New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-21
SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 81, is4s.



last meeting " entertain and pass certain resol1
tons Of guarded and moderate eulogium on thu
character and public services OF Gen Jackson. as !
had q perfect right To do They were introduced
by Gen. p. NJ. We,morc in a few appropriate re
marks, and seconded by Hon. b. +. Butler in .ons
observ atoms equally considerable. Mr.. Webster
also supported them in magnanimous and forcioi'
speech We regre, thai the universal prevalence
Of cant and hypocrisy imposed on Mr. Webster the
seeming necessity Of saying with regard to zen
Jackson's Presidential career, II was my M"
fortune TO be obliged TO differ from him in regard
to most Of his leading measures Misforfune, MI
Webster, no, il was your DUTY, and you d's
charged it generously toward him, riobly for your
self faithfully to your country. 1t may have oceA
often an unpleasant duty, as it certainly was a.
.rduous and trying one. to breast the Wild waves
ri ronnlar infatuation and Executive desFofism
through long years of hopeless anxious opposition
H., !, often seemed that the Ship Of State must
on N pieccs or BE- stranded by the madness OF her
commander the blindness of the crew or the Jury
of the gales they had conjured up but never talk Of
II a. misfortune Let us not prove such intdels
10 Virtue as to call Leonidas or Pbocion or Cato or
Milton unfortunate much less those who have rode
out the fury Of the tempest and brought the barque
Commonwealth safe, though strained and shat
tered, into calmer waters Words are things none
understand their force better than Mr.. Webster and
we wish he had seen fit to another in place o.
misfortune Otherwise, his remarks were worthy
even Of him. II would have given better look To
the proceeding, if Mr.. w. had been induced either
20 move or second the resolutions To have this
work committed to two officers Of the Federal Gov
ernment,--at least one Of them introduced to o
generous crib in the public stall by Gen. jackson
himsci, was awkward lie; all things be done
decenty, and in order
But while nnetenths Of the Wings present
promptly and cheerfully voted for Gen. Wetmores
resolutions on the grounds ably set forth by Mr.
Webster, there were two-Mr. Fessenden and Mr.
Charles Kng-who felt constrained TO express Their
dissent They did it frankly but courteousy; the!
spoke truth as became frcemen- bat frcenen as con
siderate for others convictions and feelings A.
their own. Yet for this they are blackguarded IL
Yesterdays Morning News and Herald as though
they had been guilty Of some exceeding baseness
The News under the caption Of A Small Man on
Great One speaks of Mr.. Fessenden's remarks
thus;
"The spirit OF his speech bitter and malignant
A the occasion was dsgrscefuly chosen for making II
A. a LAWYER Mr. Fesscnden knows the value Of prcce
dents The only he could easily find III point TO Jus
tfy his taking such an occasion Tor sucn speech We
that which he may have beard oi though neher N 'oAe
nor Chiuy-when a dead lion was kicked BY another IN.
imal which best proved its own nature by the act
49,. fMr. could approach that spot on which
nations tears yet raining fast and fresh only t.
spit out upon ii the boarded venom OF HE OF partsa
bgoy and outrage the feelings OF the living ms wei
q the solemn rights which belong to the presence O
DEATH by strain Of vuperation disgusting even to a.
but few Of those present who shared the speaker Pc
itcal opinions"
We quote these abusive paragraphs not to reply
to them nor in any manner defend Mr. Fessenden-
neither can be necessary-but that the public may
rec what the praise is worth which is given in view
Of such assaults on all who may venture to express
Q doubt as to the propriety Of bestowing it.
We desire no controversy on the subject o.
Gen. Jackson's merits. but both the News and ih'
Herald make false issue and unfair present.
mcnt Of the matter in difference. 1t is not bccaus,
Gen. jackson was the leader of an opposing party.
and very efficient champion Of that party. that We
cannot Join in paying extraordinary honors 10 hi
memory The lives and deaths Of Jefferson an
Adams were jointly comncmoratcd b. the who'll
American People. And now let such man as Nj
Calhoun die. and see il those who have opposed hi
Political course most resolutely are not among the
foremost to unite in paying signal honors to his mem
DRY az Patriot and Statesman. SO OF men of lesser
uo,e-Michael Hoffman, Theodore Sedgwick, Geo
p. Barker in our own State. Marcus Morton in Mas
sachusctts &c. &c. would be profoundly lamened
H., a. a. ,ho h.x sfaat
ily In opposition TO them for twenty years Bur
Gen Jackson's case is entirely different Suppose
we who have ~ long and earnestly struggled agains,
him. not merely a. q wrong headed politician bu,
lawless violcn, and dangerous man. should now
turn round and pretend to honor him. would we no,
be fairly asked. Sirs, We're you hypocres former
'ly or are you hypocres nor Did you lie when
you spoke Of Gen. Jacksons slaughter Of Dickin.
'son in a horse-race quarrel as a cold blooded. Zero
.cious homicide Were you cheating us when you
characterized his street fgh, with Col Benton as
'dsgrsccful to Human Mature What TO
think Of your denunciations of his high handed acts
at New Orleans. not IN merely enforcing Martial
Law, a. his spoogists falsely represent but in
breaking up the Legislature on uniounded suspi
'cion and in continuing Martial Law long after the
necessity for it had ceased, and then imprisonine
Judge merely for granting writ which he had no
right to refuse Was all your apprehension OF his
repeated unauthorized invasion and subjuga,ion OF
.Florida-thc territory of an independent nation
with which We were at peacc-a mere sham De
you recant your old notions. and decide that the
hanging Of trader among the Indians, not only
'withou, judge or jury but against their decision
was Just the thing And do you now say thai
his unprovoked and systematic Prescription OF Pc
.litcs opponents when not one Of his partsans had
been removed by Mr.. Adams was mt wrong and
a source Of infinite and in,ermnsblc corruption and
calamity DO you say that his abandonment, Of
the Cherokces to the rapaciiy of Georgia in dircc
and admitted violation Of the Treaties he had
.lemnly sworn to enforce. was jus,iiiable Do you
declare that the Removal OF the Deposi,es was no.
a aagrant and dangerous usurpaiion of power =
Or. you do no: mean all this, rkat DO yon mean
These arc questions which will every where b.
aakcd, and viii find or make an answer We car
cheerfully do honor to a political opponent
that Ill. But in paying marked honors TO Gen