The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-04 00:00:00

THE " HERO" OF ORLEANS.

[From the Franklin Gazette.]
On the 4th of July, at the celebration of Ame-
rican independence, in Nashville, Tennessee,
Governor CARROLL delivered to general Jack-
son a sword, in testimony of the State's appro-
bation of his conduct, with the following
address :

" Major-General Andrew Jackson,.
By a resolution of the General Assembly of this State, at
:s session of 1819, the Governor was directed 4 to procure and
deliver to you a sword, with suitable engravings thereon, as a
testimonial of the high respect entertained by the State of Ten-
nessee for your public services.'
" In obedience to, that resolution, this sword has been pro-
cured, and I am happy to have the opportunity of presenting
it to you on a day which must excite in your breast so many
pleasing recollections. You gave your youthful exertions to
the establishment of that independence whose declaration we
now celebrate. To its perpetuation you contributed in riper
years, by those splendid achievements during the late war
which have ' filled the measure of your country's glory.' •,
" Accept, Sir, this evidence of the gratitude of Tennessee.
With it I tender you my best wishes for the duration of your
healthluad happiness. In these wishes I know lam cordially
joined by our fellow-citizens of the State."
To which the General replied--
" When 1 look around me, and behold many of those pa.
triot soldiers, descendants of the immortal herOes who achieved
that national independence we this day celebrate, and who,
when the tocsin of alarm and war was sounded in 1812, volun-
tarily repaired to the tented field, in defence of their country,
with the determination either to preserve inviolate those ines-
timable rights, or perish in the attempt, 1 am inspired with
feelings more easily to be imagined than expressed.
" It was on the military prowess of these brave and patriotic
men and their associates in arms, that the safety and defence of
the country, as well as my military fame, rested ; and they
most nobly supported both. As a testimonial, then, of the ap-
probation of my fellow-citizens of Tennessee, for my public ser-
vices, and the services of those gallant and meritorious officers
and men who so effectually seconded my exertions in the de-
fence of our frontier borders throughout the late British and
Indian wars, I receive with pleasure and gratitude this sword,
which has been prepared agreeably to the resolution of the le-
gislature of this State, and presented by your Excellency.
"It is these brave officers and men, associated with me. in ~
those trying scenes, and who ‘so well supported the reputation
of their revolutionary fathers, that most deserve their country's
!i
approbation and warmest gratitude ; it is their heroic exploits, as
we as my public services, the resolution of the legislature
in-
ten sto approve ; and as such I receive with additional feelings of
the sincerest pleasure that testimonial, so freely bestowed on
both them and me by my fellow-citizens.
" That I, the huinble instrument in the hand of Diiine Pro-
vidence, should have been the means of deliverance to our from,
ticr, borders from savage cruelty, and New Orleans, the empo-
rium of the west, from the ravages and pollution of a British
army, is one of the greatest blessings Heaven can bestow ; and
that I should have been able, . through all these difficulties anti
trying scenes, so to conduct myself as to deserve and obtain the
approbation of my fellow-citizens of Tennessee, as expresseo
by the resolution of their legislature, will be to Me one of the
most pleasing recollections of my future existence.
" When I review the disinterested patriotism displayed by
the voluntary tender of the military services of the brave Ten- . •
nesseeans, during the whole British and Indian war, it'excites '
in me mingled feelings of pleasure and pride. Their proffered
services contained no constitutional scruples ; were confined by. • ,
no territorial limits ; the order of their government for dismissal
was the only limit to their services: This holy zeal with which
the bosoms of the brave volunteers was fired, ought to be. fos-
tered
and cherished, not damped, by the government; if is. this
zeal alone that can defend and preserve the liberties.of our•
couhtry, and perpetuate the existence of our happy :form. 01 -.-
government. '- . ±i
" 1 thank you, Sir, most sincerely, for the goad wishes yam;;
offer for my health and happiness. I cannot conclude without
first invoking a similar blessing in your behalf ; and that the
prosperity of the state of Tennessee, over which you preside,
may be commensurate with the courage and patriotism of its
citizens, is, and ever will be, the first wish of my heart."