Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-06-15
EBgNSDgRG, TLLLRSDlY, JyAE Is. 1881.

raj Assembly of Missouri, and, as such, nomi-
mated me for the United States Senate, at my
first election, in 1920 au act Of hereditary
friendship, as our fathers had been carly friends
Adherence of debt public and private dis
like of banks, and love of hard money-love Of
justice and love Of country, were ruling passions
with Jackson and of these he gave constant
evidence in all the relations of his life OF pri-
vate debts he contracted none Of his own, and
made any sacrifice to get ont of those incurred
for others. OF this he gave a signal instance
not long before the war of lSJ2-selling the i'm
proved part Of his estate, with the best buildings
of the country upon it, to pay debt incurred
in a mercantile adventure to assist a young re-
lative, and going into log houses IN the forest to
begin a new home and farm. lie was living in
these rude tenemcnts when he yanquished the
British at New Orleans and, probably, view
Of their conqueror's domicile would have aston
ished the British officers as much rs their de
feat had done. He was attached to his friends,
and to his country, and never believed any re-
port to the discredit OF either, until compelled
by proof He would not believe in the first re-
ports of the surrender of General Hull and be-
came sad and oppressed when forced to believe
it. He never gave up a friend in a doubtful
case, or from policy, or calculation. He was a
firm believer in the goodness Of a experimenting
Providence, and in the eventfuI right Judgment
and justice Of the people. I have seen him at
most desperate parts of his fortunes, and never
saw him wavcr in The belief that all would come
right in the end. In the times Of Cromwell. he
would have been a puritan
Il, q -
ment, with rapid and almost intuitive pcrcep-
ton, followed by an instant and decisive action
TWAS that which made him 4 General, and
President for the time in which he served. lie
had vigorous thoughts but not the faculty Of
arranging them in a regular composition, cithc,
written or spoken; and in formal papers he
usually gave his draft TO an aid, or friend, or Il
Secretary, to be written Cycr-ofton to the loss
Of vigor. But the thoughts were his own viaor-
ously expressed; and without effort, writing
with pen, and never bIottiag or altering but,
on the head as he went. have a great deal Of
his writing now, some On public affairs ard coy
ering eral sheets Of paper and 10 erasure
or inte.linoa:ons anywhere. His conversation
was Ike his writing, vigorous flowing current,
FV8teIItiy vti7uJrt the trouble Of blinking
always Impressive. His conclusions were rapid.
and unmoyaJle, when lie was under strong con-
victions; tn ugh often yielding, on minor points
to his friends. And no man yielded quicker when
he was convinced; perfectly Illustrating The DIFF
ference between firmncss and obstinacy. OF all
the Presidents who have done me the honor to
listen to my opinions, there was no one to whom
| spoke with more confidence when | felt nv
self strongly to lc i. .he right.
He had load 10 carry all his life, resulting
from Il temper which refused compromises and
bargaining, and went for a clean victory or a
clean defeat, in every case. Hence every step he
tool, was a contest; and it may be added, every
contest was . victory l have already said that
ho was pIcc.Cd a Major General in Tennessee
an election on which so much afterwards depen-
one vote. lis appointment in the Uni
ted States regular army was conquest from the
administration, which had twice refused to ap-
point him BIigadier, and once disbandcd him
as volunteer general, and only yielded to his
militia victories. His election as President was
4 victory over politicians-as was every leading
event Of his administrator.
have said that his appointment in tha regu-
J
and it belongs to the inside view of history, and
to the illustration Of government mistakes, and
the elucnation of individual merit surrounding
obstacles, to tell how it was. Twice passed by
to give preference to others in the west General
Harrison and General Winclies.er,) once disban-
ded and omitted in all the lists Of military nomi-
nations, how did he get at last to be appointed
Major General! 1t was thus Congress had
passed an act authorizing the President to ac-
cept organized corgs OF volunteers. l proposed 10
General jackson to raise a corps under the act,
and hold it ready for service. He did so; and
with this corps and some militia he defeated the
Crock Indians. and gained the reputation which
forced his appointment in the regular army /
drew up the address which he made TO his dv-
sion at the time. and when l carried it to him in
the evening, L found the child and the lamb be-
tween his knees He had not thought of this
resource, had caught at it instantly, adopted the
address, with two slight alterations, and pub
lished it to his division. | raised a regiment
myself, and made the speeches at the general
musters, which helped to raise two others, as
sisted by small band offTiends-all feeling con-
fident that if we could conquer the difficulty
master the first step-and get him upon the
theatre Of action, he would do the rest himself
This is the way he got into the regular army,
but only unsolicited by the wisdom of govern
ment, but rejected by it-a stone rejected by the
master builders-and worked IN by an unseen
hand. to become the corner stone of the temple.
The aged men of Tennessee well remember all
this, and it is time that history should learn it.
But to return TO the private life and personal
characteristics Of this extraordinary man.
There was an innate, unvarying, seli-acting
delicacY in his intercourse with the female sex,