The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-01-25
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| ne eIgn'n Ol january ici" W "
years ago. How different is The prospec
/ OF these States from what il was ms uay |
Thirty wears sgoa Then we were en-
gayed in war with nation who claimed
10 be mistress Of The sea. a war walch
had lasted for near three years; wal
which had cost not only much treasure
hot The lives of MANY valuable cllizens'
A war, in which an army had beeh
ignominiously surrendered 10 the enemy
{. war in which important posts hadl
been Abandoned and even the Capital o.
of the nation sacked by the invaders
Such was,hc character Of this war, '"d
the variety of success and del, ats hadI
rendered many undecided their NOV :
ments. Such was the state OF ihlng',&I
the crises had now arrived. The elgh hi
of January, was ushered n by the hun
dering Of The enemies cannon. -Four
teen thousand strong, he marched TO the
combat with all The promp', and sl'end-
our of a conquering general. Bat TINS
imposing array of martial splendor,
whose wa,chword was'beauty & booty was
met by the undaunled and heroic Jackson
At the head of his six thousand buck.
skins. The plains Of New OrlearS were
Then enshrouded in smoke and the very
earth trt mbled under the discharge OF
cannon. This memorable battle closed
the operation of The war upon land, and
ihe venerable sage & hero under whose
eve this glorious victory was achieved,
Ibv whose skill The plan Of defence wa
marked out ;and by whose courage New
IOreans, with her booty and beauty, was
saved, still lives The changing seasons
/ of thirty wears have rolled around, and
The debt Of one hundred & City millions
= which had accrued in consequence o.
war, one hundred millions of which
had accrued 10 consequenc of the wal
: which ,his battle closes. This deb, has
Ial been paid off; and that too under the
administration of the venerable sage
whose general ship put an end 10 the
. war. The page OF history records NJ
greater achievements either civil or
military, General Jackson was callec
Is to take The command Of the army, wher
t our prospects were clouded aud under
:. the shadow Of military night, he sd
d vauced to the protection of New Or
leans under the most dishearlning cir
cums,ances, but his courage and hi
presence Of mind necer forsook him
Aud history ancient or modern canno
. produce az evidence Of so complete anC
II glorious victory as that achieved OF
the eighth cf Januarr, one lhoussn'
u eight hundred and fifteen by the Amer
cans under Gen. Jackson over the Eng
|, Iish under Packenham g. Gibbs. Will
he English with fourteen lhousan,
choice troops advance TO The charge ,or
y by veteran generals who had long beer
Iacccustomt 10 ste their enemies sIiik,
their colours, or retire with great loss
er Gen. Jackson wIh his buckskns con
e sis,lug of about SIX thousand, COMPOSED
|, of Militia and Volunteers, lay ready t
:. meet the approaching Ioe. Al last tn
II hour arrives when these two hoslil
forces meet, and Notwithstanding Ib
English forces were more than Two /,
1t one Of the Am ricans,t e hundeIi, q ar
iIlery begins 10 vomlt smoke, fire an,
+ cad and dea'h; he battle rages viii
ID ire mendous fury, aud ere /, close
] seven hundaed BIllains, are srretche,
} .Hh and cold upon he ground, four,ee,
hundied more have been wounded b,
the American sharp shooters, and fiv
4 hundred are made prison, rs, making 4
u all, killed; wounded, and prisoners tw
r thousand SIX hundred. While the los
Is OF the Americans was thirteen killed
as hirly nine wounded, and ninelee,
is missing, making in all, killed and woun,
iUI ed, and missing; seventy one. The
n, the population OF these states was onl,
-, about eight millions. AS nation w
y were then in our infancy. Our com
III mercej and manufactures were on
small scale; our agriculture was yet i,
x the cradle if may so speak. Who ca,
10 look back TO thai day, and then TO tn
he present state Of The American people ,an,
-, say there has not shone itom that da'
III to his,a halo of glory around the Amer
" lean name? What greater evidence ca
be conveyed to the mind of that grea
man, who led on he sons Of liberty, ,'ha
at 10 know, aud feel hat his countryme
he duly appreciate the blessings Aowlp
al from that days achievements? Ho,
Is many days Of trial, and privalio
RI how many nights Of sleepIesS anxie,
/, must such a Re 1.clon out weigN? lie