Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-06-27

sorbng the enerQ his expiring existence,
was at hand.;s clung to the trust that
a merciful c. extend the measure of
his DAYS until {lfilment of those national
destinies he 81 ed for, and labored to ac-
complish. A inscrutabIe to human
prahenson ed it otherwise; and
we bow submis! lis interchangeable be-
hests.
The official organ of the government came
to us yesterday, clothed in the sable insignia
of mourning, and filled with executive orders
and announcements, expressive of the nation
al distress. The ordinary functions of the
public service are suspended. The army and
navy, through its forts and garrsons, its ships
and crews, have put on the garniture ofgrief;
and from the strand of the Atlantic to the lipi
of the Pacific are tollng the requiem of their
once illustrious chief. The public edifces oil
the capital Of the republic are hung with the
drapery OF woe; and a nation in teas is as
snming, throughout its limits, the apparel of
affection. We are summoned to sympathlse
in the general mourning. and, with angulshed
hearts, are here 30 contribute our mite to the
obseqnies of the departed.
An American hero, statesman, patriot, phi.
lanthropist, and Christian, has gone down to
the grave; and, with the sanction of an honored
custom, (and in obedience to an impulse abo"e
all custom) we are met 10 record our tribute
Of affection and esteem for his memory.
Neither the objects of this assemblage, nor
the limits of this address, allow MS to usurp
the province of his biographer. BlAzoned on
the page of his country's chronicles, and ln-
inscribed on the archives Of the age he has IL
Illuminated, are the memorable deeds that have
made him immortal. His achievements in
the field and in the cabinet have penetrated
every camp and court Of Christendom, and
been greediIy appropriated by art and letters
as themes for their highest skill and criticism.
The warriors and statesmen of the Old World
have disseminated his celebrity by their study
Of his enterprises and applause of his labors.
The farthest barbarians are familiar with his
proves and renown; whilst the most august
and enlightened monarchs of Europe solicit
his portraits for the Establishment of their gal
leries. The varieties and splendors of his
genius claim the inspiration of their portral-
ture, from the gifted pen of history alone.
The love and admiration Of h;7 countrymen
have left but meagre materials from which to
renew his eulogies The youthful soldier Of
the revolution, his chivaric heart dedicated
the first empTise to the championship OF his
country's liberty upon the sanguinary battle
fields Of the South. In that pure and Spartan
school he imbibed those just conceptions OF
human rights and generous love of freedom
that impressed themselves on this after-career,
and guarded him, through life of almost
popular idolatry, from the corruptlons and
bldndi shments of power.
The invincible defender of our western en-
pire, it vas to the resources created by his
vigorous intellect, the confidence rerosed in
his wisdom and yalor, and the sagaclty and
boldness ofhis campaigns, that we owe Its IN
tegrity, its expansion, and much of its present
unparalleled prosperity. Bnt for his prudence
and intrepidity, that mighty mother of many
and multiplying States might still have been
the contested arena of savage conflicts, or the
unsubjugated lair of the wild beast of the for
est. When the rawlings and incendiary lnva-
der turned his victorious proWs from this hui
INFLATED shore, and FACILITATING America shud-
dered with new apprehension for her southern
metropolis, tbs eye Of national faith grew
bright, and it's sckened heart beat strong, as
it watched it's selected champion descend to
its defence. The stored plains of Chalmette
need no rehearsal of their glories whilst valor
has admirers. or history readers. Tie veteran
heroes of Badajos and Cindad Rodrigo have
survivors, spared to attest the proves and
cleinency of their victor.
The civil career Of Andrew Jackson, from
It's Inception 10 its conclusion, has passed
through an ordeal of public scrutiny and aus
tere criticism, severe beyond parallel in Anne
rlcan history. The difficult paths, and unsup-
ported means, by which he plncked his mill
tary laurels-the personal hazard and sacrll-
cIaI daring he encountered. to occupy his war.
ror pedestai-the pure and unclOnded lustre
THAT blazed round his martial exploits, have
! queiled alike the cayiIS Of envy, and the in
sldlous wrongs Of malice.
But his stewardship of the political trusts
awarded him by his countrymen has encoun-
tered less unanimous verdict Of approval
Tor reasons as numerous as the antagonist in
terests, his position obliged him to determine
between. Preponderating majorities oc his
countrymen have re-endorsed his measures and
opinions; and the present aspect of public SEN
tlment guarantees the permanence of such de.
cIslon. Of the purity of his motives, and pa
trlotlsm of public conduct, evidence has beer
furnished, thus soon after his death, from the
most enlightened and obstinate Of his adverse
rles.
we will multiply the proofs of his senstives
and untiaggng love of country, by citation
OF his dying language, some few hours before
he expired. How unsurpassed in patriotism
and heroIsm is the sentiment we quote:
) Right on the side Of the american people
ana trmnsss in maintaining 1t, with trust t,
God alone, will secure to them the integrity @
the possessions Of (which the British governn'e''
, Dould depriue them. lam satisfied they aOiN as
sert and Uindicate aUhat justice awards then,
and that no part Of our territory country Oil
ecer be submitted to any arbitration but Of TIL
cannon's MOUTH"
In concluding this brief and hasty reference
to the great subject of our regrets, let us re
member we are here rather to mourn, than II
praise him. TO the chosen organs of the pub
lie tribulation we refer those appropriate tri
butes we feel ourselves incompetent to pay.
The signs in which we emhalm his loss
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