Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-04
Voice from the Hermitaae.

Read what that stern old Roman, Andrew
Jackson, said of the men whom in prophetic
vision he saw rising to destroy the Union of
the States. On the lst of May, 1888, Andrew
Jackson, then holding the highest public
trust in the gift OF our country, wrote pri-
vate letter to his friend, the Rev. A. J. Craw-
ford, of Georgia, which letter is, in part, as
follows:
have had a Taborious task here, but nul
LITIGATION is dead, and its actors and courtiers
will be remembered by the people only to be
execrated for their wicked designs to sever
and destroy the only good Government on the
globe, and that prosperity and happiness we
enjoy over every other portion of the world.
HdmdHS gdll0wS ought TO be the fate Of all
such ambitious men, who would involve our
country in civil war and all the evils in its
train, that they might reign and ride on its
whirlwind, and direct the storm. The free
Leople of these United States have spoken,
and consigned these wicked demsgogues to
their proper doom. Take care of your null
lifers-you have them among you. Let
them meet the indignant frowns of every
man who loves his country.
'The tariff, it is we'll known, was mere
pretext." He then gives the proof Of this;
afforded by The recent course Of Calhoun, and
his tools in Congress, on the new tariff bill,
which they voted for, although it greatly in
creased the duties on coarse woolens and
other articles consumed by the South, and
closes with these words) Therefore, the
tariff was only the pretext, and disuuion and
Southern Confederacy the real object. The
next pretext will be the negro or slavery
| question:
On the 7th of June, lS43, the same hand
which ten years previously, had written that
letter to the Rev. Mr.. Crawford, wrote last
will and testament, which document is, in
| part, as follows:
an the name of God, amen: l, Andrew
Jackson, seD., being of sound mind, memory
and understanding 4 do make, pub.
lisb, ordain, and declare this my last will
and testament:
"First: l bequeath my body to the dust,
whence it comes, and my soul to God who
gave it, hoping for happy immortality,
through the atoniDg merits of our Lord Jesus
Christ Savior of the world.
Seventh: bequeath to my we'll beloved
nephew, Andrew J. Donelson, son of Sam
uel Donelson, deceased, the elegant sword
presented to me by the State of Tennessee,
1giM this injunction, that he fail not to use it.
| when necessary, in support and protection
of our glorious Union, and for the protection
| Of the constitutional rights of our beloved
country, should they be assailed by foreign
| enemies or domestic traitors.
Eighth: To my granddaughter, Andrew
Jackson Coffee, bequeath the elegant sword
| presented to me by the Rifle Company of
| New Orleans, commanded by Captain
| Beal, as a memento of my regard, and to
bring to his recollection the gallant services
of bis deceased father, General John Coffee
in the late Indian and British wars, undel
my command, and his gallant conduct in thu
defense of New Orleans in l8l4-l5, aoith thi
Injunction, that be WELD it in protection 0
the rights secured to the American citizer
under our glorious Constitution, agains
foreign foes or domestic traitors.
81 bsqueath to my beloved grandson, An
drew jackson, SON of Andrew jackson, jr
and Sarah, his wife, the sword presented t
!, me by the citizens of Philadelphia, qpit
, this Injunction, that he always use it in tn
defense of the Constitution and our gloriou
Union, and the perpetuation of our reput
lcan system"
Can Tennesseean, even a rebel, rea
these solemn injunctions without blush
shame for his degenerate State?