The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-10-25
Audrey jackson.

Special Correspondence II tic G0td Legf.
"Old Hickory" is one of Tie illustIions
ones of the past the impress OF whose pol
icy il indellibly stamped on the nation.
lie was remarkable man from the time
he sat in his law Office at Salisbury, y. c.,
nntil the closing scene Of his Rventful ca
recr in the hermitage in Tennessee. W hen
lie crushed the Creek indians at tie battle
of the " Horse Shoe the government, t34at
had treated him cold1J, lSSan To recog-
slizc i'll him Il man that was not to be tritled
with. But HlIcIl the shout Of his soldiers
was heard as the rctrPating foe fled from
the scene 81 action at New Orleans, lcav-
ing the British Commander dead on the
field lac reached tine highest pinnacle of
military faa4ie in the tsti%latiUm Of his
countrymen. But wlieh &c stepped be-
tween Henry Clay and the Presidency it
aroused the cl0qEnce Of the great Ken
lucky orator, who opposed his elevation to
the chief magiStract aS the greatest calam M
ity that could befall the nation. He said
The election at Il military captain to
hold tie rtinS az government WOu'd be
worse than war, peStilencC or famine.
ale depicted The sad condition of the coun-
try, thrown into wild confusion. cnbroilcd
with foreign powers, and the Treasury Gf
the coGEtrA kRl'A rAPted by an ambitious
ruler. Sis gloomy predictions were not
verified. Subsequent events showed that
odd Hickory" was the man needed for
xhc arc in which he l4vcd The nations OF
earth respected him fer his frImneSs and
devotion 10 his couItry4 and knew when
lIc spoke his Voice must be needed. France
had pursued ltSitatinT course iii with
holding our dues until the hero of New
Orleans told them that it they did not pay
as our money by the Eternal h, would
thrash them" They knew with him ii
was II word and Il blow, and fOrked the
money over. The Bank of the United
States undertook 10 force Congress into
compliance with her wishes 10y raising a
howl of diScortHnt from one extremity of
the country to tie other, 10y an Ubiquitous
contraction of the currency. 1t was Il great
moneyed monopoly, bidding defiance to
the country, dsrcgarding the welfare OF
the people. trying 10 control the legislation
of the country In fulTherancc of its suprem-
Acy. &eaE-Sneed congressman ftrenblcd
IN their boots when they saw = Old ii lex
CRY" seize the monster by the throat with
4 determination TO neyeS 9et 40 his hold
until il lay PROSTATE and lifcies> at his
feet. The great kentucky orator, the or
acle of 5.fi party, al his eloquent appeal
told the Vice-PIesident IL 20 to him and
tell him = he would ruin the country il
lie persisted in his coarse. But the old
hero firmly held his grasp upon the ven
OmOuS reptile until I'm Wrthug agouicS il
expired 1T his feet amid the rciuCingS Of Il
liberated, grateful people As ] said be
Tore, he was rnc right man i'll tie right
place III such contest. When more timid
minds shrank from the fearful encounter
with the monster, with rmbending will and
hrmneS> of purpose he marched right for
ward III discharge of his duty to his couu.
try 1t seems as if an overruling Provi.
dence directed the nina of his naople in
his selection he sleeps with the illus
triOus ones with wlIem The grapplcd in the
strife, but his fame is as iuiperishahle as
the noonday sun. Like the Father of His
Country he passed AWAY in n good old age
with military and civil TnonOrs clustering
around his brow. He had faults, ard vii.
has not" but tIIey awakened not the hlu>hes
0f hiS7coUntry. X. ". Il.
Henderson, D. C.