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E KALI DA T E STIMi
Equal Laws Equal Rights, and Equal Burdens The Constitution and its Currency.
Vol. v. no. 2 1.
KALIDA, PUTNAM COUNTY, OHIO, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1815.
WHOLE NO. 229;
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. , From the Charleston Mercury.
MR. CALIIOUNS LETTER.
Thft fnllnwintr in Mr. fUr.TroiiN1 renlv to a
letter from a Committee of the citizens of
Mobile, inviting him with many expressions
j . T - !.
oi regard, to visit their ciiy. ve copy u
from the Register of May 27.
Fort Hill, May 15, 1815.
Gentlemen From some delay in the mail,
I did not recoive, until a few days since,
your letter of the 21st April, informing me,
that at a Democratic mooting held in the
city of Mobile on the 14th of the sime month,
you were appointed a Committee to express
the cordial approbation of the mooting of my
public conduct; their gratitude for my servi
ces, and to offer on the purl of the meeting,
such other manifestations of tlmir respect
and esteem ns you might think proper.
I will not Attempt to express the djep gra
titude I feel for the warm approbation of my
public conduct and services expressed by
the meeting in their resolutions, und the
very acceptable manner in which you have
performed the duty entrusted to you.
In performing it, you have alluded with
particular approbition to my conduct and
services in reference to Slate R'ghts, and
during iho period I filled, for a short time,
the State Department under the late admi
nistration: -
To no part of my public life do I look
back with greater pleasure, than that devoted
lo expounding and maintaining the relations
between the Federal and State Governments,
on which the doctrine of State Rights depend
and it is a great consolation for me to think
it has not been in vain.
The Federal Government regarded in its
federative character, in which Slates and
not individuals, are iis constituents, is iho
most remarkable ever foimad; nnd promises,
if carried out honestly nnd f.iiily as such, a
higher degree of prosperity nnd happiness,
titan has ever fallen to the lot of any people.
On the other hand, regarded as n national
Government, in which individuals and not
States are the constituents, it has nothing
novel or remarkable about it. Instead of n
great Federal Republic, as it is, it would be
in that character a huge, unwioldly demo
cracy, destined to bo torn into fragmenis by
hostile and counseling interoste,and to ter
minate in convulsion. Such being my, tjfcn
Viction, 1 felt it 4o boutnyufy to inuintain
the Federal character oT the Government
Against the national or consolid itive, at any
sacrifice and hazard, and shall continue to do
so as long as it shall please the Author of my
being to spare my life.
The services I lendercd during the period
I filled the State Department, were perform
ed under great difficulties and embarrass
ments. Nothing, indeed, but the magnitude
of the questions involved in the negotiations
in reference to Texas and Oregon, with the
difficulties and embarrassments encircling
them, and the unanimous call ofthu country
to take charge of the negotiations, could
li.ra tnrliiinrl mn li lo.iim mu raltrpmAllt :in:l
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return to public life. Besides those that
were intrinsic, there were maiiy that were of
an extraneous character.
Among others, the administration was li
terally without a parly in Congress, and very
feebly supported by the people; and the Pre
sidential question .was ponding, Which ex
perience h id taught me overruled in a great
measure all others. . '
The negotiations in reference to Texas
first chimed my attention, because it was
the most pressing and could not be delayed
without hazard. In order to avoid the diffi
culties nnd embarrassments which I appre
hended from the presidential election, I re
solved to keep entirely nloof from the party
politics of the day, and especially from ques
tions relating to the clcc'ioti and lo use my
efforts to induce the candidates not to commit
(tinmaplvr.n n nil i list nnnnxatioll. I ll id little
apprehension 'that Mr. Van Bnrcn would, as
a great majority ot Ins menus, witu uen
Jackson nt their head, dad declared for it
The position of Mr. Clay was d'ffercnt
Thp mncsPB of iiis friends in the north onnn
,! if. tvliii-h f fenied would swav him. In
order to prevent it if possible, I siw some of
Ilia most prominent menus, wun wiiom
wop n frinnrllv terms, and used everv argil
hient I could with them, to exert their influ
ence to prevent him from coming out agains'
it T maa nil in vain. His letter in opposition
I. .
soon after appeared, and Mr. Van Birans
followed shortly alter, most unexpecieoiy 10
Mna
. Their effect was great. Mr. Clay1 friends
Wpm rallied aminst it to a man. although the
great body of them in the West anl South,
were strongly disposed to support ii, ann no
a few of the prominent, openly committed
IB lis iiivor. .: .
Tt A'tOTrnnt lull!, Mr. Villi Huron's
Tho nrnnl hnilv nf hin miniinrtcrs rem lined
- j n g
firm trt its support; but an active, influential
and not an incons derible number adhered
to his course. 1 Indeed, the stand taken by
the selected candid itos of.the two great par
ties, with the influenco of the presMeutial
question and the feebleness of the adm;n;s
tration in Congress and the country, seemed
for a time, to render the prospect of success,
almost hopeless. - r rl ;t T
- To these causes of opposition thore m'ist
bo taken into consideration another, toreajiz
the difficult and embarrassments that stood
in the way of the success of.the measure.
I allude to abolition, f It may, indeed, be
truly regarded as the main spring which put
the others in motion. ! . .v .,
The abolition party in the North and West
had taken an early and decided stand against
it, and had gone so fir as to adopt measures
to influence the party in Great Britain, and
through them the British Government to
oppose it, as the most eff'cMnl means of
abolishing slavery in the United Stales nnd
throughout the continent. Tin scheme w is
to abol'sh slavery in Texas ns the most cer
tain moans of doing so in the United States,
and tllat of doing it throughout the conti
nent. To consummate this grand and W ill
I lid scheme, it w is indispensable thil Ti.xrs
should be prevented from being annexed lo
otirUuiou; while the only possible way to
defeat; it and prevent the rrt'ghty conse
quences which would flow from it, was the
annexation of Texas.'
The course of the British Government at
an early stage of the negotiation, made it
manifest tli.it it had wiruily and fully em
braced the scheme. The' declaration made
by its minister at Washington to our Govern
ment before it h id fiirly commenced (i copy
i.f which w is Lift at the Depiriment of State
after I entered on its duties,) left not a doubt
on that point. It indeed, ns well as avowed
it, by declaring that Great Britain desired
N see slavery abolished in Texas and through
out the world, and that she w is using con
stant efforts to effect it, by inference, that
she was using her influence anil diplomiry
with Mexico to agree to recognize the inJe
penduuee of Texas, on condition that they
should abolish slavery.
I saw in this declaration, thus formally
made to our government, a confirm uioti of
what I believed to be her seliomo of policy
in connection with Texas, from other bui
less conclusive evidence in my possession.
I saw also clearly, that whether it should
succeed or not, depended on the fact whether
Texas should or should not b3 annexed;
and that if it succeeded, its inevitable con
sequences would bo the final consumer! itiou,
of her great and deep design, to be followed
by tho desolation of the south, the prostra
tion nf ilin commerce nnd nrosnorilv of the
continent, with a monopoly on her pirt ofthu
great trop'cd products of sugar, cotFue, rice,
tobacco and cotton; wrvcli are atmnsi exclus
ively, as far as this comment is concerned,
the result of slave labor.
Seeing all this, tho qneslion presented to
me was how shall the deel irition of the Brl
lixh iT.iviirninoiil he mm ? Shall it bssi'eiitlr
pissed over, leaviug annexation to be uig ;d
on n'her nml diiFiront mounds, or s'l ill it be
directly and boldly met and exposed?
it is not in my n mire 10 n isimiu ubiw n
such alternatives. My conviction is daep,
that truth, honesty and pi liu dealing is the
true policy on all occasions in tno m in liga
ment of public affairs, including diplomuic,
mifl resolvnH. without hesit itloil. to take
them as my guides on this mjtn irible occt
sion. Tue d :f.iat of this deep hid sc'iem;;
the success of annexation (is miy now b i
almost certainly sud,i tue vinu canon oi me
iri-r.ii t iimtitntimi nn wlilrli our s ifelv deoends.
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and the rescue of tha comnerca of con-
titiont from thy grasp of commercial manooo
lv. Inva' linen tha result, and I inrtV ad J, as
fir as I am individually concerned, your ap
probition, that ot Ilia meeting you reprcscin;
and if I in ly ju.lge from indications n larly of
the wnole c mntry now ot my co use.
UjI at tha tune the approbation w is noi so
unanimous. Denunciation tliou, luuu auu
deep, fell on my head.
I was charged with introducing a new local
suliiect ot littlo importance inio mo imi
uann. unit, tlm Iiuh il.Mimi nf i ii i tl ri ii ? th :
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prospect of one of the presidential cand.-
dales, nnd ot dissolving ine union i j
m .nu ml,.! lul nut irn na fir. even southern
meu 'whose nil w is at stake, thought that 1
acted injudiciously in introuiicing uio smvc
question nnd giving it such prominence; thai
it wis calculated to have a bid pirty effect
and to drive off some of tho party who were
not sound on tha subject of abolition, or who
desired to obtain tho votes of abolitionists.
But I pass them Without rematk or comment
now, when lime and experience and the ap
probation of the country sanction the wisdom
of the course I udop'ed. .
' The absorbing character of tho negotiation
in reference to Texns, did not so engross my
attention as to neglect tint of Oregon. As
soon as the former w is sufficiently d sp itched
and the business of the depirlment brought
up. I entered on that; I left ilin an unfinished
state, and as it is still pending, I am not at
liberty to speak ofthu course I took in refe
rence to it; but I trust, when it comes to be
made public, it wilt not be less successful
in meeting your approbation and llv.it of the
country generally. It is a subject not with
out great difficulties; and I feel assured I
1,a1l Im rvirilmiprl for flvnreSsillT a llOIie that
it m tv ho n conducted bv those to whose
hands it is entrusted to finish iho negotiation,
as to bring it to a successful and satisfac
tory termination, and thus avoid an appeal to
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any thing by such an appeal,. or cm possiiiiy
it if ii pin tm hnnorablv avoided.
i.tmc iMKiiiior fniintrv can dossuiv imui
In conclusion, I assure you and through
you those you represent, tint u wouiu au u
me great pleasure to partake of the public
dinner yoiyiave lenuereq me iu uiu u"
anri ,F forininir the nersoiiil acnuailtance of.
.o nniTinmiig IriiTrU iii vuu citv: but it is
not liow in my power., It is probable, how
ever, I shall visit my son who resides in your
.QtniA oniiiA timn npYt nntllin'.l : and in that
event, I will made it a point to visit Mobile,
wlion 1 shall bo nappy to meei yon no
my friends. .. J.. U. JUAL.tiuuii.
Wiiltor Thnm-iq Holland. Tho
mas McGran, Wm.R. Hallet and J. A Camp
bell, Hays. . V
MR. BANCROFT'S ORATION.
This truly eloquint and just eulogy of the de
parted hero nn l statesunn, Andrew Jackson, win
delivered nt Wnslliilgton, on the 27th ult. We
linve not room to cive it entire, but have mode
ene!i extrneta as we thought wouid prove most
acceptable to our readots:
GEN. JACKSON S SESPECT FOR THE LAW.
TT.rt nt Tnplriin lieen reiin wiied for the
vehement impetuosity of his p nssions, for his
defiance ofoihoi's authority, and tho unbend
ing vigor of his self-will? Behold the savior
of" Louisiana, nU gail.indcd with victory.
viewing around nun I tie city he nau preserved,
.1... .:.l ..rl ..l.il'lfkii tirlw.m liia linroiam
inn in imt-iia tuiu
had protected, stand in the presence of a
pretty judge, who gratifies his wounded
vanity by an auu30 ot tits judicial power.
Every breast in the crowded audience lieuvcs
with ind:gnalion. He( the passionate, the
inipetuons 'ie whoso power was to be
humbled, whoso honor questioned, whose
laurels tarnished, alone stood sublimely
serene; and when the craven judge trembled,
and filtered, nnd d irnd not proceed, himself,
the arraigned one, bade him lako courage,
and Blood by the law even in the moment
when the liw was undo the instrument of
insult and wrong on himself-at the moment
of his most perfect claim to the highest civic
honors.
HIS 0R101NAL1TY AND VIGOR OVTIIOUOIIT.
Behold, then, tho unlettered man of the
West, the nursling of the w;lds, tho firmei
of the Hermitage, little versed in books, uii
counecved by science with the tradition of
the past, 'raised by the will of ihe people to
the highest pinnni'lo of honor, lo the central
post iu thricivU'z iliot! of republican freedom,
to the station where nil tho nations of the
earth would watch his actions where hin
words would vibrato through the civil:zod
world, nnd his spirit be the movingstiir to
ouidu the nations. What policy will he pur
sue? Wh it wisdom will he bring with him
from the forest? What rules of duty will he
evolve fiom the oracles of his own mind?
The man of the West came as tho inspired
prophet of the Wes': he came as one free
from tho bonds of hereditary or established
niijiun It4 iitna IV i ill nn Miinerior but COM-
science, no oracle but his native judgment;
and, true to ins origin nuu uis uuntauuu
irna in iho r.nnditinns nnd circumstances of
his advancement he valued right more than
usige; ho reverted from the pressue of esta
blished interests to tho energy of first princi
ples. HE WAS TRULY AMERICAN IN nlS IDEAS OF FREEDOM.
We tread on ashes, where the fire is not
of oviiiionishnd: vet not to dwell on his
career asPrcsideut, were to 1 lave out of
eviw tho grandest illustrations ot Ins magna
, iu l.,.!Bt,.i!fin nt1 iho tlnited States had
followed the precedents of tho leg;slation of
Kuropoanuionarcliies; u was vie huicuhwiw
son to lifl the country out of the European
formi of le'tflition, and to open lo it a career
restiua on American senlimont and Amen-
have frcedcin
III IICD.I.MK. .w . . i
everywhere freedom under the restraints ot
rtiriit; treeoom oi niousn ,
niTud, of universal action; freedom, unsjack
led by restrictive privileges, unrestrained by
llio inruiuoin i-iiiuiii'i"i.
IIIS RADICALISM. i ,
t Airnrtt onlii ! ill n(llil'lC3 I sDeak but
a fict lie was thoroughly and profoundly
and immovably radical; nnd would sit for
u..,.r. nml in n rontiniied fl'jw of rdm irk
make ihe nnplcalion of hid principles to
every question that coniu arise hi ii-.yi..u..i1
or iu the interpretation of the constitution.
IIE RECOGNISED THE FREEDOM OF THE SOIL. .
a ,i..-i P ii, ,v"lilnrnessi bis heart was
with the pioneers of American life towards
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has ever embraced within li s affections n
scheme so iberal Tor llio envgrants as that
of Jackson. lie longed to socuro to them,
not pre-euiplion rights only but ititire than
TTts longed (o invile
.Un anlliiiir QHI1. IMlt IIIIUI ii: 111 ai n . iii'...
labor to take possession of the unoccupied
fields without money ami wouum
with noobPgition except iho perpetual dovo-
lion of itself by allegiance lo its country.
n..iin. 1 1. a riftm.tiirn! inn nenre ui 11 1 s M' -
U1IUV.I .l - .
nioiis, the sons of m'sfortunp, the C iildren ol
advcnluie, find Ihetr way to me iincniuvaicu
West. There in soniR.w'Iderness glade, ot
in tho .thick forest of the fertile pi iin, ot
llio nriiiiii-s most Sirklo W-th tl I WOI'S.
they, like the w'ld bee which sets them the
example ot industry, mny cnooseiuoo "i
mark tho extent pi their possessions by driv
i..t.j. H MufiiiiT trjapa fill plter their I02
,!,;., .mit.. lvuiciiw mi l turf, and leach the
vircin soil to yield Itself to the ploughshare.
1 heirs shall be ine sou, mens mo
e. , t,;-i, ilii.u tonrh to be productive.
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Com-, clvldreu of sorrow! you on whomt he
Old World frowns; crowd fearlessly to the
fores's; plaut your homes in confidence, for
.1 .,..., ,u.ihM nvpr von! vour children
Ilia l-iimuj - 1 1
rfrow around you ns hostages, nnd the wl-
" . Lr.i.f:.... Ar.-nn Lira il !Tr:ili-
aftrncss, ni your oiuuiu-, oumW...- b-
to the beauty and
loveliness of culture. Yet beautif.il and
1 ...1.. .1,:. .ni. it still bv fir lulls
short of the ideal which Vivcd 111 the auc
tions of Jackson;,' Itis..heart.Vas ever with
the pioneer; his policy ever favored the cliffo-
8'on pf indepeniteni ueeiiuiuo ii-..Suu. ....
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iilDoring Classes ui imi .1 ... .
, V..I.IITV n THE LABORER AND BI RIGHTS.
It would be- a sin against the , occasion,
weie I to omit to commemorat the deep
dovotedness of Jackson to the cause and to
the rights of labor, It was for the welfare
of the 1. bering classes that he defied all I lie
storms of political hostility. He longed lo
s cure to labor tho fruits of its own indiis ry;
and he unceasingly opposed every system
which tended to lessen their reward) or which
exposed thorn to be defrauded of their dues.
The 1 i bore is may bend over his grave with
alfeclionilo sorrow; for never, in tha lido of
lime, diJ a statesman ex'st more heartily le
solved to protect them iu thoir rights, and to
advance their happiness. For their benefit,
ho opposed partial legislation; for their bene
fit, bo resisted all artificial hte'lhnds of con
trolling labor, .and subjecting it to capital.
It was for their benefit ihat he loved freedom
in all its forms freedom of the individual in
personal independence, freedom of the Sum
is separate sovereignties. IIo never would
listen to counsels which tended to the cen
tralization of power. The true American
system presupposes llio diffusion of freedom
organized life in all the parts of the Anie
ricui body politic, as there is organized life
iu every put of the human system. Jackson
was deaf o every counsel which Sought to
subject general labor to a central will. His
vindication of the just principles of the con
stitution derived its sublimity from bis dee p
conviction that this strict construction is te
qnircd by the lasting welfire of the great
laboring classess of iho United States.
HE BECAME TUE TRIBUNE OF ME PEOrLE.
To this end, Jackso revived the tribunitial
power of the veto, and excrmd it against the
decisive action of both branches of Congress,
against the votes, the vv'slii'S,tho entreaties ol
personal and political liietids. "Showinc,"
was his reply lo them, " show me nn express
clause in the constitution authorizing Con
gress to tako Ihe business of State I -gisla-turcs
out of their hands." "Yon will ruin
us all," cried a firm partisan friend, " yon i
will ruin your party 1111. 1 your own prospects" 1
' Providence," answered Jackson, " will take
care of muj" and he persevered.
HE WAS FAVORABLE TO FREEDOM OF TRADE.
Iu proceeding lo discharge the debt of the
Uiiiled States I moasuie thoroughly Ame
rican Jackson followed the example of his
predecessors; but ho followed it with Ihe
full consciousness that he was rescuing
the couniry from the artificial syslem ol
finance wh eh bad prevailed throughout the
world; and with him it forrnoJ a pirt of a
system by which American legislation was to
separate itself more nnd more effectually from
European precedents, and develop itself more
and more, according to the vital principles of
our political existenco.
The discharge of thd debt brought with it,
of necessity, a great reduction of the public
burdens, and brought, of necessity, into view,
ihe question, how far America should follow,
of choice, the old restrictive system of high
duties, under Which Europe had 'oppressed
America; or how far alio should rely on her
own freedom and enterprise and power, de
lying the competition, and seeking the mark
ets, and receiving tho products ot ine wonu.
The mind of Jackson on this subject rea
soned clearly, nnd without passion. In the
ibuses of the system ol revenue by excess
ive iiniioslSi lie saw evils which the public
mind would remedy; and, inclining with the
whole might of his energetic nature to the
side of revenue duties, ho mide bis earnest
but tranquil appeal to the judgment of the
people.
CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRAINT.
The portions of country that suffered most
severely from a sysiem of legislation, which,
in its extreme character as it then existed,
is now universally acknowledged to have
been uneiin d and unjust, were lests trari iuil;
and rallying on the doctrines of freedom,
wh.ch mide our government a limited one,
they saw in Ihe oppressive acts an assump
tion of power which was nugitory, oecaus -it
was exercised, as thejf held, without au
thority from the people.
THE PRINCIPLE OF TROSRESS.
. The people can discern rigln,aiid will make
their way to a knowledge of right; tint the
whole hum in mind, and therefore wilh it tin
.nifid of tho nation, has a continuous, ever
improving existnice; that the appeal from
the uniust legislation of to-day must be made
nuielly, oarnes lv. perseveringly, to 'he more
euliglitened coll-ctivo reason ot to-morrow;
that submission is due to the popular will, iu
tho confidence that the people, when in er
ror, will amend their doings; that in a popu
lar government injustice is neither lo be es
tabllshcd by force, nor lobe resisted by force;
iu a woidj that the Union, whicti was consti
tuted by conscutj must be preserved by love
ltIS FAITH IN TRUTH, FREEDOM, RELIOION.
Aoe hiid whitened his locks, nnd dimmed
his eve, and spread around him ihe iiihruv
ties and venerable emblems of many years
of toilsome service, but bis heart beat as
warmlv as in his youth, and Ilia courage was
as firm as it had ever bcett ill the day of bai
lie." But whilo his affections were still fur
his friends and his country, his thoughts were
already in a belter World. That exalted
mind, which in r.ctive life had always had
unity of perception and will, which in aciion
had never fullered from doubt, and wh'ch in
council had always reverted lo first princi
ples nnd general laws, now gave itself up to
communing with the Infjuile. He was a be
liever! from feeling, from experience from
conviction. Not a shadow of scepticism
ever dimmed the lustre of his mind. Proud
philosopher! will you smile lo know that
Andrew Jackson peruBed ' reverently his
Psalter and Prayer-book and Bible? ! Know
'I'Wi'-tt-.-f- ; f ! i,i.-j i.,f -l-v
that Andrew Jackson bad faith in the eferni- .
ty of truth, in the imptt'sbal.lo power f,
popular fcedom, in the destitute of human
iiy, in the virtues and cnpacity-of the people, r.
in his counlryV institutions, in the being and ,
overruling providence of a merciful and ever
living God. . ,
HIS LAST MCMENTf. . ""..
Tho last moment of his 1'fe on enrlh isT
at hand. It is the Subhnth of the Lord: fii8 '
biightness nnd beauty of summer clothe thd
fields mound him: nature, is in her gloryi "
but ihe suLlinieft spectacle on that day, on'1
enrh, jvns llio victory o? his unblcncliiug '
yp'ril over tlealh itsollV ' '"'""'
When he fiist felt the hand of death upon '
h'm, "May my rnrm'es," ho cried, "find
peace; tuny tlie libeitics of my country en' '
dure forever." ....
When his exhausted system, tinder the ex-'
cess of pain, sunk, for a moment,' fiom de-
bility, " Do not weep," said he to his adopt- :
ed daughter; w my sufferings are loss than ;
ihoss of Christ upon the cross;'' for lie, Uv
as a dlsciplo of tho ctoss, could have devot
ed himself, in sorrow, for mankind. Feel
ing his end near, he would see all his family
once nibicjatid hesfoko to tlictn,ineby one,
in words of tenderness and ullectioiii His
two little giiiiifJchildirn vcre iibsc-nt nt Sunday-school.
He ripked for them; and as
they, ciunr, he prayed for them, and kissed
ihcin, and blesstd iliem. Hisservan's were
theu admitted: they gathered, some in his
loom, uik! some outside of tho douse, cling
ing to the windows, that lin y might gnzo
and hear. And lhat dying ni:m, thus sur
rounded, in a push of feivid iloqucnce,
spoke wiih inspiiatiou of God, of the Re
deemer, of salvation through (lie atonement,
of iiiitnorlalily, of heaven. For he ever
thought ih.'.t pure and iindi filed itl gidii was
the foundation of private lu ppiiicss, and the
bulwuik of iitmblicnn institutions.. Having
spoken of imtnortallity in perfect conscious
ness of Ins own iippionchiug end, he Undo
them all farewell. "Denr children," such
were his final words, " dear children, serv
ants, and friends, I trust to meet you all in
heaven, both white and Muck all, botn
while and black." And having bom li s tes
timony to immortality, he bowed his nr'ghty'
head, and, without a groan, the spirit of tho
greatest man of his ago escaped lo the bo
som of his God. -.(...
IIIS LOFTY COUB.AGE.
Up to tho last, he dared d anything that
it was right to do. Ho united peisonul courage-and
moral courage beyond any. man ot
whom history keeps the record. Before the
nation, before Ihe world, before coming ages,
he stands forth the representative, for his
generation, of tho American mind. And
the secret of his greatness is this: ' By in
tuitive conception, be shared und possessed
all the creative ideas of his cnuiitiy and bis
time. He expressed them with dauntless
intrepidity; he enforced them with an im
movable will; he executed ihem with an
electric power that attracted and swayed the.
American people. : Tho uatioti, in his time,
had not one great thought, of which he was
not the boldest and clearest expositor.
HIS UNCONQUERABLE FIRMNESS.
History does not describe the man that
equalled him in firmness of iierve. Not
danger, not nn army in oatue army, not
wound, not wide-spread clamor, not age, not
the anguish of disease, could impair iu the
least degree tlie vigor of his steadfast mind.
The heroes of nutiquiiy would have con
templated wiih awe the unmatched hardi
hood tf his character j nnd Napoleon, had
he possessed his disinterested will, could
never have been vanquished. Jackson nev
er was vanquished. He was always fortun
ate. , He conquered the wilderness; he con
quered the savage; he conquered the bravest
veterans trained iu the battle-fields of Eu
rope; ho con quered everywhere in states
manship; and, when death came lo get ihe
inasteiy over liiiiij he turned that last enemy
aside as tranquility ns he had done tto
feeblest of his adversiries, and escaped from
earth in iho triumphant consciousness ofim- -'
mortality, '
HIS RESTING PLACE. ... .
His body has iis fit resting-place' in the
great central valley of Ihe Miss'ssippi; his
spirit rests upon our whole tenitory; it ho- '
vets over the vales of Oregon, and guards,
in advance, the frontier of the Del Norte.
The fires of parly spirit are quenched at his
grave. ' His fiults and frailties have perished-.
Whatever of good ho has dono, lives,
and will live fo.ever. 1 . ;
HisTonrcAt. Francis first, King of France,
and Henry eighth, King of England, being
at issue, the latter resolved to send Francis
an ambassador .lo say fiery and threatening
words. He made the appointment of B sh
op Bonnor, in whom he had great confidence.
This Bishop said it would be placing his life
in too great danger, U- beard a Kingso haughty
s Frauds first, "Do uot feur'said ihe King.
"If llio King of France should do such a
thing, I would cut off the heads of many
Frenchmen, here iu my Kingdom." I be
lieve yon my Lord ; but which of those heads
would fit so well upon these shoulders as
this?" touching his own head as he spoke.
Contrast. A late writer says, "A Greek
would have formed a god to be placed Under
the arch of Niagara Falls; an. American ' ii
satisfied with erecting a paper'mill above it.'V
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. Knowledge. Knowledge in the under
standing js truth; in practice it is goodnet.