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ing labor, and subjecling t to capital twas for their benefit that lIe loved freedom in all It's lorms--freedom of the individual in per- sonal independence, freedom of the States as separate soyeregnties. He never would lis- len To eounsels which tended to the centraIi- zation of power. The true American system presupposes the diffusion of freedonl--or- ganized life in all the parts of the American l body pnlldc, as there Is organized life in every part of the human system. Jackson was deaf to every counsel which sought to l subject general labor 10 q central will. His ylndcallon of the ja2t principles of the con- stiiuiion derived ils sublmity from his deep conviction that this strict construction Is re- quired by the lasting welfare of the great la- boring classes of the United States.
 To hls end, Jackson revived the tribuni- cal power of the veto, aud exerted it against the decisive aetioa of both brenches of Con- gress, against lhc votcs, the wishes. the en- treaties oi personal and political frends.--- "show me,o was the reply to them, ssshow me an express clause in the constitution au- thorlzlng Congress to fake the business of State legislatures out of their hands.n "You will ruin us alls ? cried firm partisan friend, you will ruin your party and your pros pects.n sProyidence.n answered Jackson, twill teke care of me;p and he persevered.
 In proceeding to discharge the debt of tho United Staiss--a measure thoroughly Ame- riean---Jackson followed the example of his predecessors but he followed Il with the full consciousness that he was rescuing the country from the artificial system of finance which had prevailed throughout the world; and with him il formed part of system by which American legislation was to separ- ate itself more and more eiecually from European preccdents, and deyelope itself more and more, according to the vital principles of our political existence
 The discharge of the debt brought with it, of necessity, great reduction of the public burdens, and brought, Of necessity, into view, the question, how fur America should follow, of choice, the old restrictive system of high duties, under which Europe had oppressed America; or how far sIle should rely on her own freedom and enterprise and power, de- lying the competition, aud seeking the mar kels, and receiving the products of the world.
 The mind of Jackson on this subject rea- soned clearly, and without passion. In the abuses of the system of revenue by excess sive imposts, he saw evils which the public mind would remedy; aud. inelning with the whole might ui his energetic nature 10 the side of revenue duties, he made his earnest but tranquil appeal 10 the judgment of tho people.
 The portions of country that suffered most severely from system of legislation, which, in it's extreme character as it then existed, is intvnruoll,t IaJ.r lou Isa unequal and unjust, were less tranquil; and rallying on the doctrines of freedom, which made our government limited one, they, saw in the oppressive acts an assumption of power which was nugatory. because it was exercised, as they held, without authority from the people.
 The contest that ensued was the most momenlous in our annals. The greatest minds of America engaged in the discussion. Eloqusuce never achieved subllmcr triumphs in the American senate than on those oeca- sions. The countfy became deeply divided and the antagonist element, were arrayed against each other under forms of clashing authority menaeing civil war; the freedom of the several States was invoked against the power of the United States and under the organization of State in .covention, ihe re-, served rights of the people were summoned to display their energy, and balance the au- thority and neutralize the legislation of the central government. The States ere agita- ted with prolonged excitement; the friends of freedom throughout the world looked on with divided sympathies, praying that the, union of the States might be perpetual, and also that the commerce. of tic world might be free.
 Fortunately for the country, and fortu-. naey for mankind, Andrew Jackson was at | the helm of state, the representative of the i principles that were to allay excitement, and 10 restore the hopes of peace and freedom. 1 By nature. by impulse, by education, by con- vcion, friend 10 personal ireedom-by ed. ucalion, political sympathies, and the fixed habit of lis mind, friend to the rights of the Slaies-unwillng that the liberty of the States should be trampled under foot--un- willing that the constitution should lose it's yigor or be impaired, he rallied for the con- sltution and in it's name he published to the world s.THE UNION. IT MUST BE PRE- sERvEp.o The words were spell to hush evil passion, and To remove oppression, Under his guiding influence, the favored interests, which had struggled to perpetuate unjust legislation, yielded to the voice of moderation and reform and every mind that had for a moment contemplated a rupture of the States, discarded it forever. The whole influence of the past was invoked in favor of the constitution from the council chambers of the fathers, who moulded our institutions from the hall where American indepen- dence was declared, the clear, loud cry was utiered-s.the Onion: it must be preseryed.o From every battlefield of the revolution from Lexington and Bunker H.ll--from Sara- toga and Y Yorlliown-from the fields of Eu- Jaw from the cane-brakes that sheltered the men of Marion-ihe repeated, long prolonged echoes came up--'.the Union: il must be preseryed.n From every valley in our land from every cabin on the pleasant mountain sides-irom the ships al our wharyes-ifom the tents of, the hunter in our westernmost prairies--from the living minds ot the living millions of American freemen-from the ,hickly coming glores of fuiariiy- shout went up, like the sound Of many waters, s'the Union 1t must be preserved" The friends l AL |