Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-07
Haantifhl TrihntA


"While thus speak, the spell Of . great
name comes upon our hearts, compelling us
to utter their thoughts and emotions. When
the sun Of that morning rose, il gided the tomb
of one whose ear, for the first time since the
4th Of July, l776, failed to vibrate the thun-
derings Of his cOuntry's birthday joy; and .
voice, for the first time, answered not its
cheers, which, since, its bUyiSh shout Was
heard through the revolutionary strife, had
never been wanting in the annual conclama-
ton. The iron will whose upright strength
never Quivered amidst the lightning storms
that crashed in battle controversy the ada
mantine judgment, against which adverse
opinions dashed themselves to break into
scattered foam; the far reaching faith, that
flashed light upon dangers hidden from the
prudence Of ell beside: the earnest affection
that yearned, in . child's simplicity, the pur.
pose Of . sage, parents fidelity Of . sworn
servant, over the people who gave it rule and
elevation, have ceased from among us-An-
drew jackson Is with God.
He. who confessed no authority on earth
but the welfare of his country aud his own
convictions Of right, who never retired to rest
while duty remained to be done, and who
never asked the support Of any human arm in
his hour Of utmost difficulty. bowed his head
mCCAby w StIo SOubA1HUu VI tu0 AIIkuGbts 6uu
walked calmly down into the grave, leaning
upon the strength Of Jesus paused on The
threshold Of immortality to forgive his enc.
mies, to pray for our liberties, to bless his
weeping household, and to leave the testimO.
ny Ut his trust in the gospel Of the Crucitied !;
and then, ~ the fail Of Sabbath evening,
passed into the rest which Is eternal. His
last enemy to be destroyed was death. Thanks
be to GOd, who gave him the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
10 say that he had faults, is to say that
be was human. The errOrs Of mind 70 en-
ergetic, in . career ~ eventiul, must have
been striking; nor could character be sub.
jected Ito ceIISure more mercileSs, than be
provoked by policy original and unhesitating,
At open war with long established usages, and
dOgInaS that had grown into unQueSti0ned
axlOH's. Berel in his early youth Of parental
guidance aud restraint, educated in the camp
aud the forest bivOuac and forced to push bis
Uwn fortunes through the rough trails Of .
Lorder life, We can scarcely wonder that, until
aEe had Sch0Oled his SpiIit and tempered his
bOod, he was impetuOuS, sensitive to Insult,
aud prone to Use the strong hand. Warm in
his attachments, he was slow TO discover frail-
ty in those hS loved, or to accord confidence
where once he had doubted. Grasping, by
his untutOred genius, conclusions which other
men reach by philosophical detail, he made,
while sure Of just ends, some mistakes in his
methods, for the tune disastrous. Called to
act at crisis when the good and evil in our
national growth had become vigorous enough
for conflict, and wealth aHd=laboF, like the
twins Of Re6ecca, were struggling for the
right Of the elder born, his decisions in great
but sudden emergencies were denounced by
fhaf altar NrifAnssav va,hiCh loOlr h~oL -
condemn, but is blind to lead. Compelled to
resolve stupendOus, unprecedented questions
Of government aud political economy, he
reused the hostility Of opposite schools in the
difficult science.
Never shrinking from any responsibility,
personal or official, he sternly fulfilled his in
IerpTetatiOns Of duty IS coordinate branch
Of the national legislature, leaving his course
to the verdict Of his constituents; nor uid he
hesitate to avail himself Of all the means he
could extract from the letter Of the constitu-
tiOn tO achieve what he thought was the in.
tent Of its spirit. His was stern, prompt
and energetic surgery, and though the body
polite writhed under the operation, none can
tell, though some may conjecture, the more
fatal consequences his severity averted. IL
he were wrong, public opinion has since
adopted the chief Ut his heresies, and there il
no haad Stto"S enough OF daring enough 70
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nesft Is win tne people, ms iAltn nr'n IN the
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alike Of dePreca1ng friends and denou ncing
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