Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-01-14
RICH MOND.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUAnYI.-
The stu January-Deaih Of JaeksOnism

A"' 81" Juhudry-Dedh of Jacksonism
Inns triumphant anniversary does not aopear IN
nave been celebrated in any quarter or town Of IN,
country. A motion in the House of Repr,s.,,..
lives to observe it as dag Of fcstivty. received 10
votes noes 1863, and that with Loco Foo ,n,;o-
ny' Well might Mr.. Snnly congratulate III,
country that "the days of sloriication w.r. n,,.-
co. Jacksonism may almost be ,poken of "a
Chateaubriand spoke of the memory of Ieor;,,.,
al Sparta When he visited the spot whore ola
Sparta Stood the FreHch traveller saws he s.,y No
living soul IN the enthusiasm of his FEELINGS h.
cended mound, in the midst of what was on,,
Sparta, and thrice shouted aloud, the name Of Leo
hiuas' mot an echo returned my voice, and Sn,r.
ia herself seemed to have forgotten the name of her
Hero"
Sueh mas been, will be, the fate Of all; soonest
and most justly the fate of those whose fame rss,s
upon no solid beneiactions to mankind whose Ali.
l'eS and whose opportunities have been m;sd;,sc,
ed and perverted to advance the heetine interest.
oil parties and OF individuals, and the hour, instead
OF the general and the permanent good. Never IN,
man lived in this Union since the Father or lie
Country, who had so much in his mower for ,ooI
or evil us Andrew Jackson: a popuIor;,,, ,o,aI =,
all exisences-a devotion to his person almos, lido.
. WASHINGTON no
"o~, III parallel case, TO appropriate to the good
VI "'s county How did this vulgar Hero use the
Po~eHu' position IN which the caprice of fortune
had placed him2 Let the melancholy history O.
MS most disastrous dynasty, and that of the success
sot whem his NePotsm installed, give the answer.
LIE destructive yicssitudes of commerce-tbc
prostrauon OF the mercantile class as necessary 10
The body polite, as the hand TO the body cornore,l
the inroads Of faetion-the long SWAY of IN.
srossest and viiest demagoguism-,he fatal t.ndsn.
cy TO array the ignorant against the intelig.n, ,b
poor against the rich, the worthless AGAINST tho
worthy-the most deadly inroads upon the Cons,i.
J tuition, IN the name Of Democracy-are we M, in.
deoed for all these mischiefs or rather for tbs,r
having been brought into premature life, and many
others, to this mob Hero, who neither deserved
the elevation which he attained, nor knew how ,o
employ II, either to promote his country, or pre-
serve reputation for himself7
lbs influence is already accordingly, de,d. Even
the moi which wOrshipped him, worship him no
longer since his power has departed Shou, the
name OF Jackson now, as Chateaubriand did ,bo,
OF Leonldas Ia Hero OF another stamp, and echo
gives no answer. The People not only beat him in
Tennessee by immense majoriiies, but they bent
himself and exercises the little personal inauenc.
which pertains to an EK-Presdent Of the u. States!
Is not this just7 Is it not glorious for the Amer
| can People-esPeeialiy for the People Of Tennes.
sect 1t IS an extent and latitude Of glory which no
People have transcribed. Had we the Treasures,
Of the Medicis, they should primarily be devoted,
hrst TO erecting monument 10 little Vermont, the
ony State which never truekled TO Jacksonism even
IN IT'S alu udes; secondly, TO a monument to Ten
nessee, who so promptly discarded her citizen when
she found him to be mere pretender To the virtues
he never possessed, and the patriotic and consttu-
tionnl principles, of which his ignornnce precuded
him even from just conception.
MISUNDERSTANDING dead Let patr-
OTIS rejoice. That penicious influence which has
ruled destinies for tic best part ofa generation
and ruled them in every instance 20 the detriment
Of what every good man and good citizen should
most cherish, is extinct at last. Not even holiday
can now he Obtained upon the strength Of his once
all.conquering name-not even holiday in Con.
gees, where his disciples yet predominant bu,
are soon 70 predominant no more. IL these in.
dcations do rot convey Joy TO the hearts of that
weIl-red and faithful ban Of Patriots, who for ~
years have been fighting wild beasts at Ephesus
re know not what ought to DO 20.
The future is uncertain. Our hopes Of benefit
from the late Revolution nay al! be chimerica and
doomed TO disappointment; but ii no good shall be
accomplished, rs good surely will he at least there
s cause Tor vrtuous EMULATION, in having fnallyex-
tinguished JaeksoDisB, the scouyge a. well as The
disgrace Of our era.