Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-01

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Ace had 9 bilened his locks. and dimed ms eye'
and snread ,ronnd him the inhrmlllcs anu VeiieI-
able embems of many years Oh toi'soIie ~
hn, h;a baar, boz, as warmly as in bis youth, anu
h;s couraae WAS as firm as il had ever oeeh III
The dov of halle But while his affections were
sill, for h;s friends and his country, ms houSh's
were already in a better world mat exalted
mind which in active life bad always ndu un.y
Of perceplion and will, which IN ac'lon nav n.y.
faliered from doubt, and when IN couucii nau q.
WAYS reverted 10 first principles ana seneiat
now gave ilselfup 10 continuing r VII, f-a,n
finite ne was believer from ieelinS, irou.
eYnar;enne from conviction. Not shadow OF
scan,rs,n over dimmcd the lustre OF his mind
promo nb;osonber! will you smile TO know lhat
A ndre,r Jackson perused reverently his Psaiter
and praver.hook and Bible9 Know that An
drew Jackson had faith in eternity OF truth, III the
imperishablc power Unpopular freedom, IN 'he
des,inies of humanity, in The virtues and capaci-
~ Of The neople. in his counrys institutions, III
he being and overruing providence OF a merci'
lul and everything God.
The last moment Of his lie on earlh Is al manu-;
II is the Sabbath Of the Lord: The brightness anu
beauty Of summer clo,he The fields around MN:
Nature is in her glory but the sublimest specla-
Gle on ltat CAV, On cdIti, Wis thS iStSiJ '. go
unblenching spirit over death ITSELF
When he first felt the hand OF death upon him,
"May nv enemies" he cried, Sind peace. may
The Ii cries of my country endure forever
When his exhausted system, under the excess
of pain, sunk, for moment, from debility, do
no, weep" said he, TO his adopted daughter; my
suferinns are less than those Of Christ upon the
Cross for he, TOO as disciple Of The cross,
could have devoted himself, in sorrow, for man
kind. Feeling his end near, he would see all his
family once more; and he spoke 10 them, one oy
one, in words Of tenderness and affection. i1ls
Two little grand children were absent at sunday
school. He asked for them; and as they came,
he PRAYED for them, and kissed them, and blessed
them. His servants were then admitted tley
gathered, some in his room, and some on The out
EIDE Of the house, clinsing to The windows, that
they might gaze and hear. And that dying man,
Inns surrounded in a gush OF fervid cloquence,
spoke with inspiration of God, OF the Redeemer,
of salvation through the atonement, of immor-
taliiy, Of heaven For he ever thought that pure
and undefiled religion was he foundation OF pri-
vale happiness, and The bnlwark OF Republican
institutions Having spoken of immortality in
perfect consciousness of his own approaching end,
he bade them all farewell "Dear children" such
were his final words "dear children, servants, and
friends trust TO meet you all in heaven, both
white and back-all, both white and black; =
And having borne his testimony 10 immortality,
he bowed his mighty head and, without 2roan,
the spirit of the greatest man OF his age escaped
to the bosom OF his God.
In life. his career had been like The blaze ot
the sun in the ierceness OF lis MONDAY glory; his
death was lovely as the mildest sunset OF a sum
mer's evening, when the sun goes down in tranquil
beauty without cloud. olhe majestic energy
of an indomitable will, he joined heart capable
ofthe purest and most devoted love, rich IN the
tendercst affections On the bloody battlefield OF
Topoheca, he saved an infant that cluns 10 The
breast of its dying mother: in the stormiest mo-
ment OF his presidency al The imminent moment
ordecison he paused in his way, 10 give good
counsel 10 a poor suppiant that had come up 10
him for succor OF Tie s,rfes in which he was
engaged in his earlier life, not one sprung from
himself, but in every case he became involved by
,.iing forth as the champion OF the weak, the
poor, ana the ucrnLvl~sr, si.1liar The gentle
against OPPRESSION, 10 proec, the emigrant against
the avafce ofihe Spectator. His generous soul
revul,ed at the barbarous practice OF duels, and
by no man in the land have so many been pre-
vented.
The sorrows ofthose lha, were ncario him went
deeply into his soul; and al the anguish OF the
wife whom he loved the orphans whom lie adopt
ec, he would melt into tears, and weep anC sob
like child.
No man in private life 50 possessed the hearts
Of all around him: no public man Of this century
ever returned TO private life with such an abiding
mastery over lie affections Of the people. No
man with iruer instinct received me licEn ideas:
no man EXPRESSED them so completely, or 50 bold
", or SO sincerely. He wasas sincere man as
ever lived. he was wholly, always, and alto
.eher sincere and true.
Upio the last, he dared do anything that il was
right 10 do He united personal courage and mo-
raj courage beyond anT man OF whom history
keeps The record. Before The nation, before the
world before coming ages, he stands forth The re-
preventative, for his generation, OF the American
mind And the secret of his greatness is this: By
intuilive conception, he shared and possessed all
the creative ideas Of his country and his time
He expressed them with daunllcss intTepidity; he
enforced them with an immovable will; he exc
cu;rd them with an electric power that attracted
and swayed The American people. The nation,
in his time. had not one great thought oil which
he was not the bodcst and cearest exposition.
History does not describe The man that equal
led him in frmnc.s Of nerve. Not danger not
an army in battle array, not wounds, not wide
spread clamor, not age, not the anguish OF dis
ease, could impair in the least degree the
visor ofhs steadtast mind The heroes Of an
tiquiiy would have contemplated with awe the
unmatched harlihood of his character and
Napoleon, had he possessed his disiner-
es,ed WILL could never have been vanqnisl-
ed. Jackson never was vanquished. He was al
ways fortunate. lie conquered The wilderness;
he conquered the savage; he conquered the bra
vest veterans trained in TIC hatlicileds OF Europe;
he conquered everywhere IL craftsmanship and,
when death came 10 get liz mastery over him, he
turned that last enemy ASIDE a> TRANQUILITY as he