The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-08-23
ANDREW JACKSON.
r,om IL, Dlblin Freomml'3 Jounol.

inn In, one days lalrnews tom Amer
lea, with lie deeply to he lomenled II
dinas Of General Jackscn's death TIM.
event took pllre nj hrs private residence
the ,Nermimga,' 10 The western state OF
Tennessee on the Sh Of June lash'
ia the rs h year his age. An OLD
,comrade ia arms. beryiog to the veler'
an'. dying bel % abide win him Ia n
.nsl couhel, whlch II Is the LOT OF ali
men 10 sustain, met his physician on
the way, proclaImIog that the hero was
no more. 49,
We can imagine how this Intelligence
has been received throughout America.
F,;ends palsied with a saddeo eHel' and
they who were once his 'oes, now vaIu
able eulogisls Ui hls character. Over his
crave ,he,e is heard bul one gnsh OF unl'
v.rs,l sorrow. HIS death ls indeed a
national calamity TO hlscoun'rymen, and
. wide void Ieli III the ranks OF man,
hood. Tnough for years he had nor
mingled in actve plblic life, the oracle
memorable for uulh aud ago thus yelled
in honored privacy, was IN the iarlhes'
and respected in The highest quarters
His yery mullerlngs were treasured by
the favored lew, who lately saw him
face to face, aud the word oil his mouth
decided the destiny OF the Continent
A great career, indeed, is closed; lu'
minsry has gone down in the west, ana
the fash Of his sunset has come out 10
us, across the waters.
America may well lamen, her loss
lie had grown with her growth, a limb
OF The giant oak: and in his TALL the stem
and ali The branches are shaken. kng>
die often, and the common herd oi con,
ouerors rush down The prec'p'ces oi
, lime to their own undoIng, but The laI'
Of a yirluous citizen, brave and mercIluI
in wal, straight forward and incofTuph'
in peace, who made his arms a shield,
and his power beloved, cannol be sus'
,ained by any county however rlch ~
ruhiic virtue. without the sense oil be
Teayement which is never enlIre'y Tor
,o,,en. The new world has lost a sec
ood Washington 10 Jackson's death
for though their characters may d'lle'
somewhat, their moral construction was
the same Times aod Temperament
modify the operation Of similar prIncI'
pes, and So with them. Jackson was
more ardent, more, tenacious, more OF
the iron cast of Napoleon IN his acuon
lie was a man Of unparalleled hrmnes'
10 the camp and in he cabinet. Made
as if 10 mould the future national chaTac'
ter of America, his own was deeply
marked with all The great Republlcau
Iineaments. And he has Impressed
himself more deeply than any Other
man, Washington OF Franklin not eX
cepled, on the general character oil his
people. lie has given them bound
less national anibllion-an ambition no'
to ensave but to lberate-nol to cen
lraIise, but dlTuSe power-not 10 heap
weslh 10 one mpeyial fortress, but IL
partition lis Influence, aud scatter It's ad'
yantages over the area Of The conIederacy
General Jackson was born n March
1867, OF Irish parents. While yet a
laI lie entered The army OF the Revolu-
lion, and carried his mu>kel through a
war Of Independence. The greatest event
OF his military career was the proud prerog'
awe he enjoyed, Of terminating by one
masterstoke the war with EPgIand Of ls-
l2-'l5. On the banks Of the Mississippi
al New Orleans, he encountered The veler-
ems Of the Peninsula, and their serrled hosts
were leveIIsd with the marshy waste, which
they had polIued BY their presence. lu
furnishing the incursons of lhe Indians, his
usual IuriuDe attended him-civllIzed skill
and savage vile were alike broken before
lIm.
There grew up in America after !be sec
ond war WITH England, monicd II onop0'
iy, called the United States Bank, This
great machine, IN the hands Of reckless and
negligent men, wond, if suffered to e&lsl
have ong since jeopard'zed Ihe liberties ana
.he prosperity m that country. Jackson
was made President, and he overthrow, ny
an exeIliOn Of his daring genius, this dan
gerous cnoImily. The factions rallied, and
The uvariciuus cOn0oired against him; never
was statesman SO balIed by the snarling
emssares of bastard NriSiocracy; he stay.
ed not TO relOrl OF 10 hear, bui working un.
der the fury OF the storm, with a faithful
few, lie swept away his standing army o.
usureis as completely as he he'd swept a.
way the hosts oI.PDckenham. The pubic
voice at last was heard IN his defence, ant
Ne was placed a second limen the chair o
the Presidents. In his eight years o
Office he gave new complexion 10 AmerI
can pollics, and one which has never sine,
beeH changed.