The Arkansas banner., 1845-05-07
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 Gte y% arrived, o'r rn5rticuariy the letter from the , %Nh desptcb e, rl.r, line breathes the genuine ico edlately a n'a,d and simplicity of the man m o,., 1J;tbt to honor, except, probably, h ;n,4 lquake 5l!5cal asprauts who encounter
 ''S', at4 o'd ';on. and in that encounter re-
 PsI r.icoI death blow. The calm re- furnished h. 5 5'cbastened feelings with which 'ne Pcra c.a sss,ior and Statesman awaits the account of. Jeab. will be read with delight hated the etyd 9b.
 rrr.YARD, PHILADELPHIA, Write, says a. M April 8, 1915. inls of the ea, .,,y-The interest which the Ma ilc are still p .na, .,o has been pleased to take in Ffors excite] u bestowment of the remains of Y' the disasf. 'i i1 Andrew Jackson in the sarco- slIll imperS" S.b brought from abroad, and de-
 r[r ronr institute, makes it my busi- es past 8 Go /, communicate to you copy of h. slight al fl. ftbe 27th ultmo, lately received ecu scllon of the Infect.
 nd South .g,iments so congenial to his strict e shocks w@ s.m-and in accordance, indeed, 'as ever eype, aoabcan feelings common to Of the bujdn he fakes the ground olrepugnance ol all exaqpp ,ioa his name, andin any way, with pol .he great a,socatlons
 7ssed spec., sool hut honor the sentiments which lstant the m J his judgment in this case for they Tranquil aDd ss must add 10 the lustre of his praying 10 We subscribe to them ourselves; | anxetytbe, sae we yield to their force, we may ert the most nsrmitted to continue our regard to d lntoa Vast l5rnu marble, as an ancient and ounding the .Ic1a curiosty in itself, and partc-
 the flags tbis country, as the first of It's kind he trees bent oar western hemisphere. 'Y edifces we would deduce the moral, that, lense arrow rf would discaim the pride, pomp cathedral emsIance of imperial pageantry, as
 At 56 mi our institutions and professions, W lad ceasel s1ulously cherish the simpler repub- seeftain the 5incples of reposing our fame and house or in inc hearts and affections of our . sI ''lil9e Cal rmen.
 9d and ga g now in conclusion, to say, that, as and others ,roDbagns was originally presented lsericorda suggestion of using it as above men ees aBddn now commit 1t wholly to the insti- tered The their own and sole property, exempt iFal places ny condition.
 lemoRha very respectfully, yours, &sc.,
 In ruins, LESSEE DUNCAN ELLIOTT. nd San F President and Directors of the National In- n;Gooa, ,I at Washington
 s,s ,' HERMITAGE, March 27, I3f5 z .c R SR-Y our letter of the 18th inst, ell, and wal E' .9 19P2 '.'f & t ol ath the tab o1ai S',ato ''.Io' I, ns ps t;igl' .l.., N. of the sarcophagus for their accep- snu g;u,'4' on condition it shall be preserved, and san sr@s s nor of my memory, have been received, f o.ba.I nnow before me.
 e'i'i Ou h0ugh laboring under great debility and :. .a1 oa. from severe attack from which I l.. g not recover, raise my pen and endeav- FpIy The steadness of my nerves o,raI of ebaps lead you to conclude my pros ,I;as % aof strength is not so great as here ex-
 .s ,o .,. u. Strange as Ii may appear, my nerves , ,5o a,. steady as they were forty years gone .,' ~'o 9i' whilst, from debility and aliction, am .i:aa .., lg for breath.
 s ,,'sa add lave read the whole proceedings of the a, ~a naton, by you, of the sarcophagus, and ~, o1o..s,. rsoulions passed by the board of di- aa ars. rs, so honorable to my fame, with sen :, T ms and feelings more easily to be coniec- ra... than by me expressed. The whole ioas edings call for my most grateful thanks, on ,ba h are hereby rendered to you, and ;nar;.5, ggh you to the president and directors ,, riS eNaiona Institute But with the warm Inf .s. @ aasaions that can inspire grateful heart, cha en decline accepting the honor intended ,os;,lrs bestowed. cannot consent that my # cona, nbody shall be laid in repository pre- f sres. 1for an emperor or king. My republic q and elings and principles forbid 1t; the simpl tbis m dour system of government forbids it. ,va sri r monument erected to perpetuate the ,f tor1t nMy of our heroes and statesmen ought ebou1 ar evidence of the economy and simpli- tHft,a o--ssr republican institutions, and the II;qens lness of our republican citizens, who are ng se Nyereigns of our glorious Union, and
 se virtue t Is to perpetuate it. True yir- he Sar cannot exist where pomp and parade arc ,wevet governing passions; it can only dwell s onr n the people-the great laboring and pro ,rarIik Emg classes that form the bone and sineW which our coniederacy.
 ,se for these reasons I cannot accept the hon .neees you and the president and directors of the
 a0na Institute intended to bestow. can ,yico permit my remains to be the firstin these ocae 1ed States to be deposited in a sarchopha cing made for an emperor or king. l again is h Fat, please accept for yourself, and convey eribI ne president and directors of the National h is s'ue, my most profound respects for the he wi 9aor you and they intended to bestow. oud He prepared an humble depository for nay l be atal body beside that wherein lies my be-
 1fd wife, where, without any pomp or pa eem e l have requested, when my God calls Hing 10 sleep with my fathers, to be laid; for lmGl dh ofus there to remain until the last trum- or sounds to call the dead to judgment, ting a,enwe hope, shall rise together, clothed trb 'an s that heavenly body promised to all who wer taPve Tn our glorious Redeemer, who died sion nus that we might live, and by whose e l 01enent hoped for a blessed immortality. lay am, with great respect,
 lim Your friend and feIow-ctizen, men ANDREW JACKSON. ;oa Com. J. D. ELLIOTT,
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