New-York tribune., 1902-08-06
JACKSON, THE IRON JUDGE"
HIS COURAGEOUS SPEECH AGAINST SECESSION
~ HIS APPOINTMENT BY LINCOLN
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An my life have been opPosep was w opposed to
it IN $50 am opposed to it %,cra inrtst
80 sac [c Jndge' as they call him her here @ II a6 w@o
an eIoouent appeal for the mon IN IN ~ Abraham
IachsTGn IaT IF The story Of that episode as ma" IN, IL
from the ups ups oI when the black cloud of secession
Sarened the nations sky In loo9 MI tnHsn then
youhg b any borders of old Virginia He had Den
graduated Princeton in iS4o 6ab had served three
ing & ~ the Virginia legislature Like ms bg
before him hector he Was on the Whig in lS52 and
is5S and in 1860 was chosen a risd virginia
Lo. u pau and Everett ticket carried III
%hen ba tne D ~ mat wear he visited Richmond 70
discharge his duties as member oi ci6anr i which
bansed the whole course of the young "a w. Se ~
career and came near 10 changing 'iie iiiS'''S
ms be ritizens of the Virginia capital gave BAN
STsT,ver from what then called 49, ne
ginia, down f41 ht ecession Lincoln had
been elected South Carolina was pdeo@a[gs par gstestsI to
b new regime and abhorred the threateneo
cion of sovereign States Inc he ~, u iGea and
nv PHI n leaped INTO flame. Speech after speech
was made in favor OF secession ii4 ''
Ming strong osgksons ko turn came his blood was hot
with indignation. but he c"ntTo ~ r. "a
,rtad calmly He knew the herceneSs OF tle pas pas
sion which he had TO face ana rtaIfu iI1 ba+ our
Of caua2hc f 81 states could be compared family
The family must have hea6e a6 aS t FAMILY to
;n his orders to lay his injunctions for me
good OF dii diitv TO punish The federal government
t Washington was the head Of the Union d famy; MY
Every citizen Of the repubnc' every Ioo' oi So ~
su2|ecl = him hes in favor Of coercion!' cried
rich planter from the otheI enc OF the 9''tt Fr
hail At this storm Of misses broke; ana ana ,od l0I
hermit the speaker 10 continue Kisses ereelou
every M9ra iig measnre of quiet was restored. and
Jackson went on. nothing daunted ~, ,,o,ca
would you coerce sovereign State?" voice
Spo4 Pns hgE gistes as IN SGYfEen 9SE n5n
satellites revolving around the central SUM- "'
Here more Kisses filled the air. and the banquet
Would you yraa} eGeTse T9;cf South caronaE Seiieu
man f south Carolina attempted this Union
roared Jackson in reply II that en- eh1id s tionai
family by the Eternal + ia d. whip her till she was
ready to come back again. -, -. .p,,u him,
down! Pull him down. .o,,,r -.
This paraphrase Of the words OF oin 10 faVor Of
me ,,rd dnleh no bsd peE4 friends In the audience
young shamed his hearers for fhei9 5 b
asked Are you the of the cavaliers. gallant
and generous? Has II come TO this, that a VT. IT.
ginian cannot enjoy freedom of speech before an
TO complain Of anyway. Their slaves We're secure
They had the fugitive slave law. They lost rev
slaves. because they had Maryland between them
and the North. The county from which he came. am
| M on the Ohio River. had lost more slaves than
ali of the eastern part Of the State. His own
falner's plantation had lost more than all the
! plantations along the James and the Rappahan-
mock
.sThe people OF my part OF the State have un-
| compainingy borne losses' he declared
eve like our slaves, but like the Union better.
| And say you here and now, that II the State
| ~ Virginia secedes from the Union, sure as
| there rs a God in heaven Northwest Virginia viii
eecede from the State of Virginiar'
Like a bolt of thunder from clear sky came
this declaration. bold and prophetic. 1t threw the
assembIage into indescribable uproar. But II
SET in motion the waves of thought which at one
| time promised to hold the Old Dominion in the
TTnion To this day IL is believed by many the
motion to 60 out was not fairly carried In the