The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-17
From the Ohio Statesman.
WE ARE IN DEEP, SAD, SOLEMN MOURN
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From the Ohio Statesman
I'VE ARE IN DEEP, SAD, SOLEMN MOURN
The greatest man of his age is no more. Gloom
hangs over the nation, and the silent homage Of
the heart is performing its duty while the tear burns
its course down the sturdy cheek of freedoms dew
Iotees Andrew jackson is dead! Words would
iderogate from his glory and renown; the pen
|shrinks in despair from eulogy. Let the aged bow
lin silent reverence TO his patriotic virtueslet youth
lisp them but to emulate. DEATH boast of thy con-
Quest hard as the battle. Yea, death, thou art
the only foe that ever conquered Andrew Jackson.
Repose upon thy laures!
A friend has attempted eulogy; It's well-we
have no such relief. Nt
ITIE LAST OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
PRESIDENTS
The STATESMAN" Of day goes forth to its read
crs shrouded in mourning. Andrew Jackson is no
more! The warrior, statesman, and Christian has
passed to his final home, and now sleeps beneath
the green turf of the Hermitage by the side Of the
qfond wife he loved so well. Yet, though the dust
will claim all of him that is mortal, his fame will
live fresh and green on the page Of his country's
history, SO long truth, virtue and singe-hearted
patriotism find admirers.
The history of Andrew jackson is the history of
his country, so intimately is his name associated
with her prosperity and her honor. Among her
warriors lac ranked second only to the Father Of his
with Thomas Jefferson. He was one to be admired
for his patriotism, revered for his wisdom, and loved
for his virtues.
The death Of General Jackson though long ex-
pected, will plunge the nation in grief, and be re-
garded as a national calamity. aiys
General Jackson, at the tender age OF fourteen,
entered the army Of the Revolution In defence OF
that liberty to which his whole life attested his un
swerying devotion. There his two brothers offered
up their lives in defence Of the same principles and
he for whose death the people Of this mighty re-
public now weep, carried to that grave where he has
lately been laid, enduring memorial Of that fierce
contest. Later in life, he commanded the armies OF
the republic and the plains Of Talladega and Emuck
faw of Tohopeka and New Orleans, attest his cour.
age and his success.
II was not because Andrew Jackson poured ou
his blood upon the fields OF the Revolulion-t was
not because of his success in defending the frontier
from the tomahawk and scalping-k knife Of the saw
,age, and New Orleans from page and her beauty
from pollution by lcenious British soldiery, tia
he was loved and reverenced by the American
apeople. Great were the services he performed
lin the field greater were those he achieved il
THE cabinet, as the President of the country
+ his arm had protected. Amid the fire and smok,
< of New Orleans, while, with mpctuous ardor h,
WAS storming the Barrancas, his courage and patriot
\ ISM were perhaps loss tested than when he crap
npled in fierce contest, the money power which wat
endeavoring to sap The very foundations of the re
Npublic. II the stern, indomiiable energy oil
Epresident Jackson which saved the nation from that
afell monster-which caused the Bank of the United
States, with all its train Of villanes, be driven to
the wall and to sink with the weight Of the corruP-
Ybon itself had caused.
In attempting TO write notice OF one 80 ioseu
land venerated we feel il noticing the DEAN Oh
Xrelatiye near and dear Too long have we fough'
in the ranks Of that party OF which, after the deau