The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-07-01
ton the financial policy which he believed hostile


fcers of tie militia Tenns ssee Resigning his place
in law aud equity such the confidence in his integ
rty OF purpose his clearness OF judgment and his vgor
of will to deal Justly among the turbulent who crowded
into the new settlements of Tennessee
Thus IN the short period OF nine years Andrew Jack
TEEN as Could fall to the lot Of man. The pioneer
Of the wilderness, the defender of its stations he
their lawgver the sole representative OF people
in Congress- the representative OF the State in the &c.
nate the highest in military command the highest in
dcal office He seemed to be recognised the FIRST in
love Of liberty the first in the science of legislation in
Fond of private lfe he would have resigned tho judi
cia ofce but the whole country demanded his service
Nature they cried never designed that your powers
Of thought and Independence OF mind should be lost in
from the Of the bench he gave himself to the act
witty and the Independent life of husbandman. He
red into retirement the fame Of natural Intelligence and
cherished as prompt frank and ardent soul" His
vgor Of character constituted him first among all with
whom he associated Aprivate man as he was his name
Men loved to discuss his qualities. All discern
ed his power and when the vehemencc and mpetuosity
ing those who saw beneath the blazing fres OF his &c.
MUS, the solidity Of his judgment
His hospabe root sheltered the emigrnnt and the po
neer and as they made their way to their homes,
they filed the mountain sides and the valleys with his
praise
Connecting himself for a season. with man Of bust
Jackson disccrned the misconduct Of his
ciate Unmarked his character that he insisted himself
paying every obligation that had been contracted;
and, rather than endure the vassaage OF debt he in
stantly parted with the rich domain which his early
erprisc had acquired-with his own manson-with the
fields which he himself had tanned to the ploughshare-
with the forest whose trees familiar to him his
iriends-and chose rather to dwell for a time, in rude
log cabin, in the pride Of independence and integrity.
On all great occasions Jackson's influence was defer
red When Jefferson had for the country the
whole of Louisiana and there seemed some hesancy
the part OF Spain to acknowledge possession the SER
vices of Jackson solicited by the national admins
traton and called into full exercise only from
the peaceful termination of the incidents that occasoned
the summons.
~ ha ono soros or ocra..;ors an az ~ tho
and the rights of the American flag jackson
the side of his country and the maritime code Of
republcanism. In his inland home, where the roar OF
the breakers heard and the mariner
he resented the continued aggression CON-
MERGE and on our sailors.
When the continuance Of wrong compelled the nation
to resort to arms Jackson led by the instructive know
ho w
ture confessed his Willingness to be employed on the
Canada frontiers and it is fact that he aspired to the
command to which Winchester was appointed. We may
ask what would have been the result the nd of
the northwestern army had at the opening OF the
been entrusted to man who in action, was ever so
fortunate, that his vehement will seemed to have made
destiny capitulate to his designs.
The path Of glory led him in another direction On
the declaration Of war; twenty hundred volunteers
had risen at his word to follow his standard; but BY
countermanding orders from the seat OF government the
movement was without effect.
A and great danger hung over the West The In
dian tribes were to make last efortto restore it to
its solitude and recover 1t for savage life The brave
relentless Shawnces-who from time mmemorial, had
stroled from the waters othe Ohio the rivers Of Ala
Prophet, who spoke to them with the voice Of the
Great Spirit and reused the Creek nation to desperate
when their ruthless cruelty spared neither age
When the infant and its mother the planter and his tam
who had fled for refuge to the fortress the garrison
that capituatedal slain, and not vcstige of de-
fence left in the country? The cry Of the Weste
was then fractured by ball. and hung in sling he
placed himself at the head of the volunteers of Tennes
cc and resolved to terminate forever the hereditary
struggle.
Who can tell the horrors of that campaign' Who
paint rightly the obstacles which Jackson ovcrcame-
mountains the scarcity OF untenanted forests winter the
failure ofsupples from the settlements the nsubordna
0n Of sIoops muy Of IN WsS
mis- personal powess and attractive energy drew them in
nidwinter from their homes; across the mountains and
scribe the personal herosm of Jackson sparing
himself beyond any Of his men; encountering toll and
fatigue sharing every labor the camp and of the march,
soldier yhs through the
durance and the private soldiers they found him
passing them the march exclaimed, he is tough
" there goes Old Hickory !,
Who Harrate the terrible events of the double bat
ties OF Emuckaw the glorious victory of Tohopeka
where the anger ofthe general against alterng was
appalling than the warwhoop and the rifle Of the
savagei Who rightly conceive the field Of Enoo-
chopco where the general he attempted to draw the
sword TO cut down flying colonel who leading a
regiment from the hed, brook again the arm which was
sling with his commanding voice arrested the fight of
the troops, and himself led them back to victory
In six short months of vehement action the terri
BILE Indian war in our annals brought to close the
prophets silenced the consecraed region Of the
Creek nation reduced. Through OF blood, the
avenging hero sought only the path peace Thus Ala
bama, part OF Mississippi part Of his Tennessee
and the highway to the FloTdas, were his gifts to the
Union. These were his trophies.
Gsn,us as extraordinary as military events can call
and most fortunately conducted war.
Time would fail were to track hero down the
watercourses OF Alabama to the neighbohood Of Pensa
cola How he longed plant the eagle of his country
on its battlemens
dwell on the magical influence of his appearance in New
Orleans. His presence dssipated gloom and dspelled
alarm at once he changed the aspect of despair into
Every knows the tale of the heroic sudden and yet
deliberate daring which led him, the night Of the
twentyhird of December precipate his little army
his foes in the thick darkness before they grew ia.
miar with their encampment scattering dsmay through
veteran regiments of England and defeating them and
arrestng their progress by a far inferior force.
Who shall recount the counsels of prudence the kind
ling words Of eloquence that gushed from his lips to
eventful morning when the day at Bunkers Hill had its
ulflment in the glorious battle of New Orleans and
American independence stood before the world in the
majesty of victorious power
These great deeds for the nation; for himself no
did greater Had not Jackson been renowned for the
vehement mpeuosity of his passions for his defiance of
others authority and the unbendng vigor Of his self
victory viewing around him the city he had preserved
the madens and children whom his herosm had protec-
ted stand in the presence Of petty judge who gratifes
his wounded vanity by abuse OF his judicial power
Every breast in the crowded audience heaves with ndg
nation He, the passionate, the impetuous-he whose
power was to be humbled whose honor questioned,
whose laures furnished alone stood sublmely sercne
and when the craven judge tremblcd, and faered and
dared not proceed himself the arragned one, babe him
take courage and stood by the law in the
when the law was made the instrument of insult and
wrong on himself-at the moment Of his perfect
claim to the highest civic honors
Ills country when It grew to hold many more Millions
the generetion that then coming in has risen up to
do homage to tho noble heroism of that hour Woman
whose feeling is always right did honor from the first to
the purity OF his herosm. The people of Louisiana to
the latest hour, will cherish his name as their greatest
beneactor
The culture of Jackson's mind had been much promo.
ted by his services and associations in the war HIS dis.
cpline of himself the chief in command his intimate
relations with men like Livingston the wonderful deeds
IN which he bore part all matured his judgment and
mellowed his character.
Peace came with its delights; more the country