Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-02-03

Our readers know that the State hss purchased
the Hermitage, and that it has been offered the
General Government as site for''s military school
in pursuance Of the set of purchase, by Governor
Johnson. They will. be interested in hearing the
views of people of other Sta tes.on=the prOpriety
of this step, and We therefore copy the following
notice from the Louisville Journal.
WESTERN MILITARY ACADEMY Except General
washington, whom al placesgabove comparison,
none OF the great men of our country. whose
names have been invested with deathlessI rsnovp.
have insp red the popular heart with greater rev.
erence snd esteem than Andrew jackson, the
Hero of the Hermitage brighter lus,re is
added by each eeneration'to his fadeIess memory.
The violent psrtyism which existed during the
period OF bis public life is almost forgotten, and
bis memory is eDshrined in the ihearts of ali bis
oountrymen IS hero and statesman. General
jackson endeared himself particularly to the
people OF Tennessee, and that State is seeking TO
testify its grstsful remembrance of her favoTits
son by procuring the establishment of branch of
the United States Military Academy upon the
spot where he lived and where his honored ash s
now rest
Tennessee has purchased FIVE hun dred' acres Of
the Hermitage including the residence and tomb
OF Gen. Jackson, and has formally rendered the
land to the General Government for site on
which shall be erected a branch Of the United
States Military Academy. The offer has been
taVoTabiy received by the President and will be
presented to Congress for acceptance. We hope
that Congress will accept it and will erect on the
spot Western Military Academy. 1t would not
ony.be noble tribute to one Of the nations great
est dead, but would be useful to the country and
just to the whole West. The institution ct West
Point has proved one of the most useful of all the
is inconsistent with our republican policy and ou-
sole dependence in time Of war is upon our citizen
soldleTy. The events Of the campaign in Mexico
have demonstrated that our militia is equal to any
! emergency, but that much Of its excellence is at
! tributable to the education of go manv of our
! young men in the West Point school. Year sitter
| year many numbers of its graduates are restored
to various occupations of private life, who are thor
oughly trained and fitted whenever occasion de-
msnds to furnish competent officers for our citizen
sodlery.
The proposition to divide the West Point Acsd-
envy, or to establish similar one at some location
IN the West, has been repeated urged. There
| are several departments of instruction which
| might well be assigned to separate schools, and
| while that at West Point might be particularly
devoted to the education of infantry and artillery
officers, it would not be Inappropriate nor would il
IN any way interfere with the West Point Acsde-
NY W oSlhOiisu QUO III the W6Ss especially QeVO-
ted to course Of instruction In the dragon ser.
vice. The advantages of such an academy have
become so apparent that we are well satisfied the
public intesests would be promoted by the estsb-
lishmeut in the West of another complete aCade.
my, similar in every respect to the one ct West
Point The vast increase of our population an
the rapid growth of the mighty West sufficiently
warrant this additional school for the military
education Of men who may be called upon to lead
our armies in the field to protect the rights or to
| avenge the wrongs of our country.
There cannot be found more appropriate locs
ton for such an establishment than the Hermitage
the home and the tomb of the hero-ststesnsn
The grounds are ample, the Deighborhood unex
ceptIOnable, and the location heslthfu and easily
accessible from all directions The Hermitage j.
situated within half a mile of the Cumberland rivel
ard about three miles from the line of the Louis
| vile and Nashville railroad. We understand ths
the proposition to establish q separate United
States Military Academy there, similar to the on,
at West Point, has been strongly recommended by
the Board of Visitors of the West Point Academy
and we hope that Congress will acceds to tn
proposition of the State of Tennessee and let ou
young men be trained in q soldiers life beside tn,
tomb of the hero of the battle of New Orleans.