Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-01-06
Letter from an Old Jaeksoaian DINO
crat of Greenwood Township.
NEAR SEVEN STAR TAVERN, ,
JaDy lst. 1897 I
.Ny Dear .sr. Ed,foT:-

muster tuh CJmDauy, and az W,
talked ana talked the old year out
our Eearts grew sad over the talk o
the compGCy that used to meet her
with uH, and then we talked OF the
old der departed Andy Jackson, an(
felt like oil king William, who said
Ny old croEics have almost all died
i au almos: alone: feel ike crying.
The little company oil felt liz
licking backward tonight. One o
the old boys quoted Shakespeare anC
said:
II youth when did love, did logc,
Aethausht i w2s very sweet,
10 contract o, TIE time, for, al, my be-
hove,
o, meiLougLt, there was nothing met
Bat age, with his stealing steps,
Hath c.awed me in his clutch
And hath shipped ne into The land
As II had never been such
y PICK ak aud a spade, a spade,
tOT-and Z sLrsCding sheet.
q, Fit of clay for to be aI.d-
For such guest 10 meet.
But when the clock struck the
honr Of midnight rew spirit came
over Our dreams. We felt better, ws
felt that We had turned q new leaf,
We felt youthful again and began to
tels about celebrating ''Andy jack
soh day en- the SJh of January 1897.
That's the 10y Of the month you
know THAI be cleaned up the British
at New Orleans il 1915. Ee Lad
only 40O0 troops with Hhich to fight
the $4,000 rel Goals .; England, but
he DID them up from behind breast
works OF cotton bsIes. HE report
Of the battle was 13 killed, 80 wound.
ed a0d Is missing OF the British
26G were killed: I,i26 wounded acd
- missing, Jaekson DaY VIII be
big day il Washington City. aud
sems oi The remnant of the Seven
S.lrs croniss Touid Ike to So to
Washington for that day, but [
gucs5 we're all too poor for such a
trip. They We got s. mighty high y
lutin szi5ayogant ab.It .ih.e cities
now that - old fellows feel qGoer in
such places. II o!d Hickory could
CONS - lie uOw, led be surprised,
and you csE bs. high On Ii. he'd aail
cut Lga'ns. tLeeNtray4gan4es of the
times II Old Andy could be resur-
rsc.ed he'd talk 10 them Of tbs econ
omlcal habits Ct the people when
tEeE lived IA Ire log houses. For he
MSS Often heard 10 say:
king stephen was q verify peer,
his h-erchcs cogJ Him hut croan.
lie he'd thsm six lease NJ 70 dear,
Hi'h 'ha' te called the tailor down"
''hg s-s d wight Of high renoHa
And thc-gL Of bat low degree,
'Tis prideA Aat pulls The c2unty dosn.
thcI thine o.d c!yhz about taee. -
Icto the w sma hours We talked
Of the change Cf The times from Jack
sou days to these days. Es grew
10 manhood VIXEN the nation was q
nation Of Individuals. That's the
ret5oH t5erc was 50 much irdiy:du
aIiy about him; that's the reason
10 WIS almost 4 law unto himself in
everything that Es undertook; that's
she reason he torS another mans
vile; that's tie reaeon he took the
cotton bs!ss without leave or license
~ uut,t breas;-YOrks at New Orleans:
that tie reason be busted the
United States Bank; that's the yea
sJa he put down secession. Yes, he
Nss man ii powerful Individuality,
ol7 u the best oid-timers of the days
"Een this nation vas q nation Of in
diyausis. But tls sun Of this ma
tign u individuals waa going down
wien Jacksgn vas IN MS painiest
days, Il change was taking place.
which since his day has been rapid
iron nation Of inGlv:duais t, a Ia
t"n - l2slj'utie2& corporations,
trusts. Ons ael.lutioa ahead Of
dear Old Hickory anG such things as
1nshtUtiops, trusis. ecrp1YaLiors were
EGt know. About the Only orsaniza
tloEs that savored of corporation
were the irE3 companies, and you
remember th2t George Washiny yton
was s-vereiy csndsmned for being q
member OF lard company that op
Grated IN Western Punnsylvaaia aud
OGIo. Now We are clan rcue from
q nation i individuals iuto q nation
ut Institutions, trusts, corporations,
a"u can never ct back toa state OF
Inaiv:duhI government. Some OF Tie
old jackson democrats tel Us that 10
have the government run everything.
railroads., tsirSrGphs. manufactures,
Nc "o1.t remedy the complaint,
but don you see that would be get
ting back to The old government
pIncip.e Of complete control Of AL
the ailaaa Of the people and that
remedy would be worse than the dis
e4se. S4i I'm net GONG to write
yuu 4 letter this New Yes. 5 night On
the subjects Of institutions, trusts
and corporations. If that for All
other letter after our EexS meeting
at the o.ars. I'm just going 10
NIILe lew hres about the changed
e,nIil:oaa iCom that Of nation ell
Iausy1iyalS t. ! nation Of institutions.
aud / know if Old Hickory were here,
red pat Iue OH the back and say.
'.s--I 81. You know this Govern /
-a''t Was founded Jy poor meo, too
~ .y T-5 IOs shair Passage to /
-ertta ~ money. The pilgrim !
hes no,:gsged La!i the products
aef iaS5I tor period of seven
-a 20 pay tbeir ship passage to
.-ouih Rock. Hundreds of other
-alzts lii the same thing for
sage 70 Pernsylva nia. They
-.sj u ges cG. Of Europe and out
s,-rI ns, Ireland, Scotland and