The North-Carolina standard., 1848-01-26
SLIPPER AT JACKSON HALL.

uarV Supper at JdcAson nau. 1homas Rltchle, Esq.
President of the day, was supported on the right by
Vice President J. z. Dow, Hon. George M. Dallas,
Vice President of the United States, Senators Dick
;rson, Cass, and others and on the left by Vice
President G. P. Sengsack, Gen. Shields, Col Rich
ordson of Illinois, and others. w. D. Wallach and
william Finn were Secretaries for the OCCASION
The Speech of Mr.. Ritchie Cwho presided in the
absence of F. P. Blair, Esq.) was eloquent and in
excellent taste The Orator selected for the occasion
uas Senator Dickinson, of New York; and most
abv did he perform his task. He closed his address
with this sentiment:
"4 more perfect Ultof,.'' Embracing the entire
North American Continent
Speeches were also delivered by Vice President
Dallas Gen. Shields, Mr.. Hobbie of the Post-ofice
Department. Mr.. Venable of North Carolina, COL
Richardson of Illinois, Col. Arthur P. Hayne, Mr.
Brough of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Senator SEWER
and William d. Wallach, Esq. We extract from
the Speech of Mr.. Hobbie the following beautiful
comparison between Napoleon and Gen. Jackson:
1T has so happened, sir that have seen the col
umn of the Vendome-the most magnificent of monu-
mens erected to man-constructed of the cannon
taken by Bonaparte In his various battles, and bazon
ed all with inscriptions of his exploits and VIC
tories. . 1t is surmounted by statue of him, who,
under the little cooked hat and large surtout presents
striking personation of the most prodigious power,
in agencies and events that ever fell to the fortune
Of one to create and to WELD. gazed on it with
curiosity and admiration; but my attention tired
was succeeded by another vision. The place and
the pillar faded from my view, and my minds eye
beheld another column rising in simple majesty in
the clear skies of my own country. Around its sum-
nit PLAYED the light of brilliant qualites of heroic
deeds of civic renown, of eminent public services
ICheers7 looked at its base, and that it rest
cd deep and strong the moral, domestic, and reli
oous virtues. Again | castmy eye to the summit
and 10 it had risen like spire until it touched the
heavens, and he whom had contemplated as hero,
beheld as diving but triumphant Christian. Long
continued cheers. Gone was the military mantle
i zone the civic robe-and arrayed in the snowy vest
ments that bespeak the whiteness within, he passed
away, just man made perfect into the pure empyre
an That Andrew Jackson. ERenewed
applause.]
81 turned, and there stood the column of the Ven
dome, 146 feet high, and no higher and there stood
the of destiny upon it, incorporated with the bel
lgerent metal beneath him. l could raise him no
higher in my imagination. l recollected that long
before his heart had ceased to beat-whilst yet it
throbbed with the fiery pulses of ambition it had be-
come cold and insensate to the sympathes of the
publican heart of the world. Those sympathies had
been lavishingly given when he was the leader of
republican armies, and aunted their triumphant BAN
ners the pallid faces of the kings of Europe. But
he withdrew his heart from fellowship and enjoy
ment in those sympathies-he ascended throne.
From that he went to his island prison in the south
ern Atlantic, and thence to his grave; and the last
words of his lips indicated higher aspiration than
the dying moments at the Hermitage! which, in my
fancy, leave yet lingering halo around the
shades of that peaceful retreat.
"The intellectual power of Jackson was ofa kindred
order with that of the mighty Corsican. God had
given to each that faculty he has vouchsafed to but
few mortas-of accomplishing the higher ratiocina-
tions of the mind with the quickness of intuition of
controlling other minds with magnetic attraction
hand, his heart mind, body, and soul, with burning
intensity. 1Cheers. But Jackson's career un-
der the dominion of principles, emanating from that
lofty daring and disnterested love for his kind that
placed him the side of the oppressed the as
sailed and the wronged, whether In the instance of
an individual, of his country, the masses of his
fellow-citizens ;-in short, he the champion of
man, and never sunk that character to become the
aggrandizer of himself his family. Cheers.
He performed his part with perfectness and consls-
tency to the close. He had regretful desires to
play it again, but awaited with ardent confidence
that bssfl translation that his faith promised, and
his trusting soul anticipated"
Colonel jefferson Davis having been toasted, Mr..
Venable of North Carolina, rose and said:
The gallant colonel has requested me to apollo
gize for his absence this occasion. present his
heartfelt thanks for the kindness with which his name
has been mentioned this evening. Cheers. The
health of my gallant friend is not yet restored; he
suffers still from the effects of his wound as well as
the exposure incident to service In the army.
Well does he deserve the distinction which he won
On the fields of Monterey and Buena Vista, names
which ought to be inscribed on the colors of the
Mississippi rifles who fought under his command
Cheers.l Nothing, sir, can be more gratifying to
his military spirit than the kind allusion in the sentl
ment just given by the president to the brilliant
mannuvre by which, in critical moment, he SO in |
creased the efficiency of the men under his command
know his heart sympathises in every effort to do
honor to the name and memory of Andrew Jackson; |;
and did his health permit, it would be manifest In
the enthusiasm with which he would join in the pat
rloic sentiments proposed this evening. lCheers.
He would, if here, concur most fully In sentiment
which am about to offer in honor of brother In
arms, who fought the battle-feds and cover
ed himself with glory-one which l offer with the
greater pleasure as tribute due brave and dis
inguished son of my own Carolina
Captain Bragg and his artillery at Buena Vista
" little more grape, Captain Bragg" [Cheers.]
Mr.. Buchanan was absent, account of indspo-
sltion but sent in this noble sentiment:
" The great Democratic party Of the country: Upon
the continued ascendancy of its time-honored prlnc-
pies depend, under Heaven, the success and Perpe-
tuity of our free institutions"
number of Volunteer toasts were drunk on the
occasion. We extract a few of them:
By w. w. Irwin-Our country She mourns the
loss of her brave who have fallen in her cause
The soil of Mexico has been consecrated by their
blood. Let that soil become ours and the flag OF the
Union protect forever their honored graves.
By John E. Norris-Janes Buchanan His
speeches in the Senate of the United States, and his
diplomatic correspondence, will not yield pre-emi-
nence to like productions in any age. Having ac-
quired solid fame in the manly and hearty support OF
the Institutions of his country, he is tower OF
strength to the democracy.
BY Hon. Thos. ]. Henley, of Indiana-GeneTdt
Joseph Lane: The Marion of the American army In