Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-09-17
ANECDOTES OF GEN. JACKSON.


do,es of this veneraied hero and sage, well
authenticated, and as we do not recoect to
have met with them in print, we have con-
clnded 10 relate them here Pennsylvania.
A revolution in Poland occurred about the
time that jackson was waeiny war with
the United States Bank in this country. The
Emperor Nicholas treated the unfortunate
Poles with extraordinary severity, and was
terribly and Justly scored for it by The press
Of this country. About the same time the
Wing press was heapng all SORTS Of abuse
upon Gen jackson, for opposing the e-char-
ter Of the United States Bank. The Russian
Minister, then at Washington, was greatly
annoyed by the abuse OF his Emperor, and
master. He determined 10 appeal TO the
Government 10 have the evil remedied, and
collected from the miscellaneous press nu-
merous array of articles bearing down very
strongly on Nicholas, showed them TO the
Secretary of State, and demanded that this
abuse should cease or he would hold the
Government responsible, and the peaceful
relations OF the two nations would be inter
ruped. The Secretary of State in vain at
tempted TO explain 10 him the Freedom of
the Press, and that the American Govern.
ment had no more power over it upon such
subjects, than Nicholas himself The Rus.
sian Minister regarded this as a mere suber.
fnge, and grew very angry. He finally con-
cluded to appeal 10 Gen. Jackson himself
upon the subject, and producing his collec-
ton of newspaper denunciations, laid hi.
grievances before the old hero. Gen. Jack
son heard him patiently, and after he was
through, pleasantly complimented him on
his industry in searching the papers; but
said he, "Look over them again, and if you do
not find that am called tyrant, rascal, fool,
and all sorts of foul names, ten times for
every mention Of Nicholas name, will have
the thing stopped at once" This sort of
reasoning threw new food of light upon the
mind of the Russian Minister. He then com.
pretended what the Freedom OF The Press
meant in this country, and readily perceived
| that Jackson could not be expected 10 stop
the press from abusing Nicholas, when it
was every day boldly assaing himself. He
accordingly dropped Inc snoJect.
| The other anecdote describes thing that
happened very rarely: it is stated how Gen
Jackson got frightened
This occurred soon after the attempt 10
assassinate him, an event which naturally
aroused the fears of his friends for his safety,
and they all recommended 10 him the utmost
cautien against exposing himself 10 any more
such attacks. One afternoon he was recln.
in Democratic sort of way, on sofa in
one Of the rooms in the White House, alone
smoking his pipe About this period new
foreign Minister, from Portugal, we think
unaccustomed 10 republican simplicity, had
arrived, and went 10 the White House TO pay
the Gen. a visit. He was attired in full
Cour, costome, all bedizened with gold lace,
Sc, and wearing a sword. No one happen
ed TO be there TO introduce him, and he
found his way unannounced into the room
in which Gen. jackson was lazily ruminatng
upon his recent narrow escape from the pis-
,ol of an assassin. The sudden appearance
Of the Minister aroused the old man from his
reveries, and gazed at the intruder with
astonishmen not altogether unmingled
with fear as he proceeded to bow and gri-
mace at desperate rate. Gen. Jackson
could stand it no longer but seized chair
brandished ii before him, and in sena,orian
4 voice cried out, ain the name of God, vino
/ and what are you 2" The Portuguese Min
: lister soon managed 10 give him an idea of
e who and what he was, when Gen Jackson
sent down 10 his kitchen for French cook
he had TO act as interpreter, and in this way
they managed to have satisfactory inter-
t view.