Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-07-15
VOL VINO. 3.
THE CHARACTER OF GEN. JACK
SON--HiS EXTRAORDINARY IN
FLUENCE.

had anticipated. The circle of grief seems
10 widen and deepen as the melancholy
news travels TO the extreme confines of our
country. The manifestations of respcc,
are confined 10 no party or no section,
but evidently come from the hearts Of the
people. lie was more dee ply beloved,
and more Fl mly rooted in the affections of
his countrymen than any man of the age.
His hold Of the popular heart, while it has
exc tied the veneraton Of his friends, has
commanded the admiration OF his enemies.
In truth, we may say "a natl n mourn hi S
loss
While announcing his decease almost every
paper in the Union has added some rcllec-
lions on the character Of tina, wonderful
man. These various biographies aAo1d
the sub,e of deep study. Each is linged
by the peculilr feelings Of the writer, an /
thus the character of Gen. Jackson is por-
trayed by thousand dileren, minds.
While The Democratic Press renders the
tribute ofdoep and sincere mourning which
so manires,ly pergades the Nat on's heart,
The comments OF The Wing Press are sin
gular indeed While some few, even in
this hour of grief. thank God that they OPP
posed and denounced him ut every step of
his public caroer--lhe great majority Of
the wing press utter elaborate eluogi es ON
his military prowess-omitting all account
ollhe later and far more eventlul era ofhis
civil life. Still, through all these noli-
ces,as well as those which are marked by
bitterness as those by studied omissions,
there Is one pervading acknowledgment,
and that is that Gen. Jackson was o most
extraordinary man, possessing q power
over his eountryinen which to Item seems
almost Miraculous. In accounting for this
wonderful influence the wing papers show
how slightly they estimate the discrimin-
alton Of the people. After portraying the
irresistible influence with which he swayed
his coutryman, one of them remarks that
his whole power lay ''in his iron infex-
ibiluy Of WILL" as if .resoluiion alone
without combination Of other elements
could have given the the Atanten posi-
ton he held among the statesman of the
world. No single traithowever grea; could
have sustained him in the fiery ordeal
through which is power was tested.
Gen. Jackson was certainly the man of
the Age. lie has welded an influence far
greater than that of Napoleon and that in
huence was the more impres sixe and CON-
manSing because he was the more power
ssua xsS.sy,r,.r,.l.i nv nm army
or welding the Executive Power Of a.
great Nation. He seemed to grow great
in what dwarfed other men. In his retire
IN cnt at;the Hermitage, his advice was as
much regarded by the millions, as when he
was President Of the United States He
was a giant for he was literally an oracle
Of the People, and therefore possessed a
power far higher and more commanding
than that exercised by any monarch in the
world. Every one who approached him
in his retirement even with The barrier of
previous prejudices in their hearts, were
compelled TO acknowledge that there was
dignity, a greatness, resolution, and
above all honest and patriotic sngaci,y in
mis- character which forced them TO admit
that he was truly great and extraordi-
nary man.
What seems the more remarkable was,
the steady continuance of this influence
through his long life up to the hour Of his
death. His star never paled or grew less.
Through the administration of Mr.. VAN
buren, and hlt of Mr.. TYLER, tho Her
miiage was regarded with the deepest rev
Crencc.
Were we asked TO give some solution of
his extraordinary influence we should at
tribute it TO his ardent love of country and
the people which in is highest sense is
marked by the word Patriotism. The mas
ses had unbounded confidence in has hOE-
esty-for they had the instructive lgacily
TO perceive that in times OF the highes ex-
element when his measures were most Bit
lerly as 5ailed, his object was devotion TO
their iu teses,s. The people trusted him be-
cause he always e#inced perfect Trust il
them.
That he was man Of strong passions
and at times erred, is not 10 be denied. but
errors in u good cause are overlooked by
the people. The greatness and noblcness
of the end with them, gives pre-emlrent
brightness 10 every virtue, while faults arc
overlooked as errors of the he i rather Of
i he heart.
The influence of Gen JACKSON in retire
ment a, the Hermitage will excite in every
| American mind, the reflection how differ
els, our government is from that Of any
other in The world. In England or France
statesman in retirement may be treated
with the highest respect by those who APP
proach them. He may have a large circle
of warm and devoted friends. HIS opin-
ions may be read with interest by the cd
ucated classes, but with the masses he has
no power. His day has passed. He never
| lived for them, and therefore they feel no
love for him. The (rowns OF king have
killed him because he has no strength with
he people. But here, on the contrary,
our retired statesmen Frequently WELD a far
greater power than they ever d when in
possession of place. Though they expee,
no Office and though il is known that they
never will accept any dignity in the land,
| tier sway over their counlrymen seems
Increased by this very absence Of the trap
pings and patronage OF olsice. This IS the
Ds,guiar power, SO taan fest 10 our his ory
yet so incomprehenslDIe TO foreigners,
and which has been exercised IN is fullest
glory at Mount Vernon, Monticello and the
Hermitoge albany Argus.
QuarNT.-Somc philosopher gives good
a5eiee IA the following quaint style:
Z" g who are eating iheapple dumplngs