Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-07-12
VEN Iines mnke a snuarn.
he stood readyto guaranty her redemption ircm
colonial thradrom.

But when peace was restored, and his office
was accomplished, his physical strength sunk
under the pestilential influence of the clmate
and, fast yielding to disease, he was borne in a
litter across the swamps of Florida towards hFs
home 1t was Jacksons character that he nevtr
solicited aid from any one; but he never ior,rnt
those who rendered him service in the hour ,t
need. AT time when all around believed hin
near his end, his wife fastened to his sidei and
by her tenderness and nursing care, her patieit
assiduity, and the soothing Influence of devoted
love, withheld him from the grave.
He would have remained quietly a. his home,
in repose, but that he was privately informed,
his good name was to be attained by some ~.
tended congressional proceedings he camr.
therefore, into the presence of the peoples rp.
presentatives at Washington, only to vindicate
his name; and, when that was achieved, he was
once more communlng with his own thoughts
among the groves of the Hermitage.
The unity of his mind and his consistency
were without parallel. With natural dialec
tics, he developed the political doctrines that
suited every emergency, with precision and
harmony that no theorist could hope to equal.
On every subject in potics--f speak but fact
he was thoroughly and profoundly and immo-
vably radical and would sit for hours, and in a
continued flow of remark make the application
of his principles to every question that could a.
rise in legislation, or in the Interpretation of
the constitution.
The laburers may bend over his grave with
aiiectlonate sorrow for never, in the tide of
time did statesman exis, more heartily reso.
we'd to protect them in their rights; and to adj
vance their happiness. For their benefit he ~,
posed partial legislation for their heneft ho
resisted all artificial method Of cortrolIir4 labor.
and subjectne it to capital 1t wac for tboir
benefit that he loved freedom in al, its forns--l
freedom Of the Individual in personal ind ,pena
dence, freedom of the States as scpar,ts soyor.
eighties. lie never would listen to connse,s
which tended to the Capitalization of power.
The true American system presupposes the diff
fusion OF freedom--oroanZod life in all the parts,
Of the American body polite, a. there is or7a--.
jackson was deafto every counsel which sought
to subject general labor 70 a central Will His,
vpnicatlon of the just principles OF the coastitl.
ton derived lis subnity from his deep ronvc-
ton that this strict construction is required bv
the lasting welfare Of the great laboring classes
of the United States.
To tins end jackson revived the tfibunicial
power otthe veto and exerted i, agains, the de-
c'sve action OF both branches Of Congress, a.
ga'nst the votes, the wishes, the entreaties of
personal and political friends "Show me-" yas
his reply to them, "show me an express clause
in the constitution authorizing Congtess to take
, the business of State legislatures out of their
hands" "You will ruin us all" cried ffm
partisan friend, "you will ruin your party and
your own prospects" "Provdence," answer
eG Jackson, twill take care of me !" and he
persevered.
! From his home in Tennessee, Jackson catns
to the Presidency resolved to hit American !e.
gslatlon out of the forms of English legislation,
and to place our laws on the currency in harino'
ny with the principles of our government. He
coiie 10 the presidency of the United States re-
solved to deliver the government from the Bank
of the United States, and restore the regulation
of exchanges to the rightui depository of that
powcr-the commerce Of the country. He liaG
designed 10 declare his views on this subject in
his inaugural address, but was persuaded 10 re~
inauish that utIrpGSC, on the ground that il no.