The Van Buren press., 1898-01-15
TRIBUTE TO ANDREW JACKSON.
Gov. Bob Taylor Pays q Brilliant
Tribute TO "0id HIckory's.
Memory al st. Louis.


occasion. We clip the following ex.
tract from his address from The
Republic of Sunday:
THE world knows the romantic
history of this wonderful man. 1t is
not for me to repeat it today. His life
was full Of storms. He was the
thunderbolt Of war. but his battles were
all fought for liberty and human
He was the rugged type
Of the rugged times In which he
figured. and Of the rugged men whom
he led to victory and to glory.
Whether we view him in the fox
chase. or deer hunt. or at the horse
race where he WAS king. or whether we
view him entering the rude court house
at Gallatin as United States district
attorney. and signalizing his advent to
public life by thrashing band of out
laws, who refused to be tried. and
compelling them to submit to the
sentence of the court. or as judge
leaving the bench at Jonesboro and
collaring the defiant Bean. who had
bluffed the sheriff and his posse. OF
whether we contemplate him gathering
his stalwart Tennessee volunteers
around him and marching through the
perils and dangers of the wilderness.
to drive the fierce Indian tribes to the
sea, or at New Orleans guarding the
legislature with regiment in his rear,
while he met the British in the front
and hurled them back across the sea,
he was the same invincible. unconquer-
able spirit who shattered every oppo-
sition which encountered him in life.
He was as powerful in the arena of
politics as he was terrible on the battle
field. No foe, however formidable,
could cope with him. no maneuver.
however brilliant. could check his
triumphal march to the highest Office in
the world.
But, like a giant. he strode into the
White House and sat down In the
presidential chair. and lifting his bony
hand towards Heaven, while his hair
stood on his head like the name of a
lion, he postponed the Civil War for a
quarter of a century. with the ex
by the eternal. the
Union. 1t must and shall be pre-.
servedl''
But ''Old Hickory has passed away.
The hand that once welded the sword
for country and liberty was dust long
ago. But the dominion Of the Republic |
for which he fought now stretches
From Names dark pines and craigs of
snow,
To where magnolia breezes blow"
md touches the two great oceans that
iivide the word. But where are the
policies of government which he
cherished and defendedl Where is the |
'qual and exact justice to all. with
pecial privileges to none? Where are
he powers and privileges of states to
manage and control their own domestic
Iffairs, Where is the protection of the
'eople against the oppression of com
lined power and aggregated wealth.
Where is the ideal of Abraham Lincoln
IA government of the people, for the
'eople and by the peoplef'
Have we not drifted away from the
plendid safeguards and bulwarks of
which were established by
ur fathersf Andrew Jackson bridled
be money power. but the money power
as long since slipped the bride.
andrew Jackson curbed the encroach.
nents Of Capitalization, but central
sation has taken the bit in It's teet hand
roken the curb, and Is now plunging
nadly towards absolute monarchy.
he policies of our modern government
ave given the power to few men to
K the price of meat and bread at the
ost Of production to those who pro-
uce, only to raise it at their own sweet
gill to those who consume. A few
nen control the arteries of trade. A
ew manufacturers live on the juice of
rejection. and the juice of protection
, the sweat and blood of the people.
ioney has become a mystery to the
billions, and is manipulated by the
reat financiers as the magician
the coin. He holds it up
nd says; Look. gentlemen, look
ow you see it and now you don t see
!. - And when the people feel in their
ockets their last dollar is gone. Too
ften the door TO high and honorable
ositions can only be opened with key
gold.
Andrew Jackson never dreamed of
government by injunction, but now
ne Federal power can throw the lariat
restraining order and hobble a
overeign state and parelyze the en-
,rcement of its laws.
"Mr. Chairman. from my earliest
hildhood | was taught by my now
sinted father and mother TO believe in
lie religion of Christ, and to pray to
le Creator OF the Universe for His
ercy and His blessings. would that
could persuade the American people
get down on their knees tonight and ,
rvently breathe this prayer: "Oh.
cd, give our country another Andrew
ackson.'