, country, life and property are not worth poasePsing. Even the emhraee l of wives and children are a reproach to the wretch who:would deprive theta, by his cowardice, of those inestimable blessings. Natives, of the United States! th enemy you haVe to contend with are the oppres sors of your youthful political existence-- they are the men your fathers Might and conquered. Descendants of Frenchmen ! natives :of France! they are English, the hereditary and eternal enemies of your anclent'country; the invaders of that you have adopted ! Spaniards, remember the conduct of your allies at S. Sebastian, and recently at Pensacola, and rejoice that you have an opportunity of avenging the bru tal injuries of men who dishonor the hµ- man race. Louisiana! your .General re joices to witness the spirit that animates you, -not only for your honor, but your safety:, Y - Otir, enemy is near; his sails al • : ready cover tie lakes; but the brave are united and if he find us contending among ourselves, it will be for the - prize of valor and fame, its noblest reward;”. Such was the eloquent appeal of' this il lustrious patricil,,to the .raw and undiscip.:. lined army under his control. The deep est solicitude • filled his heart—panic and peril 'surrounded him. The unredressed sights and'wronge of the American people were concentrated upon hirn—ra nation's hopes and a nation's glory rested upon his lone arm. Peaee, happiness, contentment, the unsullied honor of our flag, and the brilliant- or mortifying termination of a ills estrous war, depended upon his bravery and discretion—and nobly did ho redeem his pledge for the: public security. • But in his midst were traitors and mis creants, who would have sold New Orleans for an - equivalent—men, who, like the - fox, "barked not until they could steal the lamb.'.' To stifle.in embryo this infidelity to the, country, and under the solemn conviction that the forrna' of the Constitution should be suspended to : protect- the rights . of the citizen, he declared martial law and super seded the functidhs of:the, , civil authority. NeWs meridian:on - the 230 Of December, that the main body of the enc. myhatilanded..: gd§ctric as'tvasthe shock toTthose %tin) su rrounded him, to the Gene: ral it••wasstlie signal for iinmediate.actiiiii: He was aware of the nec'essity of repulso, to stimulate the despondent and prepare them for the great contest that was to bring disgrace or glory on uur arms. Hi s decision was prompt; he resolved to meet them that sight. When the sun had gone down, when his parting 'rays Shed a faint glimmering in the west, and all nature sought repose amid. the shadows of the evening,kson was Jac • preparing for conflict, with un ardor •and an energy premonitory of eminent sue . cess. , , - At midnight, with scarcely , a solitary star to illumine his path, but directed by .a 'ray of light, such as guided the shepherds "on the plains of Bethlehem," he approached the enemf; drove him from his position of fancied' security, and, like Gideon in per suit of Zebah and Zalrnunna, princes of Slidian he returned froth battle " before the sun was up." - The events of that night were pregnant with the most important results. New life . - was infused ;'into the army. No longer apalled and disheartened by the reputation and numbers of their transatlantic foe; and prom of their Oeneral and his staff, they reached the city flushed with the confident expectation that once more toI the breach and the struggle Would be ended. That struggle came and then anticipa tions were realized. The memorable Bth or January, 1815, dawned amid t the din !and preparation of the contending armies. Great as was the disparity in numbers, the presiding genius roused the valor of, his, troops, prepared them for battle, They fought--fought with the energy of veterans, and fell like the bravest 'of the brave: Amid Writs and balls and congreve rockdts they poured a deadly fire on the advwcing-columns, and illuminated the heaved! with the unremit ting flash of their artillery. But l am inadequate to he office of de scription, and shall 'not:detain you with the details of that gallant strife. They are as familiar as honsehold"words, and must be impressed indelibly ni.oh the memory of eery American citizen. The triumphant decisien of that day you know. it came upon the country like a !clap of tlitinder in the ctear azure vault of the firmament, pad travelled with eltotro I magnetic velocity throughout the confines of the land. ' To the victor was awarded a nation's , blessing—to his men a nation's gratitude; and anthems, and prayers,and praises were offered up in sincerity and truth in the temples of the living God, for His gracious protection to our political institutions, through the instrumentality of his illustri ous servant. - The' measure of Jackson's glory was not full. He had vanquished tribes of cruel and barbarous Indians. He had con quered a haughty, and insolent foe. - Ile had established the second independence of his country, but the• Constitution of that, country lie rendered a tribute that will stamp him with an undying I Idolized by the people wose city he had saved—cheered by the 'pizzas of the mul titude wherever he wept—surrounded by a victorious soldiery, and armed with all the pomp and.circumstance of glorious war, he was . arraigned for contempt, be fore the judicial authority of the Govern ment. Did he resist ? No! A thousand sabres would nave leaped from their scabbards for his sectirity, if lie Thad indicated such a wish. II e forebore. Ile submitted, how ever unjust the decree, to the legally con stituted tribunal, and paid his fine like an enlightened citizen of a' free Republic. The acts of his Presidency are so recent, they have been the theme of so much ap probation and disapprobation by the people of both hemispheres, so great has been the diversity of sentiment us to their poll cy and' wisdom, and coinciding as 1 do in their justice and politiCal efficacy, it does not become me to speak of them, on the occasion of this solemn and interesting ceremony : ,One merit you will i accord to liim-.11 stern honesty of purpoSe, and an inexora ble virtue in perfornnttg what he believed 1 to be his providence and duty, and for the' .public good. The Hs tort never had a warmer or more attached friend, in this his bitterest ene my could not accuse him of the semblance of hypocracy. lie never clothed his words in colors differing from his' thoughts; and his breast, like the crystal, revealed the truth of what emanated from his heart. To the perpetuity of that Union he devo ted his most active energies, and fur its preservation he Would have sacrificed his best friend, or died beneath-the coltimns of the Capitol. , - And now, my doUritrytnen, let us folio* him to the Herhuge', around -which he i had garnered his n- 1 hopes for a Christian and I peaceful termination of hiS days. . Disrobed of official dignity; destitute of power and place; an emtnent private citi zen; the acclamations of the people follow ed him there, and filled him with gladness and joy. His ambition was Satisfied. His coun try had conferred upon Win her gratitude and her distinguished honors, lie saw her at peace with all the world, and her proud domain smiling in beauty, as on the morn ing of the Creation. ' With un humble and contrite heart, he prepared to meet his God. He died!-- died in the full confidence of mingling with the spirits'of thejust made perfect, and in singing hiallehijahs in. thanksgiving to his Maker. 1 - The fallen brave is enshrined' in the bosom of his mother earth. His tranquil grave could not be dignified by sarcopha gus or pyramid, fit j for the ephemeral greatness. of kings and .emperors. : He rests in sepulchral communion with his "true and honorable wife," wile was as dear to him • i , the ruddy drops, That visited his sad heart, at the periond o their earthly seperatioil Onto CelinaEgo:cos.—The Ohio Statesman gives the following:list of democratic nominees for Congress.' Nominations are yet to be heard from iu the 12th,14th and 16th districts: First district, Jas. J. Ferran; 2d, Elijah Vance; 3d, F. A. Cuunigham- 4th, Wm. Kershner; sth, William Sawyer; eth:Rodolphtts Dickenson; 7th, Thomas L. Hamer; Bth, Le Grand_Eyington; 9th. Augustus. L. Perril; 10th, 'Samuel •Xedary; 11th, John K. Miller; 13th; Thos. Richey; 15th, Wm: Kennon,.jr.; 17th, Geo . . Fries; 18th, D. A. Stark weather; 19th, R. P. Ranney; 20th, •Lena /34stli , 21st, Josiah Barris. • .1 - COMDIERCIAL RECORD. rtrrsmmGif