The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-12-21
Letter From General Jackson.

we give ItOm tne 6tOOe the OHChl re-
port Of Mr.. Summers remarks in the Sen.
ate on the l0th, and the autograph letter
never before published-written by
Gen. Jackson:
Mr.. Sumner.-Mr. President, l have
no desire now TO make q speech, nor to
take any part 10 the discussion that has
been commenced. | can bear little
longer the misrepresentation in the Pres
dent's message; and believe the North
can bear them yet little longer. The
time will come, perhaps, VIXEN shall
deem il my duty 10 set forth those things
in the light Of reason and OF history
Meanwhile, content myself with simply
offering 10 the Senate a piece Of testimony
of di,ect and most auhorative bearing
upon the present state Of the Union. II
| may adopt ,he language Of the Senator
from Mississippi. Mr. Davit it will help
us 10 make the diagnosis ot the present
disease in the body polite.
/ hold in my hand au unpublished au-
tograph letter, written by General Jack
son, while President Of the United States,
and addr ssed to clergyman in slave
holding State. Omi,tipg certain sentences
which are OF a purely private nature, the
letter is as follows:
["Privdte."l
WAsnGNGToN. May /, 1893.
"MY DEAR SIR" IL have
| had laborious task here, but notification
is dead and its actors and courtiers will
only be remembered by the people to be
execrated Tor their wicked designs to
sever and destroy the only good Govern
mcnt on the Globe, and 'ha: prosperity
and happiness we enjoy over every other
portion of the world. Haman's gallows
ought to be the fate of all such ambitious
men, who would involve their country in
civil war, and all the evils in its train, that
they might reign and ride on lis whirl.
winds and direct the storm. The free
people Of these United States have spoken,
md consigned these wicked demagogues
TO their proper doom. Take care o.
your nullfiers you have them among
you let them meet with the indignant
frowns of every man who loves hi,
country. The tariff, it is now"-
and he italczes or underscorGs the wore
"now,"--
known, was mere pretext its burder
was on your coarse woolens. by the Law
OF July, 1889, coarse wooden was reduced
to five per cent for the benefit OF th,
South. Mr.. CIay's bill takes it up ant
classes it with wooIcns at fifty per cent.
reduces it gradually down TO twenty pc
cent, and there it is 10 remain, and Nh
Calhoun and all the nul.i6ers agree t
. the principle. The cash duties and HON
valuation will be equal TO fifteen per cen
more. and after the year l842, you Pa
on coarse woolens Thirty fvo per cent
If this Is not protection, cannot under
stand therefore the tariff was only til
pretext, and disunion and SouIher
: Confederacy the real object. The he,
, pretrxt will be the negro or SLAYER
" question.
My health is not good, bu, is improviu
=, a little. Present me kindly 10 your lad
. and family, and believe me 10 be yo,
p friend / will always be happy to he
from you. ANDREW JACKSON.
The Rev. ANDREW j. CRAWFORD"
There is the original autograph let
lie in the unmistakable, well-known, b,i
N broad, hand writing. Here Mr.. Sunni
re held-the letter up These are the wor
S. of patriotic stakeholder Of Tennessee, a
ID dressed 10 patriotic clergyman OF a slav
u holding State, and they are directly a
A. plicable to the present hour. OF pra
A. ticable sense, Of mfcxble purpose, and
K various experience, Andrew Jackson ST
Il intuitively the springs ard motives of h
ie man conduct, while he loved his count
,e with firm and all-embracing atiac
IN ment. Thus inspired, he was able
se Judge the present and TO discern t
n. future. The tariff. in his opinic
~ was pretext only; disunion and
Southern Confederacy the real object.
". ''rhe next pretext," says he-and 20
Ia sir, will mark the words-"wiil be I
b. negro or slavery question" These, 5
.. are his words. not mine. This is his e
h phatic judgment. These words and Il
va judgment now belong 10 history l
g can they be assailed Without assailing c
I'd of the greatest examples that sla'
Il. holding community has given to CO
IS mo, country.
n The New York Posts Washington C,
ut respondent, in giving the scene in
It's Senate, says: . ...
ms Take care Of your nullifers.
ed The tariff was only prelext, and d
or union and Southern Confederaov,
of real object. The next preIext will be I
We negro or slavery question" When t
is extract was read, MS it was in Mr.. Su
ner's most impressive manner, most
tense interest prevailed. Jefferson Da'
= and the rest of the nullifcrs, listened W
VI painful attention, and when the readi
~ ended, it seemed as If they had
through a surgical operation. 1t ,
"a like dashing bucket Of cold water i
their faces, and they did not recover Il
50 breath enough 10 reply for the resi- OF
. Jay.
y"
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