Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-23


future national character of America, his own
was deeply marked with all the great Republ-
! can llneaments. And ne has impressed him
sell more deeply than any other man. Washing,
ton or Franklin not excepted, on the general
character of his people. He has given them
bouudless national ambi,ion-an ambition not
to cnslave but to liberste--not TO ccnralise, but
TO dliiuse power--not 10 heap wealth in one
imperial fortress, but to partition its influences,
and scatter its advantage over the area Of the
confederacv:
General Jackson was born in March, 1867,
of Irish parents. While vet a lad, he entered
the army of the Revolution. and carried his
musket through the war Of Independence The
greatest event in his military career was the
proud prerogativc he enjnyed, of terminating
by one master stroke the war with England of
lSl2-l5. On the banks of the Mississippi, at
New Orle,ns, he encountered the veterans of
the Peninsula, and their serred host were le.
yelled with the marshy waste, which they had
polluted by their presence. In furnishing the
Incursions of the Indians. his usual fortune at.
tended m-civilzcd skill and savage vile
we're alike broken before him.
There grew up io America, after the second
war with England, a moneyed monopoly, called
the United States Bank. This great machine,
in the hands of reckless and negligent men,
would, il suffered to exist, have long since eo.
pardzrd the liberties and the prosperity of that
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overthrew, by an exerlion of his daring genius,
! this dangerous enormity. The factious rallied,
! and the avarlclous consplred against him ne.
/ yer was statesmen SO bated by the snarllng e.
! n,Ssaries OF bastard aristocracy he stayed
not to rrtort or to hear, but working under the
( fury Of the storm, with faithful! few, he swept
away 'hls standing army of usurers com
I pletcly as he had swept away the hosts OF Pack
enham The public voice at las, was heard in
his defence, and he was placed a second time
IN the chair OF the Presidents. In his eight
years OF Office he gavea new complexion TO A..
mercan politics, and one which has never since
been changed.
We cannot here enter at length into the con.
slueTalIon oi the varied events OF the long ne
of this iIlus,rous man. We say llus,rious, not
in common place Of scnSelCss euloCy, but be-
cause we consider that great integrity, without
pre:rnslon, ambition without eeltishuess, and
euccess without arroE ance, are among the best
titles tc that high appe!latve. The world has
known no man more pure than Jackson. Ame-
rica will feel his less most intimately. But
why should not we here, throughout the hern's
iaherland, give voice to deep regret and NJ.
terancc TO our melancholy pride IN the dcpart.
ed The home which his parents lovcd--the
alter where they were maried-thc last spot
OF Irish soil they saw may be unknown, bat the
fame Of their son reflects back upon their coun-
try ton broadly and brightly to be confined q
localities, or have limits less extensive than hi,
island. Even in his life he was proud OF hl,
descent, and his heart would glow ut the sigh
OF any OF ireland's humblest sons. While
grateful people--over whose growth lie ha
watched for whose rights he bravcd death 1t
the field, and the fury of a strong bad faction it
pcace-whiie they are rendering due honor Il
; his virtues, his services, and his example, som,
son q; ireland, b1nished by misrule, will. W,
trust, a. representative ot the people of th,
; hero's fathers, minge IN their grlei, and cla,u
| as sad prerogative Of hts brlhrIght, TO mourn
ior the illuslrous dead.