Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-10-10
VOL. 2.-NO 43.


known the Hero long and intimately.
Mr.. Peyton says:
"There has, and very probably ever
will prevail, great error as to some of
the leading traits Of Annrcw Jackson's
character. heard him once declare that
s'No MAN COULD PUT HIS FINGER ON ANY ACT
OF HIS LIFE WHICH WAS RASH, UNLESS RASH
NESS WAS roGIcY.n have been often re-
minded of this declaration 1t is the key
to his character. He owes his success in
life to it: He is much shrewder and
more sagacious man than his successor.
! If a man was to be won by curiosity, or
secured by favor, or taken by storm, he
never failed to secure him. If all these
failed, he would fly into a rage at the dis
ooyery Of some treacherous design-de-
,nounce him in the highways
"And where his frown of hatred darkly fell,
Hope whitening Z ed, and Mercy sighed farewell"
The venerable editor OF the Richmond
Enquirer has at different times presented
the public with his lil;enesses of the Hero.
As some Of them vary somewhat from the
rough draft Of Mr.. Poyton, it is but justice
to all sides to give group of them.
ghc Richmond Enquirer's Opinion Of
Aadrew Jackson.
awe cannot consent to lend hand to-
wards the election Ct such man as An
drew Jackson" --Richm9ad Enquirer.
1--WE would deprocate his election as
curse upon our country.n-Ricbmond En-
qUirer.
Gone who, on any great crisis, would
convert the whole country into one great
camp-and would reduce almost every
thing under martial law"-Richmond En-
quirer.
"Do General Jackson's friends pretend
to say that he is equal to Washington!
When they modestly lay claim to such
pretension, it will be time enough to an
swer them."-Rich. Eng.
Compare him with Adams and Craw-
ford and how inferior must he be.''--RicA.
Eng.
1--WE can recommend Gen. Jackson's
modesty in retiring from the Senate and
the bench, when he discovered the supe-
rior qualifications Of other people. Can
we say as much for his modesty when he
is now aspiring to the highest office in
this natlon?''-Rica. Eng.
"lIc is a distinguished soldier-but is
he a statesman? Where is the evidence
Of it? Where are his political speeches?
His Dispatches? His Essays? His mea-
suros? Where are the evidences Of that
skill and attainment in politics, to which
life of study and experience is so essen
tally necessary."--Rich. Eng.
''lIe is too little of statesman--too
rash-too violent in his temper; his
measures too much inclined to arbitrary
government to obtain the humble support
of the Editor Of this poper."-RichmOaid
Eng.
ut has long been maintained as a max
i'm, that the man who cannot obey ought
not to command--and the rule in The
present case stands upon the sound reason
that the man who makes his own will and
pleasure the sole guide Of his actions,
ought not to be trusted with the large pow
ers Of the President Of the United States.n
Rich Eng
"Gen. Jackson, it seems, always thought
Mr.. Madison one Of the best men, and
great civilian, but he did not prefer him
as President, because he always believed
that the mind of philosopher could not
dwell on blood and carnage with any com,
posure-of course that he was not well
fitted for a stormy sea. The General,
in this one stroke of the pencil, draws his
own character War is continually float
ing before his eyes The man who can
view blood and carnage with composure
has higher qualifications for the Presi-
doncy, than he who is vilian."-Rict
Eng.
"What kind of President would this
great civilian make? A gentleman who
cannot interpret the plain expression OF
one Iaw-and yet would be called upon
to administer all the laws of the land.
One whose ideas are so purely military,
that he would transmute a traitor into
spy, or would punish treason, not by civil
courts, but court Martial"
Rich. Eng
It is but fair now to give the Hero's
likeness Of his Inner:
Andrew Jackson's Opinion cfMe Richmond
Enquirer.
81 have often heard him (Iackson) use
these emphatic words, for he was fond Of
giving emphasis to his expressions; 'Rit-
chic is the greatest scoundrel in America
And in one of his letters he uses the fol-
lowing language, which deserves to be
engraved in letters Of brass.
81 see that am attacked in Congress
by Cooke, Whitman and Williams. aided
by that infamous press, the Richmond
Enquirer. If such a corrupt press as the
Richmond Enquirer were to appreciate
my conduct, | should think in some un-