The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-23
INSULT TO ANDREW JACKSON.

II had become SO much the habit Of quoting tho names
OF the lus,rous dead OF ,hs revolutionary struggle TO
and dignity the enterprises Of political mercenaries
that surprised when the memories OF Wash
ingon and his compoe were appealed to IN ustihcaon
OF the movement against conscience and equality which
sill shonoTs and convulses happy country But
II the patience Of the people had been exhausted by the
ton and bssphenous proceedings and
though an avengng God had interposed to rebuke them
as many wrongs upon the immortal dead, Virginia. the
the knownohng spoilers touched her borders
instinct with gratitude for her sons and made nvncbie by
the Indignation inspired by their insuters and hurled the
hosts Of prescription crushed aud ieles the soil which
they polluted.
II was however, reserved for later period in the
las bring upo,l these prv-
fners counys beneactors) that the of An
drew jackson should be held up approval Of this
ment of political hucksters and ngra,es There is
thing fresh in the recollection OF the character of jack
son-somethng so familiar thousands who yet live
among u.s. who shared his confidence and knew his
thoughthere is in all minds so vivid impress OF his
face and ora and voice, and keen . OF the
ample by which he ruled and elevated grateful country
had hoped his spared this
OF outrage And indeed the leaders OF the crusade upon
everything good and great past and present living and
dead long fear lay their hands upon his
aon lest ro the grave itself no should cry pro-
and in agony Al their wrong upto the present
they have hesated before attempting TO that
reputation to their odous and offensive pur-
poses But desperate diseases require desperate RENE
dies and at last found who set the example
which Others have finally consented to follow II Is nice
question with us, however whether this attempt originates
in ungratcful magnity the departed hero in de-
sire to help party that is rotten In It's youth aud
dying daily before 1t has half matured. as
Andrew Jackson the son Of an Irshnan. If he
lived now he would find himself dsfranchiscd by those
who seek his and his authority their
the laws and their hatred of their beings
his conflicts with the savage and the foreign foe this Irish
mans led other Irshmcn victory and to DEATH In the
hammocks and everglades of Florida long weary
march, in the bvouac and in the battle among his friends
snd his associates the gallant who from
her lands not to fight against us but If necessary die
jr flag There few adopted citizens the
Try who his friends Ateyery election they occd
to his standard in masses they had ocked bis call
time Of When the faithless fed they stood firm
and when he most needed friends they by his side
And yet now when the grave him. and he sleeps
last Sleep attempt is made his name from the
galaxy where shines like guiding star to poserity and
to make Of it reproach and STAIN signal and
cry for party pledged religious intolerance and nat-
icai prescription
But the legacy left by Andrew jackson thus be
squandered and dssipated. One may choose for
get the holy obligations of the past and the sacred lessons
of the hero and the sage but the people will their
hearts pure Never beforenot in the paImest
days Of his own glorious admnstraon--has the demo-
cratic party been devoted to its faith confident
OF the future formidable against its manyhued
and hybrid assailants First in its affections are his
counscls and his proud example. The democratic heart
still rs at his namo and at the recollection Of his
deeds His fame is watched and defended by them with
Jealous and vgiant His foes still the foes of the
democracy and his words like many Inspirations
the party which he led and which survives unbroken and
indebted though often attacked by traitors and sometimes
betrayed by ngrates.