Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-08-02

"THs LAST LOAD" PosIyIvELY.-A
Jackson paper which has worked itself up IL
boiling heat. by Farenhehs Thermometer, in
tho cause Of the valiant Hero, has reported a
story. for the first time il has appeared in pub
lie. that "General Jackson's mother was an
Irishwoman of bad credit-that she came to
this country with the British army, in the ca
pacty of a camp lady, and afterwards married
a .Muldtfo man by whom she had nine children
and that the General was one of them.
| This story the Jacksonians themselves have
sent aAoat, for the sole purpose Of laying its
origin to the charge Of the friends Of the Ad-
ministration, thinking thereby to awaken the
sympathies Of the people in behalf Of the Gen.
eral, for these supposed outrageous injuries to
his family. Duff Green has echoed this black
tale in the columns Of the Telegraph, for the
same magnanimous purpose, and we know it is
fact, that none but Jackson papers have
given it currency.
This certainly is the most phiful and con-
tcmptible resort, to which we could ever expect
the partzans of the chieftain would apply to
gain their object. There is a moanness in it
which battles all expression; disgusting and
sacrilegious indecency, of which none would
be guilty, but those who have not only aban-
doned the attainment of an object by fair and
reputable means, but feel themselves abandon
ed by all mankind, and left to wallow in the
filth and dregs OF depravity itself How, Srs,
could you be guilty of an act so disgra to
yourselves and the memory of the departed, as
to disturb the peaceful ashes Of one who has
SO long slumbered in the grave, whatever
might have been her fobles when living! You
have brought scandal upon tho community
in which you live, by the shameless and i'm
modest prostitution of the press. How could
General Jackson and his friends be so far lost
10 all sense Of decorum-to all respect for his
dead mother. as to suffer her name to be in
troduced in the public prints connected with
such vile and indecent story for the sole pur-
pose of ,ohining himself into office by fan ap-
poal to tho sympathies oc the people! If
General Jackson and his par,zans know the
fact that his poor mother was guilty Of errors,
we pray God that they may keep it TO them
selves, and not shock the Feasibility of the
community by srraying them before the pub
10.
We shall not reproaeh the General because
some of tho blood Of the much injured African
flowed in his veins. We never heard this fact
suggested till it appeared in the papers devoted
to his cause: but he need not fear that it will
work him any dishonor in our estimation, be-
cause the fault, if there be any, certainly is
not chargeable to him. Kindred feeling how
ever, should have taught him to have been
more merciful to the unfortunate slaves who
fell into his hands while a slave dealer in which
capacity. it is said, he acquired much of his
personal property.
Our Uncle Ben, amused us the other evening
while reading this piece of nows in the Tele-
graph, by observing that he thought this
rather dark business" and that "if General
Jackson was really quarter blooded nrgger,
as he has reported himself" he believed it
"hgh time that the White Washing Committee
should stir their stumps, as their services
might in this instance be Of essential bene-
fit'
But seriously, we are constrained TO say that
we do not believe General Jackson 10 pos-
'ess any, negro blood, and that the whole
is shoer fabrication manufa ctured by his
friends 10 secure his popularity among the
black gentry, having once before resorted to
the same homo urable means to gain over the
Irishmen.