Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-28

ded to the echo by fawning syco-
plants, and a servile press; but
the instant darkness and gloom.
and misfortune pressed upon him,
and the Bank was compelled to
confess its poverty, but not its
crimes, he was deserted by his
sunshine friends-by the syco-
phantic, twaddling mercenary
crowd, who had lived and fattened
on his bounty.
In his time of need and Of
might, the Money-King of the age
whom these wretches had eulo-
gized and fattered, and caressed,
was abandoned to an unmerlted
fate-his character was traduced,
his talents were decried, his viz
| tues denied; and the remnant OF
that life which he had devoted to
what he believed to be the bestsin-
terests of the commerce of the
| country, was embittered by con-
tumely, and cold and blOodless IN
gratitude.
Amid poverty, if not amid
want, he closed his days, and left
no inheritance for his offspring but
what consisted in the almost val
ueless walls and grounds of his
once splendid villa of Andalusia.
And, is it to be imagined that
Nicholas Biddle, if he had been a
knave and a swindler, as he was
ultimately accused of being, would
have failed when he possessed the
control of millions, of placing at
his own disposal enough OF the
goods of this world to render him.
self beyond the approach of hag-
| gard hunger, and secure to his fam
lily fortune and independence :
He died unattended by any of the
thousands who had realized his
bountiful munifcence; and now
sleeps the sleep of death on the
banks of the Delaware; and is
lulled to eternal repose by the CUR
Cling of it's waters. Peace! peace !!
Forever and aye''
to his ashes! And may God for
give and pardon his enemies and
| the revilers of his memory.
I do not think that General
Jackson ever sincerely believed
that Mr.. Biddle was accessory to
the destruction of the Treasury
Buildings; but there was at that
time an individual about him
who made it his study to impress
such belief on his mind, and to
a certain extent, it is possible that
he was successful. That individ-
nal is now dead; his follies, his in
iquities, and his errors rest with
him, and | am not disposed to
..Draw his frailties from their dread abode"
No incident in the life of Gene
raj Andrew Jackson ever gave
him so much anxiety, pain and
modification as this did. He lost
all his patience, reflection, or con-
| sideration when it presented itself.
He raved and swore,-denounced
the opposition as band of pirates,
murderers and assassins; charged
everybody who had any concern
with the Treasury or Treasury
Buildings, with neglect of duty;
and sometimes quarreled with his
Cabinet about the matter. His
rage was probably increased in a
ten-fold degree by the opposition
press, that daily wrung it in his
ears by inuendo or strong intlma-
ton that he had employed the hand
of the incendiary to destroy the
National records, for the sole pur-
pose OF hiding from the world the
evidences of the guilt and the IN
fanny of his administration.
The confusion, loss, and wrong
the destruction of the Treasury
inflicted on estimable claimants,
the sole evidences of the legitima-
cyof whose claims were deposited
in many instances in the Treasury
Buildings, was incalculable. In
one instance to my knowledge,
the hopes of an entire family were
annihilated, because most, if not
all of the proofs of their right of
indemnity on the Government OF
the United States, were from
foreign source, and furnished by
Poland,- by a Government that
no longer existed, and consequent.
| ly duplicates were not attainable
General Jackson always said
that the incendiary who applied