Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-04-08
cen. Jaeksou.


 Mir Rives of the "Glohe." in his controye,s, with MS. Ritcbie, of the " Union,' tells 8 good many interesting facts about Gea. Jackson; the. anecdote we pablish below, among others:
 It is 70 generally knowa that Gen. Jackson was a man who, above all others, took resp )nsibly' in peace or in war. that that word brings to the minds of the people of this country his name al
 most as certainly as tho letters which SD Ilit But Il is not so we'll known that he made others take II in times Of profound peace. l know t wctl.-- He made me take it. and that made nae know So well. The occasion for making me take Il was, his annual message got out from t4e ogce of e Ma t0nal inici gencer" " and fbe |" United StaeS Tste- graph before | was sent 10 Congress. sooa afier came into tae Globe " ofIiee--ilie Is. session of the twenty third Congress, be isve--aad afer- wards, as long as he was President, hc gave all his messages to mo 10 have printed with the a1- Ronqn: q will hold you responsible, sir. if that message gets out before Congress IS ready to re- ceive it. Don't let Gng pcrson--not even one of my Cabinet OaiseFs-hlve a copy of |. baf,se send t to Congress"
 The priatcr prIas from the rough draughi ef the Presidents meSssge, and often gets part ofathc copy before the message IS completed. l invaria ply went after the copy and took the proofs back to the President myself, which gave me au eppor. tunty of knowing all about who wrote and who were committed about them. It has heeu sad, and is no doabt believed hy many, that General Jackson did not write hs messages. Neither he nor any other President ever wrote tbese parts of their message which showed the eonfsItion of the several departments. They are written by the heads of the departments respectively. Nearly the whole of the balance uf Gen. Jaekson's mes sages was in his handwriting. The proclamation which was intended to carry out his memorable toast, ''The Union must be preserved" which was uttered as a rebake 10 nalIifieation when t first showed it's front, at the celebration of Mr. Jetfer sons birth day in Washington, was It written by MT Livingston, then Secretary of State. Mir Blair. who saw the original paper has frequently told his friends that he thought t better than the fn- ished production, and not liable to the objections
 to some of the principles advanced in the latter. It was General Jaeksons lnvariabie practice to put down m writing every official paper which he submitted to the public. He was, however, al- ways willing to admit suggestions, and permit all terations where he thought them improvements.
 I will relate an anecdote, or incident, which will lead to q correct conclusion as to who wrote General Jacksons messages and, also, who atten- ded to them after they were written.
 When went after the annual message which demanded Of the French king Louis Philippel the indemnity Hue to citizens of the United States by the French Government, found Major 4. J. Don eison, then General Jacksons private secretary, and clerk belonging to the State Department, (Mr. Derrick,) comparing the copies to be sent to both branches of Congress with the rough dra aght General Jackson walking the floor some twenty or thirty feet from them smoking his pipe, paying no attention 10 the reading, 1 thought When they resd that part of the message which pressed the demand in the strongest terms General Jackson said; 6 Donelson! stop there; that IS not as wrote H'' Major Donelson replied: '' General, the Cabinet had meeting, and agreed to soften this little;' he then attempted to read on, evi- dently very much agitated. General Jackson again said to him: [" pcnelson stop there that is not as l wrote it." Major Donelson made Stammering rep.y, saying: " General, the Cabinet had meet ing, and agreed to soften this little. 1 canRot alter it in time for Congress, and MT. RlvcS IS here waiting for the message; and if he does not get 1t shortly, he cannot have it printed in time;" and continued to ssammer on, reading II, General Jackson then stamped his foo, on the floor, and said in loud voice: "I say, atop and put that as wrote t. | don't care for the Cabinet nor for Mir. Rives and Congress waiting. It shall be as wrote it." Major Donelson then opened hts table drawer, and took from 1t the slip which he had cut from the message. and inserted It in the place of the alteration made by the Cabinet have both the original and the alteration, l believe, filed away, but with so many other papers that cannot find them conveniently. Many predicted at the time that the supposed affront contained in the message would cause France to declare war against the United States So far from it, it caused the money to be paid; and Louis Philippe, then King of France, thought so highly of Gen. Jackson, that he sent an eminent artist (Mr. Healyl to the Hermitage, to take his likeness for him; the like ness completed only few days before the Generals death, and is said to be the best ever taken.'