Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-19
GENERAL. ANDREW yAcAsoN:-.,su y

N'sfiN1sA-Ns- JAtxASl-S.--ae "
'nen wlo nave been brought beto, q tae Ancri
en- publlc Tor the suilrsses OF their fellow .,'i-
N, nave suffered more from The ouaue 81 ne
>Inietrr or toe pa vi a icentiJGs ini unpri.ici-
pied iactlon. than Audrey JaeNson. Every charge
which CO iii disgrace Or destroy hin IN tne s,Ii-
llati1n D! tnc pep1is, has, Jlcr ii c eat pret.X Is
Decn orc im AZ "HSi ni.u. I'm in e.hsent aud
enlishie"ci cOhnInity lave sooner shove
her Gl-g'i.l at me lddcy OF one Charge than al
other, aud stii another, has been brought tJl ylrl
IN iuIire and destroy i.possoic, the popularity
which he has 30 justly acquired and which, iudg-
inS from appearances, vii! make hin the ncx.
President ot the U. States, by an overyvhe Anin.
majority. Oi all the charges which nis enemies
have endeavoursd to iasten upon hiin thar o. De-
ing az ''anbitlous Chiejtaui,' IS oLe which they
have adhered TO with The greatest pernaclty, AMI
IL III which they nave promised themselves tAr
greatest success; and YET # i which canno,
DC supported, and l. founded solely the fact that
General Jackson has led armies 10 victory and
ia doing added TO his own and his country fame
it Is true that iii opposing nutiny and treason, he
has wrcStcd power from the wicked and the weak:
hut when The success Of hi, arms rendered this
rowe no longer dangerous he has suffered it 10 be
exercised by the individuals from whom II was Ia
ken aud yielded himself 10 the M esty OF the la,
Tor iaose inlrns tneits upon It's privileges which
the safety ofhis country required.
Where a charge Ike the one referred to- stands
unsupported by the shadow OF proof, and without
plausible argument III its favor IT i; diff
cult TO meet 1t; so tar, however, a negative tes-
iiInony viii Iriute it-and VIVA, bat Ae gative tes-
timony can be adduced against ,,:cli a charge we
have it IN abundance.
All military men who haze made themselves
acquainted with the position OF the Eu. ish and
American d inies near y Orleans after the bat
tie OF the ssh OF January 1915, are decidedly OF o.
pini'h mat had Gen. jackson pursued the British
army alter tcif defeat, the chances were nine in
ten that he would have captured or DESTROYED the
whole OF them. So satisfied was Gen. Gaines OF the,
certainty OF success which would have attended
pursuit. ina Oh his arrival at New orleans on Inc
evening Of the I'D of January, aud IN his trs in
tcrvlew with Gen. Jackson, he pointed out TO him
me brilliant opportunity he had lost adding 10
ms own reputation ana that OF the nation, WI; huut
Jeopardizing the safety OF tc-coun ry.
II saw tne opportunity That presented Itself (said
uie Senerai,J and with peifcci knowledge Of ev-
cry hing Attending re-pe ctv ( situations es-
imated the chances III my ayor higher Than
you do. Success, aimos, certain. bur would
nave ben attended WI Ia a terrible destruction oil
hinal lie, and turtc possibility oil juifu,e!
/" hat would nave been tie consequences oil such
.aiiure! " ould not the people have said and tru =
~ too, that had sacrificed the whole western
country with view Of adding 10 nv Individual
tame: would the conquest III the British ARMY
have rendered IN country any -di than II now
i Oy thcir ne {? How then, could hav IDS.
uned 10 rejecting peoplc, even If IL succ evd =
"a an act which nigh, have been attended win
su II isas ouS eff Cts? Believing Us / did th,t tn.
ely oil he country nd No require their capture,
'uld not consent 20 purchase additional iaug - -
~ 'iir sacrifice oi ei 5ht or ten hundred OF
my ieiiow citizens, who had assumed arms in de-
ience oil their native soil, and not win arepu-
taton for their leader
On relating this anecdote, Gen. Gains remark
ed, - L had long ko.vn ticn. Jackson 10 nc a mer
i'oilous, high minGcd man, bal never ill then did
property estimate The patriotism which had
marked every ac; vi his public lf- Int tau sdt
iiim to des'ise personal fame. An intimate int a
curse vita him for many years, has !orcibly in
eSSCu upon Inc the conviction, that both Dutl
lie ami private man, he more closely resembles
y ashngon than any individual that America mas
produced" Comment is unnecessary.
IN. L. N Courier