Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-07

A GREAT MAS.-George Lippard, in
his new work called the NG-drine, thus
speaks of President jackson: S He was
man! Well | remember the day waited
upon him. lie sat there iii his arm chair
Il can see that old warrior face, with its
snow white hair. even now. We told him
of the public distreSs-the manufacturers
ruin-the eagles shrouded in Grape, which
were borne al the head oftwenty thousand
men into Independence Square. He heard
US all. We begged him to leave the de-
posits where they were. to uphold the great
bank in Philadelphia. Still he did not say
word. At last one of our members,
more fiery than the rest, intimated that it
the bank was crushed, rebellion might
follow. Then the old man rose. | can
see him vet "Come " he shouted, in a
voice of thunder, as his clenched hand
was raised above his white hairs, ''come
with bayonets in your hands instead Of
petitions-surround the White House with
your Iegions-I am ready for you all
With the people at my back, whom your
gold can neither buy nor awe, will swing
you up around the Capitol-each one of
you-on gibbet as high as Hanans r
is When | think SAYS the author, :: OF
that one man standing there at Washing
ton, battling with all the powers Of bank
and panic combined, betrayed by those
in whom he trusted, assailed by all that
the snake of malice could hiss, or the fend
Of falsehood howl when think of that
one man placing his back against the rock
and folding his arms for the blow, while
he uttered bis VOW, :" / willnot swerve one
inch from the course [ have taken, Fl
must confess that the records of Rome
nay the proudest days of Cromwell or
Napoleon-cannot furnish an instance OF
will like that of Andrew Jackson, when
he placed lite and soul and fame on the
hazard of die for the peoples welfare" :"
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CONTEMPT OF PopULAaIT1.-lt has
been said by the noble lord on my left
hand, that likewise am running the race
| of popularity. If the noble lord means
| by popularity that applause bestowed by
aftertimes on good and virtuous actions, l
have long been struggling in that race, to
what purpose all trying time can alone de-
termine !; but if the noble lord means that
mushroom popularity, that is raised with
out merit, and lost without crime. he is
much mistaken in his opinion. defy the
noble lord to point out a single action in
my life where the popularity Of the times
ever had the smallest influence on my de-
tern,inations. | thank God have more
permanent and steady rule for my conduct
the dictates of my own breast. Those
that have foregone that pleasing adviser,
and given up their minds to be the slaves
of every popular impulse. sincerely pity.
| pity them still more, if their vanity leads
them to mistake the shout Of a mob for
the trumpet of fame. Experience might
inform them, that many, who have been
saluted. with the huzzas of a crowd one
day, have received their execrations the
next; and many who, by the popularity Of
their times, have been held up as spotless
patriots, have, nevertheless, appeared upon
1.-The historians page, when truth has tri-
|umphed over delasion, the assassins Of
liberty. Why, then, can the noble lord
think | am ambitious Of present popu-
larity, that relic OF folly and shadow Of
renown, am At a loss to determine.--
Lord Mansfield.
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