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Excerpt from Eulogy; Upon the Life, Character and Death of Gen. Andrew Jackson: Delivered on the 19th of July, 1845, Before the Societies and Citizens of Tuscaloosa; And Published at Their Request But this is an event Which is felt beyond the private circle, and makes a nation mourn. I do not, however, regard it as an oc casion in Which the gushing fountains of the heart are to be broken up in grief. True, it is one to Whose associations the finer feel ings vibrate; but With those sacred and subdued emotions Which are under the dominion of deep and absorbing contemplation. 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.