The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-25

sonal repose general approbaton than Vas aver an
oyed oy any Of his predecessors lie again compelled
70 clear and inc xorable duty, whose
ecuuon he Well knows will revive anew the luminosity Of
Involve IN bitter and painful conflict the remnant
censures OF many whom he loves and with whose good
opniohs ne would not lightly part Inferior minds
U mould . have shTgnk from this new trial SO did
nor no. ,nAohsoN What efforts made to drive
s nlm from his purpose-wh what inaexiblo re-
solution he adhered to his position and how the
ieoPe sustained him in this conflict also, IS
y not written in the history OF the times, and
iresh IN in the recollections Of all who hear me ?
IN reference to this well every other debatable
portion Of his public life purposely refrain, lest
should trangressthe just bounds othis OCCASION from
fulness. Only one claim in his behalf do now think it
heeuui or becoming to assert; that II in any OF his Off
cai acts he erred his errors were Of the understanding
no. te heart and that in them ALL he acted from honest
usntoiested, and patriotic motives On this point he
thus speaks, in the lofty tone of conscious
IN vain do bear upon my person enduring memorials
Of that contest in which American liberty purchased
defence OF the rights and privileges SO dearly bought
II any serious doubts can be entertained as to
history Of and newer in the , ,@ o
youth nor in the vigor of manhood could find an at
traction to lure me from the path of duty and shall
scarcely md an inducemen to their
ambition when gray hairs and decaying frame, in.
stead OF inviting to toll and battle, call the con-
temptation oil other worlds, where conquerors
be hondfed and usurpers expiate their crimes. The
only ambition can feel, is to acquit myself to Him to
whom must render an account Of INV stewardship
In the history of my country No: the ambition
which leads me on, an anxious desire and axed
determination to return to the people unmpaired the
sacred trust they have confded to my charge.
10 persuade my countrymen, far as may, that it
= not IN splendid government, supported by power
ul r.onoPoes and arstocratical establishments that
they viii find happiness or their liberties protection
and granting o goa TO all
IKE .he dews OF Heaven, unseen and unfelt, in
the freshness and beauty they contribute to produce
Is such government that the genius of our people
requires-such an one only under which States
may remain for ages to come. united prosperous
and free, If the Almighty Being, who has hitherto
sustained and protected me- will but vouchsafe to
make my feeble powers instrumental to such
suit shall anticipate with pleasure, the place to be
assigned me in the history OF my country, and die
conented, with the belief that have contributed
and s Opoor small degree to increase the value
andrew Jackson has now retired to the 'sequesered
shades Of private life with tho benedctions Of CRATE
lu people and the respect and admir- alton Of the world
he enters his loved and peaceful Hermitage at the ap.
pointed limit Of human existence, with enfeebed
dies, which leave him little respite from pain and no
strength or relish for the pleasures of active life.
not mas ns IN many the hapest and
Feeling that ne has fulfilled with fidelity and ZEAL the
course course q public service to which Providence had
OF his motives and happy in the belief that the great
mass mas OF his political opponents do him justice in
principles by which he has been guided are warm.
~ cherished by great majority of the people re-
ceWIng continually, and in thousand forms, proofs
Of affection and esteem from all classes of his coun.
trymen full of faith iu the vitality and perpetuity Of
tcang with delight the advancing roas Of s III.
country, and surrounded by family he loves and by
each member OF which he held in the profoundest
eration the retirement of Andrew Jackson
ing his bodily nfrmes, is all that wisdom or patriotism,
can desire and such few statesmen and heroes in the
history OF mankind, have been permitted to enjoy.
For more than eight years he is spared to affections
and though for the last three Of them he seldom quits
dwelling, except to bow himself in the house of
God his mental faculties remain unimpaired nor
are they idle for day. His corresponce, whether of
and activity Alive to eyerythnr that
his beloved country and taking daily note Of her affairs
sounds from his lone watchower the voice ofcounsel
OF warning, according to the vision which he Secs and
to the message which has been given him. And though
at times dull ear turned to his prophcsyngs, yet in
most cases and especially in the latest his words have
been clothed with their ancient power over the
minds and the actions of his fellows If there
OF needless they will yet allow that each OF
them breathes the language Of the heart, and is in
snct with zeal for the happiness and glory of America
But II is not to the public that all his thoughts
are given. Weghty and instant are The duties Of
the citizen to his country, ANDREW JACKSON remem-
solemn responsibility. This sentiment had been i'm
planted in his youthful breast by mothers lessons
and mothers love. II had been nourished by the
example OF wifeone of the excellent of the earth ;
by provdentia deverances and favors, by the peru
sal OF the Book of God and by the instructions Of the
pulpit. Under the circumstances in which he is now
placed, these influences acquire new. and by Divine
blessing, decisive force They lead him to the Garden
and the Cross; He seeks and he obtains the forgive
ness OF his sins he avows before the world
the hopes he has received, and publicly enlsts
in the army of the faithful. Henceforward he ad.
diets himself with childke docility to the du-
ties and privileges of the Christian life. lie finds
IN them his chief enjoyment and they produce in him
their appropriate efects-peace with God, fortitude
IN sufering patience and resignation in the midst
OF PAIN serenity and hope in the prospect OF his de
come how does It illustrate the humility of his char.
acler the warmth Of his benevolence, the sincerity
hold his friends his country; with words of instruction
and OF love to all around him; with entire reliance the
or sigh his immortal spirit to the God of his salvation,
mis- peIishing body to the dust from which it came !
Such fellow citizens, the last Of Andrew
Jackson How unlike those usually assigned by Poetry
and Romance to their tabled heroes. And yet in the
sober Judgment Of enlightened reason not less sublime
and heroic than passed the field of battle and in the
chariot OF victory The greatest of all iumphs is that
which achieved ever the last enemy and this through
achieve The fires Of the last day shall consume the
laurel wIeahs OF earth most OF them indeed will have
whered ere it comes and all ever won in the
tue oil tine would furnish compensation for the loss
Of single soul But the chaplet awarded to the faith
iu soldier of the cross shall be of glory that
iadeh not away" How poor, in comparison the death
scenes enacted by the most lustrous warriors of the
heather world Jackson was Christian and he died
blessed ISSUES how rich, how unailng our sources oil
consolation In notes meodious and sublime thos
when waited TO the skies by the aid Of Millions mmor.
the chorus OF American sympathy sends up from our
Jacksons bed of DEATH its pean Of mounfu exutation-
Nothing is here for tears. nothing to wall,
" knock The breast no weakness, contempt
Dispraisc or blame nothing but well aud fair,
Ard what may quiet in death so NOBLE"
The Valley of the Mississippi, the theatre of his
youthful vaior and his meridian renown-the sane.
tuary of his declining age folds within her bosom
the ashes OF her Hero. In the Of that young
but vigorous State whose destinies once his anx.
ious care long the objects of his satisfied re
gard the sunny banks OF the Cumberland where the
strong verdurc OF the West begins reluctantly yield
to the luxurisnt beauty of the South embosomed in
sacred solitude, stands the Tomb Of the Hermitage
henceforth to divide with Mount Vernon the the
admiration and the reverence of mankind The simpli-
city of his life, the calm dignity of his DEATH
arc excmplihed by the humility of his grave.
You remember how he rejected the imperial honor that was
nroisred TO his ho,es cannot PERM, my be the
for emperor king have prepared humble depository
tog mortal body beside that wherein lies my below wife
where withon ponp parade have when
God calls me TO sleep with fathers to be laid; both Of
there until the last sounds the dead
judge when we, hope shall together clothed with
tht heavenly body promised to all who believe glorious