The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-28

trackess deserts, Who can describe the persona
herosm of Jackson, never sparing himself, beyons
any of his men encountering toll and fatigue, shar
| ing every labor Of the camp and OF the march
foremost in every danger giving up his horse to tn
invalid soldier, while he himself wsded through thu
swamps on foot None equaled him in power o
endurance; and the private soldiers, as they fount
! him passing them VI the march, exclaimed, she IL
as tough as the hickory" "Yes," they cried TO on,
another, "there goes Old Hickory"
Who can narrate the terrible events Of the double
battles of Emuckfaw, or the glorious victory of To
hopeka, where the anger Of the general against tn,
faltering was more appalling than the war-whooE
] and the rifle of the SAVAGE Who can rightly con
ceve the field Of Enotochopco, where the general, al
he attempted to draw the sword to cut down fly
ing colonel who was leading regiment from thu
field, broke again the arm which was but newly
knit together; and quietly replacing il IN the sling
with his commanding voice arrested the flight of the
troops, and himself led them back to victory
i In six short months of vehement action, the most
terrible Indian war in our annals was brought to
close; the prophets were siienced the consecrated
region of the Creek nation reduced Through scenes
of blood the avenging hero sought only the path to
peace. Thus Alabama, part of mississippi, q
part of his own Tennessee, and the highway to the
Floridass, were his gifts to the Union These were
his trophies.
Genius as exiraordinsry as military events can
call forth, was summoned into action in this rapid
| efficient, and most fortunately conducted war.
Time would fail were I TO track our hero down
the waiercourses of Alabama to the neighborhood
of Pensacola. How he longed to plant the eagle Of
his country on its battlements
i Time would fail, and words be wanting, were To
dwell on the magical influence of his appearance in
New Orleans. His presence dissipated gloom and
dispeled alarm; Al once he changed the aspect Of
despair into conhdsnce of security and hope Of
acquiring glory, Every ~sn knows the tale Of the
heroic, sudden and yet deliberate daring which led
<rbS nj id
precipitate his little army his foes, in the thick
darkness, before they grew familiar with their en-
campment, scattering dismay through veteran reg
menis Of England, and defeating them, and arresting
their progress by far inferior force
| Who shall recount the counsels of prudence, the
kindling words of eloquence, that gushed from his
lips to cheer his soldiers his skirmishes and battles
till that eventul morning when the day at Bunkers
Hill had its ful6lment in the glorious battle of New
Orleans, and American independence stood before
the world in the majesty of victorious power.
4 These were great deeds for the nation: for him
\ self he did greater. Had not jackson been re-
nowned for the vehement impetuosty of his pas
sions for his defiance Of others authority, and the
unbending vigor of his selfwili Behold the savior
Of Louisiana, all garlanded with victory, viewing
around him the city he had preserved, the maideni
and children whom his heroism had protected
stand in the presence Of petty judge, who gratfei
his wounded vanity by an abuse of his judicia
4 power. Every breast in the crowded audiencs
heaves with Indignation. He, the passionate, thu
impetuous--he whose power was TO be humbled
whose honor questioned, whose laures furnished
i alone stood sublimely serene; and when the craver
Judge trembed, and faered, and dared not proceed
himself the arragned one, babe him take courage, AND
i stood by the law even in the moment when the Law
was made the instrument of insult and wrong or
himsef-at the momen. of his most perfect claim to
1 the highest civic h0nors.
| His country, when it grew to hold many more
rn he uaue Mt then WA m in
has risen up TO do homage to the noble heroism Of
| that hour. Woman, whose feeling is always right
did honor from the INST TO the purity of his hero
ism. The people of Louisiana, to the latest hour, vii
cherish his name their greatest benefactor.
i The culture of Jackson's mind had been much
promoted by his services and associations in the
war. His discipline Of himself the chief in com.
| mand, his intimate relations with men like Living.
ston, the wonderful deeds in which he bore part
all matured his judgment and mellowed his char
4 acter.
Peace came with its delights; once more the coun.
try rushed forward in the development of its pow.
| ers; once more the arts of industry healed the
j wounds that war had inflicted; and, from commerce
and agriculture and manufactures, wealth gushed
abundanty under the free activity of unrestrained
4 enterprise.
1 And Jackson returned to his own fields and his
own pursuits, to cherish his plantation, to for
his servants to look after his stud to enjoy the af
lection of the most kind and devoted wife, whom he
respected with the gentlest Difference, and loved
with almost miraculous tenderness.
And there he stood, like one of the mightiest for
| est trees of his own West, vigorous and colossal
sending its summit to the skies, and growing on its
| native soil in wild and nimitable magnfcence care
less of beholders. From all parts Of the country he
received appeals to his political ambition and the
severe modesty of his well-balanced mind TUNED
them all aside. He was happy in his farm, happy
in seclusion, happy in his family, happy within him
| self
| But the passions of the southern Indians were not
allayed by the peace with Great Britain and foreign
emissaries were still among them, to infame and
direct their maignity. Jackson was called forth by
his country to restrain the cruelty of the treacherous
and unsparing Seminoles. 1t was in the train OF
the events Of this war that he placed the Amer
lean eagle on St. Marks and above the ancient tow
! ers of st. Augustine. His deeds in that war, OF
| themselves, form monument to human power, to
the celebrity of his genius to the creative fertility OF
his resources, his intuitive sagaciy. As Spain, in
| his Judgment had committed aggression, he would
| have emancipated her islands; Of the Havana, he
caused the reconnaissance to be made; and, with
an army of five thousand men, he stood ready to
guaranty her redemption from colonial thraldom.
| But when peace was restored, and his office was
I accomplished his physical strength sunk under the
presidential influence Of the climate, and, fast yield
ing to disease, he was borne in litter across the
swamps Of Florida towards his home. II was jack
sons character that he solicited aid from any
one; but he never forgot those who rendered him
i service in the hour of need At a time when al
| around him believed him near his end, his wife has.
tened to his side; and by her tenderness and nursing
| care her patient assiduty, and the soothing infu.
ence of devoted love, withheld him from the grave.
4 He would have remained quietly at his home in
repose, but that he was privately informed his
4 good name was to be attained by some intended
congressional proceedings he came, therefore, into
the presence of. the peoples representatives al
/ Washington, only to vndicate his name; and when
that was achieved, he was once more communing
with his own thoughts among the groves of the
Hermitage.
i 1t was not his own ambition which brought him
again to the public view. The affection of Tennes
see compelled him to resume a seat on the floor Of
the American Senate and after years of the intenses
political strife, Andrew Jackson was elected Presi
dent of the United States.
i Far from advancing his own pretensions, he al
ways kept them back and had for years repressed the
i solicitations of his friends to become candidate
He felt sensibly that he was dsvoid of scientific cu
ture, and little familiar with letters; and he neyel
ottr,ttled his opnfDns or preferred claims to place