Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1847-01-14


But new system Of tactics, at frs, deprived
him OF this honor, For tho purpose OF d.
iealng his election In 1924, no less thar
three candidates were run in opposition TO lin
for the Presidency, Adams Crawford and Clay
each had some pesonul and local influence anG
could darw some votes, M the following result
proved, The electoral college, returned lol
Juckson SO, Adams 81, Crawford Il, and Clay
81.
The election Of course, went 10 The House oil
Representatives., where il is sahl Tho consumalIOn
of previous "bargain." gave il to one Of the mi
nority candidates; J. q. Adams.
Thus, though tho feelings Of the people were
diHegarded, and one Of tho minority candi-
dates made Presdenl-and another placed in what
was understood to be Me line of safe prPcedenis.
in his case, ut least it proved signaIly unsafe.-
but the people were not 10 be cheated, and in
1928, Jackson was most lriumphaniy elected
President Of the United States. and reelected
agun, in 1882, by an increased majority.
glance ut some of the leading measures Of his
administration, and have done.
Fortunately we have not now, 10 unravel The
complicated web Of sophslres, which heated par
lizans have spread over those important measures
the effects us well as the measures, are before
our eyes, and none, save those who will not sec
can deny to their great originator; the most exai-
ed craftsmanship, The prolohndest forecast and the
most devoted patriotism.
Tho first measure which called forth opposition
with much violence, was the veto of the Maysville
Road bill.
Looking upon it, as unwarranted by the cons>
tuition, and designed as an entering wedge, 10 a
great system of internal Improvements by the
general government that was to load the country
with an enormous debt; and fasten upon it, a nu-
merous swarm of officers. agents and reainers,
(alreody alarmingy gIeat,) and thereby call for u
high tariff TO tax the people, Jackson lnlerposed
the constitutional veto,
Notwithstanding this scheme was n iavourite Of
SET of politicians, remarkable for influence, eo-
quence, and personal popularily;-lhe arguments
Of the President were demonstrallve to Congress,
and TO the nation and he must be hardy pollIl-
clan who will soon revive the scheme.
The next measure was the celebrated Bank ve-
TO. Here was a contest from which the slouleSt
politician might have rccoiled.
Fortunately for The liberty Of the people, that when
the death struggle of this money Levahan come
on, Jacksoa sat in the presidential chdl', When
first he dared 10 put his hand upon the Institution,
most appropriately called monster. well remem.
Der, thai his strongest friends lrembled for his sal
ty. But jackson regarded first OF all, his duiy,
regardless of consequences to himself, and his OPP
ponents siaked the great contest Of 1882. upon the
question Bank, or no BunkH'
At this day, no unprejudiced mind can doubt,
that the while power Of the Bank, lis influence,
and its money, were used unsparingly TO control
this election. 1t feed lawyers-conuped members
Of Congressional subsidized Tho press. But
with an argument clear and convincing as dem
onslralion in Euclid, Jackson set forth to this peo
pie, the unconslilulionahy-t the imProprlety- and
dangerous tendency off Institution. The peo
pie pondered well tho subject, they saw the dam
ger, in The heated canvass Of 1882, their mighty
voice declared to Jackson, "Wel done good and
faithful servant"
il is amusing, as well as instructive, TO look al
the assertions and predictions OF the Bank parll-
Fans of That day, and compare them with hstorl-
cal truths of this. Now even the man, by some
called God-like, declares Bank Of the U. s., All
"obsOlule idea.'
Let the rising generation, ponder well these
things against the day when the Siren, shall ling
again.
No less fortunate was it, for the pace--nay, the
existence of this Union, that during the Presden>
cy Of this great man, the celebrated nuIIlicaon
question arose.
u
acy, under the almost absolute control of one of
the master spirits Of the age, arrayed on seeming
ly plausible grounds, against tho General Govern
mcnt.
Better for our beloved country than million of
bayone,ts in the hand Of heroes, were the words
of the venerable Jackson in that fearful hour
As a father expostulales with an errng child,
he addressed our broheren of Carolina, his words
fell like oil upon The waterit was spence be
the waves of civil war, smoolhed down
at bis bidding.
TO this incompatible paper even party animosi-
~ clapped its hands. and shouted aloud, AMEN.
In the same spirit with the South Carolina proc
lamation, and with forecast, that seems almost
prophetic was written his farewell address TO the
people of The Union.
What American that loves his country, and
would fain see her prosperous and happy, honored
md respected among the nations Of the earth, can
Use from the perusal of these remarkable papers,
without feeling his heart expand with those gener
,us emotions Of patriotism, that filled the bosom,
md gave life, energy and ucttOn, to the sage of
he Hermitage
If in the morning of his career, much more, at
is meridian or at It's close, should we eSclaim in
he beautiful language of Jefferson, "lonor and
gratitude TO The man, who has filled the measure
IF his conn,ry's glory" w
Richly has he earned these honors, faithfully
should we repay his memory.
His intellectual lamp. burnt brightly to The end
If his long fe and at its close the warrior states
nan and sage sank quietly 10 his last sIumbcr, as
lmber clouds, 60 down on sunbeams oil eternal
lay.