The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-26
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blow fell, multitudes of his friends deserted him.
Undismayed, unawcd by the foe, he leyelled the
second and another large company of counsel
lors and friends filed off But this could not stir
the purpose of that wonderful man. Deserted by
his cabinet, deserted by his friends, deserted by
| the press, he came forward, and Standing alone,
called on The nation--on the peoDle--who never
in any age or nation, refused their sympathies TO
those chosen leaders God sends into the world to
be their champions We all know the result
He broke down The mightiest power ever estab-
lished in this country And now let the fate Of
the bank of Pennsyvania--let the deep vilIany
Of the men who robbed widows and orphans of
their bread-let the fate of Nicholas BiddIe and
the universal indignation of the American peo-
ple-GU proclaim how true were the words of
General Jackson when he declared that that bank
was founded in iniquity and controlled by wrong
that it would fill the land with distress and rob
the poor man of the fruit of his toll and at last
60 down, huIling to ruin not only the orphan and
the widow, but the very men who had kept the
internal machinery playing.
In all General Jackson'S movements, he was
but the organ of the people, and the expression of
the spirit of the country and of the age. The
only great issue he made that is yet unclosed, is
the annexation of Texas. This measure orgina-
ted in General Jackson, and is as sure to be car
rIed through one day. as this continent in the pro-
gress of time to fall under the sway of The de-
scendans of the pilgrims and the cavaliers of Vir
ginia. The honor of consummating this policy,
and carrying triumphantly through another and
greater measure will be the crownng glory of Mr..
Polk's administration. The pledge he gave the
world on the day of his Inauguration will be re.
deemed. Those words found warm and quick
response in the breasts of the American people,
and they went through Europe like electric FIRE.
We know that almost every cabinet Of Europe
heard that declaration with ioy
The dark and subtle policy Of Great Britain is
understood by our prople. They know thai,
sooner or later, the day must come when the
naughty claims OF that imperious empire must be
resisted She has gone VIGOROUSLY over the
earth, from continent to continent, trampling down
the natious. But when she approaches our
shores, she will find, like the waves of the ocean
she rides on, that she can come no farther So
far as the Oregon question goes, (and We consider
1t the greatest issue we have been called on to make
since the Declaration of Independence,) its deci-
sion is only question of time. In CARRYING out
boldly and fearlessly the spirit Of his inaugural
address, MIR. Polk will BRING the nation with him.
Private cIiques will be swallowed up in one great
party, into whose pale will come every man who
loves his country we'll enough TO go with its inter-
csts. We only wished General Jackson might
have lived to hear the shout of million of free
men coming back from the shores Of the Pacific
Ito see the Texas senator's come forward to take
:heir seats-te behold all his measures and ali his
hopes triumphantIy consummated 10 the admins
lion Of Mr.. Polk. But he died with the fullest
assurance that the people had in the last election
given pledge they were sure TO redeem-that
the new President had pledged himself to his
country that our standard should be firmly
planted on the banks of the Columbia, and tho
land Heaven had given us defended by twenty
millions. of fieemen. The great fact of the ad-
ministration of Gen. Jackson was the sympathy
that, from the beginning to the end subsistd be-
tween him and the people. Let it be our sacred
office TO preserve the golden links of this magic
chain bright forevcr
IL Let us guard his fame.
There have not been wanting men who hare
reviIed him while living, nor will there be want.
ing those who will Insult his memory now he is
dead. No man of our times has been so hated or
so beloved. Those who knew the virtues of his
private character, his generosity, his child-lke
simplicity and honesty, his tenderness Of feeling,
his sympathy for the poor, the unfortunate, and
the distressed. his frankness and honesty: could
not but love him. Those who had scanned his
public life most carefully and most severely, were
best satisfied of the lofty integrity of bis charac
ter. Throughout his life, he was an honest man;
and even IN the midst Of the heated struggles Of
party, with the weight of nations cares and q
nations destnies on his shoulders he found time
for many an act of private benevolence, and ma
ny of the holy duties of the Christian patriot.
6uL u was only Wnen ne TnaQ Withdrawn from
he fatigues and excitements of public life, and re-
Tired to his quiet solitude at the Hermitage, that
he found leisure for calm and uninterrupted re-
hection Here he reviewed, with calmness and
philosophy, his long >and eventful life, and devo-
ted himself 10 the pure and halIowed engagements
of friendship and piety. And what spectacle
could be more beautiful or sublime than to see
his stern, this iron man, who did never bow 10
he will of his fellow-who had stood mistaken
in the midst Of hostile squadrons-who never
knew what fear was-bowing his proud spirit at
he feet of his Maker, with all the tenderness and
meekncss of a little child
We have heard such scene described by one
who loves truth too we'll ever to haVedeceived U.s.
g Il was" said he, the hour for evening prayer
Let the family be called in, said the old man. cit
IS time for prayers He took down his large fami-
" Bible, put on his glasses and read, in clear,
manly voice, one of the most beautiful passages in
he history of the Redeemer. And then he kneIt.
md they all knelt, and the room was for a moment
till In mild, weak voice, he began to address
he Majesty of heaven and earth. = GIadually his
voice became more earnest and firm, and all his
ones were full oftenderness and simplicity. He
prayed for the lOhOle world but he bore his below
'dscountry in his arms, and asked God to bless it.
A nd when he spoke of the future, and thefclouds
hat will one day hang over rs, when the folly and
nadnees Of faction will shake ns to the centre, his
'oce grew lremulons, and the tears flowed down
he old mans check. Oh God he at last ex.
aimed, with burst of feeling be could not con.