Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-07-31
From the Washington Union.
General Jacksons Fame VlndjCated by his
Son, Andrew Iackson

From the Washington Union.
General Jackson's Fame Vlnd djCated by his
Son, Andrew jackson.
We were right in predicting that The son Of
Andrew Jackson would not longer remain ST.
lent, whilst the sanctity of bis fathers conf.
dental letters vas being violated, for wicked
purposes, by men who owe all they have and
are 10 his friendship. The following from the
Nashville (Tenuessse) Union will be read
with universal interest:
LETTER FROM Tliy HERnITAGE.
The following letter from Mr.. Andrew Jack
son will be read with great interest though
out the country. 1t twas prompted by no feel
ings Of political character, but from the high
est sense OF honor and justice towards The
memory Of his veneIated father. The scan
dalouS use and abuse thai have beer recently
made of the private and confidential letters of
Gen. Jackson, thrown out in a disconnected
manner, and frequently by extracts, creating
an impression foreign from his intention, for
purely partisan purposes, h's shocked The
SenSiblities Of all righ.-thinking people.
Mr.. Jackson has pursued quiet and unos-
tentatious life, taking no active part in the
politics of the country, further than 10 dis
charge the duties OF good citizen. He has
come thus reluctantly before the public from
o stern sense of duty 10 the memory Of his H.
ustrious father. The public will not fail 10
SympathiSe with him in the circumstances that
have required hm 10 do so. The only son,
the heir, the executor Of General Jackson, the
tenant Of the Hermitage, standing, as It weie,
a sentinel at The tomb, the duty was impera-
tive, and he would haze been unw0r!hy OF
The trust had he remained longer silent:
HERMITAGE, June &c, 1856.
Gentlemch:-Be kind enough 10 give the
following Litter insertion in your parer:
Within the last few weeks several indiyii
uals, claiming TO have been personal friends
of General andrew Jackson, have published
letters addressed to themselves, under the
seal OF confidence and friendship, which were
never intended for publication, and are calcu-
lated 10 wound the feelings of many persons
who stood high in the estimation of General
Jackson TO the close OF his life. The object
Of these publications is so maniFestly for the
advancement Of petty, personal ambition, and
to injure or destroy those who stand IN the
way Of those mouSng schemes, that no good
motive can possibly be attributed TO those who
are gratifying a morbid public appetite. 1t
seems that they are willing, for the grolifca
ton Of their own passions, TO raise the cur
tain Of the past open fires over which The
ashes have long since gathered, aud destroy,
as far as their puny efforts cav accomplish il,
the universal veneration with which the name
Of General Jackson is regarded.
The undersigned, al the adopted son, erecu-
tor and trusted friend of Gen. Jackson, pro.
tests most Soemnly against this unsclupulous
use Of The priUate and confidential coueSpon.
dence Of his father, and he appeals most con-
fidently 10 the public to suStain him in this
protest. he, himself, was The repository of
most of his Jather'S private papers, and has
never consented TO the publication Of Gny Of
them, because he believes that no such add
ton can be made, with justice, 10 the memo
ry OF The deceased, until the men who served
with him have passed from the stage Of ac-
ton. II would, however, he unfair 10 the
feelings CT those who may have been touched
by the extracts Of full letters from General
Jackson, heretofore published, to withhold
the testimony Of the undersigned, that up TO
the close of his life, he entertained for Presi-
dent Polk and Hon. James Buchanan, the
highest esteem and affection. In many con-
versotions during his declining years, when in
the full freedom of freSide ease, he spoke
! freely of their eminent services and moral
worth; on 70 occasion did he ever intimate 10
his family that his confidence in them had
abated, or his kindly feelings towards them
undergone any change. 1t is well known 10
all who were well acquainted with General
Jackson, that he clung with intense pertlna-
city to the interests of those "whom he re-.
garled as lIiends-as SOmelohdt dependcnts,
and whom he had raised up by his patronage
| These persons frequently (aS can and might
easily be shown appealed earnestly 10 him
for assistance in advancing their schemes and
views; even 10 the close Of his life. Whilst
suffering under painful, wiiherng disease,
aud earnestly pressed by every arttul sugges.
lion, he would have been more than HUMAN if
had not permitted expressions Of m0,neatWy T-
rita,iOn 10 creep into private Letters, and The
| fault OF their expression was not in him who
wrote, but rather in those whom he unwisely
trusted.
The letter OF General Jackson in regard 10
Mr.. Buchanan, written in February, 1S45,
dated 2Sth) extracts of which have been re.
Gently published, is precisely one OF the char.
acter, and written under the circumstances
above alluded TO, and did not contain any de-
hberate conviction of his mind, as is simply
shown by bis cordial treatment of Mr.. Buch-
aRan during his whole administration his ap-
pointment TO Russia--hiS subsequent recon-
mendation of him TO others, and The freSde
conversations with his family, 10 which have
before alluded.
1t is not the intention Of the undersigned in
in this publication to interfere with the polili-
cal conflicts of The day, or TO do anything far
lher than 10 protect The reputation Of his IA
ther, and preserve the consistency and har-
mony of character dear to the Whole Amer
ican people.
ANDREW JACKSON.
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