The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-19
From the New York Evening Post, June II
DEATH OF GENERAL JACKSON.


The rumor which for several weeks past has an
ticipaicd reality, has at length received painful
confirmation. Andrew Jackson is dead. He closed
his even,ful life at the Hermitage, on Sunday the 9Th
instant al o'clock. The report reached Nashville
on Sunday morning, that he had tainted in the at
tempt to remove him from his chair TO his bed Re-
covering himself for few hours, he called his
fiends and domestics around him, being aware thai
the event TO which he had long been looking for
ward was fast approaching, and took an afectonate
leave of them, retaining to the last his senses and
intellect unclouded. He expired with the utmost
calmness, expressing the highest confidence in q
happy immortality through his Redeemer. Thai
mili and unaffected submission to the will of q
Divine master, which characterized his religious
sentiments through life, served to enable him to
obey that will when it summoned him from this
sphere of existence, where he had performed SO no
bic part, to another
The decease Of this great man leaves wide
flank in the affections of the American people. Nc
one, since the days of Washington, ever occupied
80 high place in their hearts, and will GO
down to poserity so identified with the greatness
the glory, and prosperity of the American people.
Possessing, he did, all the truly noble and dis
singuishng traits of superiority among men, there
was in the direct singleness of purpose which
characterized all his life, secret bond of SYM
pa;hy with all who knew him, which served
to gather around him hosts of adherents, and
TO rivet the attachment of all who ever came
in contact with him. Men became at once en-
Enthusiastically devoted to him, they knew not Why.
They did not reason themselves into determina-
tnn to give him the support of their votes; they
rushed TO the polls in masses, with hearty earnest,
etfying at their appreciation Of the superior
ty of true greatness, and their confidence in his pa
rlotism and integrity During General Jackson Is
administration of the presidency, the country rose
10 an cminence among the nations of the earth
which il does not now possess. The people, the
press the statesmen, and the crowned heads of Eu-
rope. respected and admired his name. To be ar
American, them was passport of honor through
any portion of the Christian world.
In the smaller towns Of Germany even in the re-
mote and unheard-of villages on the confines OF
another continent, Andrew Jackson was classed il
the estimation alike Of the baron and the peasant
with the venerated heroes of ages long gone by
The halo of his glory shone far into the East
The growlings Of party hate, and the aspersons Of
disappointed ofice-seekers or partsans removed
from place at his accession to power, not heart
beyond the waters of the Atlantic. The violent an
mostly of the thousands who were thwared il
their eager pursuit after inordnate wealth, or wht
suffered in the enjoyment of we-earned fortune by
the financial measures of his administration, did no
reach foreign ears. The murmurs Of this portion
of his fellow-citizens grew fainter from day Z
day. The grave will close much of tbs still
lurking hostility. Before this generation passes
away the memory Of Andrew Jackson will be uni
yersally revered and all will unite in speaking Of
him to their children, and their childrens children
as the greatest and best ofmen.
From the N Y. Morning News
There was but one topic yesterday in menl
mouths All business in the courts was suspended
many stores were closed many persons wore thu
black emblem Of mourning, either on their hats o
arms; and the flags all the vessels in the port ant
on ali the public buildings, were flying at half-mas
through the day
The blow contained in the announcement of tn
death Of the great and good old hero, patriot, ant
sage of the Hermitage, has struck deep home to tn
popular heart. Whatever form Of funeral homo
shall be determined upon by the public authorities
both for the satisfaction Of the general feeling OF IN
community, and as just and proper tribute TO tn
memory Of one who has overhowlngiy " hlle'
the measure Of his counry's glory" we have M
doubt that it will be attended by popular con
course unsurpassed, not only in numbers, but II
depth Of feeling, by any funeral pomp that has eve
been witnessed in our--indeed, may say, in AM
country A procession and Grafton will probably
lie sdoptsd as the most suitable mode. All classes
and parties Of our community will unite; for evei
most Of those who disapprove of the civil policy o
the President recognise the great and noble charac
teristics of the man, and the incalcuable services
the pariot-soldier. -.
The proceedings in various public bodies, IN add