Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24


lick at hero they never could r,ach in
The field. Dir. X. went iuio-an mpassion-
nle eulogy or The General. aad then de-
ciarrd that all his acts as sodier, were
'eclipsed ty his frc,s in The Presidential
Char. characierzing his war on the bark
as above all his victories. md as destroy
ing hydra mon ster we never could have
gotten rad 81 without snrorIA revolution.
He was prepared to vote. for q e bill Us il
stood; but, after ,lle spc,ch If Mr.. Barn-
ard, he should Pransse expressly Ia insert,
ahe word "mjns,iy' before the word i'm
posed. The reporter did NO, UNDER
S,apd him as IN king ,ha, mo Tor, now
ever.
Mr.. Glider, Of Ky. next spoke in vim
dicA'ion Of the judiciary, assail,J by the
las. speaker.
Mr.. Dean, of Ohio, next delivered a
Strenuous speech in favor Of rha bill.
Mr. Reylon, Of tennessee, next nd
dressed the Rouse. il was not my pur-
pose said 'he9 to have SAID single word
on this subject; ii was my wish to vote
for the bin before the mouse, the purport
OF which is simply to refund to General
Jackson the fine imposed on him at New
Orleans by Judge Hall, without having
sny debate upon it whatever. ] regret
that gentlemen hove felt themselves Ca T.
ed on TO take a different course, and not
contenting themselves with a restoration
OF the fiue 10 General Jackson, and stud
led high-wrought eulogiums apon his
character, have heaped mountains of a
-buse upon the character and motives of
the deceased Judge. Is this Just? Is it
right Is it required that, in order to do
honor to Gen. Jackson, we should tram
pie upon The Judiciary, and PROSTATE this
great bulwark of our institutions--this
safest repository of our liberties. upon
which depend our lives, our property, and
the peace and good order of society? Is
IL necessary to invade the sanctuary of
the grave, and by ena like. dig up the bones
Of the dead, and blacken them all over
with the rankest abuse, the most virulent
yitupera,ion? No, sir, no! 1t is not. i,
for one, shall not do il; nor do feel my
self called on to say aught against Gen.
Jackson. | feel as much pride in his
military fame as any of those who are
making 80 much noise about it. | regard
his military fame as national property,
10 which you and | and every man in this
country have an interest. Blu, | am not
quite sure that those who are most ac-
tive and ciamorous about this 6ne are the
best guardians of the Generals fame.
believe that they are mere preienders !;
that they are going for themselves and
for their party, and not slr Ge... . aO,.s~,'.
or their country. al TINS stain, as they
call it, ga thu bright escutcheen Of Jack.
son has been preying like vuliure upon
their vitaIs, why have they not been res
tive before COW! Why have they suffer
ed it to remain, corroding, rusting, aud
eating like cancer into the very ylials of
Genera, Jackson's fame for thirty long
years, without an effort TO expunge it =
SIR, you were in power twelve long
wears, and not word was ever heard
about this stain. Why did you not then
clamor as loud as you do nov, TO have i;
washed QUIT Your plea is that General
Jackson was then in power. aud delicacy
forbade that this matter should then be
-eeitated. But what pretext have you for
your negligence during the reign of MIR.
Van Buren,? Was de!Icacy in the way
then? Did you regard him as the only
begotten political son Of the General, and
that il WI as indicate for the son to act in
behalf of the character of the father? Ii
seems to ME that this was the most pro-
,pitious. timefor erasing the stain; time was
precious; many of;hose who had wines
sed the.,ransaction had gone down to the
grave; others were daily following them,
and the memories of the survivors were
daily and hourly growing more and more
dim and forgetful of the facts and circnm-
stances of that important event. Why
did yeu not act then7 Because sir. you
did not care ons zig about 1t. Il has all
been the result of an atterthougbt. You
were then rich, strong, and proud-your
political capital YVES at '.lhey food" and
YOU needed the aid of no such humbug.
You are now poor. bankrupt, humble,
timid, and, like drowning men, You are
catching at straws. MIR. Van Buren, was
a mere political parasite, branch of
.m;sle,oe, that owed its elevation, its
growth, nay, its very existence, to the tall
trunk of an aged hickory but SO soon as
il was attempted to transplant 1t and force
il TO live upon its own resources, indepen'
dent Of hickory sap, 1t shrunk, and with
cred, and died; and you have now found
GU, Mat ,he >oaIy mode Of restoring il TO
;ts former elevation and vIgor is TO call
TO its aid The strength and support and
sustepance of the same old hickory
This. sir, is the secfet of all this clan,er
about this fine. II is intended for politi-
cal effect, for political capital, and for no
other purpose under the sun. This Ire
pret exceedingly, and il is to be deeply
regretted by the whole country, and espe-
cially by the true friends oil GeneratJack-
son.
Rut, as his friends, or those who have