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Promethem from his rock appeal Td «!arth, air, ocean, all that felt or feel power and glory, all who yet |^aU hear ae etem&l as me rolling year^ , aches them the lemon taught so liR%, ▼ainly— -^m to done wrong. get ridt^lhose prejudices against milUat^ y neceMaryfirr the perso/u who liare $ent home tiut _ / to look acrot* their own frontier iuto the Great Jfde- mdjoining their territory, and tee a person derated by Witp'.of (he people to it$ highest ttation, trko ia a military iS-r, and who ha$ riten to distmcHon by kit $uece»xful ' 'W« 2 ■RxaBvntganwn DRM *' l*resiJent Jark^on commenced his otficial career mi the 4t'i of Tif iircb lii«houltl 0(>er]it« oil the human heart to urge him to forget the prejudices and pessioas whit'ih had been exhibited in the previous content, and to practice dignified moderation and ftirj^earanse. Me bad been the choice of a considerable niryority of the peo- ple, and was riected by a large majority of the elcctsrt] votes. He hiul been elected mainly from the all powerfb! influence of gratitude for his brilliant military servicers, in spite of doubts and fears envertained by mau^ who colitri* buted to his elevation. He wns far advanced m years, and, if fame speak true, >vas satfcnng under the joiiit infiiTDi- ties of age and disease. He hiul recently been visited by one of the severest afflictions of Providence, in the pm*" tion of the partner of his bosom, whom be is renresent^ t^ havetendenyiovedandwho warinlyretumednllnisatfectioiK He had no child on whom lo cast his honours. Under suctt circumstances, was ever man more imperiously called vmm ' to stiile all the vindictive passions of his nature, to qv«tU every rebeiUons feeling of his heart, and to dedicaM tiie short residue of his life to the God who had so j0§giiniMed and spared him, and to the country which I honored hkn ?"— Vide Mr. Claff»9meeeh at Fa Lexington, M.ry U^th, l&^. ^L W- ft^ " Bonaparte once said, that a oK^ to be a «iccqM!i^'€So' vernor, must possess a knowledge of mankind,4ir the constitution of his country uMque»- a2 -4 n ««fc. **-'»n ,*,» -1*1 <•« -H-» r^- .' - -- -it . tionahle* Hiu experience iu state matteri vrHl now b« put to the test; and, as he sometimes observes concerning o-- thers "The tree Hill be known by its fruit." As for his m-"''*ftry habits aV.out which an outcry has been made, it seems unreasonable to put the mark cf disqualification upon a civilian, merely because in time of danger, and at the call of his couvtr*', be tiia put on a martial dress and been succep-iful at the head of a regiment or in the command of an army. George VVashington's habits, acquired iu the canp and field of battle, did not unfit hun for exercising civil rule, rnd why f:hou!d soldiership and its perils have Le«!n n bar tot:ie election of Andrew Jackson to the presi- Tb? mcit Ruthentic accourt c f the life of Jackson, ajid t« wluoh we are greatly indebted, was published in Philadel- phia, hi 1C24, by Bradford. The first four chapters were written by the late Major Reii, who was an eye witness t* * The hatred burn by Jucksou to tyranny and arbitrary power, iiiay be clearly perceived in many of his actions ; we give his re.-jsons for refusing to go as minister to Mexi- co, to which siiuation he had been nominated by Colonel Monroe withou- his knowledge, as one instance out of ma- ny. "On ma'iiire reflection'^ observes Jackson, in a letter to a friend, ait forwards published in the Mobile newspapers, "Ihave come to the" "conclusion: That in the present revolutionary state ol tlexico, the appearance of an Ameri- can minister at that court, with credentials to the tyrant Iturbide. would carry with it, to the people of that coiintry, the ijjpearance that the U. States approved his codrse : would thereby strengthen the tyrart — and eiuible him Hie more fir irly to rivet Vie chains of despotisiu on the Mexicajt "people., kIio of rit,^ht ought to befree. The future peace and security of the Cnited States, uiat^erially depend upon the Mexican'3 establishing a government upon the representa- tive syftem. These views iliduced me to decline the ac- ceptance, deterniiiied never to permit pecuniary or other considerations, to entice me into a Iue ravij.*;^ ijito that section of South Carolina, wliere he then was, rendered it necesHdry that every one should betake hiin-'eir t J the \mericau Standard, feek protection with the enemy, or ile*-' liis count.-y. It wao not an aUernative that admitted of tedious deliberation. The natural ardor of his temi»er, deriving encouragement from the recoinuiendations oi iiis mo'her, whose feelings were not less alive on the occasion t!i.-(u his own; and excited Ity thonf Hentiwcnt* in ftivour of' I'hertt/, with whi.Mi, i)y iier convcrsatidii, his uiiiid nad hern early oadued, qiiii;lviy detr;rii)ined hiin in the cour-e to l>e Ijuvsuc'd; and at ihe tciider ace of tourleen, aco.upanit'd »v his brother Robert, ho hastened to the American cauir, und tMigai^Hd ai'livelv in the service of his country. Hi-< oldest brotuer, who ii.'ul r)n'viously joined the army, had loHl his life at lite battle of c^tono, tVoiu tiie excessive heat of the weather, and the fntiirucs of the day. Both Andrew and Robed were, at tliis period, pretty w ill acquainted with the manual exercise, and had aoniu idea of the dirterent evolutii»ii«» oi the tieid, ha> in?? been in- dui^^cd by their mother in att.uidiug liie drill and general njii-it.ers of the ucie^lib jurhood. The Atnericans being unequal, as well from the mferio- rity of their numbers, as their discipline, to enjcHwe the British armv in battle, had retired before it, into ihe iute- ri'ir of North Carol inn ; but when they learned that Lord ('ornvvalli< had crossed the Yadkin, they returned in small detachments to their untive Stat^. On their arrival, they I'oun 1 Lord llawdon iu possession of Caaulei!, and the whuhi CMi.itry around in a slate of desolation. The Itritish coni- iri nider bein;? advised of the return of the settlers of Wax- saw, xMajor CojBu was iirwnediately despatched thither, with a corps of litiht dr.igoous, a comsauy of Jnfantry, and a considerable number of t'>nes, tor th.'ir capture and des- truction. Hearing: of their appcoich, t'.ie settlers, without delay, appointed tho Wnxsaw meefing house as a place of rendezvous, that they might the better ooUec-i their scjit- tered strength, and concert some system of operations. About forty of tiiem had accordingly assembled at this poiaf, when the enemy .ipproaclied, keeping the torie^, who were dressed in the common ^»nrh of the country, in fi'ont, whei'cby thjis Uttiy baud of patriuts wero completely (r) 7 •laceiTed, having taten tbem lor Capt. Nisbefs eompaa^ lu expectatiuu of which thc> had been waiL..^. ElevJii ^i theui were taken nriMmers ; the rest with difnculty lied. fica,.termg and betakuig themselves to the woud« f„r con' cealment. Of those who thus escaped, thouKh closel? pursued, were Andrew Jacksou and his brother: who, en- teriLg a secret bend in a creek that was close at hand obtained a momentary respite from n ,iuger, and avoided, lor the mght, the pursuit ot the enemy. The next day, how- ever, having gone to a neighbouring house for the puruoso Of procuring something to ^.it, they were broken in upon, and m.ide prisoners, by f'otSn's dragoons and a party ol' tones who accompanied them. Those young men, with a view to security, had placed their horses in the wood, oa 11 u"'^f^"l'^^^ ""^^^ *''**^*^''' ""** posted, on the road which led by the house, a sentinel, that they might have inforraa- « ♦♦u auy approaclr, and in time to be able to elude it. i lu ""^'' V^^ ^**^*' ^'^'^ acquainted with the countrr and the passes through the forest, had, unfortunately, pas- sed the creek at the very point where the horse:^ and hair- gage of our young soldiers were deposited, and taken pos- session of them. Having done this, they approached cau- tiously the hc.ise, and were almost at the d.)or before they w.-re discovered. To escape was impossible, and both were made prisoners. Being placed under guard, Andrew jv as ordered, in a very imperious tone, by a british oiiicer, /'> ci^i.i his boots, which had become muddied in crossiug t.ie creek. This order he positively and peiemptorilv re- lused to obey ; alledgmg that he looked for such ireatrnent us a prisoner of war had a right to expect. Incensed at 111?' f e.usal, the otfacer avwd a blow at his liead wM a Umtcu sicorJ, whu-h would, very probably, have t*_-rmiuated his existence, had he nut parried its ^fitcts by throwi.ig up his lett hiind, on which he received a aevere wmjuJ, tJe nuirii oj nhicli he hears to thin hmr. His hMlor, at the same Ume, fur a similar uSe nee, reeeived a deep cut on the head, vhtck subscquehUy occasioned hi>, death. Thcv were botU now taken to jail, where, sepiirated and cou'iaeJ, they were treated inth >,mrked sercni;/, until a few days after the bai- lie betore tamdeu, when, ni cont^equence of a partial ex- change, edected 1>> the .uiercessiojis and exertions of their motaer, and Captain W.ilker, of llie ni;iitia, tliey were hotti released lium coufuiemem. Captain Walker had, in a charp- on the rear of the Lritish a;my, succeeded ia nia/uag thirteen jiri^'gnoi-s, whom he gave hi exchange Uv a4 \ ■\ \ i h HP P ( s ) M-vru Americaus. of wl.ich number wore tho'e two j^^nK , /'"' ^r^:: To mW to U.e utHictions of Amlr.w his mo- »ur /'orJ ^r/i fty cr»f, and her incessant psertions to ovi< e Ho hin?, and other con.forts for the sutferme pn- Crs who haTi l>e.n t.k.nlrom ^^^^^: ^^^f^^^T^;, ernire^l in a f>,r ,rM» after Ju-r *««' ""/'^ 'f Z'"'^* '?„, 4 e,i',ny, in the vi. in.tv of 1 har eston. 'V" r«lkne. occ" Miilv Hurvivin-Tliil.l, r.inliufd to a bed *>».^",'^"«'*'' /y ' "Jld "; Z;..fienims ho had been -mpeUed to undergo whilst a prisoner, and bv -eftins wet, on »";. returj tr r^M ivi?v, was lh«« Ml in the wide world, v^'th^"^^,?;/*'^"'/. '^ b ine Wl h whom he could claim a ne:.r r«««tu>nsh,p. I he .r • II oox, abo.it tue natue time, havmg made i«s appear- nure JiTo^i him, had weU niyh ternnnated hn ...rov*s and liis existence." .. n- „4 Ilrre we -hMll j)au«o for a moment, to ask the intelhgenl nvulcr, ^vhethev it is probable that presi.knt Jackson en- tertains feelings of friendship or regard towards that go- vernment which he had been thus early taught to consider .vranni..! and oppressive ?-an opinion which the exper^ e.ic.b.thof his youth and riper y.ars ; the events o the ».;vil wr.rin America; the manner of his brother and mo- ther's death; the dismal accounts of misrule and cruelly practiced u^on the countrymen of his parrnt. and brethnm la unhappv Ireland, so long and so often waited across the Mlantic; and the mode of education and ev.m t..e tone ot the principal public writers, would serve to conhnn.- Is it probable that the sight of the scar and the re<-o.ke. Tionof the bereaveme »ts connected with it. hislnry, even at this distant d:v, has ceased to coujure ..p feel.ngs and r-eollections u^ifavourable to the existing j.overnment ..t England '— T.uc, the warm ami ardest feehngs of youth, have .riven olano to the p:-iule.ice and ca-.tion a-'uaHy atten- dant on more nature year., but few will have read even fhr priMily for want of aziy other histo- ry — they induiije not only as aa occasional pleasure, bin im- jiose upon themselves as a periodical duty, aad celebrjtte, ucco/dm^ly, with all sorts of nation;d rancour, at a j uarly fesrival, render the llevolutionry war in Wuich tiicy succee- ded, nearly as fertile a source of irritation to tlioni, with vetereace to p')or Oid Kaji'.aad, thoujiih the issue was suc- cessful, as its disasters formerly were to us, who failed.— IJut there is this very malerid, and, I tal^e the liberty of saying, .characteristic, di.ieroiice between the two eases: we have long ago forgotten Jtad forgiveu — out and out — all that has passed, luid absolutely thir«k so liille aboat it, tiial 1 believe, on iny coasci^iace, not one ai.ui ia a tl^asaad amongst us knows a wgrd of Ih^ese matters, wiih which they are apt to imagiii.»*us so much ocouji.ed. \\ ii.'re;is, in iiyerica, as 1 ha/c s.nJ before, th-; full, irue, aad jiartic- ular account of the angry dispute between u- — -iio kaL»vy- iedge of which ougiit to have t)cen buried Ijag a-o— -is carefully taught at school, ciierisiied in youth, and ait er- wards carried, iii manhoati, ia evory raiiiiiicatiua oi" oubiiu laidprivati' life.—- -».'* iS(U!':i ri.tri.U. .xO II / ,/, /,' n i 10) j,nbl!?ii 1, nftbrd very intelligable dirnonstrniions ot fim tfiehf.^H and v? i'^hcs of the late admiiii^tratiou, in America, fer ardia^r the " remna'its of dominion" and " geographi- e d" "appendages" of Great Britain nortl^ of the St. Law- icnce. Be it also remembered, tiie lan^uai,e of the execu- tive in a popular {government like the States, is intended «nd meant but a? an echo of the seutimeuts and wishes of the people. *" Havins: at lenjith recovered from his romplicated afflic- iioDS, he entered upon rue fciijoyme\itof his estate, which, although small, would have been sulhcient, under prudent r.iniiaeement, to have compL'ted his edui-atiou, on the liber- al scile which his mother hud desi*.pect8 to present cratiiicat;on, expended it with ralber too profuse a hand. Coming, vt length, to toresee that be Piiould be finally obliged *o rely on his own exertions, for »up!)ort and success in life, he again betook hiinscif to hi«t studies with hicrea:ed industry. He re-commenced under Mr. iMCulioch, in that part of Carolina which was then called the New Ac'iuifiiti\.u, near Hill's iron woik.^. ilere he revised Ih" 1 "lauages, devoting a portion of his time t© nde-iultorv coui ^e of studies." '• 'lis . ducation beint- now completed, ho far as his was- ted •.at,r.mOii,,'<'-»d the limiltd opportunities then atf;iracd in that section of the countrv, woald permit, at tlic a^e o) *i>/,7>.'«,]ie turned his attention t<; acquiring a pro.e-^siou, m.d 111 preparing himse'i' lo enter ou tlie busy scenes oi liie. Tiie pulpit, for wiiich he had oeeii den^i.itd u\ his mother, WHS now abandoned for the b ir; and. in the winter ot 17U4, he rev'.iireJ io S.disburv, in North Carolina, and commenced the , to declare his opinions of the relation which the uistruction of the peojile bei'rs to the stability and prosperity of free governments, and of the ex- cellence and utility of inff ut schools. On that day, a da , ^vas chof.cn a senator of the United Stnte.. About IhiMime he wnscbo.en to succeed Gcncr.l Comvay as Ma- ior General ol' the miiitr^ry division of Tennessc. , by the fiel.l oiRcers. and continued to hold thai appointment until, in 1814, he was constituted a Major General of the United States service. , . ^ • ^<» * " Becoming tired of political life, for the ."tribes of which he rch;Ved inmsei n..,ual.ficd, nnd ha-nf »"r ^o years voted in the n.inor.ty m coujrress, I'^J^ ^^ •^'^^ '^^^^^^^ the l^rst session, his <»eat in f »e senate. To this measure he was stronjrlv induced, from a des.re to make vsay for general .pen for those, who. replied : " I om much -ratified, sir, to receive '-vvi^it from the"e little children, especially when I consider the impor- tance of knowled^re, andathoroug>i education m our re- nublfc I iS with much interest on the rising generation, Snd cannot hut hope, that the efforts made for its advance- mentrknoiled Je Will be successful. I certaudy approve S- connecting amusement with "»«truct,on when ^^^^^l^^ in^pad of bein«^ retarded, is promoted by the tormer.— Whatever Ss-.ncrease knowledge, are lilcely to increase virtue and the power of the state ; and to the children of Lk coun?vv we mnst look for future patriots and piardmn'=,; You have mv he n wishes f..r prosperity HI t^ The president spoke witli much aiTabi ity and kindness «f naimer t.Nhe children individually ; his grey locks and ?ene?a"le feat ies, as be bent down to them, contrasting ItSv w ith their yoi.thful curls, and infantie aspect. The eler"ises on the novel plan of the mfant .cko^l. fasted abo!it an hour. 4 * Raid's MemoiTH •f Jaeknam jJU^ (1.0 it, intrica e L\ important duties, rnamb.tions ot thos<. dist uSVand honirs which younp; men are n unllv proud rnc^^Hes" finding too, that li is circumstances ami cond,- I oKinlTfe were not sn-h as to permit his time and atteii- t on o be devoted to public matters, he detenn.ned to yield ."m into others' h aids, and to dqyfe lumsclf to agricul- tural our ^u its; and accordingly seltled himself ow an ex- rellentf/rrnVten miles from Nashville, on the Cumbeijand Hver wher;, for several years, he enjoyed alUhe comforts of domestic and social intercourse. Abstracted from the bLy«cere^ of public life, pleased with retirement sur- rounded by friends whom he loved, and who entertame f r im the^ughest veneration and respec., and ^'lessea with a . aSle arfd afiectionate consort, nothing 7°«'ne I want- ing to the completion of that happiness which he so anx- inii«1v dt -iired whilst ui oHice. , , , ^ BuVanedod approached, when all the^e cndenrment. 3^ c re ag.S to be^ibandoned, for the duties of more active Hfo (?i^eat Britain, by multiplied outrages on our nghts a an independent anS neutral nation, had provoked trom on r Government a declaration of war against her. Fhis mea?ure though founded in abundant cauce, had been lonj; fo b'oni:: and"e\ery attempt at -nciliation made w, hou effect • when, at length, it was resorted to» a^.thR only ai fernative that could preserve the honour and dignity ot the S^GeS JaclSon, ever devoted to the interest of his rJuntrV; from the moment of the declaration, knew nowt^h so stronq as thai of entering into her service, agamU a pow- er ukichirulepenJentofpMicconsulcmtions, he had many private reasomfor di>iWdns. /« her, he could trace ^uffer- in^r^ and injuries received, and the efficient caim^ nhy, m early life, he had been left forlorn ami wretched, xnOiml a «i». .rirrdatiotiinthe world. Hi. prond and inOexible mind, however, could not venture to solicit an appointment in the a?mv which was about to be raised. He accordmglv re- Sne7wholW unknown, until, at tne bead of the rn.l.tia. ^np loyed aVmst the Creek Indians, his constant agUance. nuTthe splendour of his victories, apP"''ed the^general g. - vernment of those great military talents which he so en - nentlv possessed, and conspicuously displajred, when op- nortuWiej for exerting them were afTord-jd. We have copied the last paragraph nUire, because. »!. !) V^ i /! 14 0^) -i'lll iij-irt disliiiclly proves tiie fee'.nigs and sentiments of CJener.il Jackson to\v::rils the present ginernnicnt of Cvcat Mritniu. We are well aware that the same uufiieiidly prin* f iples are not retained against Irishmen, Englishmen ami Scotsmen. Far from it. To the unanimity of the Irish und Iheir descendants in his favour, added to the active ex* l;rtions and votes of a gre&t majority of the democratic Scotch and English citizens of A nerica (who say they were driven thither by what ihey term the tyrtmny ot the aris- tocracy and the impoverishing taxes and corn laws enacted for their support in affltienfie at the expence of the comforts of a whole people) he is in no small degree indebted for his elevation to the presidency. And were a war to break out in America, the most determiiied anduneompromi-ing ene- mies of the present government of Great Britain would as*- fiuredly be found among the emigrants who have left the three kingdoms for the republic, and among their itnmedi- ate descendants. Not an unpopular or (as these people, consider it) arbitrary act is allowed in England and sanc- tioned by its government, but excites in a higher degree the hatred of America, the moment her thousand presses have promulgated the tidings on this side the Atlantic- Accustomed to consider the people and the government of Great Britain as two distinct aitd opposing bodies, the peo- ple of republican America will warmly welcome an Irish emigrant on his arrival upon their shores, while at the same time they give veni to feelings of the most unfriendly na- ture against the tyranny and misery (so they are pleased to call it) from v hich he has escaped. To offer even an epitome of Jackson's military exploits, would swell this article far beyond its brief limits. T'nder the authority of the acts of congress of February and May, 1812, authorising Pjesident 3Iadison to accept the services of fifty thousand volunteers, Jackson raised 2500 men and prepared to descend the Mississippi and defend the coun- try. Ili« subsequent campaigns in thi^ Indian territorie*, z'^ ■ ^ Jjl*<. 1 t>er«r.7the re^ulaa of Major ReiiVs/our rkiptcrx, and the narrative cannot well be abridced. J^r. Eaton's cor.tinu?.- tion commences with further dctiils of the warfare T*ith the savages, and the 6th chapter concludes by stating th"^ preparations that hod been made for the campaign, in which the Americans reduced Pensacola. He had previously led several expeditions against the Indians of the south, with decision and effect; and met with uniform .-iiccess. As it forms aa important part of our design, to exhibit the principles and feelings of the present administration of the United Slates' government, we shall her« copy a para* graph from the 7th chapter of Mr. Eaton's work, once more reminding our readers that the author is at this mo- ment, the war secretary of the Union and the personal friend of its chief macjisirate. * '■ It was now rumoured, and generally nccredited. that a Terv considerable force would shortly sr.il from Engly»ri, "•e^fiued to act against some nart of the United >tr.*es , whe-e. none knew, or could tell; rumour, aitd public opm- ion, fixed its destination for New Orleans. The importance of vhi-^ place was well known to our enemy ; it was the key to the entire commerce of the western country. ^ Had a descent been made on it a few n.onth« before, it ;^i?"^, ^.''^ « been taken with all imaginable ease- bnt the Fntish hud confidently indulged the belief, that they could possess .t at anv time, without much difficulty. Englaod and France having ended their long-pcndiiig controversy, it was .ire- 8U,ned that the French people of Lo,n.iana, ^^^''^'V "»;« to t'.,e great benefits the Etjorl,.b hid conferred uv'on tncir native country ,-benefits that prostrated her liberty, and H-hi<'h have sunk her, perhaps, in eternal slavery, u'-uUl, on their first annearsnce. hail their d^li-erers. and 'it once be"o,ne their yassals. lndo^er.de;>t of this they imagruied the black po'ula^ion would aford tlicr. the me-ins ut *'vci- tin- insurr.vtion and massMcre. r'vd delu2:i.>g the c ii.ntry in b'loid. 'Vhether a resort to thi« kin-l of \v irf-re, w!i:oh involves the deencst wtv.t<-hedaes.. uud e.pr.liy exposes .o rui-i th^Mnuocent as \he jruilty.-the fcu.aie ns tho ^oldier sliould be s-,notion.-d by a nation prolessing a hig h scn^ o of __ '- , — ' ■ ^.v 1) i le % 1 H H (16) moral feeluig; or whether a nation that adopts iuch a sys^ tern merits cuuuteuuuce iVoni tlu- civilized world, ore ques- tU>iis on whicli %ve «hould not teiir the decision even of u» Sishmau, could he but divert himself ot tuat animosity ana hatred, Which, from infancy, he iearns ^o-^'^^JiX the -VmericHus. To this, and many other ««ts e^uu^ i* violation of the rules that .hou d govern honouraole war- f-ire, vu,y be traced tiu: came oj ihu»e deep-rooted ^'f^i/'': clesin the brenU. of our citize,u, toivards ho»e oJ t.^l^^'^ vhicutime, and a didcrent course ox eo"^;*-^'^;^"^^';:"^ f,^ move. Why such hosaiit v h s been practised towards us, it is difficult to deterniine; unle-^ the cnuie of the rcvo u- liun, if it Avereone, to n?e in oiijiositiou to the oi..iH«s>ion and despotis.n under which we then groaned, has ui9p»^«^ i^^ieu! to visit the .ins of the father upon the chiKi, with a deteiinination thev shall never be forLMven or iorgotten.— CertaUi it is, that'the United States fiave received a grea^ l;-r number of insults and injuries trom t.iH power, than from all the nations of the earth together; tne hoary locU of a father, torn off by t}ie vtcrcUesn Lulm>i,-tJ'e uuuicenl, lUpiesH female, bleeding by »apnire torture,— and the uuojfeud- iu^ babe, druK^red from Hie bealuii,' bosom ofUn motuer and butchered in leer si^ht, are cruelties tuat canA,e ^''f ''^^f "" tish influence: yet these people and ourselves are descend- ed from the same fathers— speak the same language— are roverned by the same laws-and are siimlar m manners and customs. But to inquire into the ««'V?^« «/„"jtioual feeluiK, belongs not to the historian ; it is his duty only to detail facts. The war is over ;. ueace is restored; and the two nations, and their citizens, by a mutual respect, and forbearance towards each other, siiould endeavour to pro-« mote that friendship and intercourse, wliica it is evidently the interest of both to preserve, :uid which, we hope, may be lasting." , We have italicized a sentence or two of fllr. Eaton », and are desirous that the following language, delivered in tiie House of Assembly of Lpi)er Canada, in December, V6-Zb, by Mr. Kobiusou, the present chief justice of the king s bench, may be compared with it. It will be remem- bered that Mr. R. repeated the observations in his place and gloried in them. Wc copy the printed reports, and 1.,^ can attest their accuracy. • i""p?iei!t.. The.Vtteraey Geucra! (t»f l^ C.\ in a most impasj-iotY.. 1 / ••'.ctHoncsaidlK' wr.uM suffer Jcv,//. before he wouia ruu. " seut to a measure that would confer the rights of subjects «' on men who, but a few years ago, had invaded our ( oun- " try-ransacked our villages-burnt our houses— and mur- '^dered onncires and childr«;n." The learned gentleman alluded to those Anglo-Arnencans %viiohaxl,upto that time, come into the province, havmg left the United States after the close of the last war. But very t.r indeed was he from expressing the sentiments ol VpperCanada, or of the assembly he addressed, ht^r repre- ceutatives. , Of the circumstmK^es attending Jaelcson's attack upon Pensaeola; the capture of that plHce a«d destrurt.on of the Barrancas, the public are already in full posse^ss.on.- The occupation of . Spanish territory in tune of peace, vas an unauthori^. 1 act, of which that omcer assumed the entire responsibility. With the eighth chapter commences tue history ot t je defence of Louiriana; and we perceive, that in a letter to he th.n war secretary, dated Nov. 20th, mi. Jacks m prc- p"es a plan, which if followed " I will," he adds, ^'msure - that an elfective force shall soon appear m every quarter. •' amply sntficient/.r Hie reduction of Cumda, and to drive " our enemies from our shores." t . __ \Z VmZZ tlua Sd.us ..rn,b, are danger.,,., to/r,- r„;;'n;!rr,r :S,Sea ..", '"^la .■.?-u.e „...,,.i. -;;;-' ; , h SSlink » vatri,tic,u,ima «viH c.v.r ,t w.th ,n.- Ife (18) Th« successful mode of defence which he adopted agaiifti an iuvading force, as superior in numerical strength as in arras and military discipline to the irregular troops under his command, obtained for him the admiration and esteem of many of his countrymen t. who felt grateful to him as the deliverer of America from the horror* of civil war. II " The annunciation of the triumphant defence of New Orleans, was, in every section of the country, hailed with acclfimatiou ; illuminations and fetes foilowea it into all our cities and principal towns; and in all was it agreed, that none other than the decided course adopted bv Jackson, couldJiave attained so auspicious a result. The legisla- tures of many of the states voted to him their approbation and thanks for what he had done. The congress of the United States did the same, and directed a gold medal to be presented to him, commemorative of the event. A ddrcsses from numerous societies iwid meetings of the people were forwarded, exnressiveof their great regard, and prochiira- ing him the deaverer and second saviour of his country." The accounts given of the battle of the 8th January, 1815, both by British oflBcers and Americans, speak in the high- est terms of approbation of the gallant behaviour and reso- lute undaunted character of the British soldiers, and the no less determined spirit of resistance, and cautious fore- sight displayed by the Republican Militiamen, and theri- extraordinary commander $, peiietrable tsgt*;" " a million of armed freemen, possessed of the meana of war, can never be conquered by a foreign foe." t Thf following anecdote is a set off to another of the same class related of the genera! commanding at the taking of Washington, and president Madison: When the British deet arrived off New Orleans, in De- cembe.% 1814, previous to Paekeuham's lauding his array, the admiral of the fleet sent his compliments to general Jackson, and informed him that he (the admiral), would do himi^elf the honor of eating hi« Ciis : rmas dinner Ih New Ori.'ins. "Maybe so," replied n\i iinkory. -'but I shall do myself the honor of sitting at liin ul;;u1 oi Ihe table." tl K"«t.n)'slifeof Jaik^on. / #« 19 / l| I 09) IX haaheeu remarked, we think by Stedman, that kmtiit i>au'^ fighting for the safety of their firesides have display* ed in innumerable cases the greatest bravery and contempt of danger; and it is lingular that the government of Great Britain shews so great anxiety to curtail and destroy the pri /ileges and liberties of the colonists, who would be the best and only sure defence if ^yell used and eo^fiied in.'— Mr. Eaton justly observes, that while " tht ,i>eople of Rome felt themselves freemen, and proud of the name of citizens, Rome was invincible ; and to descend to times more mo- dem, the strength of France was an overmatch for combin- ed Europe, only while Frenchmen had eonf deuce in, and regard for their government, and felt that they wfcre a part of it." Elsewhere, speaking of Jackson's soldiers, he says that they " were most of them owners of the soil, wlio had families anxiously concerned for their safety, and whose happiness depend npon their return: such men would have proven a loss to the community, too great to warrant their being risked for the mere gratification of pride; in oppost* liou, too, to those whose trade was war; and who, wholly abstracted from every thing like principle, contended in correspondent of the National Gazette observes, that '* the remark respecting Gen. Jackson, so far as it affects to de- preciate the laurels he won at Orleans, is perfectly despi- cable, and such as no officer in the British army, I feel well assured, would not be ashamed of, and willing to denounce as a base calumny. In reference to it I may relate to you a conversation at which I happened to be present in *'io year lo25, Avherein Sir John kean, who was the second, I tliiuk, in command to Packeaham, and wounded at the bat- fle of Orleans, on the name of Gen. Jackson being men- tioned, spoke in the highest terms of the military skill of that commander, and saidthere was no individual whom he would be more delighted to see. Iiidoed, he expressed Iiitxiaelf desirous of visiting; the United States expressly for til It purpose, if he thought the auimosity which hJid exiB- led between America and England had su.iicieutly subsided to preveiit the mauifiw^tatiou •( any disiyspectful fueling. \ i ^i 2C (JO) jbattle without knon iuR why, or for whnt they fonj^ht. -- Let British rulers cease to interfere with the mternnl ron. oerns of the colonists but »llow them Uxefrecu^e of their con-titutions, and assuredly both parties w.ll be gau.ers^ With the «ucce..f.il example, of the repuhhc hefi.n.- the , it is altogether miaccouutable that conc.l.at.on of the popn- latioi. is not even so much Ai attempted in I pper tan:, la. nritaiu, continues Mr. Eaton, may " discover m our yeo- ' manry a determination to sustain with hrmne.s, a goyern- •meut which knows nothing of oppression; hutwh.ch.ou ' an enlarged and liberal scale, aims to s.-cure the mdepen- - donee and happiness of man. If the peop e ot the L'mted ' Stntes, free altnost as the air they breathe, shall at any 'time omit to maintain their privileges and their govern. ' meut, then indeed will it be idle longer to speaL. of tl..^ ' rights of men, or of their cnj^acity to govern themselve. : • the dream of liberty must fade away and perish forever, ' no more to be remembered or thought of. ' The attacl: upon St^ULnistine^the executionjif^ ^* " VVhen'th^Vr'^id^.t of the I nited Stat, s "' ^h^ 1«"- dable exercise "t a ''««''J'li^^'-«^^""' ^^^^^H ■^'^ '^'^'^Tll coulmandSl in the south to wrest the affngu ted mf.u from the bloody grasp of savage bHrhantV to y ml o . with his avengin<£ sword, the merciless tum.ih.iwK fr( m tim head of t^franUc mother, and to put a speedy t^-rn^ a .. . o ^heVirderous war, what s<,lic>txtde •;^;»;«^'-^'- "»!,'- ^i-.*.»xiires-xtd— what Jilarnis were somided by a corps oi ";:;S:::./ editors f-lu the execution of tliese ord^s g..nerulJack.on.ound it necessary to l>";;;"^' ^'d k n, verthe foe retreated: he, therefore, w;is compelled to ros^ ^Jr he boundary Ime of the United ^^Jitcs m ot he bjvm- i«h friirorv, in pursuit of the enemy who had take re uge acre This act, although it was the jne.nis of puttmg an iM-d to tlie war, a.id restoring peace to the frontiers of (.eor- X be • .nie tl e theme of aluse. The motives of tins ga-- Knt o5 ctu- were imuugned-his ambition was represented a"m^'im.led aVa7aS,g-aud his disposition, as ignobks '^^«',^^-^.'^'T.?fIK'l^'iTJL•.,..,^re. in what does the cond-K^ of Vh'. ia;mM,ted Ailcn aud CoMinuMlorc l'-»rT.>r, (liUer ir.-rn That of < loncrn! .i;.cks.-)n.-'H Virguna I imev.4 «* •/ hiLstci-— and General Jackson's arpimtiit, that" it i« •* , '• estnblished priucijile in the laws of ualious, that any iu- !•' Uividua! of a natimj making war nj?aiu3t the citizeitH of i' any otlicr nation, they being at |)eai;e, forfeits his alle- j '' j:iauce, and becomes an outUuc aiul a pirulc' —\^o havt c.l;- disH;)i»rovcd of. Hut true it is that n^ouy individuals, p xi/u inns statesmen, editors of papers and others, who a;;rt;t;d with us on t!',c!*e questions, were afterw'irds found ^' among the warmest of Jackson's supporters for the presi- IdeaLv°Oi' the Union. Files of the Kichmond Enquirer and New V urk Evening Post, of these times are before us, ami the veteran editors of these st'mdard journals, both of whom afterwards ranged themselves in the ranks of the present -dmiMistration, did then most unequivoeuUy con- dt;i..n the conduct of tiie general commandi;it^ The Seuuto of tiie Union too, by u s;>ecidl committee, made a report un- favourable to Jackson, a report which, says the Enquirer, is recommended " by the soundness of its constitutional doctrines, by its bold tidliereucc to the principles of loOO," and because its dedfotjons are (in Mr. Ritchie's opinion) 'always just." , , .. . On the other hand, it ouirht to be rcmembei ed, that among the documents communicated to Congress, in relation to the Semit/olf contest, the Secretary of war unequivocally declares, hi a letter to the governor of the Alabama territo- iV, dated i3th May, lolU, that " General J.ickaon is vested irithjuUpoxer to conduct the uar iutlie tiMuncr which he shall tliu.': best ;'''—Thi'.t Arbuthnot met the fate which the cou.i martial had awarded to him, tliat Ambristcr was condemned to death by tlie same authority, and that it was to the after coiisi deration of this latter decision, at the uistance of one of its rnemuers, that the general demurred ; that Ambrister was handed to execution, having been found in the ra.:ks or cause of a savage enemy, which respected no laws of war i^ s.df, and therefore was entitled to mu indulgence in return; f';;;t many of the pui)!i'' viil«.r« ituJ piil>!ic uirii yi tuc ■■^in ^ .''■.••• » > tad States, who boldly denounced General Jic^son, «t tli.tt period, hnve .■piobation, and to stnte their willingness to trust him in yet bitther stations. 1 his proo!' did Jackson obtain in the state < f Teni.essee, T^liere, Q,. thf. 'i.fh .T'llv. 13% he was first nominated for theomce he now fills, bf tfce ojiairiauus stAvt «i tfe.e House of Uep,- >v t {23) ' ta tbe meB»';rame «a«e of the seven Anierican CiiiEeoji Who were hung at liurliagton lieach during Ihe late war, there were no savages in the question ; the men whose lives were taken were forei^ers, owing our govemmeut no natural allecriauce. Why were they hunfr 7 How very ditferent a case was thei. i from that of Arabrister, and yet how little noise has been made al>out it, by the friends and dependants of the colonial administrations, those friends and creatures who afterwards suspended on a tree ih open day Mght, and in time of peace, in the capital of this province, the effigies of him who is now president of the United Stales . resentatives, whose resolve was, that "In him they be- •■ hold the soldier, the statesman, and the honest man : h* "deliberates, he decide?, and he acts; he is caJm in delibe- ** ration, cautious in decision, efficient in action. Such a ** man we are willing to aid in electing to the highest office ♦' in the gift of a free people. The welfare of a country " may be safely entrusted to the hands of him who has ex* " perienced every privation, and encountered erery danger, ♦' to promote i .s safety, its honor, and its glory." His correct view of the responsibilities attached to the statif^n to which hiS own state desired him to be raised, may be seao in his reply to an address of the citizens of Nashville, at a public dmner three year;, afterwardb : The following is an extract: . , , ^. " When thus brought before the people, the canvass wa« "conducted without any interference of mine: nor did I, " when the election devolved upon the house of represeur " tatives, attempt, in any manner, to influence its decision. " The presidential chair I have always viewed as a situa* " tion too responsible to be sought after, by any individual, •' however great his talents, or eminent his services. It u •'one which the immortal Washington approached with "awful forebodings, conscious that the desUny of a fre« « people— of unborn mUlions, were committed to his charge; "that, without the smiles of Providence, and the confading " and indulgent support of the people themselves, his ex- V ertions would be unequal to the task. With such author " ritv to support the maxim which I hav» endeavored to " follow through life—' Neither to seek nor decline public " f^vor,' I offer bit pwt oo«dnct as pr«of tf my Mncenty. (-^1 fn April, 18-21. voveral inJividnal* iulerr-lpJ, raluvr.^M'd lettors to General Jackson, desiring l.i«« opinion on th^ M- riif question, whidi was then apitnting the rountry. I< mm his answer to Doctor Coleman of W'arrenton, dated-^^ as.i- ington Citv, April 26th, mi, tlie gr. ■ter part of which w- have cooi/ui from th.- Raliegh [N. C] Star, the reader will gather much impr.rtuitinfonnation, not only conconang his personal ophiions on the support to be given to dome«ti> industry, ^-ut also in regard to the general policy he would wish to si-e pursued by his country. The substance of hi« reply is as rdlows: " You ask m. my opir.ion on the tariif. I ^^"'^Wf';^!^,'^;/. am in favour of a judicious examinalioa and revision oi it . Jul o far a the tariif bill before u« embraces the des.gu .« fos erina, nrotecting. and preserving within ourse ves th,' SS";f n!itional defence 'and i-l"Pendence pjirt^HVibirh^ in a state of war, I would ad\ oc.te and support it. 1 lie cx- perienoe of thelate war ought to teach us a lesson, and one 'oe er to t forgotten. If our liberty and republican fonn orc^.ven'neut, procured torusby oiirrev'olut.onaryfsuiers are woilitiie blood and treasure at which they w-ere ob- tafned it surely is our ditv to protect and detend them. cTille;;!^ an Amencan patriot, ^^^^X^X'X^^ danaers oul ditficuhirs expenenc.d tor the^^..nt ot p.o ) r means ofdefence duriv- the last war, who ^.""i'i ^'^ .^ / »'f again to ha.ard the sauty of our country, 'f «'"Jroded o. to rest it f.r defence on the precarious '"^^'l"^ ^ - ''i^!'"' resource to be derived from c(niii>ierce in a state oi wai >vit( r mariiime ;>ower, who might re is not; a..d if there is. I a^.! s r^ he does not deserve to enjoy the Idessmgs "[<^^;-:^;;',; , ^ ,^;; ven smiled upon, and ^r.-ve us l.bertv an ''';' 'l"^^/^'',"'^*;;. That same Providence has ble-ed u-^ with the m'.ans ot nationaiin.lcrendenc.andnntirmddeience. ^^ve om.t or refu^e t. u-n thepifr. which he has .''^tenued >• ^^^ dcscrv.> not the contiitnntionof his hlo^.-ngs. He has tilled our in .'■.•I'.l. s and our plains with n,;...rr.lc-v. . i lead, iron Jml ■'■^n er- rrd given us rhmr,t. no-! «r I for the growmg Sfhnnn a,;d wool.-" These beinu tb. . 7-^-^-'} ;;;Vr nation..! defence, thcv ought to>i.v. .. t«»«l<-<';'' '^^ •> ' . huate and fair protection, ibat our own manufucturei, and <' - O r ^ ( -^' ) I'lhorers mny b,? place! on a I'lir oom;M>tifioT> with llio'^f > EuroiMj, au«i tliat we may liuv.-, within our coimtry, a huji- plv ol' those leadinv; ami itnportant articU'S s'o essential iii war. licyond this, i h)ok at the tariff with au eye to t\u; nropof dist!-il)uti(>n of Inhour, and to reveiiU!.-. and with n view to di«(:har"^e our national debt. I am <.n.' ot tliose wli(» d-» not believe that a national debt is a national blessinr, but rather a cur«e to a rejuiblic; inasmuch as it is calcuhi- te.lto raise around the admhustration anionie.l ari-tocracv, dangerous to the liberties of the country. 'I his vanfl— I metui a judicious one— possesses more fancuul than re: I dmcer. 1 will ask, what is the real situation ox the ajrri- rultnrist? Where has the American fanner a inark«;t tor his surplus product ? Except for cotton, he has neitlier a foreicrn or home mark?t. Does not this clearly prove, wheti there is no market either at home or abroad, that there is too much labor enpioved in asriculture ; and that tlie <'hi:n- ne's for labour she. '.a be multiplied ? Common sense points out, at once thy remedy. Draw from agriculture tins su- rerabundant lalxiur; employ it in mechanism Hi.d manutac- ture« • thereby creating a home market for our bread-stutls, and distributing Inbou'- to the most profitable account; and benefits to the country will result. Take trom atrriculturc, in The United States, six hnndred thousand men, women und children, and you will at once give a home market for more bread-stutls than all Europe now furnishes us. In short, fir we have been too lon^ subject to the policy ot the Hri- tish merchants. It is time that we should become a little m(.re Amcrwmizrd; and, instead of feeding the paupers and labourers of England, feed our own; or else, in a short tim'?, by continuing our present policy, we shall all be ren- dered paupers ourselve*. . 1 ■ 1- • It is, therefore, mv opinion, that a care.ul and )oii my opiiiions fret'ly, beoaust- I am Avitliout coiUH'JiiDKrat; aiul shouU indeed despise myself, u* X co'il.l heliove myself f!ipril)le of desiring the coiiiidence of iiuy, by means so ignnbh." In 182f{, Go'" "nor Rny. of Indiana, again requested his opinion of wl ; » termed the " American System," and ob- tained in rep;_ .' opy of tlie letter to Doctor Coleman, from which the above is an extract, with the information that the writer had not since then chaugtd his sentiments. "To nreservf vir invaluable constitution (added Jackson) and be prcparcMl to repel the ipva.-ions of a foreign foe, by the practice of e>,:onoiny, and the cultivation, triiJiin ourneltes, of the mrans of national defence and independence, should be, it seems to lue, tlve ii-adinj; oltjtcts of any system which aspires to llie name of " American," and ot every prudent admiuisfration of our government." The same principle is kept steadily in view in his inaugu- ral address; the sixth clause of which, upon imports, evi- dently recommends " the peculiar encouragement of any products of ' agriculture, commerce and manufactures' that may he found essential to" the "independence" of the Republic- 'J'he President and his cabinet will assuredly not incline to grant the corn bill gentry and boroughmongers of England a better bargain than would have beeu made with them by his predecessor. We incline to believe, that Congress will makenorclaxa- fion of importance in the present 'riff, in favour of British goods, at its next sitting. That measure was carried by a strong majority of both ins and outs, and its advocates will increase. What a ruinous affair for England has been her evni bill, so long persisted in! It has driven many thou- sands of her veaWiy tradesmen and ablest mechanics to »eek a home on this continent, to which, unless for its ope- ration, they never would have thought of carrj ing their industry, talent, skill and capital, or of seeking a home. It has had other and still ujore destructive effr.ts, which are at last beginning to be d 1 «. 27 (-) I of i^B Steam Rnjriiie nm! Spiniii i«' Jentjy, has creatc'd for the Knclish aristocrrtry, millions of subjectH, who work !,aril and require no sustenaiice; bv means of the improve- luents projected by these mechanics, has a syntem of taxa- aticn and uationd debt and extrava<;nnoe been continued !Mid supported, that otherwise would have lonj? since suuk rndt-r its own intolerable n»eijrht, or been checked by B -iib«ta;.tial reform in the constituticm of the House of < !on-."^^'^".s. A reform dosjiaired of as far back as 1811, even bv Sirl'hiiip Frauci',*' but which, it is v/el! known, «0,0(»0 men in the West of ."Scotland, were prepared to enforce at the point of tiie sword, nine years ago, h;ul they had ade- ouate lei'ders undtr winch to ran«*e themselves, or a wei* (i;ii:c»;to(i plan of operations by which to act. The HritisU jroverument, by its spies, ascertained lorrectly this last tact, and we ho])e itwii profit by the information obtained. An interesting account of General Jackson's residence and habits, hus l.een communicated to the Editor of th« I'ltUed Service Journal, a well known British periodical, by !ui English gentleman, who travelled through Tenn^^ssee r. ve or six years ago ; this account we copy, as it will aid in undeceiving tho-^e in Canada who ha\-e listened to and be« lieved the lyijg stories of party prints, opposed to the Ge- jieral solely from party considerations. " Travelling throuth the Westei i States of America in the early pa'-t of the v^ar I'lO-j, I was induced by the famo of this clistingui>«Ued'man, as well as by tl.e report of hia iio^pitality, to request an introdi'.ction "to him. (ten. IE. fu-mt-i'V Mi aid uf ttie hero, and now commanding the ■' I .o:'e; and, if 't exi-t>-. 1 am i:ot its dcLtor, As ,r a? I cau ludtre, the mass of the Eugh^''.■ (^opulfaion i-^ inert; the co'Uitry li'i* lost its pas^ior.s, aad i~ n*)t fit f(»r acticu. 'J'his general o'.iuion is op.-n to exci'ptious, and \oii ar* onr* of them."'— [lienor of .^u i'aiili) Fruiicib to M-'jorOuU ■»vvi;^tiT. Jpr'i. ii'li.j 2^ I (-5) Riil:'i;i of tlic Siafe oF Tennesee, li^ii.sr made ncqafiinted >vitli my vi^ii. uie, and politely tendiTed me iiis carriage aiid atteii(lon's seat, the llv . e, distant about nine mile*, on h fsatur- day moriiiii!', and arrived ju4 as he and his lady were j;Cottiueiug a strict follower ot' that st-ct. — To this ciiurcli, which was erected entij-ely with money supplied from nis own ]>urse. and \va.s siluat« d not a mile from his house, w e repaired. CJen. .)ack>oii'i reli;;ious faith and principles, as well as every ttiiiijj else eounecteu v*jth hiui, underwent the strictest .scrutiny at the late pre-ideu- tial election. Trom what I saw of liim, I should suj^pose hiin a consistent Christian, making lio pretensions to being l),;ttertiianhis neiuhbors, but establishing that factb^ a lou^ life of ri^i i prol»ity, and the performance of honorable and I'oble deeds. The atfectiou entertained for hhn by his do- inestics — his nei'ihbourr, all who know liim intimately, jiroves the amiability of his nrivate life, and the multipli- city of trusts imposed upon nim as a guardian, executor, c>:c. attest tht cjahdence placed iu his lionor and honesty. "After the service was concluded, we returned to the (leii.iral's house, and foimd dinner ready. I had an oppor- tunity, in the arrangement of the tlinner table, to obaerve the course of Conduct bv which he >vas enabled to euteitaiM so much company, without that unhappy consumniKtion which would invariably in Kn^lanJ attend the like profu- sion iu house-keeping. We h id upon the table abundance of ineat — tliere was beef, mutton, turkeys, goese and seve- ral kinds ofdu.'ks and fowls, but neither wine norspirtuous li(juors of any kind. !\o fruits were introduced, n(»r any tinnc save |)uddincs, beyond the dilicious ajid elegantly- cooked meats 1 have mentioned. The dinner was served up at three o'clock, the common dinner hour in Ame<"ica^ and the ctimp.my consisted of about thirty, of whom ten were ladies. They were priiicipaty travellers, attracted like n>>self by a wish to see the "American lion;" no per- son of re? pect.titiliry visited that nart of the country at the tiiii*; I was there, uitlioiit making a call upon t'i(.» i-eneral. Hi; kej»t open dos-rs, and s^;d*)m sal down to dinner witk fewer than twenty guests, 'il.o exjiense attending this IiosjiitH'.ity Win m>'t i)y tlie most rigid economy in every dep irtmeiit, nv a st**!'.;! personal observation ol'his domestic j)olitv. and every tiling conne.Mcd with his (.stat*;. Every Ohv, ;it uii early hour, he was- in his heids Buperintcndnig /w o (29) .aU slaves and workmen, with whom he rpmaiiieJ many hours, and evt-ry day he made the circuit of the tstate, and saw the stock." * We think we have, in former parts of this little work, very distinctly shewn the oolitical principles "of General Jackson : one or two additional quotations, however, may not be amiss. From Jarksoii's revhi to nn address delivered to Jiim m Ten. in Aor. IS'iT).— " If, in my march through life, it has been my good fortune to be an actor in scenes which even- tuated iVneficiallv, my ^retitest satisfaction is in knowiuj; ttifTt, at this day, they are toiividered as they were inteudet', for the benefit" and advance :nent of our common country. The ln»t spot on tne trlobc where liberty has found a renting * Having given the history of a dinner in Tennessee, in 1333, we may as well copy from a Boston journal ihe. brief details of i feast at Washington, in June, IB29: "Yesterday I dined at the Presidents with the whole foreign diplomatic corps, in their various court dres«es and orders of nobility, all the othcers of our army and navy now in the citv, iu full dress, all the heads of departments, and a few distinguished strangers, among whom .vas Mr. (Jall.itin. As it was the tirst public dinner he had given, I had great curiosity to witness the ceremony, and was not only • ratified, bu* felt proud, that foreigners shoulil witness surh a splendid entertainment. The President received^ his guests with great dignitv, his manners being those of an accomplished military oilicer; conversed very freely, and made himself finite agreeable. The President sat at the middle of the table, the foreign ministers ranged on his right and left, acco'-ding to their rank ; the Dutch minister on his right, kc\\ the British minister on his immediate left.^ 31r. Vanliuren directly wpp^sae, and the other iieads of de?,.irtmeuts ro^nsed on hi- right and »eft. The honors ot the table were done nv Mtijor Donaldson and Mr. Hays, the nephews of >lrs. JacksKO. The ladies were not present, wiiie! I regretted, for I cui^ider Mrs. Dontddson quite beautifiii. and i*'iss Katoii is very interesting and very ''O'^ial. The di'iner W"s .erved up in a more splendid style, tli.Ti 1 h'lve witnessed on any similar occasion. The desert and wi'.K's were abuiulint and rich -, and we left t!ie t^hUs at !' ')'<-!o H'h'^nerer an nssauft may come. The world cannot remain at peace. Hunan nature is restless — and man, as he ev»T has b»'tM, is ain1)itious. because our government is fornit ■! upon new priiicijiles, wo musi not trust alone to that; but ninrk. with ca^-e and caution, the secret and silent riir^>a(ls which intrin^ue, ^mbition, and cunnin;;, from time to tim*', may origindte. In selecting, at any time, oni/ p^ent tr> dis.;harge those important function*, which, under 'iur f.irtn of government, must necessarily be confided to hiin who re|)resents us. let mind be one great consideratior' ; but, above all, let it be ascertained that virtue and purily have, with lijin, taken up their abode, dwelling with him and he with them. By this means, and only tJiis, cfin ()iir liovernment go down unimpaired to posterity. AJere fcrri HJid ceremony in the guid;ince of our atiairs, can avail but little. We nlust be carefuT and vigilant to adhere to tho- p great principles, which characterize and mark the govern- ment we possess." * Fro/n ft/s xpiyfl) at the celebration of Oie annitersary rf TiuL-pendi'iwe, in Giles County, Tenn. IJivio.^-" The "piril, > ,, which blazed through the'deeds of these revoJutijnary fathers, was the in'-.piration of Diety to a hi >t cause, and needed not Oie uiif /reiving' and ruthless barharity of the foe to make it unconquerable, even on the field of repeated d.!feat>5 and disaster : No, sir, cherished by the Author of a!i d, supporting and supported by the love of liberty and virtue, it achieved more than could have \^eifn, moi-e ♦hiin ever was done, by the unaidei' powers of m;in — the ♦'stablishment of a free and happy government dep mdeut nlaae upon the will of the people." " The se<:onii war ot" our irirlopondence grew Otii of a si/stcia of outrage atid insult renewed by the sraise enemy, and, no dotibr, witli tlio liope of ann-hilaii'i": the fair ftibric whirl) iho first hid ereried: Ba; l]OW vain were his ho)>es! 0".r sons p-ovcd worlhy of tli<'ir fiilie >, ni Miy ^ vi.;;i are lo b^* -u j.lacd o;ily three ways; tiiat of po- licing tlif'n by a set of laws ; that of cilling in relifzion to sf""ond their li-.v-;; or, lastly, that of rutting tiie thro its of one part >)f tlif» nation to govern th."! other: if there he a f fiffnu'-. k 3i (30 of whom witnessed the slrufjiile, una in the ju> th th (1( complishrnent pundcnce gloriously conliiined and re-establish- fid, and Jiailed us worthy tiie sacred heritage c-ommeinoratcd by this day." From his rcpli/ to the New York Delegation, January Sth. — '" Thnt our jrovornment v/ms con- stituted for the happints'i of the people, jind that its offices are the instruments of their will, and Treated for tl'.i'ir welfare, are maxims which I learned from the fathers of our revolution. 1 r.in now too old to depart from them. Thev sprinc^ from the same source ?e>lth the great prin- fiple nj rotation in orfice, a principle tvhich can- not he too sokmnhj impressed upon the attention of the American pc'>ple. It is the ch inncl of soveieignty, throu<:h which the renovating influ- ence is c >nvcyed to ev^iy depyrlment of troverr- ment, nnd the weak points in the system detect- ed and fortified, so as to contribute to the de- fence of liberty. It WIS the s.iyli'^ of a celebrated author, that *' Tlie malign mt air of c.dnn)ny soonest aitaclv. the sound and elev ited in inind, as siorms of wind the tallest anH most fruitful trees ; whilst the low an'l weak, for howinq: nnd movin;; to }\n'] fro, are by th 'ir weikness secure tVom the d;m2:er antl violence of the tempest ;" :ind per- haps there are t'«nv public men now living who h ive been traduced an'l slnider«;/ ,0 year, with so much industry, were, on se.eral occasions, the cause of much ""r'"?„'- ^ .,„ "If it be true," observe: his oiographer, " that his principles and sentime-ts on some sub- jects be af variance with those pracased upon in deemed correct by other., it .s the effect « education, and of early impressions upon his n ind M- which a particular bent has been given r. i Sneakin..' one day of his mother, he «b- ; ;d,''one of^.he last injunctions given me by w, tr^ '.n^titntp a suit tor assauii hpv w IS never to ms>uiuic a ^ .ml IvuTery, or for delVmation ; never to wound ',U fee ing of others, nor suffer my own to outlaid; these were her words of a. mo- Uion o me I 'emember them well and ha.e ; ""filed to resp.ct them; my settled course tl rouo 1 life h IS been, to bear them in mmd, and e """,0 insult or wantonly toassadthe feelings of •mv'one; and yet many conceive me to be a most S^,'ious animal, insensible to moral f 'V -■,',-- .ardless of the laws both ol God and m..n. ' Hi, " deportment in his new residence, and ti.> " f f , . ,-,,,„|iv have given much the manners ot his tamii>, '"' p i,„p,.i- satislaction to the foreigners as well a Vim , _ oans who have held intercourse with them. The editor of the ^aliono-l Gaz.tl^, represen,, .,im a,ofpre,,ossessin. address; e.^,berd and --nsihie in conve^sanon. I- '^ hi>5.m>rm- daily pmciice to visit the public ofiicc^, liiid i\- ninine into tlie ni'inner ili at the ar.uno's and vlcrks poitbnn thoir diuirs. His cabinet is coni- ]»osoil of n:cn who arc reportotl as indefatiirable in the dischari^e of their uuniorous j-nd impor- tant duties ; ot easy access, and affable in then- mnnner towards those with whom they hi.ve to iransjct the business of the public. " In the person of general Jackson is ]}er- ceived nothing of the robust ;>r c'eg;;nr. lie is six feet and an inch liiijh, reniaik::bly .straight and spare, and reighs not more thoU a liundred and fojty-five pounds. His conforma- tion appears to' t'"squ;dify him for hardship; yet accustomed to it f.oni early life, few are ca^ pabh of enduring fohiruc to the. same extent, or with less injury. His dark l>lue eyts, with brows arched and slightly projecting, pos- sess a marked expression ; but when from any cause, excited, they sparkle with peculiar lustre and penetration. In his manners he is pleasing In bis address comnnnding; wliih^' his coun- tenance marked widi firmness and decision, beams with a strenjith and intelligence that strikes at first sight. In his deportment, there is nothing repulsive. Easv, aff.ible and familiar, he is o))vit and accessible to all. Influenced by the belief, ihav merit should constitute the only diirerence in men, his attention is equally bestowed on b.o- nest poverty as on tilled consecpience. No man, however inconsiderable liis standing, ever ap- proached bini on business that he did not patient- Iv listen to his stery, and afford him all the inior*' (I li. ] O.A- (3i) mition in !iis power. His moral character t AviliD.K- repro.ich, and by '.liosu wlio know li.iu iiiosj iritim iioly, lie is most esteemed. Bencvo- linicc, in liini is a prominent vinue. II»; was never knowji to pass •listrtss witlioMt seekin- to assist nn I to relieve it." * Wo sii.dl conciu.le oar brief sketcb wilh one o'ber extract, de-^criptive of the manners ami uppe irance ot" Gener.il Jackson. '' I w )S reqiiesied by ibe Secretary of Stat« ' not to quit *ho ci:y without wailing' upon the ' Px'sident o tiie United Si<»'es, and as that ' uenlleman offered to send his eldest soil, major * y ^n Buren, alon^ with me, I acquiesced, and ' we Wo'nt to the President's house one forenoon 'eaily last June. Expectinj.^ to meet wiih a * iiauihiy, distant "military chieftain," I was ' pgree ably diiippointerl and pleased to find iu ' (ioncralJacksor. great genibness and bonevo- 'lence of manner, accompimied wi:k that good ' natured aflability of address which will enable ' all persons who wait upon him to feel at ease in * his presence, as well the backwoodsman full 'of 'republican simplicity,' as die man of die ' world, long f^imiliar wi h the pomp and circuni- ' stance of reg:d magniticenco. We were usher-» *ed into a li nre ariil pleasant apart. nen*, widi ' pl.dn furniture nnd lofiy ceding, the windows ' of whicli omma.nd a view of the beautiful val- ' ley of the Potom ic, where we found the Pjc- * :,i".io;;t. On being introduced to him, he shook js did his friend and n^n 'it» irt ;iv hr- 'ho i »o h n 1. a? ^ liatuu's McmtfEf. r 35 (?5) ^privMt^ Focrct.nv, :Major Tyoruildson, who \.}iS ' the oniv juison'in the i')oin witli liini wl.rn w.- ' aniveif. After a ronversalio. of some time i ' took my leave. I had read 5ii t!ie Nation:.! * Journal; a loni: history of innumerahle forms * and cennuonies to he undersone hy per''>oris piy- * in? their respects to the head of the goveni- ' mcni, hut found it was all a joke of the ojiposi^ ' tion. One attendant only was ' in w litinL',' an * a^ile little fellow with alit^du summer jacket on, * \viio appea-ed to me, th- very antiporles of ce- * remony and parade. I cojupared this active * and useful servant, in my mind's eye, widi the Miosis of lacqueys and hedchamber ^f»^Vmf/T, * I had seen sorrounding the persons and devour- * in^ the revenues of European Princes, and the * odds were greatly in favor of that simple yet 'efTicient system, which, disdaining the costly * foppery and useless trappings of state, ])refers » placing confidence in the virtue and intelligence ' of a//ee people. The countenance and per- ' son of the President are such as, once seen, ' will not soon he forgotten : his tall erect figure, * and singularly original physiognomy allow of * no mistakes as to iho individual. His looks * are far more manly, commanding and open than * the portraits in the print shops would indicate, * and his eye seems to betray a disposition ardent * cuid passionate, but never sullen or petulant. — » His forehead is very high, and the lines there- ' on deeply indented ; his complexion dcirk and * sun-burnt"', and his visage that of the war-worn * Vetera*. I was. improssed with his contempla- i .'idvcniiirous lifo. His pi- ' tcrior appoarnnc»? is remarkably i)lain, and In; '.wcHss a black dr« ss, without any badi^e indica- ' tiv" of his rank and oiricc ; yet are his person and ' d'Mncanonr well calcidatod'to insoire a straniijer ' with a sonti/nont beyond mere rnsj^oct. I look- ' ed for tho rinj; of VVashingfon's hair wiih which * lio had been presented, but it was not en his 'fmn^er; it may be also remembered, that ou ' him were bestowed lb? telescope and pistols of * the father of American liberty. I had been in- * formed that he was sickly and unfit to transact ' business, which is another of tho romances of ' the partisan presses in opposition to his admi- 'nisrraiio.i — h^ evidently enjoys an ordinary * share of good health, and sometimes rides six- ' teen miles of a morning before breakfast, which is * no untavourable constirwtinHal symptom. Lack- ' inj; some twenty or thirry years of the age at * which his venerated predec« ssors, Wishington, ' Je.Ferson and the elder Adams left the scenes of- * their country's greatness, -he bids fair to fill tho ' presidential chair for the next eight years, with * infinite honor arfti advantage to himself and his ^nation, and will probably retii:* into private * life the last of the Presidents which America ' can select from that noble band of patriots * whose virtue and whose vatour proved the s; J- * vation of their common connrry in iis first a wi * most trlorious revolution." i.t'tters OB Americ.i, pages 17'2. ;i, 4. . 11 I r^-^-rZ'-^it^Tn- *^ ■