The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-26

life. They are many. Linen SAID hei. out
thy mercy is great, and Isplead csmcris OF thy
weIl-bclovcd Son."
Yes, good old man. thou hadst, thy sins--and
who has not /? May all who loved the be as sure
okspardan. Such were the holy scenes enacted
around The altar ofthe Herhitage, and such we
believe to be the spirit which rrigns in the world
where he has gone.
Such was the private character Of the man the
nation has buried ); andzbe itzour holy duty to
transmit so pure. a fame, unsullicd by the asper-
sions Of his foes, to all coming time
But General Jackson was not only one Of the best
bat he was tkc great man of has times E,liicd
with violent and generous passions, he must think
and feel FOR the masses of his countrynIen. Like
oil who are sent into the world to work great
changes he was conscious of his power to mould
his felowmen. Nor does Nature ever abandon
those in whom she has reposed the hopes OF the
worId till their work is done. Heaven-commls-
stoned, they are Heaven-guided; and what, at the
time may seem to be but the fruit of accident or ca
price takes place under The guidance of the super
human protection which is to decide the destiny
ofthe great man. =,
Ii has been often alleged that General Jackson
VAS not a schoIar-and we concede it. Neither
was Washington But scholarship has little to
do with the missions of such men. The mould
highland the Cromwells, the Washingtons, the
Jacksons Law upon their times, and upon all gen.
borrowed from study With them, impulses,
which are almost infalbe, are substituted for the
cold calculations of reason over their intellects,
the experience Of ordinary men can pour no IL
Elimination. They are sent into the world to give
impulse and guidance 10 their age, and their age
can neither guide nor instruct them. They are
raised up by Providence for lofty purpose and
God docs not commit their education to the world.
Like Moses and John the Baptist, they are
.na nd md he
direction of Jehovah, they lead his people into
the promised land
The scholastic age has gone by forever. 1t is
no longer a question of any Importance to US,
whether spirit be in two different places,
without having, during the interval passed through
The intervening space; although the learned dis
puted angrily about it for three centuries But
universities have thus far done little for the mass
ofmen. The sages of Salamanca at last decided,
after learned Investigations, that Columbus was
hereto aud fool-thal the earth was fiat, and the
navigator would fall down with his bark into the
dark abyss if he ventured too far. But while
they were burning ont midnight oil over the dus-
~ tones Of antiq Iity, the young Genoese was
lifting his anchor for world. The veteran
generals of Europe declared that Napoleon was
a bad soldier, for he violated every rule of war
fare But it was matter of little importance to
the young Corsican what the books SAID about
the art of war, while he was triumphantly march
ing over ruined lhroncS, and his soldiers were
celebrating their victories in The palaces of kings
We are told that, in the camp of the brave but
unfortunate Pakenham, Xrnophon and Cesar
were aiways'to be found, and that he was an en-
thGsiastic admirer of the epic genius of Virgil
But these venerable and beautiful authors were
of very little service to him at New Orleans
Such is the standard by which General Jackson
is to be tried. and such will be the ordeal of his
fame in coming times. He is already known as |
far as the name Of America has gone, and through
out Europe he is regarded with vcneration. He
is there looked upon as the grand representative
of the spirit of the New World. At last, full of
honors, and white with the SHOWS Of age, this
venerable patriarch of freedom has descended
TO the tomb He has committed his fame to the |
American people, and we will guard it forever
III Let erect to him monument scOrthy Of has
The monumental spirit, which has so long
slept in this country was awake and not gen
Grafton will 60 by, before our battle6elds will be
marked by grand and magnificent monuments 10 !
perpftuate the names Of the heroes who sleep un- !
der them, TO all future times.
OF General Jackson we may use the language
of Powers the sculptor, in speaking of monu-
ment to Washington he hopes will one day be
erected: I'VE we'll know, his fame can never
die; 1t would outlive the pyramids, without mon
umeDt or a line of eulogy. But long succession
Of generations is 10 follow u.s." land the stream of
time will sweep TO oblivion the names of his de-
tractors and the ISLANDERS that have been heaped
upon the hero's fame,) {" and when coming gener-
ntions appear upon the stage for their brief hour
in the sweep of ages, each one to ask that distant
republic, whose history will then have grown dim
what monument of gratitude and of love she left
for her brave and generous patriot, let them be
able to turn to some colossal structure of everlast-
ing bronze.
" Like some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form
Swels from the vale and midway leaves the storm.
Though round its base the rolling clouds spread,
Etsrnsl sunshine settles on its head"
G. EDWARDS LESTER
New York, Nov. 10, 1845