Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-09
TmDEN'S 5 REGRETS.
YoNKERs. n. Y, January S, lss

on the anniversary OF the victory OF New
Orleans, regret | cannot be present at
your banquet tonight.
S. J. TmDEN.
Ion. JOS T.. Mcdonald, of Indiana
responded to the tcast Andrew jackson,
and spoke in substance: "On the
roll Of distinguished men our country
has furnished few names that appear more
prominent than that of Andrew jackson.
Starting in lite without fortune aud self
educated, bis rise even IN our country was
phenomenal lie was neither to be law
maker nor an eIpOunder OF the law. lie
was to be O leader of men. When New
Orleans with its booty and beauty WAS
about to tall into the hands Of the invader,
he came 10 it's rescue and placed it under
martial law, thus displaying the dominant
quality Of his mind which made him so
famous In maintaining the right he was
ever ready to assume all the responsibility
necessary to that end. The campaign
closed with the crownipg victory Of
TIE EIGHTH or JANUARY,
and when the news OF this great victory
was received no bounds could be set to the
popular enthusiasm. This achievement
placed Jackson in the fixed rank of mill
tary heroes and gave to our country an an
niyersary that will never be forgotten.
Events carried him forward to broader
fields His State returned him TO the [.
S. Stuate. In 1924 he WAS the peoples
choice for President and failed to receive
a mciority in the IIouse Of Representa-.
tiycs aud was defeated. In 1928 the tri-
umphant election Of Jackson to the presi-
dency proved the strength Of that growing
popularity which had attended him from
the BEGINNING OF his career.
As PRESIDENT.
The eight years he WAS Chief Magistrate
was certainly the most cyen'tul OF his life.
No man has ever entered the presidential
Office who encountered 3 more powerful
= determined opposition led by the ables'
men Of the times. Clay, Webster and
Calhoun formed triumyirate whom it
would have seemed impossible 10 resist,
and yet jackson, backed by bis personal
popularity proved an over match for
them and closed his official life
without rival in tho affections Of
the people. jackson in his first message
to Congress expressed his opposition to re.
chartering the bank OF the United States
The tariff question was one of the most
difficult for jackson TO meet. The so called
American system had strong attraction for
him. No public man was ever more thor.
ourhly American than jackson. Equal
and exact Justice to all men had always
been his motto. The question which gave
President jackson the most anxiety and
which canonized him in the hearts OF his
countrymen for all time was
THE QUALIFICATION QUESTION.
The manner in which the Government
of the United States has been formed, left
many questions unsettled especially as to
the limits of the Federal Government, and
the extent OF the reserved rights Of the
States. The two soyereignties, State and
National, could not claim the right to ex'
ercise the same power and where the sover.
eign powers OF the States ended and the
sovereign powers of the nited
States began, but who could tell
where that point was? and
in dispute between the nited States and
a State, was there any constitutional
power to decide, and where did that power
reside? On the 18th Of April, 1880, the
anniversary Of Jefersons birthday, the
friends of notifications gave banquet at
Washington. The leading spirits of this
dangerous heresy were present. jackson
was present and was called on for a vol,
unteer toast and promptly responded: Our
Federal Mon it must be preserved. 1t
fell upon that assembly like voice
from the sky, and from that time
it was known jackson had
taken bis stand against nullI'ic.tlOn. In
1892 South Carolina threw the cGuntIet to
the Federal Government un2u this mo.
mentous question. lie took it up on the
18th of December 1892, issued II procla
nation to the people Of his naive STATE ap
pesling to their patriotism and love OF
country in most tender and touching
manner, and closed By telling them that
he wou d enforce the lava as long as
tbey remained on the statute
boards with all the poTer Of the
Federal government at his command let
the consequences be wha' they might
The proclamatiOa made him second Only
to Washington in persoahI popularity
Claws compromise &C. ave5t"i the Ct'a7
trophe which seemed .incvi'n5l', and left
10 later times the settlrmo,t Of the great
prohlem then at issue We kaO7 II cost
in blood and treasure 10 settle it nut the
decision is final. Ia corcu-ioN. let me
propose to this club as its motto and As al
anthem TO it's memory the G?ea: sentiment
of which he WAS the author: oar FEDERAL
Union; II must be preserved
HENRY wATrERsON,
Of the Louisville Courier Journal respond
ei TO the Democratic press a1d sid among
other thing, Il an the a1m.ns'r6uou
personnl friend and plhl!c partisan
From the Pre:ident ard ey"r5 memaer oi
his government have recri' cd nothing ol'
courtesy and all the recognition nDd con
sidaration aMy Democrat could desire
think the President Las been seriously mis-
indeed for his alleged ;ardines3 in turning
The raseals out. THERE'S forming upon oai
poli,iesl horizon, q cloud wh;c' il 10, dis
s;pa-e3, will spread over the "h".e TRINA
meDt" and ouf from This cl0Ti there issues
a voice. cr;iu.. "Ncneyis kin. IN, new
-osol Of raamm0n has bgl.t i's sh'in'
east am afraid the President has beer
misltd bv rational aud p-eY7nieEatint
Influences lie is man Of 'b" people
and every pulse OF lis heart BEATS TO Oh
fashioned Democratic music. In
Democrats have agreed whenever the
get the power TO revise the tariff. :,
have no tsult to find with what tn
President says on his subject in his mel
, sage.
Judge Allen G Thurman spok to III
constitution and Democracy though hi
remarks were quite brief owing to the lat
hour when the speaking began.