St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-01-04

treaties and decisions Of Judicial tribun-
IL wers coutemptuously disregardsd
while be assumed . dangerous power
over the treasury Of the United States
mot granted BY the constitution or the
laws. He called upon the people TO
rise and drive tho Goths from the
capitol. meaning Jackson and the
Democratic party. Of which he was the
acknowledged leader. he having been
elected to the Presidency over Mr.. Clay
himself
Calhoun declared many Of his acts
were unauthorized and illegal. and such
could never have been contaminated
during the Roman period. except I'M
der Caligula or Nero. 1t was. no said.
the melancholy evidence Of broken
spirit ready to bow At the feet Of power.
These remarks show the spirit of the
times. and how mischief is made by =
division among chiefs. A moral is
pointed on the subject BY one Of the
greatest poems, in the sentence:
Achilles wrath: to Greece the direful Spring.
OF woes unnumbered.
Thomas H. Benton. the Missouri Sem
ator for 80 years. gives most graphic
description OF the exrurgation from the
records of this resolution of censure;
tells Of how tho Senate galleries were
thronged with dense masses. and of the
illumination Of the hall by . great chan
delier. gas and electricity were not
known then; how. a. the night wore on.
and the debate proceeded, the specta-
tors became excited. and Calhoun said.
Tho day is gone; night approaches.
aud night is suitable to the dark deed
We mediate" and twas full midnight
when the final vote was reached. Ben
ton relates how Jackson's enemies.
who had gathered IN the galleries just
above him. broke forth with Kisses; how
tho leaders were arrested and taken to
answer before the bar Of the Senate,
thus checking further expressions Of
hostility. This was the night Of Janu.
ary 14th. 1881. and Jackson regarded
this IS the browning victory of his
civil, rs New Orleans had been that Of
his military life. He gave dinner to
the expungers, Is he called them. and
their wives
A faint outline Of the denuncia:ions
at the time of Jackson would b too
long for this article He was called
iyrant dcspot usurper. charged with
being destroyer Of his country's lib
erty. rash. ignorant imbecile. running in
dustry, ann;hilating confidence be-
tween man and man. plunging an in
noccnt and happy people from the sum-
NIT Of felicity to the depths Of misery.
want and despair. His defenders.
equally able and expressive men. re-
ported the successes Of his sway in re-
pairing ~ years of the country's wrongs
from spoliation OF foreign powers. pay
ing vast sums to idemnify the same; the
reduction OF taxes. the payment Of the
public debt the removal Of tho Indians
from the Southern States 10 permanent
homes in the West. tho completion Of
the public defenses. the circulation of
Us. 600. 600 in specie. . spectacle never
before seen. and the admiration of Eu-
rope. and Of incalculab!e value to in
dustry, morals. economy and solid
wealth; the very reverse of all that WAS
charged BY his enemies. who vented
columns of curses against him. His
.dmirers claimed that from President
Jackson the country first learned the
true theory Of tho constitution. and that
his entire public career was adorned
with specific acts which illustrated the
ssgacity Of his intellect tho
firwness Of his mind. and his entire de-
voticn - the public good. So: bencti-
cent and 30 glorious was his entire
career. that where to begin and where
to end. in enumerating his gooG deeds
would embarrass anyone who might At
tempt his eulogy. He was among the
first Of generals and the first Of states
mon. and his civil competitors shared
the fate Of his military opponents. all Of
his assailants being crushed. BE they
foreign or domestic, civil or military.
He impressed upon the age in which he
lived tho stamp Of his arms. Of his
Of his domestic policy. Of his
genius In word. his transcendant
merits operated like miracle upon the
generation in which no acted. and pos
terity credits him with being one Of the
most heroic and successful of soldiers,
The ablest Of statesmen. and . Colossus
among the benefactors Of lis country.
Like the great Washington. next to
whom he was tho most conspicuous
man in our history. his direct line be-
came extinct at his demise. but he had
adopted two children, the nephews Of
Mrs jackson. and one of these. his
private secretary while he was Presi-
dent also candidate for Vice President
on tho Fillmore ticket in 1856. the Hon.
Andrew Jackson Donelson. was known
10 many of our citizena - he was
cotton planter in the Yszoo Delta unit.
his death . few years ago. and he
traded with our merchants very largely.
From Nr. Donelson many reminis-
cencss OF the greatest man Of his day
have been preserved. He told Of his
placable - we'll Is bis irascible temper;
Of his cordial and sincere reconciliations
often after deadly feuds; Of the deep