The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-02-05

DE 'enueT 'O tie ehflN WlUnW HN'ncr -
And s'rew her path, with flowers of flial tsluty.
Your buried fathers voice, speaks from the dust,
And saith with me Fulfill ye, ueH this trusN'
August 7, 1850.
OF the Jackson Monument
The following is an extract from the oration
of the Hon, Stephen A. Douglas. on the nangura.
lion Of the Jackson statue. Alter payinga fine
compliment to the artist, CLARK Mills lac com.
pares it with the statues Of Peter the Great, Of
Frederick the Great. and Of the Duke Of Wcllng.
ton, and pronounccs the statue of Jackson superior
to them as work Of art. in this respect, that
while they are all proped up the one before him
was self poised aal'seu sustained"
He the goes on to say
But the real power Of the noblcst monument
consi.., N the moral grandeur of the recollection
it recalls The exquisite beauty Of the statue oi
Nero by no contrast with the monster ii brings
10 mind, make, the heart recoil as hom th. shin
ing fold. Of polished serpent How different
the bshoder IN the presence uf the august form
before us The image of the resistless hero who
drove the last invader from our shores turns back
our thoughts TO ,h. eager boy who shed his
stripping blood IN the rrvou'iun and TO the itso
lutte sage who withstood the corruption aud
phrenzy of his times, and 10 the patriot states.
man whose life ana deeds mark a most eventual
era in Our national history.
Let me glance at some Of the events 10 hi,
glorious career. aud close with view o. him in
bis retirement at the Hermitage
In the ye r 1908 small vessel arrived in the
harbor Of Charleston with number Of IRISH
emigrants on board, who bal fled from TYRANNY
and persecution in the old world TO find peace
aud freedom in the new. Among them was
family by the name Of Jackson, consisting Of An
drew and hi. wife, and their two sons Hugh and
Robert. They immediately proceeded tn the up
per country, and selected for their new home n
lonely spot IN the secluded valley of the Wax
haw. Two years after. Andrew jackson, whose
lustriods deeds have filled the world with hi.
reuown. wa, born. The father died ir W month.
after the birth of the SON WIN was To inheris hi,
nnmc aud render It immortal. N"biy did IL,
widowed mother perf,rm her duty to those father
less children The earlier years of Uir hcros boy
hood we're spent n the peaceful abode Of Warsaw
Academy. lie WAS b,rc when the revolu,ior
burs, upon the world The war cry fem III,
blood, field Of Lexington, and Concord, anl
Banker Hill Rrnnsrd he people Of all tia colo
MES to u lu.t sense u their wrongs and inspired
III, N vi,h the firm resolve To assert and yndi
cat,. their rights The dis s,ruu~ Campaign viii,
.ucc-rdrd the tr.t blllll M achievements the he
rulc movements of Washington at Trenton, IT.,
glorious victory Of Sarar garxritrd IN nllelna
tlon, the fears aud hopes ui lhe people aud rou.
ed their patriotism 10 the highest point When
;he tide ui id-,odtlun He'd over the scat Tered sc
tlenert Of the Carollnas the whole pnpurtlun
old aud Young, proved ,hom-rly-, wurhy o
freedom bN III, spirlt ~ wlich they met IN,
ruhrle,- "pprcs-ur. Hugh, the Il I,r brother %
Andrew Jackson. fell in hi> first battle at Stpu,
/ Robert brcan-a maityi Ia lihrr,y, and ,u,t iu
/ hfr from wounds received while in captivity tn,
muthrr descended to the grave - vI,tm ui grir
aud suffering in cra-rlrss rtflt, to re.cue NJ,
save her sons. Andrew Wa, thus lcf alone II
| the world at tender age. wi'hou, f,tlpr q
mother, sister ~ brother friend or fortune 10 a.
slst hlm. All was gone save he high qualliir
with which God hai endowed him and the not,l
prec' pts which pinus ami saInt,d molhrf ha
infused into his young heart. II. hal abroad, "
the age uf IA become u soldier Of thp r-vululiOr
had borne the htigues and prlvaiions Of the narc
with III, inusk,t on his shoulder, had dSplavr
III, Goodness, intiepldity, aud iuriitudr of III
) veteran IN his engagements with the enemy, In
endured the suiirrngs Of cruel captivity. an
TOT hi. manly fusal to perform menial scrvr,
while prisoner, he had received wound from III
sword Of a British otlicrrthe scar uf which, he ca
rlvd with linn To- hi grave.
The enemy repulscd, the yonng hero rotnrne
TO his 'tuJles to prepare himself f1r the pr,c,ic
! rf the law, which lac had selected rs a profr
zion,
In the meantime the noble work Of political r,
generation was pressed forward; the unor
the colonies cunhrmsd by the Articles of c.,
irdratluu, the independence of the America
States acknowledged by the powers OF Eur"p
the law aud institutions of he several states y
vIscd aud moulded in conformity with the in liz,
able rights ot man; the Fundamental principle
civil ond religious liberty established IN the sa
constitutions; and growing oui and resting upu
these was the organization oi the federal COVER
ment under that wonder iul instrument. the cun.,
tuition Of the United States. America III,
stood forth power oh earth with the immor,
Washington at il. head. AT peace with the NJ
tons Of the Old World. with a wise foreign pole
! admirably adapted to our cundi,ion and rrlaIi'
position, with wide spread aud rapidly ,ncrea
ing Commerce, what more na,urll than the ,nr
gees oi the people should h. directed to the -
Element and development Of the vast aud f,rtl
that the Father of his Country should exert n
rlghful authority for their protection IN - lau
able an enterprise The several states claimlr
title to those expensive regions, animated by
palriotlc AMI -elt sacrificing spirit hat vounrnril
executed deeds Of cc.si u and reluq li.htmn'
order TO create common fund IN the hand. "i I,
federal government with which g. dls,h re u
I debts Of the revolution. The ordnance uf l5s
establishing territorial governments, and proyr
I ing for the erection Of not less than ,hle. n,
more than live states had opened to immigrant,
had commenced rolling westward, aud was ru.
ing acros. the Allcghanies thorough every pa
aud gorge in the mountains. The bold ndve
,urer rejoicing in danger and n,velty-the u
fortunate, who hoped to regain hla lost position
the poor cmigrnnt, with his wife and children. q
that hr could claim ~ his own os earth; could
seen winding their wsy by the buffalo paths NJ
Indian trails. to what seemed to thcm p,omi.,
. land The Carolinlan. had descended the frn'
. Broad. had stretched along the Hol-ion. and pen
tfatsd the valley Of the Cumhcrl,nd. Tho
early pioneers were n pc uliar people-hard
daring. ,mparticnt oi restraint and simple in the
habits of life. lmbus with nm ex,l'sI sen'ims
Of personal liberty and a keen pcrcrp ion Of nt
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