Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-23

port his steps, on inc verge OF tnat last 1esllhS
place appointed for all living. Verify, Marius
in exile, reclining on the ruins OF Carthage,
presented not scene more affecting and ad-
montory.
The mysterious principle of association here |
brings fresh and bright upon our memory the |
following long-forgotten lines of Collins; they !
are inrinsicaly so beautiful and so opposite to
the occasion, we are confident our readers will !
thank us for the insertion.
How sleep tho brave, who sink to rest
BY all their coun,ry's wishes bles,!
When Spring returns, with fingers cold,
To deck with flowers their halow'd mould,
Thep then shall deck sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet hath trod.
BY fairy hand their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung
There Honor comes, pilgrim gray.
To bless the turf tha, wraps their clay;
And Freedom shall awhile repair
To dwell aweeping mournsr there.
Il gladdcns our heart TO learn, from some Of
the ex.President's neighbors that since his re-
turn to the Hermitage, his life has, in all its
aspects, been that Of an exemplary Christian
and from his friends that, for many years before
he had been much more under the influence Of
religious feelings than the host Of libellers and
malignant slanderers that assailed him permit
ted the world TO beleve.-IndeeG, Jackson's
spirit seems, like that of Nelson's to have been
naturally devotional notwithstanding fearful
ou,breakings, on the part of both. of an oppo-
site character. These heroes had another point
of resemblance both were mild with the mild,
but with the froward, fierce as fire.
The faults OF this eminent man, whose fame
occupies so conspicuous place in the record
ofour coun,ry's glory, sprung from his temperd.
ment and its unchecked impulses kept in con-
stant activity by the rough and strongly marked
character Of the people among whom he pass
ed many years of his life his virtues, his esti
mable end amiable qualities, were the growth
OF his HEART. His nobleness, his generosity
and candor when unruflled, his fervent, unde-
caylng affection for his friends and devoted
! love of his country, still warm with undimished
energy the bosom of the aged hero. IL is not
true, that "even in our ashes live their Uonted
fires And these, with seemingly unmpaired
| intelligence, that divine essence, which survives
the 'wreck of matter and the crush of worlds" /"
is now left of the man who filled, as it was
often said, "the measures Of his country's glo-
ry."
From retrospect Of the political, CONNER.
cial, and financial concerns Of the United
States, during the Presidency of Jackson, and
the light which time and events since his re-
trement have thrown on these subjects, we
have been compelled TO the conclusion that he
possessed far-sighted political sagucty, and the
attributes of a statesman, in a much higher de-
gree than has usually been conceded to him
and that some Of the measures deemed his
creates, mistakes, have been the grasping ofa
powerful mind upon master principle, going
to efiec, great and enduring good, at the ex-
pcnse OF comparatively small and temporary
ev!l. The primary and essential objects aimed
at BY President Jackson, during his administra.
tion, were tho complete discharge Of the ma
tiona debt, the restoration Of the constitutional
metallic currency, and the utter separation OF
the Government from banks-the adoption OF
these measures, with the sdjunc,s stated in our
not'os, are now known as absolutely iadispensa-
Die to avert the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Union
10 restore the country to it, prosperity, and the
Government 70 It's health, dignity and cons!l-
tuiional action.
We have, we belive, on some by-gone occa'
sons, done the subject of these hasty remarks
and reflections injustice, misled by the false
lights surrounding us. Wearc grateful To the
editor OF the Globe that the interesting and at
gecting narrative Of hsvs.t To the Hermitage
rsosiisd the wrong done 10 oar fecollecl.ons'