The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-06-17

home with The! ,lenst possible delay.--
lptEaststherefose,=s.,ai the President
will have felt no hesits tion in granting
me the permission, which asked for..'
In December. 1 842, General Cass
returned to the United States. He
was received by the citizens Of Boston
and New York with every demonstra'
tion Of respect. His bold stand on the
quintuple treaty had excited The fee l.
ings Of the people in his favor, and he
was every where hailed as the champion
Of the freedom Of the seas, and the
rights of Ameficap citizens. Az New
York he was addressed upon political
subjects, to which he furnished briei
lreply, stating his mistaken attachmen nj
TO The principles Of the democratic par.
ty, and hostility TO a national bank -
On his route TO the west, he was recei
we'd at Harfisburgh, PennsyIyania, and
Columbus, Ohio, by the governors and
legislatures Of those States, who came
out to meet him, and escorted him TO
their towns. AtDetroit, the governor,
legislature, city authorities, and people
came out to welcome him home, as chill.
dren welcome the return Of long alb.
sent father. On the 9Th of,January be
was addressed by a committee Of The
Democratic State Convention Of Indi.
ana, upon political questions; to which
he replied at length, declaring himself
againsta national bank, opposed to the
distribution Of the proceeds of the pub.
lie lands, opposed to tariff for pro.ec-
ton, shat the revenue should be kept
to the loves, pointscompatible with the
performance Of its constitutional func.
tions," and opposed to altering the con.
stitution by abolishing the Executive
veto; that he should not be candidate
for tho presidency, unless nominated at
the Baltimore Convention; and that he
would support the nominee Of that con-
vention. .,sa2 .44J o+1)s .s,,g
On the 9Th Of July, 1s43, Gen. Cass
delivered an oration at Fort Wayne,
indiana. on the completion Of tho Wa
bash and Erie Canal. q In this grafton,
while contrasting the condition and
prospects, OF this country with the ma.
lions Of the Old World, he says: ''''''r
"lhave. stood upon the plain OF Mar.
athon, the battlefield OF liberty. II is
silent and desolate. Neither Greek
nor Persian is there to give life and an
imation, to the scene. ltis bounded by
sterili bills on one side, and !ashed BY
the eternal waves Of the Egean sea on
the other. But Greek and Persian were
once there, and that decayed spot was
alive with hostile armies, who fought
the great fight which rescued Greece
from the yoke of Persia. And ! have
stood upon the hill of Zion,rt city Of
Jerusalem, the scene of our Redeemer's
sufferings and cluci6xion and ascension.
But the sceptre has departed from Ju.
dab, and its glory from the capitol Of
Solomon. The Assyrian, the Egyptian,
The Greek, the Roman, the Arab, the
Turk, and the Crusaders have passed
over the chief places Of Israel, and have
reit it Of its power and beauty. In
hose regions Of the East where society
passed its infancy, it seems 10 have
cached .decrepitude. II the associa.
ions which the memory Of their past
,lory excites are powerful, they are
melancholy. They are without grati-
ication for the present, and without
lope for the future. But here we are
o the freshness Of outh, and can look
onward with rational confidence 10
'ges Of progress in all that gives power
md pride to man, and dignity 70 human
nature. Il is better to look forward, TO
than back to glory I'm
s In the summer oil, l843, General Cass
eceised the following letter from Gen.
lackson:oii.d . iss ots 10 -bsllr.a, isiru .,a9b
80 'i sdisnHERHrAeE, July, l843.A,
My dear sirs--Iihave the pleasure to
cknowledge your very friendly letter
il the 25th OF May slast. 1t reached
no ID due course Of mad; but such
we're my debility and pafaiclions, that 1 /,
avelbeenapreven edadrom replying 10
until now; and even now, it is with
reat difficulty That write. In ret1rn
or your Kind expressions VIII regard
Q myself, lhayetp remark, that | shall
yersrecoqect, my dear General, with i
reat satisfaction, the relations, both /
'rivate and official, which snbsisted, be- i
ween usduring .ihe greater portion of|
~ administration. Having full ,con6- 4
encssin your abilities and republican
rin6iples,d invitedyou tony cabinet, u
nd can never forget with what dis. /
retionh and talents you met those great I
nd delicate questions which seswere /,
rought before you whilst yoa presided /,
serpthe Department. of War which IA
ntilled you 10 my thanks, and will be III
yer recollecteG with the most 'liyely |e