Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-11-14
Gen. Jackson.

From speech Of Gansevoort Melville. recently
made at Newark, n. j.. we copy the following inter-
esting passage in relation TO The Great Man OF the
Hermitage
1t was a source of peculiar pleasure to me, when
ante patton of my late Journey to the west.
Elected or the prospect of once more looking upon
Andrew Jackson After the great mass convention at
Nashville, had the honor of receiving from HIM an
invitation 10 spend some DAYS al the Hermitage. and
need hardly say that the impression made b. that
visit be eradica;ed If any thing had been
wanting TO reume the fires Of democratic impulses IN
my breast the glance of that old mans eye the press
ure OF that old mans hand, the patriotism instinct
every line and llneament Of that old mans counten
ance, would have done 1t all. He has numbered sew
en- and seventy years His life has been scene of
struggle. On the details of that great Life need not
lInger. He l. fceble-a fcebleness not
ing from want Of strength in his limbs, but because
large portion of his lungs is disorganized, that
the slightest eXerion produces hu-ricdness and diff
Guilty painful TO himself and agonlzng TO those around
him. But be rises from has chair and walks without
assistance. He walks IN his garden amast daily and
every Sabbath is found In the house OF PRAYER. He
opens and reads his lciters-Le examine, with great
interest the newspapers from the principal points of
the Union he takes great and constant and allpcr-
vadng Interest III this election. Letters bearing his
name have, YOU aware been extensively pub
shed and commented on of late. having reference
chiefly to the remuneration of Texas. The whig
press have been disposed call their authenticity in
question. They each and all either written by
his own hand or dictated by him and written under
his own eve by Major Donaldson, who was his private
Secretary during the eight years that he President
of the u. 5. To them all he has affixed his signature
with his own hand With the SHOWS OF seyenty-sey-
winters his brow, and the thoughts and struggles
Of thousand ordinary lives having left their traces
on his form, daily awaiting his 10 the grave.
his memory not only of events long since transpired,
but of those of the most recent date tenacious
and ready-his judgment clcar-ais will as strong
his affections warm-ls patriotism ardent
as they ever were. When Andrew Jackson des he
will not drivc his path TO the grave as a SOLDERING
dotard, the wing press falsely call him but when
HE dcs-when Tie great soul within shall have utter
y consumed its outer tenement of clay-why, then,
MAN viii die And children and childrcn's chill
drcn will go up to that corner of the t,lc garden at
the Hermitage. where his wife cs-and by whose
side lie will sleep in dcath-and that VIII be Ia
us and dcscendanls, next to Mount Vernon, the
hottest and most sacred spot on American soil. Cloud
chccrs-continued applause) might da ell long on
this fruitful thcmc-but time forblds. ! viii only
advert TO Gen. Jacksons conduct when his physicians
cnd2avorcd to dssuadc him from presiding at the
great Nashville Convention; they Justly feared that
the great rush and shouting of TIE people as they
pressed to look at hm, would BE- dangerous TO him in
his present feeble state. He heard this opinion
expressed, and after pause he lifted up his voice
and said and his words feel upon my Ike those
Of patriarch of old. a. very old | cannot stay
here much longer; can do little or no good by
remaining. so if | can do any good by presiding al
that Convention of the Democracy. carry me there
Place me in the chair and I'll die in nv seat -
Great manifestation of feeling amongst the audience