Show andrew jackson the prophet joseph smith paid a very pretty tribute to andrew jackson the patron sainton saint of democracy when the prophet said in his views on the government and policy of the united states general jacksons administration may be denominate the acme of american glory liberty and prosperity that coming from a whig is all the more forceful then general jackson and the Prophet joseph smith held about the bame vi ewson many questions the apro phet was fora strong ern ment and he wanted every man to enjoy his constitutional liberty but the president he said should have full power to send an army to suppress mobs the governor himself continues the prophet may be a and instead of being punished as he should be for murder and treason chemay destroy the very lives rights and property he should protect president jackson was just as strong in his views on the power the general government wh en south carolina threatened tion and secession over a tariff act gen Jackson put a stop lothair to thair nonsense by threatening to hang ayery one that rebelled ana he is the patron saint of that democracy Bem today which stands on this platform we denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the united states and a crime against free institutions but not only were gen jacksons on the power of the general government similar to those held by the Prophet joseph but they held about the same views on the tariff question as will ba noticed by the following when the people are secure and their rights properly re then the four main pillars of prosperity viz sericulture ri mauu fac tures navigation and commerce need the fostering care of government and in ao goodly a country as ours where the soil the climate the rivers the lakes and the sea the productions duct ions the timber the minerals and the inhabitants are BO divor sifted that a pleasing variety accod all tastes trades and calculations it certainly is the highest point of subversion to protect the whole nort bernand southern eastern and western center and circumference of the realm bv a judicious tariff it is an old saying and a true one if you onieh to be respected spec ted respect yourselves GENERAL JACKSON S heaven smiled upon and gaye ua liberty and independence pen dence that same Pron dence has blessed us with the labana of national independence and rational defense it we omit or reluse to use the sifts which he has dawe deserve nota the continuation of his blessings he has mountains and our plains with iron and copper aad give nuB a climate and soil for th e growing of hemp and wool these being the grand material fl of our national defense they ought to have extended to them adequate and fair protection that our own man and labi arees may be ed on a fair competition with those of europe and that we may have within bur own country a supply 1 of those leading and important articles so essential to war gen jackson was a marvel in bis day he was strictly a man of the peaple and no party was large enough to hold him he broke down the aggression of the banks then threatening the people and carried out a policy ot his subservient alone to the good will of the people and that goodwill was always his gen jackson was far froma bright iman as measured by the literary men of his time bat he had force of character that made him a chieftain among men no what were his toughness it was probably because he was a diamond in the rough that he was so endeared to the hearts of the american people |