The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-02-20
p o l. IT TO. A T..
ANDREW 'JACKSON,.
PENNSYLVANIA,
~ g. 81 q O. ID
At the Democratic Celebration
In WashlklgtOn City, Jan. Sth.

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THERE Is no day IN the year, .excep
the Fourth Of july, that ought to b,
kept as sacred rs the'9th Of January
lAppIause. Aud, except the Father
fhis Country, there is no name known
among men that Is entitled TO higher
reverence than that Of Andrew Jack
sson. Applause.1 put Washington
first, because the place which he occu.
pics In history, as the foremost man
.ofall this world, has mover been dis.
-puted. Competition gave way before
the acknowledged greatness Of his
character, and rivalry itself, conceded
the palm 10 his pre-cminent virtue
| know not how IL may be with others
but his is name which / never was
able to pronounce without emotions OF
respect and reverence which haye no
form Of words TO express.
But Interpolation Of Jackson has
not been so Fortunate His life was
one long battle with the enemies OF
constitutional freedom. IAppIausc. I
They assailed him with every species
OF slander, and even at this day, tho
foul birds that screamed around him IN
his lifetime, and others Matched In tho
Same bad nest, light upon his tomb -
stone whenever they can to dcfilc it
with their obscene droppmgs Loud
applause One Of the most Injurious
OF those aspersions is that by which
the Radical parry have attempted TO
make him authority for their own az
tcmpts to trample upon lIhorty and
Ia. I. L.. a.
" for them; If he did set the example
for their misconduct; If they arc trave.
, ling upon path that has one impress
of his footstep, he is then wholly and
utterly unworthy Of the honor which
the American people, all through the
country, are bestowmg upon him q.
this moment. Then give him up; lie
is their man; ho IS not ours. If General
Jackson ever did anything in his life
which can justify the murder, kidnap-
ping, and dTobDery Of innocent men and
women; il he ever used military force
COR the purpose OF enslaviug any State,
North or South, [applausc, if he ever
used one atom Of his powerful influence
for tho purpose Of subjugating his tel.
low-citizens or any portion of them TO
the domination of negro government,
Lcrios OF good and applauso; if there
be ono single act OF his whole life that
can DO cited as an example for the
COARSE, cruel, and corrupt despotlsm,
which tho Radicals have organized
wherever, and whenever they could,
then be don't belong TO our communion.
TApplause. In that case he 10 only
fit to be SET up in tho heathen pagoda,
which dospotisn has established among
1ls rs one of the diyinitics to be wor-
SHIPPED beside such generals as Pope and
Baker, loud applause, and others of
that class, where the worshipers lay 1t
down as part of their creed that the
Constitution Is 90 league with hell and
n covenant with DEATH whero the
high priests that minister at the altar
have qualified themselves for holy, or
doris by being hired belators and per-
jurcd witnesses, and where an act of
the worship which they offer consists
in false ufiidayits against the honor and
rights Of All INNOCENT people.
IS i amnot here TO pronounce an enlogy,
0rtomake any defence Of Genera
Jackson, but do wish to refor to one
passage in his liio upon which the
slandor to which l have referred is !
based, If il bo based upon anything
Whom Genera. Jackson undertook the
defense of the city Of New Orleans, IN
the fall of 1914, ho assumed u respon-
sIbility such as had rarely been taken
by any body in tho world, and such
as very few mon, except himself would
have taken, under such circumstances.
The British army Was $4,000 strong,
composed Of veterans ably command
cd, thoroughly trained, and fresh from
the victorious battle fields Of the Span
ish Peninsula. They had never known
what 1t was to-be defeated. No hos
tile army Of equal strength had ever
before landed in. one body upon the
American shores To meet them
General Jackson had half tho Eumber
ofraw leVies, hastily collected from the !
plough and Tho workshop, not organ.
lied; all of them 'imperfectly equipped,
and somo of them-a considerable
number--not armed at bill. With |
these fearful odds against him, he was
required to hold possession Of an un-
walled and unfortifed town, situated
upon an open plain, accessible upon
every side, and with absolutely no de-
lenses, natural or artificial, except what
were TO be erected upon the spur of
tho occasion, and he had not assistance
of one experienced officer or engineer
to aid him in putting up his field
works or mounting his guns.
This desperate game was to be play
cd for stake Of tho most stupendous
magnitude, The possession Of the