The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1845-08-02

lOIeSlS, WlulcI, tIC lu!luI6 VI supplies
from the settlements, the insubordina.
ton of troops, mutiny, menaces of de-
sertion? Who can measure the won.
derful power over men, by which his
personal prowess and attractive ener.
gy drew them in lnidwinter from their
homes, across mountains and morasses
and through trackless deserts? Who
can describe the personal heroism Of
Jackson, never sparing himself, beyond
any of his men encountering toll and
fatigue, sharingevery labor ofthe camp
and Of the march, foremost in every
danger; giving up his horse to the in.
valid soldier, while he himself waded
through the swamps on foot? None
equalled him in power of endurance;
and the private soldiers, as they found
him passing them on the march, ,exclai-
med, she is as tough as the hickory."-
"Yes," they cried to one another, "there
goes Old Hickory!" .
Who can narrate the terrible events
of the double battles of Emuckla ". or
the glorious victory of 7 ohopeka, ,where
the anger of the General against the
faltering was more appalling than the
war-whoop and the rifle Of the savage?
Who can rightly conceive the field of
Enotochopco, where the General, as
he attempted to draw the sword to cut
down a flying colonel who was leading
regiment from the field, broke again
the arm which was but newly knit to-
gether; and, quietly replacing it in the
sling, with his commanding voice ar
rested the flight Of the troops, and him
sell led them back to victory?
In six short months Of vehement ac-
ton, the most terrible Indian war in
our annals was brought to close; the
prophets were slenced; the consecra-
ted region of the Creek nation reduced.
Through scenes of blood, the avenging
hero sought only the path to peace
Thus Alabama,a a part of Mississippi. a
part of his own Tennessee, and the
highway to the Floridas, were his gifts
10 the Union. These were his trophies.
Genius as extraordinary as military
events can call forth, was summoned
into action in this rapid. efficient, and
most fortunately conducted war
Time would fail were to track our
hero down the watercourses of Alaba-
ma to the neighborhood of Pensacola.
How he longed to plant the eagle of
his country on its battlementsl
Time would fail, and words be wan
ting, were | to dwell on the magical in
fluence Of his appearance in New Or
leans. His presence dissipated gloom
and dispelled alarm; at once he chan
ged the aspect of despair into conf
dence of security and hope of acquir-
ing glory. Every man knows the tale
of the heroic, sudden, and vet deliber-
ate daring which led him, on the night
of the twenty-third of December, to
precipitate his little army on his foes,
in the thick darkness, before they grew
familiar with their encampment, scat
tering dismay through veteran regi-
ments Of England, and defeating them,
and arresting their progress by far
inferior force.
Who shall recount the counsels of
prudence, the kindling words of elo-
quence, that gushed from his lips to
cheer his soldiers, his skirmishes and
battles, till that eventfu morning when
the day at Bunker's Hill had its fulfil
ment in the glorious battle Of New Or
leans, and American independence
stood before the world in the majesty
Of victorious power.
These were great deeds for the ma
ton: for himself he did greater. Had
not Jackson been renowned for the ve-
hement impetuosity ofhis passions, for
his defiance of others authority, and
the unbending vlgor of his selt-will?-
Behold the savior of louisiana, all gar
landed with victory, viewing around
him the city he had preserved, the mai
dens and children whom his heroism
had protected, stand in the presence of
a petty judge, who gratifies his woun-
ded vanity by an abuse of his judicial
power. Every breast in the crowded
audience heaves with Indignation. He,
the passionate, the impetuous-he
whose power was to be humbled, whose
honor questioned, whose laurels tarnish-
ed, alone stood sublimely serene; and
when the craven judge trembled and
faltered, and dared not proceed, him
sell, the arraigned one, bade him take
courage, and stood by the law even in
the moment when the law was made
the instrument Of insult and wrong on
himself--at the moment of his most
perfect claim to the highest civic hon
ors. st Esu
His country, when it grew to hold
many more millions,the generation that
then was coming in, has risen up to do