The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-27
INTERESTING INCIDENT.


Everything that relates to Andrew
jackson, the hero of New Orleans, and
the friend ofhis country, is of deep In
terest to the American people. And
although the incident we are about TO
relate, is, in itself of no great inter |
est. 1T becomes SO to us in consequence
/ of those connected with it.
At"the Nashville Convention Of Au.
gust 1916, We visited the Hermitage
6only twelve miles distant) in compa.
ny With Judge Douglass of this State, |
and some othorof our felIow.citisens.-
i The Hermitage was crowded With peo-
i pie from almost every State, who had
been invited thi.saass venerable !
patriot on the day sa Geo |
! yention. 50
Governor Clay, Of a aissss. s. = & ;; ;
! near General Jackson. who syas. !slilIssls
..t / slt ing on the nthe hall Of Iiis rag,
iidssa a.; and aa sss as ss entered
: as hSs rassseeu MISTY. Wien Jude
2 Douglass was thus introduced, General
? Jackson raised his still brilliant eyes.
: and gazed t5r a moment in. the coun.
fHnnG:e hand: cfA,hs ;ase still, rseiRf;n Ro
e Of 1llinois, who delivered speech last
r, session, on the subject of the fine i'm.
1t posed on me for declaring martial law
h. q. New Orlcans?' asked Gen. Jack.
s. son.
lc Il have delivered speech in the
2. House of Representatives upon that
subject was the modest reply of on,
S. friend.
v, Then stop said Gen. Jackson
y. sit down here, beside me! l desire
If to return to you my thanks for thai
n. speech. You are the first man who
,e has ever relieved my mind on subjcc
u which has rested upon it for thirty
II. years. My enemies have always charg
%, ed me with violating the Constitution
ofmy country, by declaring MARTA
Sc law at New Orleans, and my friend
If. have always admitted the violation, bu
of have contendcd that circumstances jus
nc tilted me i'll that violation. II neye
n. could understand how it was, that tn
n. performance Of a solemn duty to m,
lis country "a duty which if had neg'cc,
&C ed would have made me traitor in tn
n sight Of God and man could properl
til DC pronounced violation of the Const
ot tuition. | felt convinced in my ow
no mind, that I was not guilty of such he
,is inous offence; but could never max
h, out legal justification of my course
he nor has it ever been done, sir, until you
on the floor Of Congress, at the lat
10 session, established it beyond the poss
nd bility of cavil or doubt. | thank yo
no sir, for that speech; it has relieved m
Is mind from the only circumstance thu
DC. rested painfully upon it. Throughor
to. my whole life, never performed an of
tb cial act which / viewed as a violatio
IN. of the Constitution Of my country; an
,p. can now go down to the grave
r.- peace, with tho perfect consciousncs
r,y that | have not broken, at any perio
Of my life. the Constitution or laws
:. my country
W. "a Thus spoke the old hero, his cou
-. ~ tcnance Enlightened by emotions whic
,as s it is impossible for US to describe. "
W. W., TUNED to look at Douglass. He W;
~. r speechlcss. Hc could not reply, b,
.ha convulsively shaking the aged veteran
."s ."' hand, he rose and left the room. &C
h;a tainly Gen. jackson had paid him Il
~, ~, highest compliment he could have
9"' slowed on an individual. - Illinois Sta
"a Register
iic
sh A clergyman, who reading TO his CO
md gregation a chapter in Genesis, four
ion the last sentence. to be, "and the lloi
MS, gave unto Adam wife, turning oy
los two leaves together, he found write
We and read in an audible voice, AT
ing she was pitched without and within
iigs He had unhappily got into the midd
'ersl OF q dcsoriptionof Neal.'s Ark,