The Arkansas banner., 1845-08-13
REM ARKS
ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OUR vENERA-
 BLE STATESMAN, ANDREW JACKSON.
 By DR. D. L. SAUNDERS, of Huatsedle

4t e Arkansas.
 U We cannofe without violence to our per u sonal feelings, and abuse of long cherished esteem, suffer inc memorable Hero of the Hermitage to de scend to the shades and si- lenee of the tora b, without uttering few words in remembe. ance of his departed spir-
 ii. In this we speak,, not as the organ of a
 party, seeking 10 proI note party views; but
 as one sufficiently disin terested, to give utter
 anee 10 a tribute of meyit ed veneratlon, (long
 cherished in our bosom) i the virtues ol the
 sage of the Hermitage
 The first noted epoch of our hero.s' pup
 he life, was his appointment 70 the command
 oi the U. s. Arply. In this ap continent was
 laid tie pedestal of that halo of military glo- ", which shone with uneclipsea and anwa-
 hing brilliancy to his descent to the tomb and which will shine, and bia.e about the gloomy shades of his charnel man slon, as long as liberty Is perpetuated and vir. ne Prl- zcd. Of the nature and extent of his m uitaiy 1 glory, however. we shall not stay to ST eak let the ashes of T;alladega, Fallushac, 1ee' Emuekiaw, fohopel la, and the plains of N ," ] OfIeans, bear djR HneSS
 notwithstanding the brilliancy of his po- titieal character wa heightened and enhanced , ny fehecuons iron | his sword and shield 1t, uot"iths'ahaIhg, lad merit ln and oi ltseli- llgght unborfowef merit emanating from his official acts, whr eh heed not the foreign geam of military glor yto enhance their excellence.
 When euiof ,sing the merits oi General Jackson as statesman, how ever, we do but utter the voice of those who side with him in pollt cs. The adverse party, we are aware, do dot sanction his political acts- | CFhis how ever takes no wreath from his tenn pie or laW el from his brow; he administered
 the goyer nmeut according to his own con-
 captions of its best policy,) As leader Of I the ReT ubiean party, however, and cham pion . of the democracy, his official acts re-
 ceiye' the seal of merited and unqualified ap-
 prob ation. It IS not denied that some of his
 acts were bold and during; and in few in- , sta ices, even s'driling 10 his friends. They , w ere, however, called forth upon momentors and pressing occasons-and although r 1T remors of his friends were excited upon their - first uterance, vet, when more fully 1 evelop. 5 ed and matured by time, they wer not oniv received and sanctioned, but ere ferarded V- as a fresh demonstration of dis unnar5le|led - forecast, and unshrjnkjng c.umpess
 m- A strong native ard almost intuitye now. oo CT oi discerning tie a.daptation and utility o
 nntrled measures. was one of the peculia
 traits which, " dh others, conspired to enc his bic the ctara cter of this venerable man. F. AS sta.tesman, however, his merit reste' :. not Tn i.ne imperial splendor of ostentatiou 'S eteai.hess. As Napoleon he piued not io 'ep the: crown of other nations; as an Alexander Tt, ne found no glory in pursuing conquest iron | nation to nation. But as WASHINGTON h ," fou0ht in his country's defGRcc.
 on No wild and visionary schemes of inter tle- national aud pompous legislation mark th en- pages of his history; no imperial pageantry ,,, and courtly splendor, sat at his board or dag
 zled in his hall. But Cincinnatian simplicity o"' and republican economy are enstamped up oed on all his acts.
 TO- We are not so sanguine in our zeal for tn ,oh virtues of our hero or SC blind in our eulo
 gy of his character, as to ascribe 10 him tn "' highest attanments either of scientific or d hs pomatic eruditian As Franklin he spor se ted not with the lightning upon rods. 4 :, in Webster he produced no laboured system
 of deep national diplomacy, As Washing An ion, however, he eyed his eountry's good aw- as Jefferson he understood well her law c,l- and policy. While as Brutus he was un 'N- s;uching in their execution.
 Rising, nevertheless, above the blur ( ous aarbi,d defamation long heaped upon hin | is by the ca,umny of his enemies, he was ail- statesman of his h and brilliant attainments mo- equalled by but few or his day, possessing Sico knowledge of all the useiu! and praetica 'ogs branches of science, and ready ianlllari her with the whole scope of history pertania lots to the nation whose government, he so faith
 fully and ably administered In depth an and extent of literary attainments, he, doubtless H. had superiors. h gigantic depth and powe ou' of thought, sage wisdom and political fore HI, me cast, he had none.
 pc While recoundng the virtues of this ven eS' erable sage, however, we pretend not to cor ltion ceal the fact, that he, too, had faults. Whilt ,uee nevertheless, we admit fraillies in commo .o with his iellow-mortals, we claim for h s''' memory, virtues which shone in the la mer, thirty years of his life, inferior :o none for his day. I ca more than virtue even Rel
 gion, Heavens brightest and beet gem to fal