The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-01-15
WHOLE NO. 35l.
The Eighth Of January.

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Just three quarters Of century ago
to-day battle that never should have
been fought at all was fought at New
Orleans by General Andrew Jackson,
commanding a few thousand raw mi-
litia, and General Packenham, com
handing double the number Of the
best disciplined British troops. The
treaty OF peace had been signed at
Client a iull fortnight before, and the
armies which met on the Sth day of
Janulry, 1915, as grim reapers in the
harvest OF death, should have mingled
as friends and fred joint salutes o,er
restored peace between England and
her wayward daughter in the New
World.
But ocean ca les, telegraphs and
steamships were undreamed of in
those days, and the bloody battle of
New Orleans was fought and the Brit
ish commander and one.tbird OF his
TROOPS fell in a conflict between foes
who were ignorant OF the treaty that
made them friends. That battle,
fought tvo weeks after peace had been
declared by the Commissioners OF the
two nations, stamped its impress upon
the policy of the Republic with en-
phasis and endurance second only to
the memorable achievement ut Apo.
mattox. 1t made Andrew Jackson
Senator and President; it made him
the only political dictator OF our his
tory; it revolutionized the whole
financial policy Of the government; it
crystalized simplicity, economy, equal
ity and patriotism even in the aggres-
sive partisan policy proclaimed by the
Jackson rule, and through all the
startling political mutations OF the
last generation Jaeksonism has shed
its undimmed lustre upon the loyal
cause in war and upon the inyiolable
sanctity Of Union in peace.
Tonight there will be great gather
ings in every business centre, and pee
pie from Eastern to Western sea, and
from the SHOWS OF the North TO the
flowers of the South, and the one
theme OF Jacksonism will be the c ,m-
mon inspiration. His rugged land
marks OF public integrity, of public
economy, OF public economy, OF equal
ity in public laws, of reverence for the
Constitution and Of loyalty to an indis-
soluble Union Of the States, will! quick
en- eloquence and song tonight in
every section OF the Republic, and
Jacksonism, with its ruder attributes
mellowed by forgetfulness, will en-
thuse the people tonight because it
recalls great nation from pitfalls and
perils to constitutional liberty and
equal laws.
Even in this city OF the peaceful
Penn the city where Jscksonism had
its ablest and most potent assailants,
and in the city least in sympathy
with the Jacksonism OF past or pres
ent, there will be exhibited this
evening the most imposing political
pageant OF our history. An ex-Presi-
ident who had the courage to COM
mand halt in the depar ture from the
public integrity and equal laws OF
Jackson, and who fell as he dared to
be honest rather than expedient, will
speak 20 Pbiladelp phia to.niSh an ex-
Governor, soon again to resume the
Chief Magistracy Of the Common
wealth, will portray the resstless drift
of public opinion toward the simplic-
ity, economy, integrity aud equality
which we're taught from the Hermit
age; countless orators will be heard in
countless places telling the same story
OF patriotism and honest government,
and there arc millions Of the masses
here and elsewhere who will take pause
to study the utterances of the teachers
OF tonight. The era of revolutionary
political methods, Of Force legislation,
OF oppressive taxation for the benefit
of classes and Of sweeping prohigacy,
turn the people OF the nation to the
9Th OF January as the tempest-tosssd
mariner turns to his compass, and that
is the lesson OF Jacksonism IN 1891.