Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-07-05
EULoGY BY Mn. DALLAS.

EULOGY BY Ma. DALLAS
FKLLow- CITIZENS AND FRIESDs The sornows OF a ma
ton the loss of great and good are alike confirmed
and assuaged by recurring TO the virtues services which
endeared him. While funeral solemnties such now
in progress attest the pervadng regrets Of communities and
swelling tears betray the anguish OF individual friendship
while the mued drum, the shrouded ensign and the silent
march OF mingled professions Of citizens and sory address
their impressive force to the hearts of at is well 10 seek
soace in remembnnces which must brighten forever the an
mails of country, and which add one more 10 the lt of
names whose utteance the pride and strengthens
the foundations of patriotism
AT the epoch when, in September ira the deleoas of
eleven colonies assembled Carpenters Hail. before the
first gun fired at Lexington in the cause Of wesern liner
~, or Washington yet hailed general and comman
dern-chief there could be SEEM in the wds Of the Wax
nav "a south Carolina, on farm in dangerous
proximity to Indian tribes and clustering with two elder bro
TIERS around widowed mother boy about eight wears of
age IN whose veins coued the gallant bopd that short
~ after gushed from the wounds Of Montgomery into the
trenches OF Quebec That boymouded in the spirit of those
stern times, cngng with his whole soul to the American
people, rpened into athletic manhood enieebed by toll by
disease, and by dead and you have invited
me to pronounce over his yet loose grave the tribute Of your
aiectlonae gratitude and veneaon to soote you by re-
ndng you of the attributes and exploits Of one who lived
through all youreroc history, and himself an nsepara
Ole part OF i-who was born your soil when in fact it
was mere margin OF eastern coast and has Sunk into when
cohunentwho knew you when but two millions of scatter
ed weak, dependant and dsquieted povnci.ss and vet
saw you, ere he ceased to know you IMMENSE united
powerful and peaceful nation is impossible on the pre-
sent OCCASION and with short notice. to do justice task SO
Prouaced complicated, and ennobng but there are incl
dents and sentiments connected with the character and
Andrew jackson with which his counrymen unanimously
sympathlz and which his public obsequies as approp
aiely as irressiby to call into expression.
he STRIPPING orphan, while mourning over the loss of kin
dred, smarng under wounds and Imprisonment and hourly
Witnessing some cruelty committed upon friends and
neghbors imbbed during the storms of our revolution
deep uncompromsng almost fierce, love Of country that
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pulse as instructive and epessbe as breathing and
put De regarded BY those who his evenu as
the of his He passed though the war
Oh ITO, In all but that, too youthful for its trials was
there ever moment in his after being when this devotion can
De said to have waned slumbered in his breast Such
ai 30 pure, ardent unvaryngas esl three weeks
as seventy years befoeas prompt and eager amid the
nosts OF age as when In the spring of life first knded at
nc voice OF Washngton-nvokes that the door of his
sepulchre closed undssembed and undissentig praise II
Is this quality moral excellence which forms the basis of his
lame, as was the smulant every achievement From
ngnt under Dave with Byan regiment Of torres in $780,
remarkable campaign in Florida when y-wo and thence
forward through all his diplomatic conflicts with foreign
Powers it shone with steady intensity
The peace OF 1888 found him the only survivor of his
as were, alone, to face the Of the world
uneducated, and still boy. His small patrmony melted
away before he could check the reckless and prodra habits
to which he had been trained by eight years Of wild and es
Perae STRIFE There was no one to counsel to guide him
Tor the paths OF useful industry and Of restored tranquility But
jackson wanted AT this perhaps the most critical
period OF his life the iron i subsequently attributed To
ms treatment OF Others noby exercised in governing him
e Theoretically entering upon the study of the law the
native force OF his intellect enabled him. after attaining his
MAJORITY not merely to preserve his personal independence
but to carve his to recognised distinction The sphere Of
his professional practice 1.-THE western district Of North Caro-
now The State OF Tennesee exaced abor and eemed
with dangers such only resolution like his could encoun
ter and sumount Infested with enraged Cherokees and
Chocaws, Its wilderness of hundred miles, crossed and
by the undauned public solicitor more than twenty
umes enured him TO fatigue the of life constantly in
PERIL and to the attacks and articles savage whom
ne was destined signally to subdue and disperse.
IL cannot be necessary to pursue these details further
doubt Will be recolected that after aiding TO form Cons
luton for the State he has illustrated General Jackson at the
OF thirty, became Der first and only Representative
Congress almost Immediately transferred in November
797 to the Senate OF the United States and, unwilling
,roong his legislative became Judge Of the Supreme
Court OF Tennessee In all these elevated stations and espe
ay IN the last his sagacous mind, directed by motives
pure and lofty aud sustained by spirit Of unconquer
able rmness, has left practical wisdom and
usefulness, in maintaining the rights and ameIorang the
iitlon OF his countrymen, which time efface.
When the prolonged aggressons Of Great Britain upon the
maritime rights, commerce, and honor Of America prompted
IN 1912 declaration Of hosites, hero though wachfu
IF events and keeny alive their bearing had retired from
public activity and engaged in the calm pursuits Of ag
cultural life That signal sounded with welcome in his secu
aon and summoned him to dcahless II to
wrongs and reestabsh the sued Of those whom
ne ever ready TO sacrifice without stint his repose his for
June, and his blood. The war-cy Of his country scarcely
gibraed the breeze he echoed back with
which every chord Of his soul unison In less than
week, leaving his plough in its yet opening urow and his
ripe harvest dropping for the SICKLE he stood equipped and
in front OF two thousand five hundred volunteers await
ing orders from the Chief Executive.
must not-I dare not-quit the sngleness Of my subject
10 indulge in "reminiscences but partially connected with it.
however aung yet had the great and champion
whom lament host of associates competitors with him
in the proud struggle Of which should risk most suffer most
and achieve most, in exempng the prowess securing the
safety, and exaltng the reputation Of their country That
indeed, may be considered in itself ample eulogum
upon human merit, which depicts HIM in the Of roll
emblazoned by such Scott Harrison Brown, Shelby
Johnson, Gaines, Ripley, Hull, Decatur, Perry, and Nc
Donough Most Of these have gone graves which
blooming, in unfadng verdure the laurcs graue plant
ed none of them present TO postey title immortal
honor more conclusive than that involved in their having
shared with Jackson the gories OF 1912.
There fields Of public service from which ordinary
patriotism not unusually rccoi and Of this kind Is military
action against the comparatively weak yet fierce and willy
Tribes OF savages still occupying parts of their original domain
on our continent Unreguated by the principles Of civilized
warfare, Indian campaigns and conflicts accompanied by
constant Of revolving and unnecessary cruelty Mel
her age nor condition spared and destruc
ion the only ends at which the tomahawk brand
d. can be stayed In proportion however, the horrors
y such SYSTEM the necessity protecting those of REQ
by the most prompt and decisive Whom
2 the midst OF great struggle with European monarchy
he frontiers Of Georgia and Tennessee suddenly assaed
y the erocous Creeks all eyes turned appealing with conf
ence Tor security, to him who known the foe them
selves b the descriptive designations Of Long Arrow" and
sharp KNIFE No one indeed, exhibited in higher
Perecuon the two qualities essential such contest
g ana courage The sagaey Of General jackson the
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