The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-01
TIE JtCEsoN-DIsEENs0N DUEL.
TIE STR.NGEST RLCONTRE ON RECORD.
GRAPHIC AND MINUTE ACCOUNT OF TIE
AFFAIR.

chel NooaruS cost Charles Dickinson
his life. The love was not the least re-
markahle feature of one Of the most
remaM,able characters that has ever
figured in American annals; and it lent
a hue of almost romantic tenderness,
the career of a man whose impress up
on the nat on is yet broad and. deep.
and who, perhaps, as much as any 9TH
er, has infused his own individuality
into its politics, and by the force of his
single will consolidated the power and
influence of the Republic, and shaped
its dcstnies. A strange, wonderful
love, which began in early manhood,
nd continued unchanged and III =
changeabte through joy and sorrow,
sickness and health, adversely aud
prosperity, trial and triumph, obscure
I ty and fame, until death.
! Never for il single moment, or in the
smallest possible degree, did Jackson
swerve in his allegiance to the bride of
his youth; and whether in The humble
10. cabin Oh the banks of Bayou Pierre,
where the honeymoon was passed, or
In those eilded saloons where the most
brilliant beauties o the land thronged
around the hero of New Orleans, and
We'd with each other for the honor of It
l al
-aslents enthusiastic admirer. the same
:. fond. idolatrous husband. 70 him this
woman in girlhontl and III old age was
the queen of his soul, and the only l,u-
man being Oh the face of the earth
, whose faintest wish was to linn SUI
irene law. A look from her would
check the fercest torrent of passion ;
a smile was his richest reward lite
: lost all its charms when she had van
ishcd from the scene, and he said upon
> his death bed, to friend, who leaned
over to catch the gasping whisper
'Heaven will be no heaven to me un-
less meet my wife there" From til,
day of his great bereavement he wort
next to his heart large miniature o
e the departed one, aud companion
q who Travelled with him during hi
Presidency relates that on a certain
h occasion, when he was obliged to vis
5 the Generals room late at night, III
found him sitting at the table with thi
= miniature lying before him, reading IN
n wife's Bible with streaming eyes. HI
y sleeps to-day beside her at the Hermit
L ;age, amid those scenes consecrated b,
their mutual love, and where the hour
# seemed ages when death had stolen he
t away. Beuton's tribute to Mrs. Jack
d son must be reproduced here:
'
"Thc Roman General Won immor
tality by one act of confluence. Wha
praise is due to Jackson, whose life wa
y continent7 Nothing could exceed hi
l. kindness and affection tn'his wife, al
u ways increasing in proportion as hi
=, elevation and eliminating influenc
y drew cruel attacks upon her. | kne'
T. her well, and that more eXemplal
= woman in all the relations of life
wife, friend, neighbor, relation, mis-
re tress of slaves-nevrr lived, and Devt
L. presented Il more quiet, cheerful an
D. admirable management of her house
y hold. She had not education, hut ST.
l. had heart, and a good one and TIL;
" was always leading her to do kin
ms things in the k,ndcst manner. She la
=, the Generals own warm heart, fran
Il manners and hospitable temper; an
D. no two persons could have been bette
s. suited to each other, lived more happ
10 " together, Or made home more a
tvactive to visitors. She had the flt
W ulty-a rare one--Of retaining nam.
ne aud titles in throng OF viSitu.S, az
= dressing each one appropriately, al
=, dispensing hospitality to all with
I'd co,diulity which enhanced its value
IL No baslitul youth or plain old ma
s. whose modesty sat them down at Il
~, lower end of the table, could escal
=. her cordial attention any more Thu
the titled gentleman to her right al
left. Iourg persons were her dellgl
- she always had her house filed vii
an them clever yonng women and ciev
u. young mcn-all calling her affection
r. ately, Aunt Rachel | was your
"" then, and was one of that number.
" owe it to early recollections and
ut cherished. convictions-in this last II
or tice Of The Hermitage-to bear I'll
-. faithful testimony to the memory of i
As long mistress, the loved and honor'
lot wife of II great man. Her greatest e
to ln@y is the affection which he bore h
= living, and in the sorrow with which
ha moulned her dead"
NO Colonel Benton alludes to the :
its tacks made upon Mrs. Jacksons CHI;
'"' acter, and as these attacks were t
- primal cause Of the tragedy we 4
rlv about to relate, it is necessary to 81
re- the origin of them brief notice. NJ
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