Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-05
Auecdote OF Gen. jackson.

The Rev. Mr.. MHBURN, in his Ten Years of a
Preachers Life tes,the following anecdote of Gen
JACKsONI
When he demanded Of Louis Philippe indemnity
for the spoiaton of commerce, the commercial in
terest was panc-struck in apprehension of certain
war and our land filed with inyectves hurled
by the newspaper organs OF the mOneyeG classes
against the great President and his policy 1t was
said that he was either a biockhead a ruffian;
either unable to count the cost of war regardless
of blood and treasure, determined to pursue his
narrow and ignorant schemes whatever the risk tc
the nation. One of the Justices of the Federal
Supreme Court was about this period taking the
great eastern cities en- route from his western home
TO the capital, spending some time in Boston. New
YORK. Philadelphia and Baltimore. As he was known
to be intimate with the President he waited
upOn bV many bankers and merchants of these
places who urged him to demonstrate with the Gen
eral against the folly and wickedness of his course;
representing that our commerce would be crushed,
and that all interests would be ruined in the IN
equal, nay. hopeless contest with the great mon
archy. They knew, they said, the belgercnt dispo-
sitOn of the French king, and that the people were
not only prepared but eager for war; and the Judge
was implored in the most moving tones, to his
best powers, as patriot, IN aVerting the threaten
ed collision and secure the fadeless wreath of the
peace-maker.
Reaching Washington, just before the commence
ment of the session, when the war message was to
be sent to Congress- the Judge called to pay his re-
spects to the President and before long the topic of
the day was introduced. "Well, Judge" said the
old cheftan, ''what do they think of my policy
in the great cites?" The JIdge who had really been
much impressed by what he had heard, stated in
concise but strong terms Ithe remOIstrance with
which he had been charged The President, laugh
ing long and heartily, said, what fools they are ~
Opening his desk, ne produced map of France and
a couple of letters. The map showed at a single
glance the departments which produced wine and
silk and on its margin was a tabular statement,
showing the number of the deputies in the cham
Der sent from these compared with the other de-
partments of the kingdom. by which it appeared
that they had a strong majority in the legislative
branch of the Government
One of the letters was from Mr.. Livingston, the
Presidents minister in Paris, announcing that he
had the honor to forward with the accompanying
map and annexed information, prepared by himself
and the French minister of foreign affairs an auto
graph letter from Louis Philippe. In tbs the King
of the French stated explicitly that he felt the JUS
tice of the American Presidents claim for ndem-
nifty and DESTROYS to satisfy it, but that he was
prevented from doing by the impracticabe tenn.
per of his chamber of deputies; that as the Presi
dent would from the map, its majority was COM
posed of members from those departments whose
industry would be ruined by a with the United
States yet that these the very men who re-
fused to vote the supplies to pay the debt. His ma
esty therefore urged the President threaten i'm
mediate unless the debt were paid with the as
surance that this measure would have the desired
effect of alarming the iEtractabe deputies into more
equitable dispositions. The judge therefore Joined
in the Presidents hearty laugh and felt how ground
less the fears, and how undeserved the bitter
denunciations poured out upon the head of the
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