The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-02-18
TIN PALLADIUM,
SATURDAY. FEB 10, 1871.
A sketch by vaiiandix ham !.

in Dayton, Ohio, c. L. Vsllandig.
ham made q sp' ech. in which he
spoke of Andrew jackson, as fol
lows: He never spoke an impa
,iCnt word to wife. servant, or
child a; and under his own roof APP
proved himself the gentlest and
tenderest OF meu. There were
two Jacksons, quantity writes q
biograLher; Jackson milit nj, ind
jackson triumphant; jackson
crossed, and Jackson having his
own way; Jackson, bis mastership
unquestioned, and Jackson with
q rival near the throne He had
loved his mother living, and all
his remaining life revered her
dead. He loved children and they
loved him; he loved horses; he
ought to have loved plants and
flowers; he must have loved pets
every true hearted man and wo-
man does love them. Before a
blazing fire, on raw and stormy
night in February, with a child on
his lap, and q lamb between his
knees, Benton found and announc-
ed 10 him his first hope for militia
,ry position and glory. But fore
most among the milder. yet nobler
of his ch aracteristics, was his deli
cate, chivalrous, absolute faith 10
the virtue of women. In this
said one Of the earliest and most
intimate friends, he was distin-
guishable from every other person
with whom I VAS acquainted And,
said Benton, 1t was innate, un
varying, sclf-acting, including all
wonankind.' Very rare and very
exalted is this faith. Want of it
is the beginning Of immortality.
There is no public, and there can
not long be any private virtue
where it does not exist
Of every crime against law and
every offense against religion and
morals he was accused; and
thenceforth to the end of his life,
millions of his countrymen were
taught TO believe him the worst
and most infamous of men. They
never believed Otherwise but nc
matter, they are all dead and for
gotten now. The circumstances
Of his marriage were obtruded up
on the public, and the character o
his wife, than whom purer o.
better women never lived, wal
shamelessly assailed. For thi'
most inexplicable Of wrongs will
jackson there was no forgiveness
More than twenty years earlier
blood alone had atoned for it
Not calmly, but with stern an,
wrathful courage, Andrew Jackso
could do all this.
Once only he was moved to tear
of grief, and to his wife he said
Myself can defend {; you I ca
defend; but now they have assai
ed even the memory Of my mott
err His patriotism was denied
and for his alleged completely wit
Burr he was continually denount
ed as traitor. But this he laugl
ed to scorn, and the man and b
popularity only gathered streng,
from every assault of his enemic
The people we've for him, and u
electoral colleges were for him.
BY an overwhelming majority |
was chosen President. His pop,
larity could stand everything, an
more than that, he could stand b
4 popularity.
J He was now president at las
and eight years Of bitterness or
l strife, and eight years also of glo
II and honor followed. Never we
such political combinations of t.
ent, wealth, power, influence forl
: ed against any man; never we
they so broken. Il take the I
sponsibiiity,' said the stern O
man of the White House; it W
done; the people sustained, tir
has approved him. Among t
more memorable Of the events
his administration we're the veto
" the Maysville road bill; his n,
\, historic toast, Our federal union
M 1t must be preserved of late
Ill often misQuoted; the removal
.F the Indians; the disruption Of
/ first cabinet; the veto Of the u
Y ted States Bank bill; his rupt,
i with Calhoun. and subsequent v
IA with ratification: his re electic
III the removal OF tho deposits
4 panic session. and his heroic fir
ness amid difficulties by which g
4 other man would have been app,
d ed; his decided measures v
France, which compelled indem
ty and extorted admiration Fl