People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-16

Then there is Capt. Harry jackson,
of Atlanta, and his son, Mr.. Tom
Cobb Jackcon.
Then there was the late Chief JUS
tice of our Supreme Court, Hon.
James Jackson,
Now, these prominent citizens are
all descended from the Hon. James
Jackson mentioned in McMaster's
history. They are proud of the fact.
Georgia books all represent this an
cestor of theirs as a very able, elo-
quent and sensible statesman. Sparks
''Memories of Fifty Years" is full OF
praise of his character and achieve
ments. One of these achievements
was the burning of the Yazoo fraud
records at Louisville, Ga, by means
of sun glass.
Just think, then, how I had to hold
my breath the other night when |
discovered that the historian of the
United States had put Senator James
Jackson down as a regular old crank.
It seems that he would bounce up to
make a speech in the Senate when
the clerk was reading bill. The
president of that august body would
thereupon order the distinguished
Jackson to sit down. Thereupon
the honored ancestor of so many
high and mighty folks had to sit
right down and wait, just like he
would have had to do if he had been
the great-grandfather of any COM
mon Smith, or Jones, or Brown, or
Tompklns. This is hard to believe,
but history says It's SO.
Then again, it seemed that this
man Jackson believed in talking just
as loud as he pleased when he made
a speech. At that time the two
Houses of Congress occupied rooms
not far apart. When the distin-
guished Jackson balanced himself on
his hind legs and began to marshal
his troops of rhetoric to action, his
voice was so loud that it got into the
other House of Congress and stopa
ped business. This was awful. So
the other House had to put down the
windows to keep out the 'bellowing"
of this Georgia crank. Just to
think of the mode of speech of the
ancestor of so many of our bluest
blooded people being described in
sober history as "bellowing."
No "spell-binding" about it; no
''matchless eloquence;" no s'thrilGng
bursts of passion" Nothing of the
kind. Simply loud, obstinate, self
righteous, unvarnished, old-fashioned,
homespun "bellowing" which blocks
business in both Houses of Congress
and imperatlvely demands the put
ting down of windows.
This is awful; but history says
it's so.
It seems from McMaster's history
that this distinguished Jackson had
made himself very unpopular in
Congress. They called him Gran
ter" a "belIower," a crank. The pre-
siding officer was rough to him, and
would order him to take his seat.
Why was he distasteful to his fell
low-members ?
Because he dared to speak his
honest thoughts like man. Be-
cause he stood in his place and de-
nounced national banks with all the
burning vehemence of honesty and
truth. He warned Congress then
that the national banks would bring
the very evils we now know they
have brought. This was one hum
dred years ago. [ honor this brave,
clear sighted man who dared to
stand up against Hamilton and his
greedy gang of capitalists and fight
for the rights of his people.
What else did they hate him for2
Because he denounced Washing
toms administration for allowing the
State of Georgia to be robbed in the
Creek treaty Of 100000 acres of
land which was hers under the con-
stitution.
Bully for Jackson! Why should
he be afraid, even of Warrington
himself, if Georgia was being
wronged? No wonder he couldn't
sit still while the clerk was reading!
Three million acres of land is a right
considerable slice of dirt, and even if
we did steal it from the Indians, that
was no reason in Jackson's eyes why
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