The Arkansas banner., 1845-07-30

lzsszaeaa sai drew near, 1t was still urged, that to attack the bank would forfeit his popularity and secure his future defeat '.It is not,P he an- swered, lit is not for myself that l care" ] It was urged that haste was unnecessary, as i the bank had still six unexpended years o chartered existance. Il may die he replied, "before another Congress comes together, l and could not rest quietly in my grave, II l failed to do what hold so essential to the i Hfcniy of my country" And his first annual message announced to the country Chat the ] bank was neither constitutional nor eXpedt- ent In this he was III advance of the friends about him, in advance of Congress, and h advance of his party. This js no time for i lhe analysis ofmeasures or the discussion oi questions ofPoltical economy; on the pres- lent occasion, we have to contemplate the character of the man.
 Never, from the Grst moment of his admin is,rae ion to tha last, was there a calm ia the strife ofpa.Ges on the auhjec, o' the cufTea- cy; and never, dariHg the whole period, dld
 he reaado CT iallcr. Always in advance of his Paety--aiwaye having near him trienls
 who covered before .ba hardihood of his courage, he him elf, throughout ali the con test, Was uamoyed. from the fist suggestion l of the uneoa5tiipl8.alty ef the tae hank9 to tie moment when h. himself, fist oI all raasoaiag from the cettaia tendency of is IPol.ee- w.lh singata saqaei.Y predicted to uub i.ayiHE friends fla coming Insolvency of ] .hai5=sisHti5a.
 Tie s.5,n throughout the country rose wita a8oNamRIatl YaaHneHee his opponents wcfe not satisiad Withaddressing the public. for Congress, CT lis cabinet; they threw their whole force personally on him. From all parts men pressed around him, urging hia, ealraa}iag h.m b bend. Congress Was l flexible many lis personal friends iallefed5 tle imPayuaHs swelling wave rollcd=oa, with out one sufficient ob acle, till t reached h.s ore eaee; but. as il dashed il its higtas3 luty at his feet, t broke bstae his Hrmaass. T#a commanding maiesty of his will appalled, b!s opponents and revived his friends. IIa, him- self, lad proud consciousness that his will was indomia6le. Sanding ever the rocks of the Rip Raps, and looking ou. upon the ocean. "Progiaenee,o said he to a friend, "Pfari5eueq may change my determination ;; but man no more caa do if, than he can re- move these Rip Baps, which have resisted the rolling ocean from the beginning ol time , And though q panic was spreading through the land, and the whole credit system as it then existed Was efHmbing to pieces and crashing around him, he stood erect like | massive column, which the heaps of falling ruins could not break, nor bend, nor sway from its fixed foundation.
 At ths point lIf Bancroft turned to aa- dress the mayor of the city of Washington; but, finding him not present, he proceeded.
 People of the District of Columbia l should fail ofa duty on this occasion, if did not give u0eraace lo your sentiment of grati- tude which followed General Jackson iato retirement Dwelling amongst yoo. he de. sired your pro Ne iiH. This beatiial cilE. surrounded by heights the mos. attractive. waiefed by q river s5 magnificent, l4e nome of the gentle and ,ha cultivated, not less than the seat of p9iisaai RoWet--th this cia, whose sic Washiag.0a had selected, was dear to hi3 agac.i6H3, and ]. he wen vour grateful ataebmen4 hY adoa4iag t with monuments of useful architecture, by establishing is credit, and relieving is burdens, herpgTetted only thath had nol the opportunity 10 have connected himself still more intimately Wjlh your prosperity.
 As he prepared to take his final leave of the District, the mass of the population of this ely, and the masses that had gathered from around, followed his carriage in crowds. All
 n silence stood near h m, to wish him a,iiau: and as the cars started, and he displayed his gray hairs, as he lifted lis hat in token of farewell, you stood around with with heads uncovered, too l'all of emotion 10 speak in solemn silence gazing on him as besieparted never more to be seen in yoar midst
 BaHoll he warrior and statesman, his work well done, retired 10 the Hermitage, to hold converse ishhia forests, to cultivate his farm, t5 gather around him hosplably his friends WA9 Wa la;e HIm He Was sUlI the load star ol the American people. His leVid thong ts, frankly uttered, still spread the flame ol patriotism through the American breast, hia J1.n~pls were atii Ii caed to With rereleaee;aa almostai3ue among at3.e man, he h ils ra.. eeueHt Was ia hameuY Wih eyes onward movement ua il.s tma. lis prevailing influence assiste5 to >Nava neigh boring nalan to desire i3 shuc o6f idsdia- Uoaz; Lis aaflsar1 lhe footsteps ot gAe coming millions tha5 are 10 gIaddca our western shoseg; and his eye discaned in tha dim dis- .taace the whitening sails ,iIat are 10 e0ligea the waters Of the Pacific w.ta the social sounds of our sucee ful commerce.
 Bee had whU cred his locks, and dimmed h's eye, aadsp .oa3 a.aua. Linn the iaam.les and venerable e6ibIsms ofmaa1 yeas O. tool- same service; bat bisbeaft beat as warmvas his y9a.h, aud his courage wa7 as firm as i had ever been in the day Of battle. But while h.s aliecians were alilIlor his lgiandsand his country, his thoug E were already Fl a bat- fer wa;l3. That ey4l.ed mind, which in aa- tive Lie bad alHags aaa u4iIy of perception and will, which ia action had never ialteied from doubt, and which in council had always reverted to first principles and general laws, now gave itselI uP teeommuaing with tae la finite. He was a believer: from feeling, from experience, ffam conviction Not shadow of seepaa.-la evee 54ioel inc lustre of his mind. ProQd phIla=a aphaat Wili yoa smile to know that Andre0 Jackson perused rare- reatly his ? alterand Prayes-5ook and Bible: Know that Andrew Jackson Lad Saith in the Z