Excerpt from Eulogy on the Life and Character of General Andrew Jackson: Delivered at Bedford, Pa;, July 28th, 1845 We have met to pay our tribute of respect and admiration to the memory of a man who has, for nearly fifty years, filled a large space in the public eye, and whose charac ter, for the last thirty years, has been the almost constant subject of discussion by this whole nation. His friends con stituted a very large majority of the people, and on their lips his name was the most familiar topic of applause. In their eyes he was mighty in word and in deed. If he addressed their understandings, they were convinced by what they deemed his unanswerable reasoning if he spoke to their hearts, their affections gushed forth in overflowing gratitude and venera tion. In civil and in military life, he was, alike and at all times, the hero they loved and the chief they admired. This devoted attachment was, however, not universal. A large minority, not only respectable by its numbers, but formidable by the talents, the moral influence; and the social dignity of its members, had a far different opinion of his character. By them his qualifications as a statesman were derided; and though his military services were not denied, his opponents were not always unwilling to depreciate the value even of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.