Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-08-01
(Frorn Caldwin's . Party Leadcrs.o5
Jackson and Clay Points of Resemblance

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jackson and Clay Points of Resemblance.
There were many points of silnilitude BE-
tweeh these illustrious antagonists. As par
ty men they 'seeined to stand In irreconciatie
antagonisn. They were SO in interest, in
position, in feeling. Yet with al this oppo-
sition, there was striking Correspondence
Between them. hot only Id character, but in
many points of exterior resemblance.
Both were born. or received their earliest
impressi3ns in Revolutionary times, or from
the p. .inciples Of the Resolution. n:'r
jackson was the elder But in spirit and
genius Of the Reto1st "a, Oh tissting the peri
o3 oY as{ssl hostilitizss was ieass''y the IA
spiraiion df Clay s awakening and fef yid mild
Both were denied The aasantages eof edu-
cation Both made neH country the theatre
of their earIiestexert7ohs~ Both were nafives
of the South, and smigrated' to q Southern
State, with population ike that bf The State
Of their birth. Both were dependent Slohe
upon their own exertion. and eduai1y fhdspdh-
dent of adyentitious aid. Both were" afchi-
tects of their own fortunes. Both chose the
pfofessidff Of the law as their first introduction
to the public; and both, though in an unequal
degree, encountered the same opposition, and
met with early success. Both displayed from
the start the same enterprising spirit, the
same obduracy and Vghemence of vii. the
same almost arrogant defiance OF oppositfcn.
the same tenacity and continuity ofPnfpose,
the same moral and personal daring Jack
son introduced himself to the practice by un-
dertaking the prosecution Of suits which others,
of profession not used to quail before danger
or shrink from responsibility we're intimated
from representing Clay enrolled himself >
boy among the competitors of the strongest
bar in Kentucky, and issued his writ against
one of the most prominent and powerful of
them, in favor of an obscure bar keeper, at
the certain cost of the defendent's deadly
reseitnfent; and defed that hatred to its ex-
tremest manifestations. Both early impress
sed themselves npon the community afoand
them, afd were distinguished for the same
personal characteristics. Both rose at once
to posts of honor and distinction; and at. an
eafly age enr5lled their hahiss, and to the
last preserved them, among the first and the
highest of the republic. '.i
Both were men of quick perception; of
prompt action; of acute penetration; Of busi-
ness capacity; of merchantile common sense,
of quick and unerring Judgment of men5 of
singular fertility of resources of remarkable
power to create or avail themselves OF scircum-
stances; of consummate tact and management
Both were distinguished for gfaceskpd' eilse of
manners, for happy and polished address. and
of influence over the wills and affections of
those who came within the circle of their
acquaintance and associations Both were Of
1.-THE, sinewy, and slender physical conforma
ton uniting strength, with activity and great
powers of endurance with happy facility of
labor Both were men of the warnest affec
tions; of genfiest and most ccncfiiating man
pers in social intercourse wheB they wished to