The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-24
OLD HICKORY.
y famous Declaration that the Fed
efal Union Must bu Preserved.

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From ti1e Nashville Tenn.) American.
AFeporter of the Americab, who
| hapnhned to he present when the ven
| eiAllle citizens Of Nashville were talk
ing Nbout old times, takes the liberty
offepeating the part Of their cohver-
satlpfi that throws light upon the
| origin of that celebrated sentiment of
General Jockson, declaring that the
Union must be preserved.
| Happen to know said one of
tlsnl ssometliing about the reason
whyHIle General uttered that partic-
uIaf sentiment. and on what occa-
sioT
u S'fef1 whom did you receive your
saforiation ~ said Che other.
"Fronl our old friend, Major VIM.
B. Lewis. about 90 years ago. We
knew he was a bosom friend of the
General, here at home and at Wash
ingtOn, during his entire adminstra-
ton. 1t was about the year 1882, |
think, that theleading Wings in Con-
gresS met on the evnning of the 22d
of February and most glOriously cele-
brated Washington's birthday, Mr..
Webster and other distinguished ora
tors making eloquent speeches from
the text of the farewell address, ar
IDENTIFY expressing their devotion to
the Federal Ution, and taking the
! high ground that under no circum-
stances whatever should it be dissolv-
ed. 70 these sentiments there was at
that time a responsive chord in all
parties, except the small party who
sympathized with and followed Mr..
Calhoun, of South Carolina. Yet the
entire Democratic party was not a
! little re5tiVe under the march which
the Wings had thus stolen upon them
as monOpolizing partisan "thunder''
that did not exclusively belong to
them. And when it was suggested
that cOunterbalancing movement
should be made on JeffersOn's birth
day, the friends Of Mr.. Calhoun step
ped in with alacrity to champion it,
And here comes in the reliable inior-
nation given me by our old friend,
Major lewis. On the morning of
Jefferson'S birthday, Duff Green's
! I5I6grGph (the organ of Mr.. CAL
hol{nlappeared with rallying leader
s'ladOWing forth from its own stand-
pint the objects of the Democratic
meeting to be held that evening.
olled without the MaiOr) on General
Jackson early in the forenoon, as
usual, and found him within his pri-
yate apartment smoking his pipe in
his morning gown, when [ invited
his attention to the article in the Tee
graph, which he had not yet seen.
After reading it he remarked that it
would seem the meeting was to be
not as much in the memory of Jeffer-
son as in the interest of Mr.. Calhoun
and his heresy of notification. He
laid aside his pipe, read the article a
second time, broadly smiled, and said
as he had been invited to attend he
would send them toast. 1t was the
principal topic Of conversation at the
White House during the day, the
General, as usual, asking every ones
opinion, while no doubt he had al
ready made UP his mind what he
would do. Toward evening he called
Major Donelson, his private secre
tary, and dictated brief regret that
he could not attend, as well as the
following sentiment to accompany it :
"Our Federal UnIOn-It must he pre-
served" When read to the meeting
ii was adopted with rousing cheers
while Mr.. Calhoun and his friends
staggered under it as regular broad
side.
"AlI who knew Major Lewis and
his Intimacy with General Jackson
will not hesitate to believe that this
was exactly asst is represented to have
been. And there is an amusing incl
dent of much later date illustrative
of their intimacy that is not uninter.
esting. While Gen. 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
him in these terms: Major William
B. Lewis, of General Andrew Jack
sons staff, is authorized to trayel or
all railroads of the United States L
would seem that the Federal Genera
sought to pass for wag, as Jackson
) had been dead nearly 20 years. Majol
Lewis said when he reached New
York he found it to be the best letteI
of credit he had ever received in tht
whole course of his life."
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