The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

paired to his grave to lay upon 1t gar land of veneration and respect, and wor- ship God in the little church at the Her nitage which Andrew Jackson built and which was ever the object of his solici- tude.
 Admiral schley is not the first great American to take the twelve mile drive from Nashville to the home of Jackson In General Jackson's life 1t was the Mecca to which many eminent men or the nation turned their steps an ana s nov patriotic Americans who come 10 Ten ness see are irresistably drawn to the scenes where the old Eero's heart eyer stormy career. They feel a need of honn- age and praise is due him.. that his strong arm. clear mind and honest tn- corruptible heart were potent influences through times in its history. and that because of him it Is greater nd more virile today.
 vile with a visit and was the guest or General Jackson. When General 1.afay- cite visited the United States in 1SlS he came to Nashville to feel the warm hand grasp of the hero of New Orleans. Ma jor Henry Lee, brother of General Robert E. Lee, was intimate at the Hermitage and while there began life of General Jackson Earl the artist livea thers fRr Hayes. Thomas A. Hendricks, Admiral Dewey. Mir. Bryan and other u1en of note have gone to the Hermitage to lay upon the grave silent wreath. of-re-
 Like the first great American. General Jackson had no children His wife was his guardian angel, and for her he twice risked his life-frst in an encounter with John Sevier. the Kings Mountain hero. the first Governor and by many styled the father of Tennessee" and second in a duel with Dickinson. Dick inson fell mortally wounded. Jackson re- ceived bullet in the breast bone the wound from which gave him trouble throughout his life and eventually has tened bis death. Mrs. Jackson died in December. 1928. after the election of the General to the Presidency. She sleeps by his side. and upon her tomb there Is this beautiful inscription written by him:
 Here lies the remains of Mrs Ra- ehei Jackson, wife of President Jackson, who died the 22nd of December. 1S2s, aged 51. Her face was fair. her person pleasing. her temper amiable. her heart kind; she delighted in relieving the wants of her fellow creatures. and cultivated that divine pleasure by the most liberal she was -benefactor; to the prosperous m ornament: her pity went hand In hand with her sbenevolence. and she Thanked her creator for being permitted might wound. but could not dishonory Even death 7wnen he tore her from the arms of her husband. could but transport her to the bosom of God"
 
 Mrs. Jackson lie in the corner of the Hermitage garden. in tomb prepared sby him. It resembles an open summer ho,ise-a. small white dome supported by kYiIiars of white marble. The tomb of the General bears the simple Inscription:
 "Gen. Andrew Jackson,
 Born March 15, 1767.
 Died June 8. 1S46.
 The public acts of General Jackson are well known Not so his domestic life; int vrhiO vytl ha pa from the following quotation from Gen eral Brinkerhon, who was tutor in the family for years: When l went to the Hermitage" he says. the wife of Gen erai Jackson had been dead for nearly twenty years and yet the aroma of her presences filled the air and penetrated to every nook and corner of the neighbor- hood. have. often wondered what 1t was fin this diffident, retiring, uncultured wo- man, which so won all hearts which came within the sphere of her influence. She dominated the volcanic nature of her fiery husband as the sun the humid va DOTS of the morning. There was never a momentum Jacksons married life but he would have died flor her on the track or at the stake. Then in death her influence ceased not, and her memory with Jack son at the White House was more pow erful than Congress, Cabinet or Kings. It controlled his passions; it curbed his tongue: it held him true to his convic- tions of right and duty: it kept ablaze the fires of Christian faith with the fuel of fond hope with reunion with her in better world to come. In public and in private life in the White House and at the Hermitage, even to the time of his death, Jackson never retired to rest at night without taking from his bosom the miniature portrait of his wife and placing 1t in a position. pr0pped against his Bible. so as to he the last thing seen when he went to the land of dreams and the first thing to greet him when the morning sun recalled the light
 On his return home after many months of absence in Washington his first greetings were not to his family, not to his friends. not to his servants but to'the memory of her who slept be- meath the little temple In the garden and to which he wended his way as a weary pilgrim to a saintly shrine"
 From his childhood General Jackson had vevered Christianity, which feelings rip sned later in life into positive religious interest which manifested itself in q reverence for the Sabbath and regular attendance upon church service. He caused z AiaNs pel to be erected near resort on Sunday long as hts health would permit. A historian has described him there as Lowing with his pcighbor- hood circle in deep humility before the little altar which he had reared, and sim cerely partaking of the sacred emblems of faith" He fostered the little church and one of his last wishes was that it might be ever sustained as a place of worship.
 Near this little church in the old Donel- son grave yard lies Mrs Emily Donelson. wh" presided as first lady of the land during the seven years of Jackson's ad- sninistration and until her death. She was the wife of Andrew J. Donelson, a favorite nephew of General Jackson s wife, who was his Secretary. Mrs. Don elson was greatly beloved by the Gen eraI. Her four children were born at the White House. and one of them, Mrs. Harry E. Wilcox. still lives in Washing ton. She died at the age of 30 and the inscription on her grave reads
 ITO the memory of Emily consort of of her birth and death and this line:
 Her spirit is with God who gave it."
 Some of the other monuments in the cluster of graves are inscribed as fol- lows: Andrew Jackson, adopted son of General Jackson, died at the Hermitage, April r 1885. in the 57th year of his age" samuel Jackson, son of Andrew and Sarah Jackson. Born at the Hermit age June '. 1887, Died September 29 JS63. of wounds received at the battle of Chickamauga."
 companion of General Andrew Jackson. who died at the Hermitage, l6th of Sep- tember. lS3I,"
 Tn 1905 Aaron Burr was the guest of General Jackson and was given by him a ImhIic dinner. He returned again in the same year, and was still received with distinguished honor. and was the guest of General Jackson a second time. but suhsequently when his schemes of em- nre in the Southwest became known the I;e, eral sent a letter to President Jsf ferson offering three regiments to the