Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-06-14
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1 treaties were re alike unavaiif with this ex-
asperated tribe. He left them, and returned
Ito his canoe. AS he tunnel to go to the
river. q Young warrior. rlIiaed bis gun, and
taking deliberate ann ae hlln, pulled the
trigger; but, proysdenha the gun missed
fire. This is the only inst d violence
ever offered to him during lQAg period Of
his intercourse with the He pro-
tceeded Immediately to du Ghien,
where he organized the 6ha bitants, and
placed them in cenditioi 0{ fence, and
returned to the treaty erelpSs his
prompt and energetic n39x Eaenfs he pre-
vented extensive hostilifies e1t 0I which
no man could know
In 183I,G s.tsea
jackson to fak ke charge of the War Depart
ment, and his removal from Michigan terri
tory was marked by a UNIVERSAL expression
of regret His colleagues in the cabinet
were Mr.. Livingston, Mr.. Mclean, Mr..
Woodbury. and Mr.. Taney- who pos
sessed the confidence of the President, and
soon acquired that of the country. The
characteristic traits of Gen. Jackson's adj
ministration have now passed into history.
1t was bold, prompt, honest and national u
1t sought no dangerous constructive powers.
and it endeavored carefully to exercise
those of which it was the trustee, for the
American confederation. The great ques-
tons of the bauk, of the removal of the de-
posites, of notification, of the French in
demnity, and of the Greek and Cherokee
of 1r,H. ob .r1,o1,,oI 4 u
points connected with State rights-occupied
its attention, and were all happily disposed
of. : Few, if any, now call in question the
wisdom of Gen. Jackson's course upon these
important subjects, though it is difficult now
to realize the intense anxiety they excited,
and the momentous consequences which
hung upon their decision. So far as the
War Department necessarily took any inn
mediate course in these questions, it was
prompt and energetic, and met with the APP
probation of the country. At the porten-
tous period of notification, the military or
ders were firm, but discreet, and it appeared
bya message from the President, in answer
to call upon that subject, that no order
had at any time been giue's to @resist the
constituted authorities Of the State OF
.Soatth Carolina aritaiu the chartered
lsnsits of SAID State The orders to Gen.
Scott informed him that, Should, atasffortu-
mately, CRISIS erase a0hen the ordinary
poaOer IN the hands of the caul officers
should not be sufficient for the execution
Of the Iaaos, the President auould deter
mine the coarse to be taken, and the
measures to be adopted; till then he ayas
prohibited from acfimg.''
The same caution marked the order to the
troops when there seemed to be danger of a
collision with the authorities of Ala bama
arising out of occurrences upon the lands of
the United States in that State. In proof of
this, we quote the following extract of let
ter from the War Department, written by
Governor Cass, to Major Mcintosh, and
dated Oct. goth, 1888.
SHY our letter of the 2lst instant to
Major General Macomb has been laid before
me; and, in answer, have to inform YOU
that you will interpose no obstacle to the
service of legal process upon any officer or
soldier under your command, whether issu-
ing from the courts of the State of Alabama
or of the United States. On the contrary,
you will give all necessary facilities to the
execution ofsuch process It is not the in
tention Of the President that any part of the
military force of the United States should
be brought into collision with the civil au4
thority. In all questions of jurisdiction, it
is the duty of the former to submit to the
latter, and no consideration must interfere
with that duty. Ii, therefore, an officer df
the State, or of the United States, come with
legal process against yourself, or an officer
or soldier of your garrison, you will freely
admit himswithin your post, and allow him
. to execute his writ undisturbed." /"
In 1886, General Cass was appointed
minister to France, and Immediately resign
ed his post as Secretary of-War. On re-
. firing from the department, he received a
letter from General jackson, expressing
warm personal feelings towards him, and
commencing his whole official conduct He
sailed from New York, in the month of Oc-
tober. AS diplomatic relations had moi
been fully re-established with France, he was
directed to proceed to England, and there
ascertain the views of the French govern
ment. He found that d French ministe,
had been appointed to this country, and he
Immediately repaired to Paris, and took up
his residence there. After his recognition
his first official duty was to procure the in.
terest due upon the twenty-five millions oil
francs indemnity, which had been retained
when the principal was paid. After some
hesitation this was effected; and thus tai.
great controversy, which at one time threat
ened such grave consequences, was happily
closed. s
In 1887, Gen. Cass made a tour to the
east. He visited Italy, Sicily, Melta
J. Greece, the islands of the Archipelago, Con
stantinople, and the Black Sea, Egypt, Pal
estine, and Syria. He was at Florence
Rome, Palermo, Athens, Corinth, Eleusis
Salamis, and the battle-fefds Of Plataa
Leuctra, Cheronea, and Marathon at tht
plains of Troy, at Alexandria, Caire, ane
the Pyramids; at Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethle.
: ham, the Dead Sea, Nazareth, the Sea O
Tiberias, Tyre, Sidon, Baalbec, and Damas
Gus. Memorable places these, and calcula.
ted to excite strong emotionsin the mind oi
of an American who had passed a largt
portion Of his life amid the tolls and priya
, tons of a new country. zs>7
After his return 20 Paris, Gem Cass re-
: slfmed the d1fies of his mission and cortin