American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-02

pensation OF Providence, whose infinite wisdom
has suffered no unmitgated evil to aifct those
creatures who are the constant recipients Of his
bounty, even the calamity which the nation
mourns is not without some compensatory good.
| We are under the "TIuce Of God" All the
banners of political warfare are laid aside; all
differences OF opinion are merged in the senti-
| ment which fills the bosoms of US all, that he
whose life was devoted to a nations service is
entitled to nations gratitude, 1t is the per-
iume of the gathered flowers. At the foot OF
! TINS stately column, surmounted by the statue
! OF the only human being whose birth day con-
tlnues to be celebrated after his deuth, where
/ pure and classical taste has written an appro-
| pirate eulogium, by the simple inscription "To
! Washington" we can properly assemble TO pa
respect to the memory Of another Of those men
who belonged to what has been beautifully
termed the "heroic age" and offer our united
! testimony of respect to JACKSON.
"1o GEORGE WAsHNGTUN" is upon the CO.
lumn in letters as durable as the marble itself
"To JACKSON" is upon the hearts OF all around,
in letters equally as lasting, because they are
upon the page of history to remain until the
marble shall crumble INTO dust. The swords
Of these two men were drawn to oppose the
same enemy; and may God, in his protecting
Providence grant, that whenever the drum and
trumpet shall again summon to arms the now
sleeping chValiy of the land, there may be
found Il third, worthy to be associated with
Washington and Jackson. When look around
me and reflect where it is that am standing,
that am within few yards of the spot where
the gifted author of the Star Spangled BAN
nern drew his last breath, am tempted to in
woke his genius and say in his language, as my
eye rests upon this monument and this celebra-
ton
'Thus be il ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars desolatlon
The response in every heart will doubtless
be-such ever shall be the rewards which ge-
nerous people will extend to their patriotic de-
tenders.
The early DAYS of jackson were passed
amongst the scenes of the Revolution, where
the mature powers of Washington were inces-
sanity employees; as if in the highest ranks of
patriotism it was necessary for the youthful as
pirant after fame to inhae purespirlt from his
living predecessors; as if nature, fearful that the
race of such men might perish, had directed
them TO exist in continued and unbroken sue
cession. 1t seems as if the nation had stood
ready, like sponsor at the font, with one OF
its own children, offering him as novciate to
beftrained up in the school Of virtue, whilst the
ripe and finished patriot was yet in the meridi-
an of his usefulness.
In the camps of the South, the youthful
jackson learned that his country was to be ser.
we'd through peril and pryation of every kind
1t is not surprising that our nation has turned
| to the of the Revolution with trust and
confidence, for it was solely the impulse of a
! lofty spirit which carried them to the field
They gave every thing to their country; their
country had nothing to give them except its
appreciation, for it was 'steeped in poverty to
the very lips" The man who has struggled
through difficulty and attained a station in So
ciety where power and wealth and patronage
have become his own, instinctively turns to the
friends of his boyhood for an attachment which
he knows to be disinterested; and the nation,
with the same instructive feeling, looks back to
the days Of its feebleness and poverty, under an
intuitive conviction, that the active friends of
the penniless boy are sincere in their attach
ment to the opulent man. But the Revolution
airy stock is exhausted; only few hoary-headed
lingering remnants are found, who we hope
are awaiting their final summons with the same
philosophic and religious composure which shed
its mild radiance over the last hours of Andrew
Jackson.
We must no more expect to place the desti
MES of the Nation in the hands Of the same men
who rocked it in its cradle. Their hands are
impotent for every purpose except that of being
raised to Heaven TO invoke blessings upon their
country.
place of honor has been assigned in this
procession to the Officers and Soldiers of the
Revolution, but how few have awaited them
selves of it. According to the figure Of the
poet, we see them
fElVslk n IN he silent
Oflhat vast ocean they must sail so soon.n
And one by one they go forth in their solita-
ny skiff and disappear from our sight But
their examples, their precepts, their characters
remain; and although these are becoming more
dim as we recede from them in the progress of
time, yet they are also becoming more and
more hallowed in the affections Of the people
There was hardhood in the characters of the
men OF the Revolution which we do not see ex-
hbted in those of our day; but it is only be-
cause circumstances have now drawn it forth
when Andrew Jackson was youth, he saw
MS country ravaged by powerful foe, against
whom the intrepid Greene, with his inferior
force was scarcely able to stand. The condi-
ton OF the Southern States was such as TO task
to the utmost strength of nerve of every one of
the inhabitants. There was the daily exhibit
ton OF courage i'll its rarest form; patient en-
during courage. compelled to bide its time for
a more active display, and wait amidst hard
ships and sufferings until an approach to equal
ity in numbers could justify an appeal to COM
bat Surrounded by such men, and living at
such period, the spirit OF the youth, acquired
that unbendmg firmness, which characterized
him in all his after life, in whatever situation
he was placed. 1t is not my purpose to utter
biography of General Jackson. There are few
or none present who are not familiar with the
leading events of his life and at all events, this
is not fit opportunity for it. All that can do
will be TO touch incidentally upon those parts
of it which contributed to form or strengthen
a character of rare excellence. In the foun-
tains of the Revolution he bathed his youthful
spirit and cameinto active life invgoratedb by their
healthy influence. In the Wilds of the West