Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-04-08
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lriug I1rwarim this writing Is ~
,lssiiig un, 81 lhr m,'sl rri"aTha-
i,lc m,n our r'unlry haze ever i'ro-
.luo,d nue. whose name Niil ever
>lau,l oul in high relief in lho pa
lilnai history "f cur government
N;,r. AudurW Jackson, Ani lhos,
a t,uIan, Nhn luuk a most py"in'-
rnsl mart in the scenes | shall al,
V,nni u drsvrlhc, held high and
,nusllcuous position ia that sr'al
ud rrVcn,l Irin al lho better iaNs
at Ihe Amcrican li,pub!lc-Mcb
slcr, Benton aud clay,
Ia Ihs year lS:a Gcn, lacSson
had tho government deposits ~,
moved IRON the liank al the Iulted
States and placed IN lhe custody ol
,hc lucul hanks-and ihcn lrum the
nIh,rcnts otthe United States hank
thcr, went up II loud, prolonged
aud savuge howl uragc-such .
howl us mortal mam never with
sin,,d hvl,rr, Orators and speak
err. and newspapers, all ovcc il'o
country, Illuminated agaiurt t''n,
puhlic meetings dcnnH'r"A aim'
and streams at oummlIlvvS, To avert
the impending ,"S,YNclsyo oi the
country, puur-i ta vis'n him aud
iu cap the ciimuN vi rage, hate and
revenge, the Senate al the United
States passed resolutions severely
cnndcmnnlory erJao act but glo-
riuus sold Hickory stood firm aud
defiant, relying upon God and the
people To u!limstaly protect him
which they did.
Upon the passage, by tho senate
or the resolutions of condemnation
Col. Benton moved n resolution 10
crpuHJr from tie journal of tie NcRu'e
their record and gave notice that
he would, from time TO time, con-
tinuc 10 renew the said resolution
until he should succeed in the eff
fort or terminate his political life.
And Tor three years did "old Bul-
lion" pcrsevcrc in the presentation
nj different times of his cXpunsing
resolutions, thereby evincinS the
tcnaclty characteristic of that great
man aud achieving grand victory
at last. The people, after the lapse
ola while, took the matter up--the
State legislatures instructed their
Senators to vote for Bcntons cx-
punring resolutions, and the scntl-
mcnt of the Senate was gradually
becoming moro and moro favorable
To their adoption IN conformity with
the wishes of a great and increasing
minority of the people. In the
meantime, Benton never ceased to
work for the cause mt opportunc
times, acquiring by his industry and
perseverance the very appropriate
soubriguet of the great expunged."
And SO the fight went on, and a
hard and fierce light it was too, with
Jackson on the one side and that
moncyed mouster,--the Bank of tho
United States,-0n tho other For
hackers the great Jackson depend
ed upon tho right and the people,
the Bank relying upon the power
OF its money and subsidized adher-
ents. Aud Il power it WAS too, that
Juitcd States Bank, and no man
ON earth with less moral courage,
dsring intrepidity aud iron will
than Andrew Jackson could have
throttIed the monster az he did at
last! Such II picture Of high moral
stamina, determined purpose, brave
inhexibility and high resolve in the
face of such an enemy bent upon his
destruction and possessing immense
patronage and power, tho world
has rarely seen In those dark
days Immediately following the
ScnuLe's condcmnatory resolutions
when, as Col. Benton expresses it
in his "Thirty Years Wow" "the
nation seemed to be in arms and
the earth in commotion against
him" he mover once lost courage,
never for u moment was dismaycd,
but all the time he stood calm,
tranquil and unwavcring, confident
w relying upon God and the people
to set all right; and firm in the be-
lief Of eventual victory Says Ben
ton: 81 was accustomed to see him
often during this timo and never
saw him appear more truly heroic
and grand than at this time. He
was perfectly confident in his reli-
ance on the power in which he
put his trust-God and the people
and would often say the people
will take it up after while and
We shall whip them yet.
At last, on Saturday, the 18th
day of January, 1897, the democrat
ic Senators favorable to tho adop-
ton of Benton's eXpunging resolu-
tions, had meeting to devise and
perfect the measures necessary TO
carry out the long contemplated
object on the Monday following.
Monday came and found every
thing in readiness for the contest
that was to come off that day and
night--evon hot coffee, cold ham.
turkey, pickles, wines, etc, were
ordered to be ready prepared in a
committeeman near the Senate
chamber, for Benton's foresight was
well aware the session would be
nrotrac'cd through that day and
nigtt; and to use his own words.
he swell knew the difficulty Of
keeping men steady to their work,
and in good humor when tired and
hungry" The contest continued
throughout the day, waxing warm
or and fiercer. Night approached,
- A. ,.-oof obapdaliar was lii nm