The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-05-05
A vlsITTO THE HERMIFAGE.

lu that paper The iOllo~ln9 interesting account
Of a visit TO General jackson al the Hermit
ages
On Tuesday wa returned to Nashville. Our
tou clay by the Hermitage, and we embraced
the opportunity to call on the venerable Ex-
President oflhe United. Having letter of
InlrodIcton from one Of Gen. Jack sons par
ucuar friends, and who through eoeni AGO lain
iance, we may call our Eiead, were most kind
iy and hospitality received. In politics we
have the envIabe privilege Of SITTING on he
fence unmoved by all The commolon of party
feeling thai RACES around COT sequenhy We
had no poiIeO pIececlions TO grariy-no
party anlpahes 10 disturb us.
We found the General confined 10 his room
with cold and oppression of The lungs, for
which he had been bed The proceeding Jav
Hence he appeared feeble, and Iouked older
than we expected 10 find him. Yet his cou-
'Vetsaton was animated, and his opinions Of
men anO things expressed with great franks
ness. With the view Of seeing the workings
of a mad ofno ordinary powers, and which
for mary years commanded the attention, if
not the respect, oflhe world, we introduced
the subject Of pOliics. What was said. and
what he views he expressed about men end
was said, however, to confirm The impression
,hat GENERAL Jackson, whether right or wrong,
poss no Ordinary mind. He certainly
viii rank mong The great men OF The age. Pos
teutt VII 50 regard him.
'We spent an hour and halfin his COM
p4nv, with unusual satisfaction Various top
res Of conversation were ntroduced-he con-
dlion of the country, that Of England and OH
er European countrIea. The advance of arts,
pubic morals, education, and last, though not
least, religion, Ga this subjecl he spoke free
ly, with due reverence and solemnity, as the
richest bessi g man could enjoy-as The only
support the mind can have mod age. Re-
peatedIy he expressed his sa>faclion at our
call on 'rm, and urged our stay TO dinner.
Th We declined. He rs necessarily much
throUged. and we sh "uld really suppose annoy
cd, wI'h company. Hnndreds, nay thousands
in year, call al lhe Hermitage
'On arising to depart. (for We had engaged
10 be IN lie al 3 O'clock we gave him
The parting hand, expressing the gra,,hcaion
we had rpCrtved from The interview, and im>
Plorng the blessing Of Heaven upon the rem
nan! Of the his days, with the sincere hope
that we might meet 10 Heaven. HIS voice
hand firmly and said, my dear, sir hank YOU
- thank you for thus Intervew-I respond to
your kind with. May The Lord go with you.'
HIGH WAGES AND BETTER STIMES
The srmourers at Springfield, Mass, who
have had their wages reduced, and are pre-
vented from looking into newspaper, have
sent delegation to Washington, TO have their
grievances redressed.
May success attend their efforts! How
baseIy have The people have been cheated by
his great Federal Wing humbug party!
has the condition of the laboung clas-
ses been made better by this change? No.
The en.hour system and far wages, obtained
nndOr Mr.. Van Buren's Administration, have
been done away with, and twelve hours are
go" demanded, and the 'o~es, kind Of wages
a! hat. So much for deserving an honest Dem
ocTalc Administration, under which we should
at this day have been happy, pro. porous and
conlenIed people, (ior at The time of The pollIi-
cal change everything was rapidly improvlDg>
and substituting IN lis stead weak vaclIlating
do noIhiDg federal Wbig coonskin Admins
GstIon.
Bu The People have already seen their er-
ror, and are fast correcting it. 1.-THE SPRING
held arWoufefs are prevented from readirg,
they are not prevented from voting, es the ell.
ectlon in that town has shown, which for The
first time in many years has elected Demo-
cratic ticket enllre.-New Era.
REJEcTIEG THE BRIBE The following
States have rejected the bride, the 5 cents
man Oifred by The Wings to make Henry Cliy
PresIden, w; South Carolina, Alabama, VIr
,glnIo, Miss s'Ippi, New York and New Hamp
shne,-Pefhaps some other Democratic States
VIII follow SUIT. Il is gratifying 10 see that
YET some honor aud dignity is left among the
States. Ten years hence, il will be serious
atfn 10 throw The reception of the subsidy up
T. those Saes now mean and ingIorious e.
n"ugb TO pocket It. aud IFS supporters will re-
gret the act as much as ever a blue light Fed
dad the faI ure and exposure Of the Hartford
CoGRea,ien.
CIRCULATING THE CURRENcY. 1.-THE Bos.
ton Courier, an honest old fashioned Federal
paPef says: The recent experiment made in
Philatepha proves that the currency audrhe
exchanges can be restored without The agency
OF an exchtquer, or any aher agency, but
hls'e old fashioned honesty on The part of The
toea' nks.' We love 10 record an occas.