Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-05

often .all-important--an from my experience
through life, believe there are fewer men thus
highly qualified to distinguish themselves at
the head Of an army, than to fill any other sta-
T ton In any government-yet, such qnalihca.
tions alone ever did, and ever will enable COM
mander in chief to acquire great fame, and per-
form eminent services; and it would be illiberal
and un]e.' to deny to General Jackson the pos
session OF these qualifications. In truth, it was
the prompt and firm display of these qualities
that inspired the raw and unframed materials
OF which his army was composed, with conf.
dence and resolution to resist, successfully, the
tremendous assault OF the veteran ARMY OF in
vaders."
Such is General Adair's opinion Of General
Jackson in 1926. How widely it differs from
that expressed by him in 1917. In one Of his
addresses to the Kentucky public, defending
the conduct oftheir troops at the battle of New
Orleans, he thus expressed himself:
GAS TO General Jackson, am not disposed
to tea from his brow the Iaurels with which it
is encircled, but WILL in defending the troops
under my command, assert, that he is perfectly
incapable OF meeting the emergencies Of an in
tricate contest, that he is rash imprudent, fool
hardy and inefficient; and that but for forluitous
circumstances, and the determined bravery OF
his troops, the victory of the 9Th OF January
would not have been won--f1is arrogance is
unparalelled-his vanity has no bounds
1t is not believed, however, that the late let
ter of General Adair, 10 Warden Pope, tends in
the least TO exonerate General Jackson from
having charged the Kentucky troops with COW
ardlce. His inconsistency is, however, some
what extraordinary, and can only be accounted
for, by attribuling it to the imbecility Of do
tage ,snd the decline of the faculties Of reten-
ton. 1f.General Adair is disposed in his old
age, to desert his former friends, and 10 Join the
opposition faction, he is at liberty TO do so--lhe
result may be as painful TO him, as his incon-
sistency is morlfying to those, who once adj
mired him, as one Of the most gallant and noble
chiettains of the age.
Weihngtoa's Character 6y The .Army.-"By the
by, you served with Our countryman, yelling
ton, whose fame has sounded through the world
what character does he hold among the SOL
diers?" "That is question am scarcely pre-
pared TO answer; but will give you my own
opinion, which may after all be nearly the sense
of the army on the subject I admit that he
has many Of the qualities which constitute a
great general, such as valor, prudence, discri-
mination, Sc; but there is one which, in my
opinion he fell short Of" "Indeed!" said Mrs.
F. "what is it," SHE had not the art Of gain
ing the mems affections; he never identified
himself with his army, and being either above
or below human sympathy, he was the same
cold, stern individual when they performed
feats of valor, as when they committed faults.
In short, he was being removed from all our
associations, who might be admired at a dis
lance, feared or respected on the spot, but ne
yer loved. "-Sceqes and Sketches Of q Soldier S
Life an Ireland.