The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-01


thousand men, he stood ready to guaranty her redemp
lion from colonial thradom.
compshed his physical strength sunk under the pest
entia influence Of the climate and fast yielding to dis
ida towards his home 1t was Jacksons character that
he solicited aid from any but he never forgot
those who rendered him service in the hour Of need Al
time when all around him believed him his end
his wife FASTENED to his side and by her tenderness and
nursing care herpatient assduy and the soothing in
He would have remained quietly at his home in repose,
but that he privately informed his good name was
be attaned by some intended proceed
ings he therefore, into the presence OF the peo-
pies representatives Washington, only to vindcate
his name; and, when that was achieved, he was once
moro communing with his own thoughts among the
groves of the Hermitage.
II was not his ambition which brought him again
to the public view. The affection of Tennessee COM
PEELED him to resume seat on the floor Of the Anne,
rcan Senate, and, after OF the ntensest political
strife Andrew Jackson was elected President OF the Uni
ted States.
Far from advancing his pretensions, he always
kept them back and had for years rcpressed the scica
tons of his friends TO become candidate lie felt sem
bly that he devoid OF scientific culture and little
familiar with letters; and he obsruded his opinions
preferred claims place. But whenever his opinion
was demanded he was always ready to pronounce it;
and whcnc his country invoked his services he did
not shrink from the station which had been filed
by the most cultivated men our nation had produced
Behold then the unlettercd man of the West the nur-
sling OF the wlds the farmer Of the Hermitage little
versed in books unconnectcd by science with the rad
ton Of the past oised by the will oi the people to the
highest pinnacle Of honor the central post in the civil
freedom,
the nations Of the earth would watch his actions
his words would vibrate through the civilized woi,
and his spirit he the movng-star TO guide the nations
brig with him from the forest7 What rules OF duty
will he evolve from the orncles of his mind
The man Of the West came a. the inspired prophet o.
the West: he tree from the bonds Of here
dary established custom: he with superior
but Conscience no oracle but his native judgments and
true his origin and his cducationtruc to the condi
tons and circumstances of his ne valued
right than usage he reverted from the pressure OF
We tread on ashes, where the fire is not yet evtn-
gushed; yet not to dwell his career as President
to leave out of view the grandcs illustrations OF
his magnanimity.
precedents of the legislation Of European monarches
the Office of jackson to lift the country out OF the
European forms of legislation and to open to il
resting on American sentiment and American freedom
He would have freedom every wherefreed0m under the
restraints of right freedom Of industry of commerce,
Of mind of universal actions freedom unshackled by re-
srctve privileges unrestraned by the thradom OF mo-
nopoles
out parallel With natural dialectcs he developed the
political doctrines that suited every emergency, with
precision and harmony that no theoris could hope to
equal On every subject in politics. speak but fact
ce and %o" ~ O aS how
remark make the application Of his principles to every
question that could arise in legislation or in the inter-
probation Of the constitution.
His expression Of himself clear that his infu
pervaded not our land only, but all America and all
mankind They say that in the physical world, the mag
nec fluid is dfused that its vibrations discerna
BILE simultaneously in every part of the globe So
with the element Of freedom And Jackson developed
its doctrines from their source in the mind Of humanity
the popular sympathy moved and agitated through
out the world till his name grew everywhere to be the
Himself the witness Of the ruhlessness Of savage life
he planned the removal Of the Indian tribes beyond the
limits of the organized Sates and the result Of his
determined policy that the region east Of the Mississippi
been transferred to the exclusive possession Of cu
tivated man.
pupil Of the Wilderness his heart was with the Pic.
Of American life towards the setting SUM- No Anne.
rcan statesman has embraced within his affections
scheme liberal for the emgrants that OF Jackson
He longed to to them not presumption rights only
but more than presumption rights He longed to invite
to take possession of the unoccuped fields without
money and without price with obligation except the
perpetual devotion Of itself by allegiance its country
Under the benefcent of his opinions sons
of misfortune the children Of adventure find their way
to the uncultiyated west There in some wilderness
glade or in the thick forest Of the fertile plain or where
the praries most sparkle with flowers, they, like the
wild bee which sets them the example of industry may
choose their home mark the extent of their possessions
with boughs and turf and teach the virgin soil to yield
itself to the poughhare Theirs shall be the SOIL theirs
Come children Of sorrow you on whom the Old World
frowns; crowd fearlessy to the forests plant your
homes in confidence, for the country watches you
children grow around you hostages and the will
derness at your bidding surrenders its grandeur of
less luxurance to the beauty and loneliness of culture
falls short of the ideal which lived in the affections Of
Jackson. His heart ever with the pioneer his pc.
Icy favored the diffusion of independen mt reehoids
throughout the laborng classes Of our land.
1t would be sin against the OCCASION, were to omit
to the deep Of Jackson to the
Of the aborng classes that he deed all the storms of
ca hostility He onged to secure to labor the fruits
of its industry; and he increasingly opposed every
system which tended lessen their reward, which
exposed them be dcfIauded of their Dues The labor
for the tide Of time, did statesman exist
more heartily resolved to protect them in their rights
and to their For their benefit he or
artificial methods OF controlling Labor and subjecting 1t
to capital II was for their benefit that he loved freedom
in all its formsreedom Of the individual in personal in
dependence freedom of the States separate sovereign
ties. lie would listen to counsels which tended
to the Capitalization of power The true American sys.
life in all the parts OF the American body polite there
is organized life in every part Of the human system.
Jackson deaf every counsel which sought to sub
ject general labor to central will His vindicstion VI
the just principles OF the constitution derived its sublim
ty from his deep conviction that this strict construction
is required by the lasting welfare of the great aborns
classes OF the United states
To this end jackson revived the trbunical power o,
the Veto and exerted it against the decisive action
both branches Of Congress- against the votes the wishes
the entreaties Of personal aud political friends. "sho~
me-, was his reply TO them, "show express clause
in the constitution authorizing Congress take the bu
siness of State legislatures out Of their hands" "iou
will ruin us ALL cried firm PARTISAN friend, you viii
ruin your party and your own prospects" Providence
answered Jackson, will take care Of me, and he pcre-
vered
In proceeding to discharge the debt Of tho United
Statcs-a measure thoroughly American-Jackson ioi.
lowed the example of his but he followed
win the full CONSEQUENCES that ne was rescu the
country from the artificial system OF finance which had
prevailed throughout the world and with him formed
part of a system by which American legislation
separate itself more and more efectualy from Euro
pean precedents and develope itself and
coing to the vital principles of political existence
The discharge Of the debt brought with it, Of neees
ssity, great reduction Of the public burdens. and
brought OF necessity, into view the questiot how far
system of high duties under which Europe had op.
pressed America how far she should rely her
own freedom and enterprise and power, defying the
competition and seeking the markets. and receiving the
products of the world.
The mind Of Jackson this subject reasoned clearly,
and without passion. In the abuses Of the system Of
by excessive mposts, he saw evils which the
public mind would remedy and, nclining with the
whole might Of his energetic nature to the side OF
duties he made his earnest but tranquil appeal to the
judgment Of the people.
The portions OF country that suffered most severely
from OF legislation which in its extreme charac
ter il then existed is universally acknowledged
hnan am uniusf less TRANQUIL and