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“ The 'powers granted under the Consiitution, being- derived from the People of the L'nited S'ales, may be resumed lij them v:henever perverted to their injury/ or oppression.
CHAr£oTTE, IVORTltCAKOI^IIVA, AIJO. 32, li4».
•Madison.
Removal.
MccUciibiirg Jcffci'soiuaii,
fDlTED A.ND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
TERMS.
Tke ^Jttf'crsonian’’ will be furnished to svhscribers
TW O DOLLARS a year, ij paid in advance,
" ^■'iihin vionth from the cominencemenl of the
- ^ 1- 7'JlIiI'J' DOLLARS, if 7w! thus paid. |
^ },.x'ri:-;i‘ns may be sent by rnail at the Eat Car's
:• :,^vridcd !h.’ jn)staf^c it^ paid. I
r.vnts a Hi he in.'icried at One Dollar per |
;r- ; r> lints) fur llin first time, and Tu'cnty-Jii'e j indebted will please call and ectl'e by cash or \ote.
continuance. A consideniblc | Those having claims will rrp/‘7't tb_^nHorii_uyiih.
' ':ill be iiui(h to those irho advertise by the year.
Dr. THOMAS C. CALDWELL has removed
his residence to Mr.William Morris’s, 10 miles
eastol Charlotte, where he will be found at all linies,
unless absent on piofessional business.
Persons not acquainted with Dr. C., are referred
to the community of Rocky River, where he lias
hitherto practiced.
April 4,1845. 204 lyear
Uissolution.
rS^IJIS dav by mutual consent the firm of IIAP-
X POLDT TAYLOR U dissolved. Those
January 0, 1S45.
.1. M. IIAPPOLDT,
M. B. TAYLOR.
Xotii*c.
I u ' orc r^5 claims aj^ainst iKc es-iate. of
A. Jolinsnn. ileceased. are liert;by
- -r j tJ pro.'t'iiT tluMU to the nniirr^i^ned, who
s ihe adiiuiii^lrat .r, iiutlientirated accord-
T r . i iv. witiiin ihic i;ine. or lhi» iiolii.’c v. ill be
^ tlio-n.
}’ZKK1F.L JOHNSON .^dmr.
T 1 lSw3
.1J, j ».. *
~>TATE Or NOKTH ('AJU)LINA.
MECKI.F.Nl!r 11G COUTY.
r •'* r! .■*' Imu', Ftb. 'Fcnn, .1. J). ISl'.
T Tili'r^'il f V fii'"' court, tliat the busiuesia of the >
be iiiken up on Monday and con- j
i ^1 H! to i‘i;;v ui tll t'lc Stute docket is j
■ut: Tv.', ' '
B. KERR, c. M. s. c. ,
A:'::. I'A'. •
X. P. 1 J; :! •I'l-una ar.i Stulc’c- '.vitncsses will please '
'K'C. !
Removal.
Dr. n. T. CALDWELL has removel hirf siiop
to the house lately occupied by Mr.Watson, on
secoiui square soutfi of the courthouse.
A3 heretofore, all cases committed to fiis care ehall
jeceive punctual aiui.l'aithf'ul attention.
March iiS, 1845 202 f
l£/iSo d/o
EUL.O(iY,
On Gen. ANDREW JACKSON^, delivered in Charlotte, N.
C., July 23, 1S45, by the Rev. James F. W. Fdeeman.
Friends & Fp:llow*Citjzens : It is a melan
choly sight to view death in his onward and terrtfic
course through the world, dragging his victims from
friends and home, from kinJred and coi?ntry into
the lonely and silent grave; but it is especially so,
when among those victims are numbered some of
our near relatives or dear fri« nds; whether as kind
red they be endeared to us by the fond» st afTeclion,
or as friends by f* iendsbip’s lyndere^I lies,— wfieth
er they be sages, venerable in our eyes for their
wisdom, patnots revered by tu /or iheir love of
country, or heroes renownei' for their nuble miiid-
•‘dntss and braveiy.
}3ut a dispensation dark as this, and bereavements
distressing as these, are meliorated as we recount
the virtues of the departed, recollect iheir golden
precepts, and remember their ilhistrioos cNamples.
As a people we have sustained a public loss, and
in a public capacity we have nc»w assembled to make
suitable ackrjowhdgement of that loss to Him who
“ gave, and who hath taken away,” and in this
honst constcrali'd to the glory of Ood, and the best
interests of men, mingle our soirows and our sym
pathies with those of our aillicted country,—a na
tion bejeavtd.
i It is also a sad comment upon civil socicty, and
I enlightened christianised human nature, that, people
I of the same beloved country, and subjects of a go-
setilt'd at NashviJle, where, (excepting intervals of
absince on duty, at the cail of his country) be lived
as a great centre of attraction, and in the immediate
vicinity of vvhich he died, honoured by a nation’s
gratitude, and embalmed with a nations tears.
The origin and rise of Andrew Jackson, in con
nexion with his subsequent elevation, is one of the
many instances in our w’orld corroborating the truth
of the republican adage, that.
“Honor and efiarne from 7?o condition rise,
Act u'ell your part there all the honor lies.’’
In his experit*ncL* we also find an illustration of
the truth of the sacred S'criptures, which declare
ih?'-, “ it is not in man that w.ilk'eth to direct his st('ps”
and ‘‘that the race is not to the swift nor the battle
to iht* ^tron^;.'’ But that God is the great disposer
vention thai assembled to frame a constituiion for
his adopted mfant State. The following year he
was sent as a representative to the national Con-
greS', and in the next, he became a member of the
U. S. Senate; but for private reasons he soon re^
signed his seat in the Senate, and on his return home
was immediately appointed one of the judges of the
Supreme Court of Tennessee. This office he re
luctantly accepted, and rdinquishrd it as soon as
^ practicable--prefering a more private life in the
j bosom of his family and in the delights of the Her
mitage. Here v.e find him, with the exception cf
shoit intervals consrqucnl upon his profession, until
1812, when upon the breaking out of the war with
Great Britain, he was again called to the defence of
his counifv. As soon as the U. S. Government
of all evt nis, He raisah the poor out of the dust authoiized the raising of volunteers, he called upon
and lifu'ih the needy out of the dung-hill, that He
may set him with princes, even with the princes of
His people.”—“ For promotion comelh neither from
the Fast, nor from the West, nor from the South,
his division for men, v/hen 2,500 brave Tennessee
ans llocked to his head quarters, and enrolled them*
sidves with him under the banner of their country.
He was at this time appointed by the Secretary of
I
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A prill 1
Kaiiav av
MEDIC1]\EH‘
PAINTS, PERFUMERY & FANCY
such is the fact, and how oft n is it confirmed by
{ bitter experience Still amidst all '.hi?, ihrre is a
} redeeming trait in our corrup’. natuies, and in de-
but God is the Judgt ; He puieth down one, and set- ? War to the rank of Major-General in the U. States
eth up another.” jaitny, which rank he had held in the militia of his
Among the distinguished rn»^n of olden time, we | own Slate for IG years. Here commenced Lis miii*
cannot foibear the notice of two illustrious rxam- tarv career, which for brilliancy stands unsurpassed
pies of these sncrcd precepts, viz ; David and Cyrus. | by any that has ever elicited the admiration of man-
In the l^rovidencL of (. iod, David was elevated from j kind, and for all the qualities that ever enoblod or
a shepherd boy on the mouritains of Judea to the ! dignified a commander, he was never excelled by
throne of a mighty nation, in despite of the rancour j any the world ever saw.
and hatred of his iiemies, and of the persecution of} 1 will not detain you with a minute account of
Saul, the son of Kish, hansel/ vet a king and com | his military life, in his campaigns and marches, h.*s
mander of the hosts of Isratd And Cyrus, the Me- j sniTerings and sacrifices, his battles and his victories;
dio Pcrsian, a heathen by birih and education, and | nor v.’iil it le ncccssary to notice all the principal
consequently ignorant of the true God, was called i events of his after life, in his civil and political con-
of God and by name, through the prophet liaiah, ! tests, high attainments and lus subsequent and hon
inorf' than n ccntury before he was born. Chosen i orable reiiiement. From these resources, we will
and annointed by Jt-hovah lobe Ilis shepherd, and j only draw, as occasion requires, by way of illuslra-
to perforin all llis pl^ni-ure,” and to him u’as given j ting those distinguishing traits of character which
"the treasures of darkntss and hid»n riches of se-j were peculiarly iii«, and on account of which he
tood pre-eminent, both as a ci'.izen and a patriot, a
' nravcd soci.tv, for alihougli .'itranRHl by paiiv pr.'-1 ' '“"I moicovcr, Uod decbrcj of Cyrus
iiidiCfS, and d'luJed by scciiui.il iniercsts. and per- ".I '‘‘.'S'*! “P rigtttc’ousness and I n-i„ hero and a statesman. , , , .
v.’f :rn a? ihd heart and hands oil “I' 1“^ nnvi; he shall buii.i my city, and lie , As to scholarship, (in the usual scholastic sense
and as united ‘ ^0’ captives, and not for a price nor re-1 of the term) Gen Jackson vvas deficient; but for this
FllOM the gub?criber. lil.out ihe lOih
ot’July last, a negro man named .1ER-
RY. 1 fe is about 5 feet lU inches liifth,
about oO yt*ars old. yidlow cnrnpb.'cteil.
i.iid has i\ very wild look. He had on
me a dove colored p;iir of linpey ]>anta-
(’ive a reward of'I’E.X DOLLARS to
THI". Fubecriber has received direct from P!ii!a- !
delphiii. an extensive assortment of
jud
socal prelerences, we are as
one man against a common tnemy,
in our regreis at the loss of a common f*iend, and
national benefactor.
In confirmation of the truth of the lormer, our
, , . - X, 1 country’s hisloTv is clear and convincing, and in
and o-.hor^ articles, compmmt' nevv and tashionab.e j J, this days pro-ecdings in cir niiJst
1? IS is 1? " LjI]! is l^i ^ ; and this assrinbly, with similar ones throughout the
II of which are Kresll and C«eilllillt> i land, are evidence conclusive, and speak in a voice |
ward, saith the Ijord of hosts.”
See you nothing prototypbal i;i the character of
these tv\o h^ioes and statesman of antiquity, as
agents by Divine appointment, and under Divine
control. See you nothing annabiious toth«se in
the characters of our matchless Washington and
lamt nted Jackson. 'I’hey, too, were chosen and ap
|H•r^ a who will apprehend said boy and drliv- •. gold as low as can be ati'orded. Physicians, ! ,.jo[ to be unhecdid nor misundeistood. It is not! fion) on high to rescue fioui the t\ rant and
me.->r luliXe him in i:iil so I get him again. : prescriptions put up with pariicnlar care. Fvery ! th’S day is hallowed a'jove all others, it is i alien, their country men and country, to bring
r.;;ia,!;-ess*‘d t:. Hemphiirs Store, Mecklenburg article sold warranted to be as represented. Pnr- | ‘because of any peculiar or transcendant merit f ”tccrit plac s ” her “ hiden richesto ! culture and literary training, in general, so essential
I'., vm.; meet prompt attciiiiun
JOHN W
POTTS.
22-f
chasers will here find all mu ..v. j speaker, that I see bef ore me so numerous
Mcificmee. if * ' ,, . r ...
Mr.J.L. Henderson, late of Salisbury, who Las ! and respectable an assemblage, member^ oi cve.>
tlie new and approved j
deficiency we can readily and sati'^factorily account.
I'he spareness of the population in all this region
at the period of his boyhood and youth, its wild and
desert character, and its proximity to the Indian
border, all rendered it impracticable eiiher to estab
lish cr sustain schools for the regular education of
the rising generation, and these difTiculties increased
after the commenct int nl and throughout the war of
the Revolution. Thouffh devoid of that scicntific
I possess the keys of, and control her irtasures,” to i liot only to the cnriching of the human mind, but
I. .'f
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Notieo.
vuMic a;/ iin.it tra^
lin:r fir a note
Ml
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V .!1 iiie
j V’
> me bv J:\nies MeLure, and by
" er. ' ir.^^: ' t * J -lin Weeks. Said note
as Wf’I as I can recolU'Ct. in February,
.iuc i;b '.i: il.e V-;h June the same
ti tilliOUil* ol ^X ■
i-n-loi'-.er. S ■
nd- '1
considerable experience as an apothecary, will l»e in I political paity. ari(
t}io rxi oil t*n»co t\j tiiifinl lo iHu t*\.isl!ies>. Ail j Creed ! iN0, It IS th
orders will receive the most prompt attention.
WM, S. NORME.NT.
Charlotte, March 2G, ISi5. k
• !!ars. A^ saiti
ill net a fra in be
.i, it V
d n.-str i.s now, or was
Au.
1
iif'f 1'uniiiniiham of Meck-
j:.''i-KUT M'. MlLLEii.
2'i-l;v
^ B-an.TKi:.
•Fust to Hand !
Af^l'LENDlD ASSORTMl^NT OF
JEWELLERY
build her ciiies. and il'.at. net for a price nor re-
\yx r'J f —
vale you by their socred tinsel, at the expen'^e ol
truth; no, these are reaJities, and through their pre
sentation I would rfmind you that while remember
ing our ;:ood and great men, and pioclaiming their
merits, we should no! forget the good and great Ciod,
•M n t „ i npl-nnM'l rcD'Ier proper acknowledgemeuts to Him and
f willows, and sit in silent but reverennaJ acunow 1 in* 11. 1 r nn
, . f *1 ■ I, I ir. n;- .,01 speak His praists, who is the‘‘maker of us ail,
td'’^emenl of Almighty God, who in ills airiicinef 1 i > >
and sulsrrib''' ’-vn v pwLt^wUi
e occasion rendered dt ar to us as
commemorative of the death oJ one of the greatest
! and best of our fellow' countrvnien. It is in answ’er
I to the loud and united call of this great nation, that
} we for a lime should hang cur harps upon the
also to i'.s discipline and dcvelopemrnt, be was learn
ed rs If by intuiiion; what he laciced of books and
early biudy was su[ plied fiom a mind of extraordi*
nary powers; what he lacked in language he sup
plied with aclioa, for although not lluent in words,
in d« eds, he v^as eloquent and impressive:—while
words, however, pointed and directed are sometimes
heard and not felt; his deeds like the bolls of Jove,
were often ftli before thev were cither seen or heard.
T
EMPRACING Ladies’ and Gentle
mens’ Ciold and Silver L E \ E R
W^ATCllES; gold Guards and Fob
Chains and Keys-, Breast Pins; Fin
ger Rings; gold and silver Pencils:
genuine silver table and tea Spoons—German silver
f)ro ! do.; fine pocket and pen Knives; Butter and Lruit
j)er- • ilo.; and various othei articles in my' line, which will
. , riiier i t;tia!ir.cd i'.n.i taken Let-
r. 't Aii;:.iii..''raiiun on the entaJe of hi;
J. J... Marlin, ili'ceuseJ. givrs nutirc'. 10 ul. , _ , ^
; r. uiL' leriiaruis ojjai.’isi said ebtate, to prest*nt * be sold extremely low lor cash. Call and see.
■ . f ’- pavrnent 1'gaily auihentii’au'd, wiihin the j All kinds ol Repairing in the silversmith .me
' .. ’■'■t* 1 .. i*cl by law, f»r‘ilji'rwi.-;e this notice will ■ done neatly, expeditiously, and on nioflerate terins.
; ' : ^ ^ r f-or''And all j>ersons indeb-• 'illOMAS IROITLK.
c^t.=u: are l.crcby ii'ititied to make pay- i Marcli 2S, IS 15. 202 v
BITTCHERIJVG.
rjpHE subscriber returns his thanks
be given.
A. II.
]>ay
.MAP/nX.
20- y
R
SJgflliam Snmtfv, 1
BOOK-BINDER, }
hi:- sincere thanks to a generous pu^- I
r ‘!i'- libe ral ])atroaage heret(j!bre extend- j
. and boLTv. h'ave to say that he continues j
III t!i‘ l>U(>K-BL\i)lN'G business in all .
io>-. He will be tliankful for work in his
. iu;.! prnti.ine.s to execute all orders promptly
i.i a superior style,. And as money is scarce
i :’"ti{'!:'s ul’ domestic jiroduce as are generally
nied in a laniily, will be taken in pay’inerU for
inig. at the inariv'-t price.
' ■ >‘T!)Iier't. IS
rry
raiu
I thought righteous dispensations fias recently depriv-1
i ed us of one of our most faithful servants, ablest de
fenders. and revered Fathers, Genaral Andrew
Jackson.
It is wi.'dom in mankind to mark the foot-steps of
D- ily as they are manifest in His mercies, and in
His judgemenis, and in proportion a? His bounties
are Hint ly and abundant, our gratitude should, be
free and perpetual, and as His dispensations are af
flictive, our humility should be de( p nnd abiding,
and our improvement of them '.vise and becoming.
And w'hile I both feel and acknovvh-dge ihe com-
pliineni paid me by your committee, in iheir op-
pointment of me to lead in the exercises of this con
sec rated hour, 1 would that they had selected from
the many, some one with more leisure, and one abler
to do justice both to the exalted theme, and this dis-
tinquished occasion.
_ At this late day you can expect from me but little
to the citizens of Charlotte for | jf any thing that is original either eulogic or his-
the patronage he has already received, j most that I can say on the subject of
and iufbrms them that he expects to j soKmnities, will be but the faint echo of those
sublime praises, which have already gone forth
JTCHili I from the first orators and eulogiis, throughout the
during the summer as long l . r . v
R l”ip iTiiPiids to oiler none uut wririt i> lirst t ■* i jo /
rite ’ ile also expects to make arrangements for a 170/, in the sct:lemerit of W^axhaw', and State of
snnnlv "e«ni'arly from the mountains, and such only I South Carohna ; and died at the Hermitage in I en-
as are of The first quality. He hopes by his endea- • nessee Qii the 8th of June, in this year of our Lord
vors to please, to ensure a liberal patronage. j 1S15, in the 78th vear of his a?e. The circum-
vor-siopca , JOIL^ RIGLER. '
continuo-
\ cfoii r,.,1 i-ltn2lh and breadth of our land.
a& le c. S - ' , Andrew’ Jackson uas born on the IGth of March,
- June rj, 1S45.
12-lvv.
Dr. M. p.. TAYI.OR would respect-
luliy otler his servicos in the prac-
tif-e : f Medicine to the citizens of Cliar
loue and vicinifv. His ollicc ip tbo one
- riacrlv occujii»‘l by the Clerk ol the -
ouiify r.iurt—fine door north ol’ihe Charlotte Drug
® (',ii s C'>niniitted to his carc will receivc 1
y'f'v -^'-l aihl I'aithrnl atteniion. |
- •i ir’;;ttt‘, January, 1S15. 9»>—1>’ j
MAI^'kSION hoijsIb.
^pffl the Su1)serii)er has taken possession of the
HOUSE in the village of Char •
iiitcfids to accommodate all who’
‘‘ il! on fjiin as well as he ])0ssibly cap.
ciiiiiion in similar advertisment^; t;> profets c (\o
[“^ny tliirigs-pai ticularly about the table bar, il r.*.
Hb" Persons getting Beef, must settle every Sat
urday or pay cash v/hen the Beef is taken.
AND A ^
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
Siimmrv
I stances of his birth and childhood seem to have af>.
forded an opportunity well suited for a display of
the Divine pow’er and goodness, in the developement
of his manhood and liper years. Born of obscure
; parentage, of scotish descent but who emigrated to
this country from Ireland in 17G5 ; fleeing from that
land of poverty and oppression, to this, an assylum
and a home for the subjects of tyranny and misrule,
of every nation and of every longue. The family
in point of property possessed but a moderate por.
tion, and pestilence and war Ct‘ down one and ano
ther of its members when the peace of 1783 found
him while but a youth, the only survivor of his
Fath»*r’s family. Lonely as he thus w’as, deprived
of a fathei’s counsels and correction, of a mother’s
000D8
irapr
ckaelis 1. mqss
t(j j)roino!e tfie conifbrt and convenience of j jrQg j^^ye to inform his friends and the public
'^r !: rs un>l travellers duriiii? their stay'. A ^eal i ;g now’ receiving and opening, at the
oUl stand of Morrison Harris, in Charlotte, a
Splendid StocJe of
the disposer and preserver of all we have, and all ! His powers of intellectual comprehension seemed
we are, and who “ giveth us richly all things to cn- { always commensurate with the subjects with which
joy
I'or what arc men? but instruments, and Ilis the h'lnd,
What arc ihronts, realmns, and worlds, but beams ar.d
prccioiis
Stones ami pearl.s witli which to build a superstructure
God designs, and whicli shall stand a nioiuiment to
Ills praise, liijih as Heaven and deep as Hell, bountllcss as
The universe, and lasting as eternity.
The loneliness and poverty of Jackson in his
youth were promotive of ihat resistU'ss will and tm-
conquerable peiseverance which so remarkably
characterised his subsequent life Situated as ht-
was, he early saw and felt the necessity of relying
upon and drawing from his own resources, thus lay
ing the foundation of an independence, not easily af
fected by the vicisimdes of foilune, and whi'e scorn
ing an ignoble dependance, he shuned the path of
the groveling parasite, so willingly pursued by thou
sands of our youth, nnd which so certainly leads to
poverty and degredation. ;
Being only nine years of age, at the df.claration
of American Independance, he could take hut little,
if any, material part in the u ar of ’76. W’hile in
his 11th and l*2th years, the people of Waxhaw’,
among whom were the Jacksons, were compelled
to retreat before a superior Britisli force into ibis
Stale. Andrew and his widowed mother took up
their temporary abode in the settlement of Sugar
Creek, about 4 miles from this place; and the old
lady with whom they resided is siill livmg, at the
age of 85 years, and on the same plantation that
gave support and shelter to the fugitives from Wax
haw'. It is related upon good authority, that afer
their icturn and with the permission and eocour
ag^^ment of his patriotic mother, h^* entered the army
in company vviih his two brothers, at the age of about
11 years. A company of 41) men w’as raised for
defence, among whom was Andrew^ Jackson and
one of his brothers, (the other having been killed
at the battle of Siond.) The most of this liule band
of patriots were taken prisoners, (Jackson and his
brother was among the number,) and conveyed to
Camdet:, and was not released until after the battle
at that place. About this time his only remaining
brr'her died, of a wound received at the Waxhaws,
ig their stay'.
■'-Cnt in nK'.nv respects is coniemplat?d.
WM. S. NORM ENT.
‘’’•otte, Jun, 2, 1S15. Uir'-
i\ej>Toes for Sale.
0-, ”
Tuesday of the next Superior Cou^^ I will
vr, the Courthouse in Charlotte. F O U R j
(]p belonging to the estate of J. II. Bissell,
Terms made known on the day of sale.
, J. II. WILSON.
^^2-15, 1S45. 222
J IVoticc.
indebted to the subscriber by book
or note, must call and settle their res-
Tlio^l^ ^ short time, as he needs money.—
riot Ll comply with this request must
•'^rne for the conBequences,
n C J. FOX.
1:1 IRU f?--v
to
traded wa-, and little wonder that while surrounded
with profligate companions and at such a time, that
he should have squandered as he did, his already
limited es'aie, and thus bereft of kindred and of for
tune, he was left to choose his path of life, in a
country without a government, and himst If rvithout
a home.
At this period we begin to recognise more dis
tinctly in his life the leadings of a wise and benifi-
cent Providence, as a father to the orphan, by
whose invisable though uneiring spirit, he was led
away from his disolute comrades and from amidst
the temptations w’lth w’bich he w’as surrounded.
From Charleston, whither he had repaired at the
close of the war, he went to Salisbury in this Slate
and commenced the study of law in the winter of
^ 1784, in the 18th year of his age, where he exchang
which wete 8elUreTriiy""ihim6cTf‘in‘the northeril ed his former loose habits lor those of severe study,
1 rkets a. d pu chased on the most lavorablc tern,., and unremitting attention to the duties of h.s station.
Tile stock is (ull and embracee every article usually I„ 1780, two years after the commencetnenl o( his
!b«nd in the interior country. 1 studies he was admitted to practice, and findinj; that
He respectfully invitee purchasers to call and ex- | gpciion too strait for his spirit of enterprise, and his
amine his stock, as he feels confident rliat he \citl, for extensive usefulness and honorable
for cash, sell Goods lower than any other.house .n forthwith removed to East Tennes
this place. j being nieased wrtb thai Se!), in 17^S
Charlcttc, April >S-I: " - “ *
watchfulness and prayers, he was then a fit subject j and the heroic mother survived him but a few
for the vioe and inmioralily attendant upon n pro- | weeks. She died in the vicinity of Charleston,
Of the latest fasliions and importations,
whilher she had repaired, as an ang(*l of meri:*y, to the
relief of the sufTering American piisont rs.
As to ihe correc'ness in detail of the events of
Jackson’s life llius far, we cannot be certain, but one
thing we do know’, that he v.’as old enough and s.tw
> he grappled; wl.ile for sagacity he might be termed
the w’ondor of the age.—cutvieing, alike the civil-
I ized nnd I'lC savage, by his distant foresight and
j deep penetration. 'I'here was no subtlety so artful and
cunning but that he could detect and forestall it, and
j no stratagem so well laid and hidcn but that he could
j disccrver and avoid it.
j His inventive and creative powers were not iO'
I ferior to his sagacity and comprehension. He ap-
t peared to meet obstacles but to surmount them, and
' encounter difTicuhies but to overcome them. 'Phcrc
was no occasion so important, nor emergency so
creat for which he was not prepared. In trying
limes, be w'as in himself a committee of ways and
means, of obvious ways to reach any important end,
and of ample means to its full accon^plishment. In
the impressive but varied* language of the poet, we
b« hold him,
“As some vast river ofunlaiiing source.
Rapid, exhaustlcs.^, deep, his genius flowed.
And opened new channels for its mighly’ course.
Where genius halted, weary in her tlig'ht
In other men, his fresh as morning rose,
And soared untroden heights, and seemed at borne
Where others strangers v.ere. Oih'.^rs tho’ great,
Beneath their greatness seemed snuggling whiles^
He from above descending, stooped to w’ork
The loftiest deeds, and proudly stooped, as tho’
They scarce his notice claimed.”
As a statesman and a politician, Jackson was a
"sui generis.'' Undisciplined in the severer schools
of statesmanship, and unskilled in the worlds of di~
plomaiic technicalities and profound intrigue, he
would have betn an easy prey to the wily and de*
si^’ning. had not a kind Providence supplied his
deficiency with an instinct, by which he could know
of the traps and snares so often laid for his feet, in
iirne to avoid them, and by which the shafts of his
antagonists so often directed at him with deadly aim.,
were made to recoil upon the heads that designed,
and the arms that directed them. His political prin
ciples were few in number_ simple in their construc
tion, and universal in their application. Equal
lights and equal laws—a free government, and freo
institutions—free trade and a free people;—these
were the precious stones, and this the foundation
laid by oui fathers in tears, and cemented with their
blood, upon which under God he would aid in build
ing up for his country that glorious, matchless su^
perstructure—the bane of tyrants, and the admira
tion of the world,—the North American republic.
, , . . , , , , J Ever ready as he was w’ith his sword to defend
enough of his country s wrongs, and lelt enough j invasion, he ivas none tho
for his oppressed and bleeding coutv.iymcn to eri- j opposing to the last, and >viih uiiflii.chinj
kindle m his breast the ol ptitnotisni tv.hich ,
never failed until extinguished m oeath. And he I eoverntnent, our institutions, or ourter-
was near enough the Fathers ol the Rcvo.ution-- • ^ssentiallv
those tnartyrs to their country s freedom-to ca ch emincntiv practical. He scorned
their falling mantle., as they themselves ascended j sublimated politician,
as a species of transcendenlatism, loo refined foi*
from the battle field to their rew'ard on high; for it
was by the spirit of those heroes of ’70, and by the
ample folds of their mantles died in blood, that Gen.
Jackson vvas ever after recognised by ail, high in
esteem, and foremost among the brave defenders of
her constitution, rights, and wide domain.
During the eight succeeding years from 178S,
the time of his settlement at Nashville, he rose in
his profession to an extensive and lucrative prac
tice, and was no less distinguished among the citi-
zen-soldiery as full of noble enterprise, and among
the brovpst of the brave. At the close of this peri
od in 1790, he was elected a member to the cor^-
republican simpliciiv. nnd loo mysterious for repub
lican candor and honesty’.
Whether he sioo I upon the floor of his own State’s
legislature halls, or in ihe capitol of the na'inn, ht?
stood up fur the people, and always beside some ono
of his country’s altars, he was ever prepared to ofil-r
any sacrifice his country might require for the peo
ple’s good. And when called to the Chief Magis
tracy of the United States, his self intere'l and sclf-
ajirandizement w«re absorbed iu his devotion totho^'o
•.Utfrol from Po’.’^ch.