Show THE hi 1 r i I 1 S sketches of the career of andrew jackson his sturdy americanism and his picturesque personality by F r A OBER author of kf the empress josephine the die life of george tort lon etc etc copyright in ly by the author A presidential PRESIDENT AL CANDIDATE IS As long ago as in in tho the year 1815 that astute politician aaron burr wrote to his son in law go governor vernor alston ol of south carolina the is extremely nely auspicious for breaking down this degrading clo grading caucus system ry stelli tile the lest our country that offices are bestowed merely to preserve power and without the smallest regard to fitness if then there he be a man iu in the united states of firmness and decision and hitzing standing chough to afford even a hope of access luc uc cess it is your duty to uphold hini him to public view that man mail is andrew jackson cut but aarons rod was not at that time one upon which the lie people would look with favor though wo we cannot deny that lie he possessed the power of divination ills his opinion was not proba probably loly shared by the modest hero of new orleans if we inny n ay believe the statement of 01 judge Drach enridge who was his aid and secretary rt at pensacola in 1821 1 tor for lie he says pays 1 I shall never forget an ail evening when in the presence of somo some friends ile he took up a new york newspaper iu in which hp he was mentioned as a violable pio bable Lable candidate for the presidency after zead leading ilig it he threw it down in anger saying do they think I 1 am all such ench a d 1 d tool fool as to believe myself fit for lae if the united states no sir I 1 know what I 1 am fit for I 1 can command a body of nien men in a n tough rough way lut but im not fit for effir ines ident wo we were all silent but gavel gave him bint credit as I 1 afterward found tor for this proof of good sense lie ile had resolved to rutilo letfie front from public life and pass the rein remainder of his days in peace and band quiet on oil his big farm that he be wis ivas not allowed to carry cut his bis beno benevolent intentions was avas owing to to his enthusiastic fellow citizens of tell tennessee who in ili 1023 elected him to depre ent them thein in the national for the full fall term of six year ile he qualified on oil deo dec 6 5 of that year and on tho the N new 0 w years following mr air custis of arlington presented him bini with the pocket tel telea copa carried by general washington luring during the revolutionary war A week later one of ct leg atee alees 3 moved fla cereto creto by a hope of future ollive as tile the aquel showed edve him the pi piti ln which had bad been presented to wahington wa hington ly by lafayette to both these courtesies tho the general responded ded in a 1 feeling and guible baitel le manner an ali era of good feeling seemed to have been when jackson became reconciled but airily to henry clay and general cueral scott and even to colonel briton vi hose brot brothers berb bullet he still carried in ill lis hil arm the friendship with benton lasted till death parted them but ho he soun soon after broke with clay again on account of what hu be styled the infamous bargain 11 by which the alie latter gave the eler election tion to ad adasii tail and obtained tor for himself tile alio po sitivi 11 I 1 seer tary of state win via ra returning to Wa himton ton in ill 1821 1 tile general took with him bun mrs Jacl iaun ou bioni whose letter letteri lit leri i we nye may 4 UZI 1111 1 ial ak I 1 I 1 z 14 I 1 q J 1 l r r t B oi MIM TIPP TI PP OF AMU FIN IA SON lier husband wi was cirii then in presidency oh my lily fil diena erad ow writes in ono of cf thew them liow ball I 1 ga cot 1 alb 1164 lii bus tle he then thel less thin fanni 60 to COO ii toning in a day daa my clear husband vi ni v i beai neaily ly the of ou our r i TI j 11 i tint thanks to our ilear illy uly I 1 lili I 1 n I 1 health is ia improving still till 11 in 1 i nto tto is ia delicate and com coin i a hut I 1 loo unto tl i fram whence ono all macoll my coin I 1 i the promise I 1 a till aal I 1 I 1 i that my re at i ter liveth dosi don t i of my illy gj agn ing way to tho u 11 things the pla acton bent lot ino a I 1 li I 1 i i declue bilig me to t coun conn llipi ilcin no A ticket t balli ball ill II 11 pain 0 a o kotono not ono two linings several cral 11 t i nw n to drink tel tea ind ed the geli general cial moui callous m oui ages tile ino in my lily course lie iio recommends me ills tu to be steadfast general jacksons letters about that timo time were not of tho the pious character of hia big helpmeets help meets for lie was becoming anxious and nervous ile iio writes to a friend the general nor lis his frit aids v ill never adapt tio the cointo of intrigue combination and ami corruption pursued by mr arr and ills his political friends for any ally purpose whatever vei their cause requires neither falsehood nor coi to support it it is tile tha peoples causo cause they have brought A J before the nation the beloved re people oPle bad been greatly impressed with jacksons as to the tha duties of the chief evecuti ee cutie a made publio public about this tine time and which iu in substance were as follows aly advice to the pre president Eident monroe was that iu in the selection of a cabinet lie ho raould act vilon upon principles ili like those these consider himself the be head of a nation not of a baity that he be should have around him the lie best talents the country could afford without i regard to the tha sectional divisions and in ili his selections seek after men of probity virtue capacity and firmness and in this way he would go far to eradicate those feelings which on cu former occasions threw so go many obstacles in tile way of government and bo be enabled perhaps to unite a peal lo le politically di ditled whatever of doubt hia big subsequent acts hini himself self in the presidential chair may have caused to arise rise in the minds of the people it is certain that ho he believed in and held consistently to his declaration as to the public debt and fil finances lances it is strange to me to hear bear men who once agreed that a national debt was a national curse now flow advocate the policy of meeting it by loans rather than levy an impost to pay it lu individually I 1 have always thought this was an ail improper course to pursue with my private debts and as nations are a composition of individuals I 1 cannot believe when applied to thein it is a wholesome rule I 1 aarn therefore opposed to prolong t of 0 our national debt and raise up ili in our country a moneyed iTe a aristocracy dangerous to our liberties para iam for pursuing a I 1 plara that will insure our anti inti national a oll aldef detente cribe and national independence encourage our agricultural portion of the community sandwith and with it manufacture and commerce as tile the haild ca of agriculture and look to the tariff after these objects have been ola obtained wined with an ail eyo eye to revenue to meet and extinguish our national debt this is my luy course my conscience tells tella me cie it is right and I 1 will pursue it wrote daniel webster to his brother ezekiel the caucus las has hurt nobody but its friends so far as I 1 can call judge mr adams adama chances seem to iner case e and lie ho and grinaral Gri G jackson are likely to be tile the real competitors at at last dm to eral Jack jacksons solli manners aru are moru more pie dennial sly old daniel than those of any ally of cf the candidates ile he is giava giave mild and reserved my ily wife is for him decidedly and in a liter later letter A As to president jackson deems to be making head bead lettai buth riat and Ambi ambrister ister notwithstanding tho the truth is ho he id as t alie a peoples candidate candi datu in a great part of the southern and country As wo vo know the peoples candidate though receiving moia of their otes than any other though I 1 11 I 1 states ibid ad given him oil aa eleew electoral ral majority received the iotes rote of but 7 states in the house and so lost clay the pies president ident maker held his big fate in ili his hands still and the hie anxious jackson would tot ot have regarded reg aided him with so bo much of favor it if lie could have seen a letter be wrote to mr blair in jami january 1823 1825 i mr adams you well know I 1 should never have selected if at liberty to draw from the whole mass of cur citizens citi ens for a president delit but is no danger ill lisa his elevation now or in timo to come not to bo of lis his competitor of whom I 1 cannot believe that the killing hilling of 2500 at new orleans qualifies for the vadious difficult and cuni complicated duties of tile chief magistracy and to another As a fi lead of liberty and to the tha of our institutions I 1 cannot consent in this early their existence by contributing to the lection election of a military claice chat tail t ain to give the guarantee that the republic will rill march iu in the ilia fatal road v which well las has conducted every other ic le publio public to I 1 aill 11 fortunately tor for the gelle rals composure he bo did not know of sir mr cl claya lyd expressed aversion to a certain military chieftain until atter he ha had bad blocked that chieftains chariot wheels evell lie he fart faced d the ho ili cabio rian foll carl awl at a icer bial leveo levee abit ill il said faid to tn lave greeted mr ai ilija it abari arari ly nafi ring from that political aciclo but a tegid rejoinder A CAMPAIGN CAMPA inN OF 01 PERSONA that general jackson should IOU long retain tills this demeanor wm was too much to expect of one who had is lie ha believed been idoft foully wronged not be surprised to find ii hi the following letter written five days later a 1 vigorous vigo ious tous expression of his opinions 1 I am thu this day lie he wrote to ins his intimate friend colonel lewis by colonel it 11 johnson Jobi ison 0 of the senate that mr air clay has been offered hoffr red the office of secretary of state find and that he be will accept it so you see sec the judas of the west has liaa closed the contract an ail 1 will receive the tha SO 30 pieces of silver ills ilia end will ile bo the same was there ever witnessed such a barefaced corruption in ili any ally country before the senate bonato if the nomination is sent to it will do its duty no imputation will to left at its door wo we will soon bo be with you F farewell are two weeks later he be wrote to the ed ad aitor of a nashville paper mr clay CI ay is Is i prostrate liere here in ili the minds mina 5 of all honest aud and honorable men mail what will be his fate fata in kentucky I 1 cannot say but mr bibb who is hero here says pays that thin thi act will prostrate him in kentucky mrs J has been unwell for about three weeks she is recovering and I 1 hope will be able to travel so eo boon as alic ill senate can rise I 1 cannot leavo leave un til it rises for the vi virtue rtuh of the senate I 1 have great hopes will prevent the consummation of choso corrupt bargains in office it having heen been more than intimated in fart fact openly charged that mr clay bar bad thrown his big influence in faaoi of mr adams for the office of secretary of state and that he be would have declared for general jackson it if tho the latter would havo have bestowed like reward clay de mantled the name of his informant and was told it was james buchanan fron fran mr buchanan however ho be obtained what he considered was a complete vindication dica di tiou and mr air web wrote to the kentucky senator 1 I do not dot think that general jackson can ever recover from the blow w N chirlo lie he has received man many persons think buchanann Bucha nans letter candid I 1 deem it otherwise wise it scorns to me he labored very hard to protect tho the general as tar far is aa he be could without injury tc ta himself still the generals friends and parti sans chose to believe or affect to hat aba t a bargain was made and the cry of cor rup lion served ed them so well that jack IF 11 I 1 N J AMI W J 1 it IX lis son was as floated into that coveted pres identical ident ial chair at the ensuing election which either of those talented states men would wo uld have given all his posses ions F to occupy for a single term As the year drew nigh in which th the presidential election was avas to take place it was thought that a little warlike en would lo bo a good fend off find and tile louisiana legislature invited gen eral jackson to bo be present at the thir anniversary celebration of bis hi great victory on tile the ath of january 1828 after four flays days of uninterrupted festivities their honored guest embarked for tennessee and the tha campaign for foi jacdson and calhoun may bo be said tc have commenced under auspicious cir cir cu instance it was from the beginning a campaign of itter personalities 11 tho io first of it its liml hind tile the cold and ma genial adama was avas and perhaps justly accused of self cliness ih ness haughtiness and extravagance a well as of being a uni tallan general jackson having laid hi bi lusell fairly oren open to accusations of all sol sorts 8 was completely ile ha bai had fought duels and on i light abt provocation unco once hul bad business cou con lection n ec t IOU with aaron burr and probably in his bis conspiracy had ex es as many its as 11 i I 1 men by military court lad had acted foolishly and ly in florida both before and after tile tha acquisition of thit that and risked denb viar cour ry ill ia z py with two with whitt fa were it peace these and a t thoua ilou qa nd other things ho be WT was said and t to haver have done with gitil tile worst of moti motives vesi and most eill of intention s all these things the stern awl and ran nn bentli alg military awl ami hia big viewed ai to bo many compi compliments i nien t to wisdom and prescience As aa mot mo t of them hail bad inured to the ibe benefit of ilij hi country ha be could regard them willi WILL compos compo uio but when the most viru ielli of ilia his enemies revived that forbidden chapter of his big lita life which contained tile thu stoby of ct hii ecret mar marriage riago arii and alleged with rachel ito ho bards lie was beside himself with rage writ lie he inisha have this foul foral slandering of a wife his intimate companion for more than SO 30 years yeara there can call be little doubt that tile the vilo stories her to the ili heart art and llast hastened ened her death a conviction the gera cral carried with him to the grave she blie was not fitted for tile the high station trine ns as consort of the chief magistrate she eho would wo uld he be called upon to fill aud and well aibe know knew it when informed of her husbands election and triumphant vindication she is to have said very quietly and fadly well for the ake ke I 1 mu glad for lily iny own part i 1 never wished it that this estimable and lovable woman whose sole sale ambition was to shino iu ill tile tho sphere of hospitable domesticity should have been dragged through gli the tha mire of political strife was truly lamentable small it has been becat said that she dhe fell a victim to her husbands toweling ambition as surely as aa young dickinson foh fell before his hs avenging bullet sue she was taken with a 1 I pain at the bealton heart on the of december 1828 and anal five days later she died ifer her hu husbands bands grief was deep and sira cie ceic and his friends could scarcely tear him away from the mortal remains remain s of this cherished compau companion ion of his heair and home joy was thus turned to mourning on the very night ot of victory for the hero of new Orle orleans alls had received electoral votes out ot of a total of the cup of lis his ambition was filled but with wormwood ani ajit eill |