The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-05
General ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
"Reminiscences.


One uf the PRODUCTIONS which lhe printing
;aHrOsetsy between. Mr Raclie end Mr.
aFes has rescued from oblivion, is a speech,
iciWered some years since by Mr. Rises,
lsfoTe the Democratic Association, 10 Wash
ngton city. Among other "reminiscences, j.
tOnIa'ns Two or three Aneed,Ses ef General
Jackson, which carnal fail ~ be read with
he interest which attaches TO everything
hat tends TO illustrate The ehaTacier Of that
remarkable man. Mr.. Rives tells US that il
Vas not onl, his fDrtuue TO be spatrun ed
iy Andrew Jackson" but il was also hisgsod
luck 10 know moie abum his wriiiHgs and
dUlngs duiing The last lhiTleeu years of his
iilH Than lhOss most near aud dear TO him. :
After thus p,esenlmg his ctedendal she pro-
reeds as follows:
III is So geuerally known that Gen. Jack
sou was uIan who, abnve all o,hers, took
I"Tesponsibility" ia peace or in var, that
that word brings TO the minds oi The people
ni this county his name almost as certainly
bs the ieuers which spell IT, But il is not
50 we'll known that be made others take il in
times OF profound peace. knnw il WE'LL
lie made me take IL, and tina: made me
know him so we'll. The occasion for maxi
ny me take il was, his annual message got
out from the cffices uf the National lnlelli-
gpncor aud the Uni;ed States Telegraph.
beiure il was seni to Cdngtcss, soon aGieT j
came into the Globe Offce--Ihe FIST session
OF the twenty third Congress, beIieve--lud
afterwards, as long 6s he WAS President he
gave all bis messages 10 me 10 have ptinted,
with the admoni,ion; Il will hold you respnn-
sible. SIR, if that message gets out before
Congress is ready 10 receive il. Dom, let
ANY person even one ol nv Cabinet
thcers-haVe a copy Of Il before send II 10
Congress"
''The prime prints from the rough draughl
of be Presldvnt's message, ahd often gets
patI ct the copy before The message is COM
reied. Invariably went alter the copy aud
took the proof back ir the President myself,
which gave me an opportunity of knowing
ail about who wrote and who were consulted
abuut them. Il has been said and no doubt
believed hy many, thai General Jackson did
not wIlie his messages. Neither he nor any
other President ever wrote those parts oi
their messages which showed the condition
of The several departments. They are writ
ten by the heads tt the departments respec-
isely Nearly the whole Uf tue balance OF
Gen, Jrcksou's messages was in his hand
writing. The proclamation which was IN
tended to carry out his memorable toast,
"lhe Union must be preserved" which was
uttered as a rebuke to notification when it
FIST showed its front, ut the celebration Of
Jetferson's birthday III Washington, was re-
written by Mr. l.IV ngst3n, then Secretary OF
Slaie.
''Mr. BAR, who saw lhe original paper,
has frequently told his friends tha, ho tho'i
II better than The flushed production, and
not liable 10 the objections to some Of the
principles advanced in the latter. II was
Gen. Jaeksun's inyariabie practice to put
dawn in w5iIIng every tfictal paper Nhch
he submitted to The public. lie vas, bow.
ever, always willing 10 admit suggestions,
aud pcrnnt alterations where he thought
IN IN Improvements.
II viii relate an sneCd0ie, or incident,
an ch viii lead to II correct conclusion as to
who wlete Gen, Jackson's messages, aud
o'S'9 "uO uA'Cu1Cb lO lilSllb hlttl tIiSN were
written.
"Mhen weEt after the annual message
Which demanded of the French King The
indemnity dHe 10 citizens of The United
States by the FIench government. found
Mag A. D. Dneson, ,heG Gen. Jackson's
pusate Secretary, and cleik beiorging 10
the Sale Department, (Mr. Derrick,) ctm-
ptrIbg The pies TO be sent In buth branches
"i Congress with the rough draught. Gen.
Jackson VAS wa king the floor same twenty
'r Thirty feet from them smoking his pipe,
aud pay ing no attention whatever to the
Ieadlug, as | thought. When they read that
part ot The message which pressed The de-
lnands in the stronges: terms, Gen jackson
sa d; 'DJheison stop there; that is not as |
wrulc ~ Alajor b, nelson rep ed: 'GeneraI,
ihe Cablnel had ~ meeting and agreed to
soften IhIs lutte ana he then attempted
10 read on evidently very much agiined, =
GeReIai Jackson agtin said 10 hlm: 'DdneI-
son! stop theIe; that is not as | wrote it. =
NJ lnr Dnneison made stammering reply,
ing, and agreed TO soften this little; cab-
not alter 1t IL time for Congress, and Mr..
Rises is here waiting for tte message und if
lie does not get it shortly, he cannon have il
prlnted in itme,' and continued TO stalnner
un, read ny ii.
General Jackson then stamped his fnot
on The ilonr, and said III loud voice: Il say,
STOP! AID phi that as wroie il. | don'i care
lor the Cabinet, nor for Mr. Ryes and Con.
gless wailiDg. Ii shall be as | wtote it.'-
NJ Ir Dnneison lhen opened his table draw
u. and lo,ik from 1t The 81 p which he had
cut from the message and inserted il ia The
place di the alteration made BY the Cabinet.
nav boli tie original and the alteration, |
5cievc, flied away, but win so many other
papers lgat cannot fad them conveniently.
VI ,ny predicted at ths time thli the suppo. (
, d aifrtIii contained IN tile message would
rause Fence ID declare war against the u
Siales. So t1r ffnm II, II caused the money
10 b paid; and Luuis PHILIPPE, then King
rf lrare. ibc'tghl 80 highly Of General
Jackson, thai he sent IN EN- nent artist MIR.
ilesigl q the hermitage, 10 take lis likeness
ior h "; tie Likeness was completed, only a
iew lays hefafe fhe Generals death, aud Is
sad 70 be lie LEST ever taken" +,
Ite.irsetiSe PBe The aIatm Of Gre hast
Sa'ufdst eiit wss ecessioHed by tie bum.
.hk ef the iage, ose5 the Allegheny. The
{ mes broke pai absan IL D,ciac6, tnd from
iae difficulty experaeaeed ly lhE engine CON
1ah es 10 Idar4Ag upon ID. i was snnn 50
completely rnset,ped ~ IRE a. 10 render lis
1rrsel rai4s'n impossible. Span after span OF
oe npbie sirnesuse DIazed add fell, The bur-
ring IraRmrnss being swept down the AIle~ 4