The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-03-27
SELECT LITERATUR RE.
observation-disclosures OF w ASFiINI ON
The Jackson Administration from 1870 TO
1885.

The Jackson Administration from 1920 &c
1885.
/ Fran Tie .itl,'Dti" .NntiRg.
/ The inauguration of General Andrew
Jackson as the scyent! President OF the
/ United States WAS the commencement OF
/ a new chapter in the social as well rs the
( political chronicles Of the capital. Those
| who had known his predecessor III EXecu-
gentlemen. well vcrsed in the courtesieS
! of private lie and of ccremonious states
! m;,nShip, saw them succeeded by 4 mill
! tary chieftain. whose life had been "a
BATH. and a march. thickly studded
with personal hrawls and duels: who had
given repeated evidences of his disregard
of the laws when they stood in the way
of his imperious will: and WHO, when a
United States Senator, had DISPLAYED no
ability as Il legislator. His election was
VIGOROUSLY the work of Martin Van Blu
rcn. inspired by Aaron Barr. and with
his Inauguration was initiated a sordidly
. seltshly political system entirely at vari.
ancc with the broad views OF Washing
ton and of Hamilton. 1t was assumed that
every citizen had his price: that neither
virtue nor genius was proof against clever
although selfish corruption: that politi
cal honesty was Il farce: aud that the
only way Of governing those knavcS who
elbowed their way up through the masses
was to rule them by cunning more acute
than their own. and by a knavery more
subtle and calculating than theirs. Be
fore leaving his rural home i'll TcnncS-
see. General jackson had been afflicted
by the sudden death of his wife. Aunt
Rachel. rs Mrs. jackson was called by
her husbands personal friends. had ac-
cnmpanird him IL Washington when he
was there as a Senator from Tennessee.
She WAS 4 short. stout. umattractivc. and
uneducated woman. cndeared 10 General
Jackson becaus. he had with difficulty
secured her separation from her first hu>-
band. married her two Years before she
vas legally divorced. and ever defended
her reputation with chivalric devotion.
While he had been in the army. she had
carefully managed his plantation, his
slaves. and his money matters. and her
devotion to him knew NJ bounds. Her
happiness was centered III his. and it was
her chicl desire to smoke her pipe i'll
peace ut his side. When told that he had
been elected President of the United
States. she replied, well. for Mr.. Jack
sons sake am glad of it, but for my
self ala not. \ few weeks later. she
was arraNed for the grave in a white
satin costume which she had provided
herself with, to Wear at the White House.
Her Sorrow-Stricken husband came to
Washington with stern determination
to punish those who had maligncd her
during the preceding campaign. and those
who enlo~iZcd her always found favor
with him. Her young relatives We're
cherished by him with rarternal love.
The inauguration of General Jackson
as President was. for the first time on
such occasions at Washington. a military
pageant \ band of the veterans of the
Revelation formed his b"dyguard, bayo-
nets bristcd on Pennsylvania Avenue.
martial music rcSounded over the me-
tropoiS, and SaluteS Of artillery We're
fired at different points in the cnvirons
to announce that the oath of office had
been administered. An immense con
course of people joined in the shouts
with which the = Hero of New Orleans
was greeted. as he rode on spirited
horse from the Capitol to the White
House Il never saw sucl, crowd"
wrote Daniel Webster to 4 friend. Per
SONS have come five hundred miles to see
General jackson. and they really seem to
think that the country is rescued from
some dreadful danger" Hunters OF Ken
lucky and Indian fighters of Tennessee.
with sturdy trontierSmen from the North
west. were mingled in the tlirong with
the more refined jewellers on the Allan
tic slope, and the impetuous people OF
the South. who had all the virtues aud
the faults ar>in. from their peculiar So
ciai institutions. Arrivin. at the White
House, the motley crowd clamorcd for
refreshments and soon d! aimed the bar
rels of punch which had been prepared.
il drinking to the health OF the new chief
magistrate. \ great deal Of china and
glassware was broken in the struggles for
ice-crtamS and cakes. and the Eat Ronm
was file! with Il nnisE mob. At one
time General Jackson. %ho had rctrcated
until he was pressed against the wall.
could be protected from injury only BY a
number Of his friends, who linked arms
ami formed living barrie: about him.
:iU"l! a scene had never before been Wit
messed at !ho White lInusc.
The Democratic press o.. the country
was also well represented at the inau2u-
ration: for General IackSnn's election
had hardly been proclaimed before = coz
siderable number of those V no had given
him their editorial support fastened IL
Washington. attracted by his Scni-of1i
cial declaration in the Telegraph. We
know not what line of policy General
Jackson will adopt. We take il i'..r grant
ed. however. that he. will reward his
friends and punish his enemies
The leader uf this editorial phalanA
was Amos Kendall, q native Of DurSta-
bic. Massachusetts,, vino had by pluck
and industry acquired az education. ana
migrated westward in search Of fame and
fortune, Arc !cnt ma'to hun an inmate
Of Henry Clay, house, and the tutor OF
his c.lltrcn; bur many months had not
ciarS d before the two became political
foes, ami Kendall, vino had become the
conductor nf i E.murratc NEWSPAPER.
trinmphed, bringing 81 Washington the
official vote uf Kentucky for Andrew
jackson. He found at til. national ne
tTupn!is other Democratic editors who.
Ike himself, had lahorcd 10 bring about
The political revolution. and they used to
meet daily III the house of y preacher
i,olitieian the !.av. Obadiah Brown. who