JACKSON CRY.
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To ANbREw JACKSON,


President af the Daited States s.


SiR: A number Of gentlemen Of en-
|terprise and capital, looking to the. great
increase of the commerce Of the District
of Columbia by the opening Of the Ghes-
apeake and Ohio Canal, have directed
their inquiries as to the proper and pro-
bable point where this trade will concen-
;rate; and they have been led to the con-
clusion, that Masons Tract, at the South
abutment of the Potomac bridge, is the
place which uncomfortable natural causes
obviously designate. They have, there.
fore. wrha viewto the erection Of a per.
manent City at this point, formed an as
|sociation, of which we are made the or.
gans to address you on the subject. Con
sidering your name as the property of the
nation, and of posterity, they have appro:
priated 1t to the contemplated city, and
have called it JACKSON CITY. -


They are we'll aware that the enterprise
as presented, does not exhibit a grandeur
corresponding with the splendor of the
name, but they equally knows that great
results are from small beginnings, and they
cannot but feel sanguine that at no distant
day JACKSON CITY will not be un-
worthy of its name.


1t has appeared to us also as peculiarly
proper that the second man of the Union
should have his name placed by the side
'of that of the first; and we trust that. by
the efforts of ourselves and successors,
aided by the strength of this great coun-
try, Jackson City will grow In happy union
with Washington City.


1t might be proper, sir that We offer you
ai1 apology for this use of your name
without your consent, but we hope to find
our forgiveness in the uniform kindness
of your character; and relying upon this,
we are emboldened 10 ask of you fur
ther favor that you would honor us
and give dignity to our enterprise BY as
sisting with us to lay the corner stone OF
the contemplated city on the day Of !.


With every sentiment of respect and adj
miration for your private and public ser
vices, we have the honor to be your obe-
dient servants.


(Signed) Daniel Jackson, .Ino. 1,ot-
ter, VIM. L. Hudsd'a. Morgan L. Smith,
Sam't Cassedy, Henry WychG Geo.
ID. Strong.