, 1876-03-18
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ANDREW JAcEs0S

tn c.sss President and General Arlcsv
I,ckssu arl2rs the mea oi rs a: Gr3t e4yM.
ou, c. place. Bgl b.. though Frvsiacn; IL
lat. Is 1885, ha& won Revolutionary haao'
gAat-Sl!uuld na; bg cve.lo0gld isoagh ;heJ
may have been aVsrsh4dowr4 10y IL,
:fiamphS Of his h.rr life. Born in South
Caroir@ in March, l7t7, he was only nint
years old q: the signing Of the Dollar
alton oi Independence, II boy who bad jus:
commenced the ste iy Of :he languages, pre-.
plruory 10 the profession he expected 20
embrNce--the ministry.
Sill, early in the eight years. war, 1880
be Joined HE brothers in the Colonial Army,
the elder OF whom wns killed u. the battle
Of Stone Ferry. At-the time OF reverse,
caused by surprise to II small portion OF
General Sumter's army in North Carolina,
jackson and hi4 rcu1ining brother were
taken prisoners. This brother died after
the two we're exchanged shortly before the
battle Of Camden, from the effects Of u
wuund received Ut the bands Of British
officer, who was angry with him fox refusing
to do some meuial service. AndroW uArowly
escaped with hi- life from the reckless wrath
Of the same officer, receiving on his arm Il
sabre cut intended for his head The causu
was similar to that in HE brothers case.
It was now 1880, and General Sunter's
small command wus attracting considerable
OF Lord CUrnwalhs' attention. Though up.
psrently annlhihted on the 18th OF August,
with Il militia toIcc, many Of whom we're
scarcely more than boys such ~ Jack son, he
on the Sth ol November Dictated Mnior
Wemyss For this and the atFsir ut Hang
ing Rock previous, and the rcpulse OF Colo.
mel Tarleton at Blackstocks, immediately
after, Congress passed vote direct ing
their thanks to be presented to General
Sumter and the troops under his command
for their patriotism, bravery and military
conduct"
Partly on account OF q wound received by
General Sumter ut Blackstocks and the win
ter being at hand, his torcc dsbMndcd until
February, 1881. From April in that year
until the enemy were Confned within the
walls OF Charleston, Sunters force acted in
conjunction with General Greene, furnishing
him much information, gathering provisions
anu frequently cutting the communications
Of the enemy and harrassing hnn in every
way possible. Here Jackson, tanny times in
adyelsity and seldom in success, had four
years Of military education.
At the close OF the wsr, before which his
father had died, he supported himself 10y
the moderate estate he now had inherited,
prosecuted the study Of law in Salisbury,
North Carolina; was admitted to practice
in 1886, and removed To Nashville in 1888,
where he found the only practitioner in
town retained as counsel for the defendants
and was engaged 10 prosecute seventy suits
the next day after ms arrival. This lnrtu
nate opening secured him good business
In 1887 he was appointed Solicitor OF the
district, now the State Of Tennessee From
1898, in continuous order, he held for Il
short time euch Of the following positions
Member OF the Constitutional Convention
OF his adopted State, member Of the House
Of Representatives OF the State Legislature,
and afterwards Senator aud Judge of the
Supreme Court ian Office hc soon resigned J
In 1913, then Major General OF State nmlitiu,
in u campaign against the Creek Indians he
acquired the soDriquet OF "Old Hickory"
troops, who were destitute OF supplies by
feeding on hickorynuts. His victory Mt
New Orleans, in 1915, over the British under
General PAckenham, places him in lofty
position in another ERA OF American history.
After that, Governor OF Florida, lately ceded
to the United States. and United States Sen
ator from Tennessee and the seventh Presi
dent of the United States, reelected by AN
overwhelming majority, are positions he
filled with ability and tirmness. But we
have pas,ed in the long fifty years Of public
life of Andrew jackson from centennial days,
and to times, zoo, like the present, in which
the strong party feeling and political strife
have NOT yet been soItened by the mild at
OF a ccntuTy's distance from view.
lie died at his farm, the Hermitage, near
Nashville, June 8, 1913, believer, from
experience, from conviction. lie was never
Il skeptic, and died wishing peace To his
enemies and that the liberties of his country
might endure forever.
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