Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-27
Old Hickory.
His Famous DeclarataoEa That the Fed-
 eral. Union a1ust be Preserved.F

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 His Famous Declaratson That tiae Fei- 2 eral- Union Musf be Preserved.
 From the NashyilIe CTenn) Americana
 A reporter of the American who happened to be present when two venerable citizens of Nashville were talking about old times takes the liberty of repeating the part of their conversation that throws light upon the orl- gin Of that celebrated sentiment of General Jackson declaring that the Union must be preserved.
 q happen to know,," said ono of them, something about the reason why the Gene ral uttered that particular sentiment and on what occasion
 sFrom whom did you receive your infor- nation ?' said the other.
 ''From our old friend, Major William B. Lewis, about twenty years ago. We know he was bosom friend of the general, here at home and at Washington, during his entire administration. It was about the year 1882, I think, that the leading Whigs in Congress met on the evening of the 22d of February and most gloriously celebrated Washingtons birthday, Mir. Webster and other dist1n- guished orators making eloquent speecnes from the text of the farewell address, ardent ly expressing their devotion to the Federal Union. and taking the high ground that un- der no circumstances whatever should 1t be dissolved. To these sentiments there was at that time responsive chord in all parties, GXC9DG ID En6 bI1Stt paEGy WaO 6yAaPAbAAA90 with and followed Mir. Calhoun, of South Carolina Yet the entire Democratic party was not 8 little restive under the march which the Whigs had thus stolen upon them as monopolizing partisan thunder" that did not exclusively belong to them. And when it was suggested that counter balan- cing movement should be made on JeHer- son's birthday, the friends of MT. Calhoun stepped in with alacrity to champion 1t. And here comes in the reliable information given me by our old friend, Major Lewis. On the morning of Jeferson's birthday Duff Greens Telegraph (the organ of Mir. Caihoun) ap- peared with a rallying leader shadowing forth from it's own standpoint the objects or the Democratic meeting to be held that even ing. called (without the major) on Gene ral Jackson early in the forenoon, as usual, and found him within his private apart ment smoking his pipe in his morning gown, when invited his attention to the ar ticle in the Telegraph, which he had not yet seen. After reading it he remarked that 1t would seem the meeting was to be not as much in memory of Jefferson as in the In terest of MT. Calhoun and his heresy of null lification. He laid aside his pipe, read the article second time, broadly smiled, and said as he had been invited to attend he would send them toast. It was the princl' pal topic of conversation at the White House during the day, the general, as usual, asking every one's opinion, while no doubt he had already made up his mind what he would do. Toward evening he called Major Doneison, his private secretary, and dictated brler re gret that he could not attend, as well as the folio wing sentiment to accompany 1t: "Oul Federal Union-It must be preserved" Wher read to the meeting it was adopted with rousing cheers while Mir. Calhoun and his friends staggered under it as regular broad side.
 '.AI who knew Major Lewis and his inti macy with General Jackson will not hesitate to believe that this was exactly as it is rep resented to have been. And there is an amusing incident of 8 much later date illus trstive of their intimacy that is not uninter- esting. While General Gordon Granger commanded the Federal forces here toward the close of the late civil war, Major Lewis applied to him for pass to visit New York, which was given to him in these terms :: Major William B. Lewis, of General An- drew Jackson's staff, is authorized to travel on all the railroads of the United States It would seem that the Federal general sought to pass for 8 wag, as Jackson had bsen dead nearly twenty years. Major Lewis said when he reached New York he found it to be the best letter of credit he had ever received in the whole course of his life"
 
 Hevv Anthony TrOIlOpe Game tO Write Novels.
 From His Autobiography.l
 ASS6E beEN1ER SOhC tAAAo taS uSAcE HI HChOOi at Brussels, Mr. Trollope was offered posi- ton in the London postof6ce at salary of $45e year. His father and brother were dying, and his mother was straining every faculty to support the family with her books. | Tho offer WAS therefore welcome one. In | 8 review of his attachments at this period of ] his life, in which he shows that he possessed l little accurate or available knowledge, he l makes mention of habit which tended tC 1 mako him a novelist. He was always going 1 about with 'some castle in the air firmly 1 built within my mind" |" He adds:
 ''I myself was, of course, my own hero l Such is a necessity of castle building. But 1 never became king or duke-nuoh less l when ny height and personal appearance were fixed, could I be an Antinous, or si1 ] feet high. I mover was 8 learned man, no | even philosopher But was very clere ! person, and beautiful young women used tt
 be fond of me. And I strove to be kind 0 heart, and open of hand, and noble il
 thought, despising mean things; and alto gether was very much better fellow thai I have ever succeeded in being since. Thi
 had been the occupation ofmy life for six o 1 seven years before went to the postofhce
 and was by no means abandoned when
 commenced my work. There can. I imag inc, hardly be 8 more dangerous mental prao tice; but have often doubted whether, hat it not been my practice, I should ever hay
 written a novel learned in this way t. l maintain an interest in 6 fictitious story, t. dwell on work created by my own imagina
 tion, and to live in 8 world altogether outsid l the world of my own material life.
 During his early postofice experience h. l was always on the eve of being dismissed ! and yet he was always striving to be a goot l public servant. He was always In trouble now 1t vas with woman who had decided to marry him, and again with his Rumbcrles l debts. He hated the office, he hated tht l work. He saw no way of escape from 1t ] There was just glimmer of hope. He hat
 often told himself that the only career il life within his reach was thet Of an author 1 and the only mode of authorship open tt him that of writer of noveis. For year during this unhappy period he had the de sign in view, but never the will to execute 1t After seven years of his clerkship way 0
 escape was opened from its drudgery. Il 1 1S41 he asked for and received the position of surveyors clerk in Ireland His income
 after paying his expenses, became at ono &. .OOO. ''This," he addds, twas my frs good fortune, "-and that happened when b. 1 was 8 man of twenty-six. 'It was sltogsth CT very jolly life that 1 led in Ireland. | was always moving about, and soon fount ! myself to be in peouniary circumstance
 which were opulent in comparison witl those of my past life The Irish people di
 not marder me, nor did they even break m, head soon found them to be good hu l sored, clever-the working classes ver 1 much more intelligent than thoss of Eng land-economical and hospitable. We hea
 much of their spendthrift nature; but ex trayaaance is not the nature of an Irishman. i THE OLDNsT DEUGGIST.