The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-01-09

now inpars hope OF regeneration. The statue before
you i the work OF exalted by his enthusiasm for
the glorious deeds and wise ola hero and
II IS the work OF young, uH,aught American cannot
call him an artist He studied nor copied. He
never saw an equestrian statue nor model IL is
the work OF Unborn genius, aroused 10 energy by the i
umphan spirit of liberty which hrobs IN The great heart
OF connent--which creates the power oil great con-
ceptions the aspiration and the WILL the mental faculty
and the manual skill eernize the actors who ennoble
the country by giving their forms and expressions " i'm
perishabie materials.
Proudly may compaie to The equestrian statutes Of
Europe that noble homan hgure which preserves the form
and features OF hero, and that colossal war hse in
bronze which will Dear him IN glory through future ages
have delinestons OF the equestrian statues OF
Peter the Great OF fredeTck the Great and OF the Duke
of Wellington, which are esteemed. believe, the beet
specimens OF that description OF sculpture that modern
Europe has been able 10 contrbue to her collection of
works OF The horse OF the great Car is supported
IN lis rampant posor by resting the hind feet with
the aid 1.-THE ussghtly convance OF extending between
It's legs serpent, which, by bend in the body connects
with The tail OF the steed aud fastened 10 the pedestal
That OF the great Pussian monarch, designed 10 appear
in moIlon has foot before and another behind fixed
TO the pedestal third lifted and supported by prop 10
assist III sustaining the weight and but left free 10
give the semblance of life and movement The rearing
seed OF the Duke Of Wellington like that Of Peter the
Great maintains It's rampant position by the hind legs and
TAIL being nveed 10 the massive pedestal. What won
dedfu triumph has our untaught counlryman achieved
over these renowned trophies OF European art in the no
aud hey charger before you, eaping $50 proudly if
he disdaned the ground" ssfpoised and sefsas,aned
on the single point whence he derives his motion! No
props, serpenls no unnatural contfvances here
Nature, which has taught the impeluous seed TO poise
his weight and gather hs strength 10 spring into the air.
has given the genius which fashioned this group the
power 20 mpar and energy to the finely balanced
attitude which makes the weight that others prop and
hold up by rves furnish to the work It's strength and
stability.
But the real power OF the nobest monument con-
sists in the moral grandeur Of the ecollections i
calls he exquisite beauty OF the statue OF Nero, by it's
contras, with lie monster brings to mind, makes the
heart Tecol as from the shining iods OF polished
pen, How different the bsholder in the presence OF the
august form before u.s. The image OF the ressless hero,
who drove the last invader from our Shores turns back
our thoughts TO the eager boy who shed his stripping
blood in the revolution, and 40 the esolute sage who
wthstood the corruption and phrenzy OF his times and to
the patriot statesman whose life and deeds mark most
eyenliul era in our national history.
Let me glance at some OF the events IN his glorious
career and close with view OF him III his retirement at
the Hermitage.
In the year 1865 small vessel arrived in the harbor of
Charleston with number of Irish emigranls board,
who had fled from tyranny and persecution in the OLD
World TO find peace and freedom in the new. Among
them family by the name OF Jackson, consisting of
Andrew aud his wife, and their two sons, Hugh and
Robert They Immediately proceeded to the upper
try, and selected for their home lonely spot the
secluded valley OF the Waxhaw Two years after, An
drew Jackson, whose iusrious deeds have hlled the
world with his renown, was born The father died lew
name and render il immortal. Nobly did the widowed
mother perform her duty those fdiheress chidren The
earlier years of our heo's boyhood spent in the
peaceful abode of WaxhaW Academy. lie there
when the revolution burst upon the world. The wat-cry
from the bloody helds OF Lexington, and Concord, and
Bunker Hill aroused the people OF all the colonies TO
jus, of their wrongs, and inspired them with the
firm resolve and vndcae their rights The dis
asirous campaign which succeeded The first brilliant
achlevementsihe heroic movements OF Washington al
Trenlon-the sutierngs OF the army at Valley Forge
n
the fears and hopes OF the people, and reused their pa
rotism to the highest point When the tide Of desoIa-
ton roll ed the scattered settlements OF the Caronas
the whole population, old and young, proved themselves
worthy OF freedom by The spirit IN which they met the
ruthless oppressor Hugh the elder brother OF Andrew
son. fell in his FIRST battle Stone Robert became
matyr liberty and lost his life from wounds received
while in captivity The mother descended 10 the grave,
victim grief and suffering in ceaseless efforts rescue
and her Andrew was thus lett alone in the
world at tender age without father mother, brother
sister, friend or fortune, 10 assist HIM. All was gone
save the high qualities with which God had endowed
him. aud the noble precepis which pous and salned
mother had infused into his young heart. He had al
ready, the age OF fourteen, become soldier of the
olution--had borse the fagues and prvatons OF the
march with his muskei on his -houlder-had displayed
the GOODNESS, intrepidy, and iortitude OF the vet
IN his hrst engagements with The enemy-bad
dured the suterngs OF cruel captivity and, for his
manly refusal to perform mental services while prs-
oner he had received wound from the sword OF Brit
ish officer the scar OF which he carried with him TO his
grave.
The enemy repulsed the young hero returned to his
studies TO prepare himself Tor the practice OF the law,
which be had selected as a profession.
In the time the noble werk of political regenera
ton pressed forward-the union OF the colonies
confirmed by the Articles OF Conederaton-the ndepend
OF the American States acknowledged by the pow.
srs of Europe--he laws and institutions OF the several
States revised and moulded in conformity with the in
aenable rights OF man--ihe fundamental principles OF
civil and religious liberty established in the State consti-
tuions-and growing OF and resting upon these
the organization OF the federal government under thai
wonderful instrument, the constitution of tue United
States. America then stood forth power on earth
with the immortal Washington al its head. At peace
with the nations OF the Old World--with wise foreign
policy admirably adapted 10 condition and relative
posiiionwiih WIDE spread and rapid
merce what more natural than that The energies OF The
people should be directed 10 the settlement and develop
nen oil that vast and fertile wilderness in the valley of
the Mississippi and that the Father of bis Country
should exert all rgha authority for their protection
so laudable enterprise The several States claiming
title to those expansive regions animated by patriotic
and self sacrificing sri had voluntarily executed deeds
of cesson and REIMBURSEMENT in order
iund in the hands OF the federal government with which
10 discharge the debts OF the revolution The ordinance
OF 1851 establishing territorial governments, and pro-
vIdng for the erection OF not less than three more
than five States had opened TO immigration and settle
ment the country north west Of the river Ono while the
extension OF the main OF that the conn
Tor the people of the southwest territory. The tide OF
immigration had commenced rolling westward, and was
rushing the Aeghanes through every pass and
gorge in the mountains The bold adven,u.sr. rejoicing
IN danger and novel'yhe unfortunate who hoped TO
gain his lost posonhe poor emig rant, with his wife
and children, all that be could claim his on
earth-could be winding their way, by the buffalo
paths and Indian trails, to what seemed TO them u
promised land The Carolinans had descended the
french Broad bad stretched along the Hosion and pen
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