Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-04-02
Col. Tste's Eulogy on Gen jackson.

South Carolina, in the House of Keprosen.
taiives at Harrisburg, Mr. TATE, (Colum'
bia,) WAS called upon for Few remeTks,
10 which he responded as follows:
MR. SPEAKER 81 concur with the gem
,leman 30 whose kindness | am indebted
for the courtesy Of the House. that brief
reference, at least. is due the name and
fame Of the departed patriot aud states
man, whose living admonition and undy-
ing leg.cy we have jus, been called upon
to. thus publicly celeb alto.
Near and dear TO the American people
is the name OF Andrew jackson. We do
well to-day to turn aside for an hour from
the legitimate business of legislation, TO
hear the admonitiOnS Of one who, though
dead, ye! speaketh. May we long treas'
ure his wise counsels and practice his
wholesome precepts.
MT. Speaker, | am clearly Of the opin-
ion that, had We observed the teachings Of
the sterling Sage Of the Hermitage" 10
which We have just been listening, our be-
loved country would to>day have been at
peace. agree with my patriotic friend
from Philalelph phia--the Hon. Mr.. Dennis
who remarked in his able defence of
Gen. Jackson, on the 18th Of February,
when ha the honor Of offering the res>
olution inviting this celebration that An.
drew Jackson vas the second Saviour of
his country. WASHINGTON he truly det
nominated the first ard JACKs0N the sec.
ond--in which sentiment cordially con-
cur. and have no doubt that it commends
the judgment of every patriot in the land.
Such sentiments as those Enumerated in
! the mesS02 2e of Gen. jackson are full Of
meaning and sdmonition, and must be es.
peclally refreshing TO the loyal citizen in
| these times of treason and rebellion. We
hail them as an OASIS in the mo. al waste
of this degenerate world. The best ener-
| gie5 Of his lfe, and the most powerful ef-
forts of his administration, were devoted
to the suppression Of rebellion, and the
defence of the Constitution. Obedience
to the law and Difference to the Union was
| the watchw-word Of Andrew Jackson. Ii
ERAL USroN-it mu5tibe prGSerysd," and were
! he to-day upon the theatre Of action,
would no doubt signalize that determina-
! ton of his purpose with an emphatic "By
the Eternal Sir, too wish we had such
man ss ANDREW JACKSON.
Mr.. Speaker. thanking Divine Proyi.
dence, in the name Of the people of Penn.
sylvanIa, aud through them of the world,
for the TWO frat named benefactors of our
race, in the persons of Washington and
jackson, may we not confidently trust
| that, in the munificienCe of the same unc
erring wisdom, He has raised up. in the
person of Gen. MCCLELLAN, the third "Sa-
yiour Of our country"
am notyet done @ith Andrew Jack.
son. He suppressed nuNlGcotioa in 1892
and, If now living. would wipe out rebellion
in 1862. His motto would now be that Of
all his followers, "The Constitution as it is
the Union as it waSl'
And now. Mr. Speaker, a word in reIa.
tion to our beloved, bleeding, suffering
and distracted country. The fair temple
OF our liberties has been ruthIessly assail-
ed by traitorous hands. and the sacred
.onl5s of Mount Vernon, Monticello and
the Hermitage-ths imperishabe heri
tage of our fathers Cod have been desc.
Grated by tres'on's unholy ambition. Such
Violators of law and humanity, | hold,
would
"Pillsgs the palace of the King OF Kings,
And clip the gliding from an angels wings
Would cheat the liVing--wrong the dead,
And rob the orphan of itS crust Of bread"
In conclusion, may we not here, rs the
Representatives of one branch OF .he Leg
isls'ure, congratulate the loyal people OF
the whole country upon the prospects Of
an early and enduring peace. A peace
that will comprehend the honor of the
thirty-foCr stars of the Union. Black re.
bellion and treason will then he bani.hed
from the land never again TO disgrace our
country's fair etcutcheon.
For them have neither mercy or sym.
pathy. Men who desert the Union, and
attempt to destroy or mar its beauty, have
no claim to its protection and immuni-
ties. but deserve its unlimited execrations. |
OF such, truthfulIy has the poet said
Perish the hand that would destroy
The tcmUe Of our sires,
Perish the heart that hopes for Joy
In It's consuming fires
Let not the monster be forgot
Who dares to light the flame
But curse him with traitors lot,
And with traitors name.
Mr.. TATE concluded by Offering the fol
lowing:
Resolved. That 5000 copies of Andre |
Jackson's Proclamation to the peopls OF |
South Carolina, and an equal nTmber Ct
his farewell address TO the people of the
United States, be printed for general dis
tribution.
TEE SUBLIYITT OF GRiEr-ln one ofthe
rural towns Of Illinois lived. 4 few wears
Sgo, a very eccentric individual known as
"Dickey Bulard," whose original sayings
afforded no little amusement TO hls neigh.
bors.
Dickey had his troubles, the saidest Of
which was the loss OF his only son. Short.
ly after this event, in speaking of il to
some friends, he broke out in the follow,
ing pathetic expression Of feeling: "I'd
rather last the best COW have and ten
dollars besides, than that boy. II it had
been q gal it wouldn't a made so much
difference but it was the only boy had.
On another occasion, in referring to the
death Of his grandmother, who lad been
fatally injured by butt from pet ram,
Dickoy gave vert 10 his feelings 81 fol.
lows
II never fel. SO bad in all my life as |