Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-08
THE B4TTLE OF NEW oRLEANs

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
To-day, sixty-six years ago, General
Jackson defeated, at New Orleans, the
British army under the command of Gen.
Pakenham. The inequalities of the con-
tending armies and the rare military
Judgment with which General Jackson
disposed the troops and took advantage
of the plumbers of the English command
er on this occasion, taken in connection
with the energetic and fearless manner in
which he disposed of every obstacle
thrown in his way at this critical period
in the history of the military movements
of that day, has given General Jackson a
position in the history of the country and
in the affections of the American people
second only to that of the Father of His
Country.
There is no incident connected with
this memorable contest of 1000 raw and
inexperienced troops with the trained
soldiers of an army Of from 5000 to A.,
600 men, but that illustrates the mill
tary genius, honest purpose and iron cour-
age of the commander of the American
forces.
To the foresight and energetic action
of the commander of the American army
on this occasion, we are probably indebt-
ed for the undisputed control Of the great
highway which gives us an outlet to the
sea. To have lost the battle Of New
nr1a iod ha
of ST. George to the confluence of the
waters of the Mississippi and the Ohio.
The treaty of Client would not have saved
Louisiana from foreign occupation and
rule, for the title by which We acquired
that territory in 1903 was disputed by
the English government until reinforced
by the results of the battle of New Or
leans in 1915, and these results followed
by the prompt admission of the territory
into the Union during the same year.
From the day martial law was declared
in the Territory of Louisiana, Gen. Jack
son asserted the unwritten code of the
necessities of the situation as the rule of
action governing his conduct. There was
no temporlzing with rival authority hold
ing, blind-folded, the evenly balanced
scales of Justice The order which sent
Louiallier to prison was soon followed by
another sending Jadge Hall beyond the
military lines, for allowing the
writ of Aa5eds corpus to test the
legality of Louiallier's committal to a
military prison. But when the civil au-
thority had been restored, and Judge
Hall retallated on the general by arrest
ing him and imposing a fine of one thou
sand dollars for contempt of court, Gen.
Jackson evinced the same zeal in enforc-
ing the authority of the civil law that
characterized his action in enforcing ODE
dience to his authority as military of.
icer, by promptly paying the. amount
into court out of his own pocket. Gen.
Jackson's conduct as military comman-
der in the southwest was, however, the
subject of what promised to be more
than diplomatic correspondence between
the United States and Great Britain. But,
Notwithstanding Gen. Jackson was being
assailed by a formidable political infiu-
ence in congress at this time, he had the
good fortune to enjoy the warm personal
friendship of the Secretary of State, whose
good offices in the adjustment of the
differences between the two governments
were met by the British min
lister of foreign affairs in such
a conciliatory spirit as to lead
to an arrangement satisfactory
alike to the honor and interests of their
respective governments.
But General Jackson's services as a
distinguished and successful soldier are
of secondary consideration when COM
pared with his achievements as an Amer
lean statesman. Although honored by
his state with q seat in both houses of
congress, yet his political life may be said
to have commenced with his accession to
the Presidency in 1928, and ended at the
expiration of his second term in 1887.
His administration was the most exciting
in the annals of the country, excepting
the period covered by our civil war.
As President he evinced the same