The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-15


hold affairs Let us teach II to our children, and,
when we die, leave il TO them rich legacy for
| their latest descendants
! So deeply did General Jackson sympathize with
the feelings Of the great mass OF his feilow-ciiizens,
| their welfare lay SO near his heart, and so deeply
were they persuaded of all this that his principles
and his policy have been wrought into the very
framework of society and Of government. There
is no danger that the present generation will deviae
from them. Time, which tries all things human,
and under whose mysterious and irresistible strokes
everything falls but truth-time, the great regulator
of human opinion--has uttered its decisions, and
the great political and principles of Gen.
eral Jackson are now established and his admns-
tration has been incorporated into the history of his
country. The issues he made, no other man OF his
times would have dared to make; no other man
| could have carried through. He knew that the
people had called him the control Of the govern
nent and, when he took his post and laid his hand
upon the helm the result proved that he was pilot
that could ouiride the storm. Successive admins
traiions and Congresses had been brought under
the sway Of that vast consolidated structure OF pow
er, the United States Bank; and by faitery frowns,
favors, and intimidation, all its demands had been
complied with The idea of orresting the almost
irresistible march to universal power Of that fearful
| institution, Was regarded, by nearly all rares, as
the dream of heated imagination. Its very organ
| ization gave il the control of the nation. With
branches in every State, il could gut the streets Of
drain the market completely the next, that even
the laboring man was obliged TO 60 from hia days
toll to his home without the reward Of his labor.
The man who had not farthing of property in The
world, could, with the favor of director or presi-
| dent 90 out eff the hank and fix the price of the
poor mans labor--make bread dear cheap the
| same day. There never was, even under the Ro-
man empire when liberty was bofted out, and few
men in Rome held the destinies Of the world in their
hands, a more perfectly organized system OF pow
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couriers flew to the ourquarers of the globe, and in
ten days the edict Of q clique of men in Rome was
executed in every province, and became law to two
hundred millions Of men. The central bank at
Philadelphia was the fountain from which streams
flowed over the length and breadth Of the land. The
policy, the edict of one man, whose iron sway was
never resisted, could, in ten days, carry distress
into the family of every poor man in America. The
influence Of that bank felt at every ballo, box
in the country. II was not confined either To one
continent II extended its surveillance around the
globe. Nicholas Biddle fixed the price of cotton at
Liverpool Of produce in Brazil, and of tobacco in
Amsterdam. His word could food the New York
market with money or bread, with the manufac-
lures Of England, or France, or India. At his bid
ding, the wings Of commerce dropped, and thou
sand vessels were unrigged in our docks; word
would send them all to sea again. II was the boast
of that man that he could make war and make
peace--that no man could lie elected without his
consent, az governor or President--that the ma
ron could not even proclaim war without his con-
sent,-a structure Of power that had never before
been consolidated in the history Of free had
almost said an enslayed--pcope. Gifted with a
foresight penetrating, SO keen, SO far reaching
it now seems to us prophetc-Gen. Jackson saw
what the final result of all this be in free coun-
try like our owns and he firmly, deliberately, and
boldly resolved upon the destruction of the United
States Bank. When the first blow fell, mutitudes
Of his friends deserted him. Undismayed, unawed
by the foe he leveed the second and another large
company Of councillors and friends filed off. But
this could not stir the purpose of that wonderful
man. Deserted by his cabinet, deserted by his
Friends, deserted by the press, he came forward,
and, standing alone, called on the nation--on
the People--who never, in any age or nation,
refused their sympathies to those chosen leaders
God sends into the world TO be their champions
We oil know the result He broke down the
mighiest power ever established in this country
And now let the fate Of the bank of Pcnnsy lyana-
let the deep villnny of the men who robbed widows
and orphans Of their bread-iei the fate Of Nicholas
Biddlc and the universal indignation of the Amer-
can people--0H proclaim how true were the words
Of General Jackson when he declared that that
bank was founded in iniquity and controlled Ivy
wrong-that it would fill the land with distress, and
rob the poor man Of the fruit of his toll; and at
last 60 down. hurting to ruin not only the orphan and
the widow, but the very men who had kept the in
fernaI machinery playing.
| In all General Jacksons movements, he was but
spirit Of The country and Of the age. The only
great issue he made that is yet Enclosed is the am
nexation of Texas This measure originated in
General Jackson, and it is sure 10 be carried
through one day, as this continent is sure in the
progress Of time to fall under the sway Of the de-
scendans Of the pilgrims and the cavaliers Of Vir
GINA. The honor of concentrating this policy, and
carrying triumphanty through another and q greater
measure, will be the browning glory Of Mr. Polk 3
administration. The pledge he gave the world on
the day Of his Inauguration will be redeemed Those
words found warm and quick response in the
breasts Of the American people, and they went
through Europe like electric fire. We know that
almost every cabinet Of Europe heard that declara
ton with Joy.
The dark and subtle policy Of Great Britain il
understood by our people. They know that, sooner
or later the day must come when the naughty claims
Of that imperious empire must be resisted She has
gone VIGOROUSLY over the earth, from continent
to continent, trampling down the nations. But
when she approaches our Shores she will find, like
the waves of the ocean she rides on, that she can
come no farther. So far as the Oregon question
goes (and consider it the greatest issue we have
been called on to make since the Declaration Of In
dependence, its decision is only question Of time.
In carrying out boldly and fearessly the spirit of
his inaugural address, Ms Polk will bring the ma
ton with him. Private ciques will be swallowed
up in one great party, into whose pale will come
every man who loves his country well enough to 60
with its interests. We only wished General Jack
son might have lived to hear the shout of million
of freemen coming back from the shores Of the Pa
cfc--to see the Texas senators come forward TO
take their seats--to behold all his measures and
all his hopes triumphantly contaminated in the ad-
mins,ration Of Mr.. Polk. But he died with the
fullest assurance that the people had in the last cleo
ton given pledge they were sure to redeem--that
the new President had pledged himself to his coun-
try that our standard should be firmly planted on
the banks Of the Columbia, and the land Heaven had
n defended nv mIIlIOna 1f frpcrnen
The great fact Of the administration Of Gen. Jack
son was the sympathy that, from the beginning 10
the end, subsisted between him and the people. Let
il be our sacred Office to preserve the golden links Of
this magic chain bright forever
II. LIT us guard his fame.
| There have not been wanting men who have re-
viled him while living, nor will there be wanting
those who will insult his memory now he is dead.
No man Of our times has been so hated or 80 be-
loved. Those who knew the virtues Of his private
character, his generosity, his child-like sim
plicity and honesty, his tenderness Of feeling,
his svmpafhv the inf