The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-02-20

IOrni WndJ You lnlnR your duty,
Applause. The Judge fined him {
thousand dollars, and then his friends
flocked around him; but he declined
all such offors. mo- said he. "I will
not evade the decision of a Lawful
tribunal" J" Applause. 81 will pay
the fine myself. 1t becomes ma to suf.
Ter whatevor has been inflicted
| Irightfully or wrongfully. And now,
said he 81 am square with the law
even as Judge Hall cxpoundod it,"
! Now, If Gen. Jackson had systemat.
izod robbery and murder by means Of
military commissions, [applause, and
cries of "Good;"1 if, instead of using
his army to fight the common enemy,
he had scattered his soldiers over tho
country, hundreds of miles away from
his post TO kidnapping his political
opponents for expressing their honest
convictions if he had ordered an up
right Judge 80 be dragged from tho
bench by ruflians, beaten upon the
head with butt ends of their pistols;
and Carried away to prison, because he
had administered justice according to
law and if finally, ho had establish
cd military despotism upon the ruins
OF FREQ Government then, / admit
that he would have been fair authority
and they might have quoted him as an
example of their mlsdeeds. But IN
truth and fact, Gen. Jackson was one
of the ablest and best defenders of tho
Constitution and tho laws that the
| United States evcrhad Thore lived no
man within thclimits of this country
who would go further 20 defend them,
or more chcerfully shed his blood to
save them from violation. Applause J
There are somo persons here,
think, who not only knew tho charac-.
ter OF General Jackson, but who have
been intimately acquainted with him.
! ask Of such what thev suppose Gen.
Jackson would have thought of our
"Buredu Of Military Justice" If such
bloody machine as that had been set
mp in his timo. [Great applause and
laughter. l do not know; / only can
conjecture; l think he would have
shattered 1T into q thousand atoms
with one blow Of his ponderous hand,
[applausc, and the first impulse of his
noble and generous nature would lave
been to take that lawless crew by tho
throat and pitch thom iLto the Poto.
mac, [applause. do not say that he
would have done it any moro than our
honored Chief Magistrate would.
Iremendlousapplauso. 'EThroo cheors
for the Prosident."1 Let mo tell you
the reason why think he would rot
have doneit. He 'Cas a perfectly la,c-
abiding man. lilo would have curbed
his fiery temper; he would have chas-
tened down, Gas he did) in n proper
way, his impetuous passions, But
sooner or later he would have done
what will bo done yet. TGreat ap.
plause.1 He would havo made these
mlscrcants feel the majesty of legal
justice.
The Spaniards have provorb, that
the mill Of God grinds slowly, but it
grinds dreadtNlly fine. Laughter.
And now, don't you think the people
of this country arc about to let the
water on f? Great laughter.
i said that l had 10 eulogy or de-
fense TO make of Gen. Jackson, but |
do say now, IN conclusion, that If the !
people of this country will appreciate
hts character truly, and remember
well the lessons that his acts and his
precepts have furnished them, they |
will have such Government as That
which he described in his protest to |
the Senate-no..A dcspotism surround
ed by pride, pomp, and circumstance
OF military show, but quiet Govern
ment, which will protect their libcr-
ties ard their rlghts--a Government !
distributing its blessings like tho dews
OF Heaven, unseen and unfolt, save in
the beauty and freshness they contri-
butte to produce. As long as wo keep
our eyes upon his history, rs tho pole !
Star by which we arc to be guided, we
will bo wise; and whenever wc quit 1T, |
we will be othertcise [ [Great applause