Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-10-06
From the New York Atlas.
COL. BEN TONS HIST DRY
NO 1887. MARTIN VAN BUREN, PRESIDENT,
Retiring and Death of Gen Jackson.

Retiring and Death of Gen Jackson.
The second and last term Of General
Jackson's Presidency expired on the 3rd OF
March, 1887. The next day, at u, he ap-
peared with his successor, Mr.. Van BureE,
on the elevated and spacious eastern portico
Of the capitol, as one of the citizens who
came to witness the inauguration Of the new
President, and no way distinguished from
them except by his place on the left of the
President elect The day was beautiful
clear sky, balmy, vernal sun, tranquil at
On foot, in the large area in front of the
steps, orderly without troops, and closel ly
wedged together, their faces turned TO the
portico--presenting to the beholders from
all the eastern windows the appearance Of
field paved with human faces--this vast
crowd remained riveted TO their places, and
profoundly silent, until the ceremony of in
auguraion was over. 1t was the stiffness
and silence Of reverence and affection, and
there was no room for mistake as TO whom
this mute and impressive homage was rem
dered. For once, the rising was eclipsCd
by the setting sun. Though disrobed of
power, and retiring to the shades Of pri-
vate life, it was evident that the great ex-
President was the absorbing object of this
intense regard. At the moment that he be-
gan 10 descend the broad steps Of the porti-
CO 10 take his seat in the open carriage
which was to bear him away, the deep, re-
pressed feeling of the dense mass broke
=. FORTH acclamatons and cheers bursting from
the heart and filling the air-such as power
never commanded, nor man in power ever
received. 1t was the affection, gratitude
and admiration of the living age, saluting
for the last time great man. 1t was the
acclaim OF posterity, breaking from the bo-
SONS of contemporaries. 1t was the anti
cipation Of futrrity - unpurchaseable ho.
mage TO the hcro-patriot who, all his life, in
peace and in war, and glorious in each, had
been The friend OF his country, devoted to
Ire. regardless Of self. Uncovered and
bowling. with look Of unaffected humility
and thankfu'uess he ac,now lodged in mute
= sigus his deep >cus;hii'y to this affecting
overflow @ popular feeling. felt an emo
ton which had never passed through me
before.
: had seen the inauguration Of many
, Presidents, and their going away, and their
: days of state, vested with power and sur
rounded by the splendors of the first mag.
istracy of great republic. But they all
!, appeared to me as pogeants, brief 10 the
: view unreal TO the touch, and soon to van,
ish. But here there seemed to be reality
: "a real soene--a man and the pcopIe--he
laying down power and Withdrawing through
: the portals of everlasting fame; they, sound
ing in his ears the everlasting plaudits o.
unborn generations. Two days after,
saw the patriot ex-President in the cal
! which bore Off to his desired seclusion.
, saw him depart with that look of quiet en-
=, ioymcnt which bespoke the inward salts.
faction of the soul at exchanging the care.
OF office for the repose of home. History
' poetry, oratory, marble and brass will hant
y down the military exploits Of Jackson: thi'
t work will commemorate the events of hi
i civil administration, not less glorious than
n his military achievements, great as they
were; and this brief notice of his last ap
;, pearance at the American capitol is intend
= ed to preserve some faint memory of scene
= the grandeur of which was so impressiv,
l TO the beholder, and the solace of whicl
must have been so grateful TO the heart o
d the departing patriot.
!. Eight years afterwards he died at th'
i Hermitage, in the full possession of all hi
= faculties. and strong 10 the last in the rul
;. ing passion of his soul-love o! country
Public history will do justice to his publ
5, lie; but further notice is wanted of him
s a notice Of the domestic man---of the man 6
NOlne WIN MS Nle' ms lilC'i'S; ilS HSiS"
bors, his slaves; and this I feel some quail
ID foation for giving, from my long and varie
IIst acquaintance with him. First, his intimat
$ and early friend-then rude rupture--aj
AZ forwards friendship and intimacy for twent
$, wears, and until his death; in all, forty yeal
M M of personal observation, in the double rel'
e. tion of friend and private, civil and mil
n tary.
all The FIRST time that saw General Jacl
a, son was at Nashville, Tennessee, in IFS
nd he on the bench, Judge OF the then 81
We perior Court, and l, youth of seventies
bael, in the crowd. He was then remarl
Ir- r able man, and had his ascendent over &
hs' who approached him, not the effect OF h