East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-01-17
Republican Love for the Memory
Of General Jackson.

The republican newspapers and repub-
lican orators have suddenly fallen in love
with the memory of General JACKSON
II the sentiment prevail among the OLD
men of the party, there must have been
a wonderful revolution in their feelings,
for if ever a man was cordially hated,
it was General JACKSON in his day by
these men.
But if we analyzc their sudden love
for his memory, we shall find that ii
comes solely of his execution Of the
Federal laws when, in 1882, South Caro-
lima threatened to nnlIify them. They
affect to think the. if General JACKSON
were President now lie would carry fire
aud sword into South Carolina aud wher
ever else revolution should assume f"rm
and shape. We only wish that General
JACKSON, or another like him, were Presi.
dent now. Had such as he been Pre,-
lent during Mr.. DUcuAyAN's term, ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN wonld not now be the
prs.idont elect General JAcKsoS's in
huence would have been used to preserve
the integrity Of the democratic party,
whereas Mr.. BucnANAN's has been used
to destroy it, aud the preservation oi
that integrity was all that was necessary
to insure the election Of democratic
| President. Were General JACKSON
President he would enforce the Federal
laws in South Carolina aud every where
else, undoubtedly, but were he President
the occasion for resistance to the law'
wonld not have arisen.
II the republicans will turn back to a
paper which General JACKSON gave t.
the country at the closo of his Presiden
cy, their admiration of him will be some
what tempered He at that time forcsaw
the rise OF this very republican party
and deprecated it in the emphatic terms
in which he was accustomed to express
himself, and warned his countrymen t.
beware Of IT, 1t is therefore little les
than sacrilegious for republicans to cal
any purpose. From no act of his Cal
they extract aid aud comfort for th'
principles and Purposes of their party.
, We hal designed to reproduce ol
yesterday-ths eighth Of Jm"ay-som
parts of General JAcKsoN's Farewe
Address. 1t would have been an apprc
pirate day to DO this. But the desig
I was, inadvertently, not executed. 1t
5 not too late to execute it now, thoug
c our extracts will not be so liberal as the
4 would have been yesterday. The eS
!, tracts will be such ~ will modify th
: newborn republican love for the memor
: of General JACKSON. We direct specis
! attention to this paragraphs;
"Thc necessity of watching with joa
ous anxiety for the preservation of tl'
), Union was earnestly pressed upon h
! fellow-citizens by the Father of b
Country, in his Farewell Address. II
J has the told us that while experienc
y shall not have demonstrated its impract
y cabilty, there will always be reason
= di,trust the patriotism of those who,
y any quarter, may endeavor To weaken l
bonds and he has cautioned us, in Il
: strongest terms, against the formation
:. parties on geographical discrimination
'. as one of the means which might distu
!" our Union, and to which designing IN,
~ - would be likely to resort"
R. And to this:
rs But, anil this general prospcri
n, aud splendid success, the dangers
III which he warned us are becoming eve
e day more evident, and the signs of e.
Of are sufficiently apparent to awaken Z
ri deepest anxiety in tho bosom OF Z
to patriot. We behold systematic cffo'
Ill publicly made to SOW the seeds of disco
&C. between different parts Of the Unit
at States, and to place party divisions
u, rcctly upon geographical distinctions;
ch excite the South against the North, a
tho North against the South, and to fo'
ny into controversy the most delicate .
les exciting topics = topics upon which II
a impossible that large portion OF
he Union can ever speak without stro
tie emotion. Appeals, too, are conssan