The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-09-21

sustained by 1t, without turning at all upon
the expense or The injury 10 the horses,
noble dapple greys-his lavorite color-of
his own rearing, and descendants of his
famous horse Truxon. at once inferred
that this "why" had reference to his wife;
and upon inquiry Of Col. Early, my con-
lecture was verified. Because the carriage
nature than in that of any man ever saw
more Of woman's tenderness toward
children and sympathy with them often
has he been known, though he never had
child of his own, to walk up and down
by the hour wiIlfan infant in his arms, be-
cause, by doing so, he relieved it from the
cause Of its ying; more, also, Of wo.
mans patience, and uncompalaining, unno-
tcing submissiveness in trivial causes of
irritation. There was in him womanly
modesty and delcacy, as respects the re-
laiion of the senses. Scipio was moi more
ontinent-morech chaste would be the right
word, as to him--than | feel sure he was,
in thought as we'll as conduct, By no
man was the homage due 10 woman, the
only true homage she can receive, faith in
her - more depoutly rendered. This
chaste tenderness toward the sex was con-
slantly manilesiipg ITSELF and in manner
so unsludied, so perfectly spontaneous, as
TO show thrl il was as natural TO him as to
breathe. As regards patience, have often
seen his temper tried TO degree that il
rrilated mine to think Of, by those me-
had been hers, il was better than any new
one; it must never be given up, but always
repaired and made as good as new, though
The cost might begrea'er than that Of new
one.
Such was this "roaring lion"-as, by
the world outside, he was believed to be
for all around him-always gripping and
traring," as Ills termed in western phrase,
and by the Eternal ever in his mouth I;
habit, by the by, which | have in vain
taxed my recollection for a single instance
of. Such was he habiiuaIly,regularly, and
without shadow Of turning. TO oil about
him, whatever the relation in which they
stood, and in whatever capacity dependent
upon him and his humor for their comfort
and happiness, he was this always-nov-
er anything else.
There was more of the woman in his
glccIs in small things that 60 so hard with
an invalid-as he always was at the pc.
riod when knew him-and which are so
apt to test ohe'z temper. But things OF
this kind passed of without so much as a
shade coming over his countenance.
OF course do not mean to say that he
was not subject to anger, and at times To
the most vehement oulbursls of passlOn.-
have no doubt that he could he so, and
confirmed what you heard of the fearful
ness of his wrath. speak of what he
habilually was.
This peculiar tenderness of nature en-.
'ered largely, no doubt, into the compo'
sition of that manner Of his. with which
so many have been struck, and which was
of the highest available stamp, as regards
both dignity and grace. Mr.. Jefferson
was strongly impressed with this, on thei
meeting al Lynchburg. that meeting made
memorable by the toast, which, because
of the then apprehended and subsequently
realized political consequences oIJackson''
position before the country, was by somC
never forgiven, "Ilonor to the man who
has filled the measure of his country's go
ry." No better Judge of manners livet
than jefferson, whose own were charm
to every one who approached him, ant
whose associations through life had beeI
such that it musl have been no easy mat
ter for him to receive an impression Of Iha
kind And yet, so strong had that i'm
preston been, that, many years allerwart
but the year befnre his death-upon be
ing visited by an old friend whom he ha,
known amid the most polished circles Il
Paris, he dwelt upon this point as tn
most surprising thing about Jackson
How he could have got such manners
which, for their polish no less than lhei
dignity; would have attracted the attenio
Of every one at any Court in Europe, wa
to him an enigma. This was related I
me many years after Mr.. JefIerson's deaf
by the gentleman referred 10.
Jeflerson's own manners were the frn
of culture and opportunity /; the result {
that sellimproycment in all things, which
, from his boyhoOd, he had ever been inter
upon; and which, in this particular, wa
favored in the highest possible degree b
the models constantly before him. An
so had it been with every other specime
of fine manners he had ever met with
But here was man bred in the btcE
woods, amid the trough and tumble" i
all its forms and notifications, peaceabl
and hostile, of the "boys," there, anon
whom he had naturally assumed the po.
of captain and leader. True, the scamp
had always been recognized as being nca
, to the "court," as school for manners
, but this camp had been a different sort {
thing from that Of a backwOods lndiaI
5 fighter. Here was man whose contact
mad never been but of this description, an
0 yet whose match, in point of grace an
dignity Of manners, il would be Difficult
f il not impossible, To find in all the coul'
; Of the old world, Not the grace and dil
nifty, such as they are found in The India
warrior, and which display themselves
, his attitudes and in his way of folding h
; blanket around him, but the grace an
dignity Of the polished gentleman, aud maj