Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-06-20
RICHMOND. VA
THE INDUSTRIOUS DEAD.


We had hoped that the melancholy event
which has just filled The nation with mourning
wonld have passed away without arousinS Tue
fierce spirit OF party. The military services OF
Andrew Jackson were, in themselves, sulilcieh'iy
glorious and valuable, TO entie his name 10 .he
deep generation Of every American. by MS
talents skill and bravery, he put an END 10 a
hloo,v war and had raised his country 10 the
pinnacle of honor. Her noble Institutions were
consecrated by his sword and peace shed It's bles'
sings over free and happy nation. This was
truly sufficient TO have won the respect and aIlec-
tioa Of every citizen, and 10 have called lorth,
upon the decease OF the distinguished hero, but
one feeling of sorrow at his final departure and
gratitude for his patriotic deeds. Do not the mi
litary achievements OF General Jackson deserve
the fullest tribute from the American people =
Were they NOT amply sufficient to have called Inc
whole nation around his grave, 10 throw The ial-
rel and the cypress over his venerable remains
OF thisthere can be nodoubt. Why, then, as has
been done by some Of the Wing press do we see
the gross illusions to his civil services, upon The
merits Of which. the Two parties will ever be d.
vided 2 Could not these Wing journalists give
one dayto the melancholy duty Of paying The last
tribute OF respect 10 patriot, who had saved his
country by his own strong mind and noble self
sacrifices F? Must party feeling never sleep, even
though the nation be shrouded in distress
Heaven knows, that nothing was farther from our
wishes, than 10 see a political squabbe over the
grave as pure and great man as Andrew jack
son As al the death of Ex-Presidents Adams and
Harrison, the Democrats jonedn paying the me-
lancholy hoaors 10 their memory, so we hopedto see
the whole Wing party. for single day. laying
aside their disapprobalon Of the civil actions OF
Gen. Jackson, and with one feeling, rendering
their grateful tribute 10 the abe and victorious
General, who freed his country from foreign in
vader On such occasions, we never look al the
political character of the deceased. When death
took off John Adams and VIM. Fl. Harrison who
had been invesied BY the people with The highest
honors, We did no, rip up their political errors but,
in accordance with The national grief we shroud-
ed our paper in mourning, and united in paying
the last offices 10 their distinguished memory
Have all the Wing papers pursued the same
course? Have some of them dotted The ar
NOR of party, and Joined with the nation in pay
ing the Just respect TO the memory Of Andrew
Jackson? Have they not, on the contrary, ripped
up The political lie OF the great departed, and
invited a party struggle over his lamented re-
mains We shall give few sp !cimens:
The ~ Y Tribune, without single typo
graphical sign 10 mark great national calami-
ry, thus ierociously attacks the memory OF Gen.
Jackson We ask a candid and generous people
10 note his savage breaking forth Of party spirit,
a, 4 moment when deep grief filled the hearts Of
every patriot
ave shower no indiscriminate, unmcaning
eulosics on the departed. For the iron energy
ofwill, the infexblily ofpurpose, the nnshrinking
courage Of Gen. Jackson, we have all due re-
spect We have ever es eemed him as man
who, whatever his faults, loved and sought 10
serve his country. And yet from The day when
we first became acquainted with The facts respect
ing his memorable Eruption into Florida, his
capture Of the Spanish posts, imprisonment
Of the authorities, and hanging OF traders
with the Indians, We have not doubted
how ronid We THAT he was I man too
rash, to0 reckless, Too rioieni-too ready 10
stretch authority and arroga,e power--to BE-
safely entrusted with the responsibilities OF cx-
.flteN station. lie experience VI ouI
has confirmed the impressions Of carly youth
and now, when We contemplate the 1rycekS 0f he
strongest bulrafs n CtrH liberty and National
FuM which was caused by his refusal 10 sustain
The Supreme Courts most righteous allirmance
81 the inviolability OF the Cherokee territory in
Georgia, and b. his many kindred prcstrations OF
OF Judicial and Legislative a':;hority at the foot
Sool OF Executive power-when we Shudder al
The separation If pubic morals and corruption Of
Popular Suffrage trhict has Teen created by his
most ,ranto,i and nnpforoked Prescription oil poll.
cal opponents throughout his Presidential career
when we reflect on The long array Of asarpa-
t,oas and acts Of riolenee which marked his rule,
and The terrible legacies of disorder, crime and
iaaHy they have left 10 The present and future gc
nerations, we rejoice and are thankful that We
never, never for one moment, aided or consented
10 his most unfortunate elevation-that we never
cease, 10 exert in opposition 10 his policy all the
itlle power We possessed, and that We were ena-
bled TO cast ballot-not rain!y for us, though,
alas Intellectually for the country against his
reelection.
Blu, we leave the biography of General jack
son 10 his friends. A true and searching hislo-
nv Of his Administration would show that, though
his o,cn defects Of tempcT and character 7ccrc depo-
7aJlc, the evils which the country has suffered,
and is YET 10 suffer- from al Gesp0tic rule, arc in
Justice less attributable 10 him than TO the syco-
phdntS VINO tWlDeu GTOuUu nun, int TTWfH NIO
cfcpt into the White House at his Inauguration,
and abused his confidence and his inexpcrence
10 the promotion OF their own base, sordid ends
We hope some friend competent 10 the task of
thus vindicating him will yet perform The duty 10
his memory and 10 The country"
What aggrava;es The offence is, that in The ar
tcle next following this gross onslaught Of the
Tribune, the Editor boasts, as follows, Q. having
sold thousands of copies OF The extra containing
the sad news. Decency would have required
that he should have treated with little more
feeling an event which brought him in q penny"
This litle paragraph is the best commentary
upon an Editor, who has outraged The feelings Of
men and of Americans:
sDgArH or GENERAL JAcksoN.-We published
IN Extra Yesterday afternoon, containing the fol-
lowing account from the Louisville Journal and
The Louisville Democrat. So far as We know,
the tribune was The only paper in this city which
published any thing in relation TO this event
We sold several thousand copies OF our Extra,
AM might have sold many more, had We not
been compelled 10 stop our presses for our regu-
lar daily edition"
And what says our neighbor of the Richmond
Wing, in announcing the cvent2
lie mas Hiieu large space IN ms country
history, and the worlis eye: remarkable man.
certainly, who stood out prominently from the
masses, or he could moi first have secured andthen
SO long retained, share of influence, SO wonder
fully great And yet are We much inclined 10 be-
lieye. that he was more indebted 10 fortune than
10 ability, and was waited on 10 his successes, ra
,her BY The happy concurrence of winds and
tides than By any skill or wisdom Of his own: The
battle of New Orleans was the original Of his
grea, fortunes, and The battle Of New Orleans
was 10 the last. the inexhausible fountain Of CO.
pious streams OF popularity among the multitude:
Blu, for that batlle he had certainly never emer-
gel in,n national notice, and that battle would not
have been considered battle by Napoleon; for
there was no maneuvreins, no intricate combina-
TONS no changes Of plan induced by an eagle
eyed survey of the field, no shocks Of infantry,
no charges OF cavalry, but a slaughter, where a