The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-06-30

measured by ordinary rules. A positive
executive character like his must be aver
aged to be treated justly. Impellcd bv
passion, he may at times commit deeds on
which the staid moraist looks with horror :.
bnt it must be remembered, too, that he
would breast danger, venture his life for
others, and undergo priyations, tolls, and
suffering, from which that same moralist
would shrink in alright. The good in
such man must be made to balance the
bad. The departures from the common
track of life from both sides must be taken,
before the balance against him is struck.
He must be crcdiied as well as cAarqcd in
the book OF common morals before one is
able to decide how he stands This is The
Only just rule, and by it jackson would
stand head and shoulders above most of
those who have condemned him.
by his industry and perseverance,, he
soon recovered from his cmbarrassmcnls.
and became Il tlourshing farmer again.
Having occasion to 90 t. Natchcz after
some blacks for his plantation, he found
at tie station Of the United States agent
among the Choctaws, 10y which his road
passed, several families Of cmiyranis de
tanned because they hUd no passport, from
the Governor of Mississippi. Ia the mean
time, the agent WAS selling them provisions
at an cXhorbitant price, and making them
work for him at 4 very low one. Iudir-
nant at this outrage, he demanded of tic
agent bow he dared thus to arrest Il free
American on the public road. TAX
ing the matter in his own hands, he
totd the frightened cmigrauts to rear up
and follow him. The agent fumcd and
threatened but seeing jackson well arm
cd, dared not interfere. lie, however, dc
/ tcrmln"d to br rcvcngcd on the latter
when lie returned, and armed some fifty
men to arrest him, unless lie came Gprti-
fed with passport. Jackson heard Of
this, and his friends advised him to procure
, one; but !" Indignantly refused, dcclarinw
1t was humiliation no American freeman
should submit 70. Aiming his negroes
with axes and clubs, while he himself car
rlrd Il loaded rifle and two pistols at his
SaddIc-how, he approached the station
The agent came forth, and asked him
to show his passport. "TAat dcycads o,,
c"c"Ins'a"ccS," replied Jackson, as he
carc!cs$Iy swung hi, rifle 50 - to bring
the muzzlc where it could look the agcnt
full in the face. The latter understood
mhnt circumstances, and the kind of BASS
port alluded to, and wisely let him pass on.
lie afterwards reported the agent to
the general government, and he was re-
moved. His hatred of wrong and oppres-
SION was intense, and though his way of
defending the injured was not ALWAYS
strictly legal, it must be remembered that
no other mode Of redress was open to him
Jackson had scarcely reached home
when he received Il letter from Governor
! Carroll, requesting Him to act as second,
! in Il due! between him and a brother of
/ Col. Benton. lie cou!l not well refuse
him, but Colonel Benton took ii unhindlv.
and spoke bitterly of him. A bitter cor
reSpondcncc in the papers followed, and
some time afterwards, meeting ut a public
house in Nashville, a most desperate, MUIR
dcrous fight took place, in which Jackson
had his arm broken and mutilatcl bv a
pisto!-ball. The cstraugcmcnt which fol-
lowed, was afterwards healed, and they
became fast friends
Through such rough scenes of war and
hordcr-Iitr, WAS jackson trained for the
high responsibilities which were to be pla-
ccd on him. lie had not been Indifferent
to the oppressive acts Of the English GOV
crnmcnt, and his voice was loud for I'M
mediate redress. At length the long-su-
charged clouds burst--war was declared,
and the mustcriug Of arms was heard over
the Land.