Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-09-10
wrum~pe~ Tcra JourSa.
IACK son ~EL0QUENCE.

Ohio to Congress, ia The place Of
Mr.. Slosus. We now present them
with some extracts from a speech deli
yerod on the 6lh uk at the Jackson
Barbecue, Hagsrsiowr, Maryland, by
Mr.. Thomas Kennedy, the Coryph8us
ct the Jack'on party 10 Maryland. The
following extracts from this %stupendous
performance abundan,ly shsw that Mr..
Kennedy may vie with DR.. Thompson,
in originality at least:
qEslsig Cih.sin 0nd FsEl0E y4rkssmans.
lit viii be to me-, through life, a source 81
much pleasure 10 remember, HAT Il fell 70 my
lot 10 address the drst great jackson meeting
that ever took place ~ Washington county, in
August, T327; and ] YVES much gratihcd hat
day to see 50 many uf thJse, we may Justly csll
THE Old standard" The old Far,aer. and Ne.
chanics u the county. present The political
+~coniest hp1 inst then commenced, and the
msetiag thai day showedsuF strength, and gave
an impulse TO 81 our alter proceedings; tina, day
settled the question in this coup,y, sad proved
conel.sively that Tic people were fot Jackson
that Washington IVES for Jsckson.
Aud ~ this plsse, on th,s aput, = year ago,
among o~tlers,1 again had the pleasure Of sd
8N sea3tE NV NiG wv VS. tFNA tUu THICAE ~
Inc Jackson causes one whom se all loved and
resPected-sne sAs Is nsB ~ sssrs--the worthy
William Ftzhugt, Jr. was then the fret 10 adj
dress you, anJ ca that day We rsas5eed our
former piedge-we RATIFIED orr frat covenant
we aHaln determined to be for Jackson, and
We kept that pledge-we adhered 10 that cove.
naRl-We Sere--we Grs--ana we zpA Sc for
Jackson
We heard something shout these plsdg-
Is and cOosnGafs-somsthing about Mr..
Thomas Kennedy and a post office, but
we did not expect to find him insisting
that The obligation Of these slipulaiions
attached TO Que o' the contracting par
ties beyound the grave, II seems that
Mr Kennedy and Mr. Fit2hugh not only
adhered to their COVENANT but that, in
despite of the %lRtter's death, they ARE
both still, and they both WILL BE, for
Jackson.
Protesting that his fellow citizens and
fellow ~Jaeksonians' had. DUNG the
whole Of the late Presidential campaign.
abstained fI"m gi,ing Barbecues in aid
IT the Hero's election, the orator de-
%claFes tbst they have only met 10 spend
a few hours in social lriendship-t TO
on American rePast, served w in
American style-to drink 10 the Poo
pie, aud 10 the beloved J~sckson'-in
sBert. 20 eat, drink, and be merry, and,
he might have added, FOR II mcrrow we
die lie considers iiie victory achieved
N Gen JacksoB's election 70 the Presi.
dsbty AZ greater and far more iaporieqt'
toau ibe victory at New Orleans, but
be thinks. ntVertholess, that both we've
uapa otieiiei Victories lie then takes
"a BIRDS eve giew Of the interior 81 Tie
palace, wheFt ne saws Gen. Jackson
seems more ike a kind 'atnor-hke an
aged, aft c~tjnuste parent, than like a
President; IN him ihe nan rises above
The President MIR Kennedy is right
Gen. Jackstt, is certainly more Ike any
other chstacter than a President "f toe
Nation; and his Unsuitable prescription
shows how far. in him the naa rises
above the Presids't'
Having neither leisure for reviewing,
nor Dom for extracting from, this long
and luminous Grafton, we content our
selves with copying that part Of IT on
which he probably prefers 10 rest hrs
fame. The following passage, though
not as TO position the peroration, is SO
pathetic. and the novelty of The
idea is so striking, that it certain
" must have been removed from the
close of the speech by an error of the
press;
"Bdt there is no danger of Jsoksor's neg
lecting The People, or Of his f,rge,ting or for.
ssking The Peoples cause; be is stu true and
faithful to them, and wil be SO even until death.
Yes. be who was our sword and shield IN war,
ia now cur guardian in peace. he watches @er
his beloved country with an the anxiety uf q
fond parent, who IS lock ,Hg not only 20 our
present, but our fstUte welfare and happiness.
His sole object through life has been ~ ssrve
his country; his sole wish has been 10 serve his
country well; his sole wish nosg is To serve Us
better than ever. il that can &c possible; he has
no ST fish, no ambitious vie VS. to CRAFTY he has
no higaer honors 10 aspire to than those ne nov
enjoys, aud which he has go nobly earned. hs
c%sun,r,'s SAVIOUR in war, her friend in peace
for her he lives. and or her only be wishes
10 live. He has no sen, 10 daughter, no child
for whom TO lay ambitious plans. Tie can sSy
with Logan, "Ne drop OF jsckson's blood flows
10 the veins OF any human being: net even ?
woman remains He has no child, he has no
partner Of his bosom TO influence hin, II be
could be Influenced. 1t seems IS IL heaven, IN
its wise, yet mysterious course, bad predet6r
mined that Jackson, who had spent so many
years of his life in aruuous sRd dangerous servi-
.ces, and whose heshh hsd been 20 much IN
paired in the cause OF his country, should, when