Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-07-24

great conqueror of al, cheered by the
hope Of a glorious resurrection, he aied
a S he had lived, hero and patriot.
ANDREW JACKSON is dead! That
giant soul which gave TO his frame lis
mastery, hath indeed sped back to the
hand Of its Maker: and the impressive
ceremonies ofthe day assure us that the
earthly tenement which contained it,
hath returned to its mother dust!-But
Immortality o'ersweeps
All pains, all tears, all time, all lears-and peals
Like the eternal thunders of the deep,
Into my ears this truth!''-
.Andre,c Jackson LEES Forever!-No,
my countrymen, while there remains
in the hearts of the American people
one generous throb, JACKSON cannot
die. His fame is too respondent with
honor and glory ever to be swallowed
up in the silent oblivion Of the grave
his ennobling virtues too Godlike to
be dimmed by the lapse of time. But,
in after ages, when lingering around
the urn that contains the sacred ashes
of his Wondering form, shall the lone
pilgrim to freedoms shrine paya willing
tribute. to the memory of the Nlustsious
Dead! sae3 z e Fl
tits not, fellow-citizens, within the
power of my poor abilities to do even
partial justice to the undying fame Of a
JAcKsoN,-the man in whom Nature
had so happily eommingled the ele-
ments of goodness and greatness, that
she might with pride proclaim to the
world" Behold being worthy of It's
great architect !''-And in complying
with the solicitations OF many of my
fellow-citizens, by accepting the prof
fered honor, | did SO, l assure you,
with great dif6dence; for, regarding,
as | must, the Ultimate duty thereby
imposed, and not unmindful of. the
shortness of the time allowed me for
preparation, ] could but entertain fears
and misgivings, that not only would
their too partial expectations be disap-
pointed, but fail, by my feeble effort,
to vindicate before that unsparing crit
ic, the tribunal of public opinion, the
propriety of their choice. !.
Yet, my countrymen, | derive no
small encouragement from an assurance
that / am addressing a people who
have ever felt warm and abiding in
terest in the welfare of the noble old
patriot while living, and now that he
has been gathered home to his fathers,
will cease not to cherish his memory
with all those feelings ofveneration and
love which are naturally inspired by a
genuine patriotism.
Abundant cause, my countrymen,
have we, who so oft have been convin-
ced of the sterlingness of his patriotism
by the evidences afforded in his until
ling devotion to the. prosperity of his
country, to deplore the death of An
DREW JAcKsoN!-nay,
"There is a tear for all who die,
A mourner DER the humblest grave;
But nations swell the funeral cry,
And triumph weeps above the brave'
Yet, while nations heart shall bleed
at the loss of one of her noblest sons,
she will be consoled by a contempla-
ton Of the moral grandeur of his char
acter, and the splendor Of his achieve
ments. ANDREW JACKSON have
ye not felt, my countrymen, the magi-
cal influence with which that name
hath ever been inyested?N With it
emblazoned upon your banner, oft
have We been nervedto "deeds of noble
daring" in the arena Of political strife;
and in your late struggle for the main
.ainance of glorious inheritance,-
the Democratic faith of your fathers
when your tagging energies caused you
to despair of success, mighty voice.
came booming from the deep shades y
the Hermitage ,and;yictory perchedupdi |
your standard. #
Confident of the unerring sagaciV |
of his mind, when questions of gnMt
political consequence were presened i
for the deliberation of the Anne dan
people, who, my countrymen, haAev-
er been consulted as to their ptkcy,
their future bearing upon the welkre Of
the nat:on' ANDREW JAcKsoEfthe
political oracle Of the age, is a nadon's
response. Il
Nor were his divinations, likeihose
Of the oracles of old, drawn ffm the
entrails Of beasts, or the fight ofbiuls
but, possessed Of a ripe expe6uce, and I;
endowed BY his Creator ofa sod iudg- /,
ment and vigorous inteleH he was y
enabled, without the aid Of ~ omens. Il
not only to determinethe pbiical bear
ing Of those questions thafsere agita.