The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-19
CRIMINAL COURT OF WASHINGTON.

| WAsHiseroS, June -, ls45.
CRIMINAL COURT OF WASHINGTON.
In publishing, yesterday, the proceedings of the
criminal court Of Washington county, relative te
the death Of General Jackson the address Of Mr.
Hoban was unavoidaby omitted We are now
enabled to present to our readers the following clio.
quent remarks of that gentleman;
Mr. HoBAN said, that he believed he spoke the
general sentiment of oil by whom he was surround
|ed-he certainly spoke from the fulness Of his own
|heart-when he to advert TO the striking event
lust announced by the district attorney.
Upon many points of the history Of the distin.
|guished deceased-upon many Of the events Of his
stirring and active career-now that the actors IN
them still survive, and the passions and the feelings
(which accompanied them are still alive and unex-
cannot expect and Il Is unreasona-
|ble TO ask, perfect unanmity ofopinion.
But there are some traits in the character-there
are some incidents in the Of the soldier and
patriot whose demise now occupies the attention,
and awakens the grief Of the American people, the
of which can be ungrateful TO none
who value the high excellences Of our nature. We
|are here to mnge sympathies with those Of our
|countrymen, above the grave of one whose noble
deeds are part Of our proudest records-whose
lion heart and generous spirit constituted him a
striking example ofthe bravery and WORTH which we
ClHlIn OI
tier. None will deny that, upon the age in which
|he ved-upon the men and scenes by which he
was Observation-Disclosures Jackson has exercised q
widespread and enduring influence. His fervld
mature, to the last moment of his being, exhibited
1.-The same bold attributes. An interest in the adj
|vancement of his political princples-a father IS
soicitude for the spread of the empire of western
|freedonl--eft him only with the last breath of his
1existence.
His career as a politician-the holiness of his
1views--the manness Of their enforcement-the
|candor Of their avowal-are before the world.
Men differ--and have right to differ-as to the
|efect of his and his principles upon them
land upon their country. But few indeed, are they
who would deny him honesty Of motive and in
|tegrty of purpose.
Upon those measures, and those principles let
|posterity judge. When the men and the passions
of the day have past, not friend of his fears the
sentence which the calm and enlightened, who sue
coed us, will pass upon them.
! But if in these he erred, he erred with brilliant
lintclects and noble spirits; he erred the side of
Justice and equaity he erred with those whose be-
lief in advancement-n the self-regeneratng
capacity of our nature--in the fitness and capaoil.
Ity of man for the business of self-government. IL
1he erred he erred in favor of the dignity of our ma
ture and the practicabiity of enlarged human lib
Ierty.
But, in our belief, he did not err. No. Brilliant
las was his military course, it was not more illus
rious than his civil career. In his person, and in
his history, we read the victory of principles the
fruits of which are already visible and the influence
of which tend only to the perpetuation of our
free institutions. taa
This is not the time nor the occasion to advert
more than thus briefly to this topic.
The grave has closed upon him; his history is
that of the past. Let us view him in that capacity
| in which he won the favor and the love of all
striking ornament of his character was tina,
romantic and unfailing bravery, which, in every
emergency, his conduct exhbited-realizng the de-
|scrpton Of the poets hero in the moment of ex-
Icement and of danger, and seeming as zone who
had never heard the name of DEATH"
Many of us are old enough to remember the story
|of his splendid achievement at Orleans. Then, did
levery heart bound with ioy--did every window
blaze with illumination! II came upon us IN mo-
Hmcnt of gloom-of dependency. 1t Is true that oni
gallant tars had borne the national banner triumph
liant upon every wave. II is true that our little army
had covered itself with the laurels Of repeated vico-
Tries; but the soil of this capital had been polluted
beneath the heels of hirelings, and the fires OF the
Iconfagration of our city were hardly extinguished
when we learned the joyous news that the rciors {?
Washington pere the panqttished Of Orleans wei
then did Jackson seem to us to deserve that mag
Influence of euogium--the intrinsic desert value
of which was so enhanced by the source from which
liz came-falng as it did, from the lips of the pen
man of the charter of independence--,hat she had
I filled the measure Of his co,intrys glory"
Bravely did he lnterpose DetWeen HIS peioveo
country and the wardogs of European carnage In
solenty did the invader promise TO his hosts beauty
and booty" the plumber Of the city, the sacrihee
to ruffans Of mothers and Of daughters. Jackson
was their savior From that moment grateful peo-
. ole chung to him with fervent enthusiasm. They
pursued him with love and confidence which were
never Withdrawn from him. Their faith was I'M
plcit in the patriotic honesty of motive by which he
was guided
we stand now in Imagination upon the turf which
covers his mortal remains. His race is run; the pa
| riot statesman, soldier, is no more.
His whole course has been crowned with extra
ordinary and splendid success. In war, he was q
shield to his countrymen-one of the brightest or
naments of the historic page; in peace he was as en-
1ergetic, as useful, and well beloved As patriot,
his spirit was enlarged; his views, seemingly too
bold to be practical ever in result, unfaling;
his heart, in its every pusation, was thoroughly,
entirely, .fmerican.
Pursuing the instincts Of an elevated nature, ne
trod unerringly the lofty pathway TO true glory.
. His fame is without blot-his escutcheon without
stain-his hands were clean Of seductive lucre
Ii becomes us, then, to leave those matters upon
which the men of this day differ to the conclusive
verdict of the fu,ure and to unite all every sect and
sopjnion, to do Justice to the genius of great man
No the public services Of faithful patriot.
EpORT OF EXPERIMENTS ON GUN.