Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-09-10
REpENTANT JACKsoNMAN.

strong friend of Jackson, renowned his sup
port. From speech of great talent and hu- |
mour, we extract the following, which is well
worthy of perusal. Mr.. d. is mechanic. By
number he may be recollected as the man
who made the famous speech in the Manuidctu-
rers, Convention in New York, on the subject of
axes. He then seemed to have about as much
fear of British axes as he now has OF General
JACKSON
81 was once. sir, follower of Jackson-l say
follower, for no one who has aided him 10 de-
grade, endanger distress and insult his coun-
try, deserves an epithet more courteous. then
thought him firm in his purpose, true to his pro-
LESSONS, patriotic in his measures, and choice IN
his associates now think him neither.
81 need not dctain this assembage forty days
and forty nights in breaking up the great Deep
and opening the windows of his infirmities, and
pouring forth the floods Of his folly, the vascllla-
tons of his conduct, the vagarles OF his pas
sions. | need not portray his exercises OF nm
iustifiable power, his disregard oil the constituted
authorities of the country, and his indifference
to the complaints ofthe people lneed not com
pile harmony, or | had better say discord-
ance Of his political doctrines, or draw con-
trast between his professions when candidate,
his meek submission TO the will OF the people
before his election, and the performances OF the
man when invested with authority, and his con
tempt for the people when he had received the
last favours he could hope TO enjoy. These
things are familiar 10 us all, and are full written
in the chronicles of the times.
{; We are told, Mr.. Chairman, that we are 100
deeply indebted to this our hero to replne Inc
fawning sycophants that miniSterto his vanity,
tell us we owe General Jackson an immense
debt for the services he has rendered TO our
country-that he has fought and gained the bat
81, ~ tha nnpnmber Orleans
muefaw, forsooth.
..What, sir do the people Of this Republic
owe General Jackson? Is it gratitude? If il Is,
has he not had it to the fullest measuref has
not the tribute of our hearts been ilnceasngly
poured out for the last nineteen years TO hlmf
Has he not received the thanks OF this nation
from individuals, from public meetings, from
the Assemblies of the Representatives OF the
People through this whole United Nation? Have
not votes of public thanks been sufficiently
rendered to him? Has he not received teShmo-
mails of our estimation Of his services, IN swords
and medals and monuments, to his hearts con-
tent? Has not the gratitude of this nation been
as free. as ample and as long continued, as the
heart of patriot could ask2 Have we not fully
paid up in overwhelming measures, this item OF
his claims!
"Do we owe him praise and panegyrc? In
the name of Heaven, is he yet unsatshed with
flattery? Have not the historians perpetuated
his exploits? Have not poets and painters, ana
sculptors, We'd to eternSe his fame? Has not
the learned University Of Harvard dubbed him
a Doctor? Have notthe dignified assemblies OF
CONGRESS and the States sufficiently eulogized his
glory. and lauded his feat? Have notthe thouls-
ands of Anniversary Orators OF National lnde-
pendence for nearly twenty years, taxed their
ingenuity sufficiently for courty phrase for
him? Have net Threats enough wafoled MS
name from courty hall to the humblest cottage,
from the theatre to the brothe? Has the piano
ard the guitar, the fiddle and the jews harp
been too seldom strung to greet his glory! Have
not the public prints poured their nalseOus fiat
terry in torrents copously enough? what epl
thets Of adu!ation have been refused him? Has
he not been STYLED ''Me Roman," and by way of
special eminence TEE OLD ROMANO" Has he
not heard repeated yet enough that he is I" the
Second Washington" the Greatest and the
Best" the Hero of Two Wars" :" the Pre-
server ofthe Constitution" the Saviour of his
Countrv?" Has he not heen called every thing
Yet bestowed upon the most despotic tyrants by
the crawling dependents of their footstools? Has
not servility taxed her fruitful brain for pane
eyrcs to his actions, till she has herself sickened
at her subserviency, and her glib and restless
tongue tired itself out in eulogics the most fui-
some? What more of praise and fiattery does
he demand? Has he not been lauded to the
skies in every part Of the country? Has he not
been shown in marble, and plaster, and wood,
ana CdflFdSS, clIohSll ~ Sidtiiy
appetite for applause2 Has he not graced the
bali room saloons in the mimic majesty OF busts
and pictures yet enough? Has he not foated
on flags and swung upon sign posts! Has he
not presided overten thousand banqueting halls. f.
and enlivened and excited the revelS OF debauch
to his hearts content? Have not hogshcads of
wine glittered in the wine glass for him, and
been the pledge Of the faith Of his followers?
Has not his head been stamped upon medals,
and ribbons and crockery, till we can't look
about but he frowns upon us? Why, sir, man
cannot even take drink, but we see him on the
pitcher, or in the bottom of the tumbler. No
Representative, sir, believe, but can appeal to
his bust or his portrait, or some trophy OF his
fame. in the halls of legislation.
4" Sir, man can't get shaved without feeling
his presence on his razor or his box. No bar
Der conceives bis shop sufficiently decorated to
receive his customers without bedZzenlng his
walls with the resemblance Of the chleftain.-
Our very habaments may bear some evidence !
Of the impress of his bloated reputation. We
have Jackson hats and Jackson coats, and Jack
son trowsers, and Jackson boots, and Jackson
.l;n From on publiC the n