The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-05-01

Reasonable to assume, seeing what the old Gen-
eraI says, that this matter of the sarcophagus was
a contriyance OF the old '.emperor or king" OF
antiquity, TO undermine the liberty of the eoun-
Try: 1t was Jack Downing who said it sakes the
General 10 discover aud expose the reasonable
designs of The ''antique fathers - and right thank
ful ought We to be tor his lucid exposure OF
this.
1t is a question for Congress to decide, wlreth-
er this remnant of ancient royalty shall even be
permitted TO remain IN this tree country. liGen
Jackson cannot consentto allow his body tooe
placed in 1t, when dead, Tor fear of injury TO our
republican principles, hsw can the living Patri
OTIS OF the land allow it TO remain in the Capitol
"wbere corruption boiIs and bubbles and
where public men encounter COMMUNICATIONS
enough. without this the direst Of them all. This
is a question tor Mr.. Polk to consider.
Com. Elliott takes the indignant refusal OF
the old Hero to comply with his request, 10 good
pari-"subscrtbes to the sen.iments'' wnich ~
fuenced the refusal but thinks that "we may
! still be Permitted to continue our regard 10 the
enduring marble. as to an ancient and classic
curiosity in itself, and particularly in
Ithis country. as the first OF its kind seen in our
western hemisphere.''
Perhaps we may be 'peraitted 10 do SO. but
the-oraelo at the Hermitage ought certainly TO
be consulted Grst. What have the republicans
of the Locoioco school to do With an ''ancient
and classic relic'-the remains Oft oristocratie
and kingly age2 Jack Cade denounced a man in
his dag for talking Lalini'' aud surely the fol-
tow ers OF has school will not allow ''regard'' to
be paid an ''sncient and classic relic." Mr..
Polk should certainly take the matter ia hand
But badinage apart. Is there not something
more than ludicrous in the idea, of presenting
n old man with a coffin, thus plainly telling
him that il is time he was dead, or that he soon
would be! And then to expect to take the OLD
hero IN, by putting him in a ''kingly tomb
which, having the reputation of thousands of
years gathered upon it, would leave 1t doubtful
whetherthe 'pilgrim" who should cometO pay
his prisons at its shrine, was attracted more by
curiosity to see the stone coffin than by respect
for the .sdead hon'' that was enclosed in it! Gen
Jackson was wise in not allowing himself 10 be
buried in a manner where such doubts might
rest upon his fame. But he has no thought OF
dying. His hand is as steady as il was forty
ago. and right glad are we tolearn it. He
is "old hickory, !" but is hickory still, and will last
Tor years yet. Take our word for it, the Com
modore will have occasion for a coffin before the
old Hero.-And as the Hero Of New Orleans viii
not consent TO go into the s'enduring marble" OF
The antique age, who SO worthy to fill, it as the
Hero OF the Figure Head p or ii the hero also re-
fuse, the wooden head itself? By the way, is it
not a culpable negligence on the part of the
faithful, that they have allow ed the decnPitatsd
figure head to remain so long not injured? II we
may be allowed, We niave the National Institute
HAT it have the decapisatea head-which is or
was not many years ago, some where about
Wa shington-placed in the tomb > Mr.. Van Blu
rem, perhaps, knows something of its wherea
bouts, il the fright he experienced when it was
exposed to him in Washington has not destroys ed
AL his recollection of the matter. Let the head
be hunted up. placed in the tomb, and we will
undertake to guarantee that IN a hundred years
from now, the ''burglarioas rumsgers'' among
The tombs will not be able 10 decide, wheiheEl II
was the verltsble head Of The old Hero, or the
counterfeit pressntmenl" which was placed in
It.
After we had written The above, we find thai
the Alexandra Gazette throws q new light up
or the subjec,. Itsays:'.But as to sarcopbagu us
i'seli-quere de hoe. We doobt altogether the
identity OF the marble"
This lie all rght. The indemnify OF the marbls
should certainly be estabiished-fO alter all, ii
may turn out that it was not made for a king OF
emperor. and that all the sold Hero's" hOmihes
on the subject were out OF place. A Committee
Vi Congress would be The proper authority.o
make the necessary investigation, and u%ntiIthey
decide. we shall n object to the figure head" be-
ing put in IT..