New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-08

GENERAL JACKSON.

liant career. q thorough Union man, and never
allowed an opportunity to pass without administering
Il saathine rebuke is those who directly assailed
;nfreetlv Hotght to weaken the ties that bind the
sep arate sections III the eonfed eracy together.
AZ 8 boy he suffered for his country during thewar
Of the Revolution AS arnan he led en- the forces Of
tie Union 10 signal successes which entitled him to
HE gratitude and admiration Of his country and
finally concluded his active military ~
aIblaze Of glory on the bloody field of chalmette
The prominent events which characterized his ad- /
ministration Of the Federal Government are well
known to- our readers We do not propose 70 make
mention Of them; and what we have said above mas
been called forth by sense Of what is due to
DRY and the services Of truly patriotic and emf
nent man-not by Other motive.
M General Jackson was the founder Of what is popu-
8larly known as the Democratic party Although the
Democracy 81 1856 no more resembles his Democracy
than night does day, IN Apollo Caliban OF tulip
toad.stoo still the leaders of the organization have
found It profitable to retain the in order to
cheat the people with sembance from which all
vitality has long since departed. IN The aatse has
proved successful on numerous occasions, but we
question much whether it ever will succeed again.
The eyes of the people the rejecting, intelligent
people are now opened and they will no longer
worship 1T political shrine from which oil ancient
truth and yigor has taken flight. /. "a VT
We are confident Of the correctness of our remarks
for many reasons the chieest of which is thatmodei
Democratic leaders decline defending the personal
character of Gen. Jackson from savage onslaughts
made BY leading Buchanan journal the Westthe
Louisville Courier The time was when assaults upon
the person or reputation Of Andrew jackson aroused
the ire Of every Democratic organ in the land. The
time was when Jacksonism was the only SYNONYM Of
pure Democracy when the individual claiming TO
be Democrat but opposed to Jackson, was inconti-
nenty hustled out Of the party and proclaimed trail
| toreus renegade. The time was when Democratic
editors exhausted the language in heaping words Of
| enlogy upon tile hero-sage. The time was when
Democratic speakers could hardly utter sentence
| that did not amount TO panegyric upon him and
TO make the story Short and embrace the whole truth
4 in a single sentence, one hundred moons have not
l waxed and waned when a Democratic speech would
4 not have been Democratic speech, without large
proportion of il was devoted to unstinted praise of
4 Gen. Jackson
Well it was right and proper such should be the case.
4 Gen. jackson was then the greatest military cheftain
of the country. He was man Of lofty ambition Of
u ntleSble will Of impulses and determinations that
never tagged and rocked not Of opposition. He was
A man born to command He was, also, the father Of
the vigorous Democracy Of his day and besides, held
Y i'll his hands the bestoWal Of the patronage Of the
Government No wonder, then his followers looked
up to him with feelings of veneration, and defended
him. whenever assaied, with all the energy unbound
< ed affection could command.
Times have sadly changed since. The laurelled old
hero rests his honored grave near the Hermitage He
has gone to the better land. He longer wields the
power of great nation. His voice is not now heard
to threaten and command, as in days of yore. He
can no longer reward or punsh--no longer build up
4 or destroy-no longer make great by the simple
volition Of his own WILL blast their prospects in the
eyes of their countrymen by expressing an unfavor
able opinion. He has crossed the dread sea which
separates time from eternity, and, we hope, enjoys all
the bssful rewards promised for good deeds done OF
earth.
But, in view of all these facts, is it not strange-
q il not terrible commentary upon the weakness O
human nature that lifelong political opponents o.
"A Andrew jackson should be compelled, owing to the
silence Of the organs and leaders of the party who
still claim the influence of his reputation to come for
ward and defend him from the outrageous attacks Of
journals in the interest of the socaled Democratic
! party, which advocate the election Of James Blu
!: chanan warmly, zealously and infuentialy?
could not have believed it without we had seen it
s What Andrew Jackson's memory befouled by Blu
chahan Democratic paper, and no Jackson Demo
cratic paper i'll the land to defend it 1t is even SO
:. as we shall proceed to prove.
The Louisville (Ky.) Courier is one of the ables
and most influential advocates of the election of Nj
Buchanan in the Vest Thera is not, in our opinion
4 Democratic paper in Kentucky that wields the in
M IT., a Il
dustry and ability and it is difficult to tell whethe
its hatred of the American party or its friendship TO
! Mr.. Buchanan are the strongest. It is strong
] vitriol an both points.
+ Speaking Of a letter written by Gen. jackson i
i 1916 to his bosom friend, Major William B. Lewis
respecting the charges of bargain intrigue and CO
rupton' brought against Henry Clay in 1925 becaus
!, he voted for John Quincy Adams, in which it
; stated Mr.. Buchanan Showed want Of moral cou
. age" and made suggestion which to him (Gen. j.
i appeared "deep corrupton,' the Louisville Courie
: employs the subjoined atrocous language:
aea HS s.sF With II M is sSs
S Syns aa n N4 81 HEF'a FIJI
S s DGtsa o
Tss se sy aSs sondss hh
e X pePibS9f 5
~ 5f fS a;SE$5 MI VA
T. lat HIS ONLY USE FOR FRIENDS WAS TO MAX
TOOLS OF THEM If Buchanan had in 1871 instead Of ait
sons charges aganst Clay Jackson wonld have writ
his infamous secret letter Of 1915! We heeve that HI
N TORY CONNECTS JACKSON OF SLANDERING ella
81 AND THEN 5CONYICTsE HIM OF .SLANDERING Bl
s. CIANAN BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT PERU H1N
g SELF by supporting the SANDER against Clay II Al
Q Democrats should be dispeased at opinion Of nckson
g. they think should admit the truth Of C0WARDLY, seer
SAN DEROUS letter which assas the truth and NOR
Si pa have he
taken character for independence and love Of truth and
tce and their mistake make not the slightest change in
convictions and conduct But don't bere there cHHd
opinion or JacEso's sladeriug Buchanan viii
" ONLY DISGRACED THE WRITER.
= With the exception of the New Orleans Courier
which has essayed single milkand walker defence
7 Gen. Jackson we have yet to meet with the
~ ehanan journal in the whole confederacy that has
:" nouneed the foregoing in BETTING terms They a
>; evidently afraid Of arousng the hostility of the Lou
= vile Courier-afraid of losing its influence for
= chanan-and, therefore, permit any amount of e,
Grafton to be heaped upon the memory of the llust
1R GUS dead
j. Old line jackson men should make note of til
til and act accordingly.
as A GLoRIous REsoLuTIoN. - The Wings of
of town of Quincy, Mass, held meeting on the 81
ut. and after appointing several warm supporters
A