Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-01-13

Eighth Of January Festival, held at the Amel
loan House In this city, on Thursday evenin
last:
AEDREW JAoKsoN-Great az wsryioY =
greater as statesmdn-gTeatest Of all in HI
untaltering lovs Of country
Reported for the Ohio statesmsn.l
ANDREW JACKSON What shall tell you
him, Mr.. President and fellows -cltizsns, tina
you do not already knoW7 The Incidents In
life 80 distinguished are too familiar to max
any repetition Of them here, even If there wer'
time for it, either necessary or useful. Tn,
historian and the poet, the painter and th'
sculptor, have We'd with one another in making
us acquainted with his appearance and charac
ter, as well as in embRlming his memory. w,
have learned of him In the schopl-room and b,
the freside; and forty-eight anniversaries likt
that we celebrate tonight have taught 90 o.
the man, no less than OF that great victory
which gained for him the appellatiOn Of sec
ond Washington--a second dellverer of bill
country. The eyes Of these veteran heroes ol
1912 whom see around me, have been bless
ed with hIs sight, but even those of us who
have never seen him can TO night recall the
appearance of that tall, straight, slender man,
with broad mouth. and chlsaeled nose, and
heavy hair, and massive brow, and piercing
eye; while the great soul within, It's daring and
Its doing, have been the theme of praises
sounded In our ears from childhood.
ANDREW JAcKsoN-GREAT AS A WARRIOR!
Great because Of what he did and because Of
what he was. Great In action, great in attFi
butte. He was naturally endowed with, and In
the conduct Of his campaigns evinced, remark
able fertility In resources, great vigilance and
preparation for action, courage united with
caution, and Iapidity, suddenneas and bodnesH
of movement united with discretion,
When he first went forth at the head Of the
Tennessee volunteers against the Creek In.
dians, the fear was expressed by many Who
knew something Of his early life that ga rash
valor" and an "eager desire to distinguish him,
self In arms" would lead to disaster and perhapa
to tie unnecessary eaofiioe of his men. But
they did not know him 90 we'll as they thought.
Those who we're with him and who watched
most closely his campaign against the willy and
formidable foe, while they were oftentimes
compelled to wonder at bis exceeding courage
and boldneas, were equally compelled to mark
his caution aud discretion.
II was In the campaign of l8l4-l5 In the
South, however, that he first had scope for the
exercise of his qualities as General and op-
portunIty to evince his brilliant genius and ca.
pacity for military command. The French
Emperor had been overthrow, and Great Brit.
ain, still smarting under the loss OF her Ameri.
can colonies, thus found herself In condition
to humble or destroy the people who had so suc-
cssafully rebelled against her. The burned and
blackened walls OF our national Capitol attest.
ed the fury of her first blow. The public pride
was wounded, the public credit was we'll nigh
gone, and the public finances In q ruinous con-
dItien. Our regular army could not be ade-
quately increased, our navy was In Its infancy,
and the whole of our long extended sea coast
was exposed and almost defenseless. In the
midst of it all went forth the terrible fumor
among the people that Q still fercer bolt was 10
strike some where on ou- Southern shores. Every
day the Southern skies grew darker and darker
The fearful mutterings Of the gathering storm
were heard In the distance, aching eyes were
gazing with aching hearts. They knew that
Gen. Jackson was 10 command of the depart
ment; but they knew, also, that he had but two
regiments Of regulars and one regiment of
mounted Tennessee volunteers; and, worse
than all, that he had no adequate supply either
of provisions or munitions Of war. Nothing
remained to them but faith in the man. Never
was confidence 90 well reposed or so we'll repaid.
With characteristic energy he called upon the
States Of Kentucky and Tennessee to forward
their militia. In strains Of inspiring eloquence
he exhorted the people of Louisiana to employ
ell their energies and resources to be In readiness
to meet and drive from their soil the invading
foe. By these energetic steps, he found him
self at length at the head Of force of FIVE
thousand men, armed In every conceivable way;
and with this hastily assembled army, on this
blessed Eghthd day Of January, forty eight years
ago, lit Ia recorded in history, che met, and,
in a saDguinary battle, overcsme more than
double their number Of veteran troops, led by
experienced Generals, flushed with recent vic
the war In blaze of glory"
As the joyful tidings Of his great victory
travelled slowly toward the North, old men
blessed him, while the tears Of exultation
trickled down their cheeks; young men, ih
their generous ardor, shouted his name; and
In every dwelling gre .tful mothers and daugh.
ters invoked blessings on his head, while Of the
Nuns Of st. Ursula, 1t is recorded, that they
moved In solemn procession, 20 offer In public
a Te Deam for both the victory and the victor
ANDREW JACKSON - GREAr 40 A WARnroR =
GREATER As A STATEsMAN.
There 10 no time, my fellow citizens, speak
Of our hero's political career as Il deserves. 7
can only follow him In outline to say how Ia.
early life he rose TO represent his district In
Congress, and then his State In the Senate Of
the United states, and then sat upon the Su-
preme Bench of Tennessee; and how, after.
ward, he wss elected TO the highest civil atation
under the National Government; and how for
eight successive years he welded the power
and influence Of his position as Executive
Chief, with such vigor and address, that he was
sustained In and succeeded In carrying out
all the great measures of his administration,
and that, too, in the face OF an opposition COM
bining an amount Of ability, eloquenoe, skill
and experienced In affairs In both houses Of
Congress, greater than was ever Witnessed be-
fore OF since, Alas! the mantles of the men of
that day, have, fear, not fallen upon the
shoulders Of the men who occupy their seats
now. Heaven knows, II they had, It would be
as II you threw the plate armor Of some old
giant knight upon the feeble body of modern
petit maitre-it would crush them bone and
brain. FE6N Eek 6s
Asa statesman, II may perhaps be said Of
Jacbson, that he lacked political knowledge
But faithful study of our great political Bible
"a work much neglected and even trampled un-
der foot In these days Of political heresy and In
fdelity-to wit, the Constitution of the Union,
together with strong common sense, sound judg-
ment, and decision Of character, compensated
largely for this defect. Moreover, the vigilance
he praotlced In camp, be did not neglect In civil
life. He was ever on the alert and ever pre-.
pared for an emergency. need scarcely refer
to the most signal evidence he gave OF this
chara actariatia Whan ha datarmlna In axacuta