The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-23

-------------.--- E.s,aaa-zz,n. orable duty, whose execution he well know: will revive anew the animosities of party
 involve in bitter and painful conflict the rem. hant ot hIs public life; and bring upon him sell perhaps, the censures of many whom ht loves, and with whose good opinions he would dnottightly part. lnferiorminds would nave shrHnk from this new triad. So did not Jackson. Whateaof were made to drive nam rom hts purpose; with what inaexibIe resolution he adhered to his position; ard how the people sustained him, in the confiet also,-is | not written in the history of the tlmes, and fresh in the recollection of all who hear me:
 In reference to this, as well as to every other debaia5lc portion of his public life, | Purposely refrain, lest should transgress the just bounds of this occasion, from any attempt to yindicale their oApctitency or their rls4!iuiuess. Only one claim in his behalf do &now think il nccdiul or becoming f9 assert; that if in any of his official acts lie erred' his errors were of the understanding. not the heart; and that in them all, he acted from honest, disinterested, and patriotic mo- tives. On this point he thus speaks, in the loity tone oI conscious integrity, i'll one 0. his recorded yindications:
 "In Valn do bear upon my person en- during memorials of that contest in which American liberty was purchased; in vain have ! smee Pefilled property, fame and fife, in defence of tho rights and privicqas SO dearly bought, < if any serious doubts can be entertained as to the purity of my purposes and motives. in the history ol conquerofs and usurpers, never, in the fire oI youth, nor in the Vigor of manhood, could l find an attraction to lure ne from the path of duty; and now, l shall scarcely find all mducement to commence their career of am- bihon, when grey hairs and decaying frame, instead of inviting to toll and battle, call me to the contemplation of other worlds, where conquerors cease to be honored, and usurpers eXpiate their crimes. The only ambition can feel, Is to aequitmyself to Him to whom must soon render all account of my stew aIdship, 10 serve my fellow-men, and live respected and honored in the history of my country. No: the ambition which leads me on, Is an anxious desire and fixed determi- nation to return to the people unimpaired the sacred trust they have eonlaed to my charge; * to persuade my counHymen, so far as may, that it Is not ill a splendid govefn- mont, supported by powerful monopolies and aristoefalieal establishments, that they Will find happiness, or their liberties protection, but in a plain system, void of pomp-pro- tccting all, and granting iavors to none dispensing its blessings, like the deWs Of Heaven, uneeen and unieIt, save in the fresh- ness and beauty they contribute lo produce It is such government that the genius of our people requires-such oue only under which OUT States may remain, for ages to come, united, prosperous, and free. |! the Almighty Being, who has hitherto sustained and protected me, will but youchsafe to make my feeble powers instrumental to such a re- suit, ] shall anticipate, with pleasure, tie place to be assigned Ire in the history of my country, and die eoatented, with inc belief taatl have contributed G some smal. legfee, to increase the value sad Rfoleae lae dura- lion of American liberty"
 Andrew Jackson has ROW retted to the egQuessefa1 hades ol private Iae, win the beuedietana of A. world. He enters his }ovcd8nd peaceful Hermitage, atthoaP appointed limit ol human existence, with an cnieebled frame, the victim of complicated and incura- ble maladies, which leave him little respite from pain, and no strength or relish for the pleasures of active life Yet has this been, in many respects, the happiest, and not the least useful portion of his mortal career
 Feeling that he has fulfilled with fidelity and zeal the course of public service to which Providence had called him; conscious of the singleness and purity of his motives, and happy in the belief that the great mass of his political opponents would do him justice in this respect; thrice happy in the knowledge that the principles by which he has been guided are warmly cherished by great ma jority of the people; receiving continually, and ill a thousand forms, proofs of affection and esteem from ell classes of his counigy- men; full of faith in the vitality and perpoluity of our systems of government, State and fede- ral; anticipating with delight the advanced glories of his country, and surrounded by a family he loves, and by each member of which he is held in the profoundest yeneration; the retirement of Andrew Jackson, notwithstand- ing his bodily inirmilies, Is all that wisdom or patriotism can desire, and such as few statesmen and heroes, in the history of man. kind, have been persa,tled 10 enjoy.
 For more than eight years he is spared 10 our affections; and though for the last three of them he seldom quits his dwelling, except to bow himself in the house of God, his mental faculties remain uhimpaired; nor arc they idle for day. lis correspondence whether of friendship, or of private or public business, is kept up with steadiness and ac- tiyty. Alive to every thing that concerns his beloved country, and taking daily noie of hel affairs, he sounds from his lone watch.toHel the voice of his counsel or of warning, aecof- ding to the vision which he sees, and to tht message which has been given him. AnC though at times dull ear is turned to hi- prophecyings, yet in most cases, and csPe- cially in the latest, his words have beer clothed with their ancient power over thC minds and the actions of his fellows. lftherC be any to whom these uueranees seem futile or needless, they will allow that each of then breathes the language of the heart, and i.
 instinct with zeal for the glory and happiness of America.
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