Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-24

shall commit any errors, they VIII be unint ona
In ali his contracts. jackson ha. been regarded as
an honest man. From his youth he has been res
pscer of religion. His ance tors were Presby,e-
iians. aud he professe. to be one himself-tho' he
is not member of The prtsbjtesian church He
isa of The most iniefaiig.bie industry
Whenever duty calls him tn transact sny business
he il prompt and lasors necessarily until il com
Plated. He address IL easy and graceful; an I'M
deius5s chivslry OF manner, that capvates those
~ HON he addresses. He ha- that perfect m a ness
which is only TO be found where the features even
when most regular, derive their peculiar charm
from that elevation and noteness II feeling which
the cou'itendnce expresses. The temper OF Jack
is conyvial. 1t is said that his Hospitality is
cordial and unbounied. He associates, without re-
sers e, with his fellow noen, and sometimes even a.
muses. himself with their popularity, and extends
charitable indulgence TO their foibles. His at
tachmen,s to his friends ardent, but they have
never depended any political associations
they have grown out ot personal Intercourse and
rec ocal kindness. He has been much arcust M
ell to frequent the best snci ty, and in such he is
entirely q" at home He has never loved and
studied books so intensely like some scholars aud
rhetorcians. He IS strict ecouomist-and will
contract debts In the early periods of his life,
Jackson was engaged in some centrove rsies; but
they were strictly personal. He was, perhaps
too tenacious with regard 10 his feelings and hon
our spirit which prevailed to q great extent
in the southern states, when he was young man ,
! and which possibly originated in the Amy. The
warmth of this feeling has, however. been mellow
ed by The progress of time, and philosophical re-
Election. Any of observation, who is made
acquainted with General Jackson, soon perceives
and acknow lodges his naerit-nay more, that il j.
merit which towers above his station. and seems
! TO deserve still more distinguished digni,ies He
Possesses an an utter contempt tor factions. He is
liberal TO those who oppose him openly and fairly
Jackson : Imagination i not stroag or brilliant
In his conversarin, he is hardly eve iig;,r alive -
Yet his mind is ofientimes greatly excited of
course, he may be sail TO have a high temper
When he has time allowed him, he thinkS long and
intensely and calmly about any matter OF i por-
lance in which hc is concerned. Yet, when press
ell By circumstances, he acts with much prompts
itude az any who ever lived Still, he always
wishes for time TO deliberate, be gran ed
Jackson has powerful will Hence, when he
has resolved to act. he is hurried on by this '. ~
with astonishing rapidly. He is impatient at a
delay of single instant
| He understands constitution and laws prac.
hcally. He believes that government should be
administered upon principles Of the strc,est eco
nomy and accountability. He il opposed to heavy
taxes, and regards the people as his friends, and
not as the mere instruments of hi- own elevation.
In short he has been one ofthe people, who is now
raised above the great mass OF kind by the aid
OF powerful and extraordinary natural genius.
| General Jackson meets and grspples with the
most fearful difficulties with mistaken tifm,ess
He Is gifted with that stoutness of heart which is
commonly called valour, in the greatest ,ossibie
degree-and that strength of mind. which by some
is called moral courage by Others resolution, and
which Is indispensable TO the performance of great
ACTIONS. jackson has great resources or invention.
10 use the phraseology OF the meaphy sicians; he
never turns his bach upon his adyer-ary-Tcr-
ward is the favofite word in his vocabulary AT
ter being highly excited after Iabonring until his
physical system Is exhausted, in preparing and per
fecting his plans t. effect an object, he waits
| tor the final issue with the greatest calm
ness and self command. After being jnces-
sanity engaged in collecting and disposing OF the
means OF attack the enemy, on the nipht of
the 23d Dec, 1914 after the first assault, was
made, and tbs first shots heard he became
thoughtful and serene. II was the fret time thai
his Il oops had ever encoupered regular forces If
there was storm raging within, not single trace
OF IT'S Jury was perceived by those who surrounded
| him
! Is il not far better and safer for the pconle to
! enTrust power to .uch mn as Jackson than to
one who has asso. ed with them who
knows nothing OF THAR peculiar feelings who has
never mnistered 10 their wants and necessities
who has been bred in Academic groves, and who
has spent lis maiurer years amidst the splendor
and corruption of royal courts p whose temper j,
| obstinate and Tascible 10 the last degree -whose
views are speculative and distracted and whose
political principles have been as ambiguous
as were the responses of the Sybine Grades !?
Tho is in favor OF splendid expensive govern
ment, that he may secure Influence and power by
more than royal patronage Who advocate. The
expenditure OF uncounted millions in the consruc
ton OF great national works, dil ecily tending TO
that most fr'ghtiul of all results consolidation OF
the states into one vast empire.
The question may he asked, why the writer has
attempted 10 fix public attention upon the life and
Character of General jackson? This question is
easily answered. a distinguished man, with his band
OF followers. has atiemptelt create the belief
that Jackson is merely - Military Chieftain >
The object of the writer is o shew that Jack.
son, like him who uttered this aunting sppellaon,
was educated in county Academy -sudi law
with revolutionary patriot, commenced the prac-
tice OF bis profession in newly settled country,
was elected, like him, to the Senate ard House of
Representatives of the Congress of the nation,
and unlike him Judge of the Supreme Court
oil his adopted State for six years; and when his
country was involved in war, CALAMITY fought her
battles and negotiated for peace not win his pen
but with his sword. The writer believes that the
people should know the truth hoy their favou
rite has been educated the eInployments he has
held the manner In which he has acquitted him
sell In those employments, and his fitness to fill
the Office OF Chief Magistrate of this great and
free nation.
But, the writer has another inducement to speak
OF General Jackson. A vital principle was VIC
lated. when this man lost the Presidential Chair.
Through his person and claim this principle s TO
be restored, and is again obtain in the politics OF
the nation.
The stipendiares Of the administrator. nay hone
that the issue of the contest is doubtful But, the
events OF every hour should admoni,h them, that