Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1864-02-09
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apeech OF IL. Is. ESheIman, ESQ., eu'tOt
oftbe Chillicothe (ohio) Advertiser, at the
Democratic celebration at Columbus on
the OF January,in response to the toast
'Ths Union of the States, it mustrsst upon
the consent Of the sovereign parties"
prove him correct historian as well as
a genuine PepiJt:
perhaps this toast, if tried by the stan
dard set up by the AdninistratiCh Jour-
malls, trenches upon the domain patriotism;
but we are here TO night sttesting Jur veu>
GRAFTON for Andrew jackson by commem-
Grating his heroism in the field and his
statemahship-and in this grateful tribute
we Go pot do cur duty if we fail TO lift into
OromincCo the fact that he held the Amer
icSB Union para mount to all other earthly
considerations. He was no novice In states
manship be was no wild theOrist; be was
not unlearned in human nature but, with
nlind larger. holder and more tenacious
th n hat with wbicd m lst men are endow-
ed, he grapylsd all questions pertaining to
the science Of government and placed them
in their proper positions. To lin, be oc-
cupied the Presidential phaiI, the Admin.
istration of ito affairs Of government was
themselves; his monetary measures array
ed sainst him, in embittered hostility, the
capital of the UaliVn but the people sus-
tanned him.
In mJre impnrton point thar this was
heiried ard not found wanting South
Carolina fretted herself into an unhappy
temreT uVer what was considered the uns
just disCrininatiun Of Tar q law, and
while in this temper, she raised the stan
dard 0f uullieatipn. Thus the authority
oftbe Federal g. YernDeut was challang
ed.
IlDw did Jackson, that grand, stern old
man. Who was then the administrator Of
the vernment Of the United States, treat
this ehallfnge? o' 5'' ".
lie " ent cot to the people OF South Caro-
linn in the form of a fntherly address. and
inw0rGs tempered with kindness he be-
sought them not to suffer themselves TO be
preciuitstsd against the Federal G1yern-
ment by seditious men; made them under
stsud that IL was his sworn du'y to see that
the laws Of the United States were exeeu-
ted that 10 this matter be had no election
but 'that;he woul lay before Congress
the grievances ofwbich they cnmI l,ined
and unie upOI that brdy the duty Of so
= ]
oeT'tabIer u these upon whom it operated
ucjusly. He did so. He convened an ex-
ira session IL Congress aud lIid before that
body the grievances Of South Carolina and
with the aid of Clay aud Webster and
tdeir patriotic conpeers, the Law was a.
minded 18th Carolina was pacified, not
a life was sacrificed, and yet the prids an j
cbefscter Of the American Union was no;
10. = a. D..
ccneihatiJO and compromise was triumph.
ant, and the nation swept forward in q
glorious career of greatness and prosperi.
ty., ~ aFar
And when this great and good man bade
adieu to public life, he took an sffactionate
leave Of the people through a Farewell
Address. 1t was not a spirit Of pride OF
Or.egUtism or vanity that prompted Ibi:
address butt was an earnest sulicitudt
for the preservation and perpetuation u
the American Uoion.
lie saw that sectionalism was gathering
force and strength under the Abolition
banner be saw that il the pull mind Of
Oftbe free States should lecume so de.
bsuchedlas to put inpawer party pledged
to this sectionnliAm the worst Of calamities
would beial the I i'm, and hence be
earnestly bssCught the American people tC
crush it out in its incipient stages. PLAIN
~ did he tel them that this government
Gull not be maintained alone by the ezer
cIse OF the GOerCiTe power ccifided 10 il by
the Constitution. More than this wal
wanting. The people OF all parts of tn,
Union must be made to feel that their in
Terests are Unidentified with the perpetual
ton Of the Union-that in it they find Sc
cnrity Tor their persons and property tina
as to beget love from the governed thai, il
fact, that the Government should be NJ
more than an administrator to. execute
their will.
Have the men who profess the name o
jackson by claiming that his lie anc
teachings give sanction and justification Il
their intense war-clamor AID malignant
hate against the South studied CAREFUL,
h:s action in regard to South Carolina anG
the address be gave to the American peo-
pie as parting legasyf
jackson possessed soul too large,
mind tco.e mpTehansive. a sense of justice
too exalted, ever T. have suffered himself t.
have b7en the passive instrument in the
hands OF an atrOcious sectiona'ism. No
there wouli have been M civil war in thi.
goadly land Of ours, if Jackson, instead o
Line IN, hal been ipausurated Presiden
on the 4th Of March, 1861.
No! Jackson would have sounded th.
key, note, and straightway his followers
would have declared
This GJvernment cannot be maintained
alone ty the coerciVe confiisd to it by thu
Constitution of the United States the PEG
Ilrmust be cOnciliated; they must be mad
Tnieel secure in the assurance the Consti-
tutinn gives them. that their persons, thei
rights and their feelings are so sacred tina
the G'Vernmant dare not lay hands OF
either"
This is what jackson and his fll,wer
wonlI have dnne had he been put into th,
postum that Lincoln was put into in 1861
and surrounded by circumstances such 0
he was surrounded by. The nation woul
have been saved from this bloody, thi
disastrous war.
War. however. is on our hands Nsver
siIc3 Gid spake the world into being out G
ch9a7, was there such war; aud let d
one Oaer such PROCLAMATION, as to say tba
tue bI4nd, that the lives that have bee
on7red up upon bravelY contested battle
h.,ldE, that the suffering in camp aud b
the dear ones st homo, is an acceptabl
sacrifice t. Him that rules "a high Fir
and sw I'd aa3 water, ua6er the cid dis
peustsitn, wefe used to purify ire worlC
bnt without avail; and, therefore, in tn
councils IL the God-head, the Scr, cooqui
with The Father, elected u take upon hin
SEP ths-f9pm humanity that he Nigh
in person establish and urd,in the doctrir
ofpeaee and good will to nan. Heaven
laws had been Violated and treated wit
contumelJ Tnnn was in open revolt again,
the majesly Of Heaven hit. notwithstanC
ingEall THE, 1t was esteemed 10 djshonor-
no lweripg Of the majesty Of Heavon-ff
one of the God-head to descend to earth
seek to ceneiliate aud reclaim re5 ;lliol
mar.
Wherefore, then, is it derogatory to Il
high character Of Government like on
The ofaPring Gf CANCELLATION aud cor