The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-01-18
BILL ARP
Talk, About the Battle of New Orleans
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Talk, About the Battle of New Orleans.
atlanta Coastituh0n.
Just seventy eight years ago to-day,
there vas fought memorable battle
the most extraordinary, perhaps, that is
recorded in the annals of all history. 1t
was not very great battle, for there
were only $4,000 men engaged. 1t did
not last but forty minutes, and yet its re-
suits were wonderful, and their influence
ia felt to this day, and will continue to
be felt as long as this government exists.
If that battle had been fought in old
England or New England, or in any
other northern State of this union, 1t
would have been celebrated in story and
in soDg by orators and poets, and been q
landmar in history-a beacon light of
courage and patriotism and generalship
as bright and as enduring as Hohenlin.
den or Thermopyle or Bunker's Hill.
But it was fought at New Orleans,
away down south in Dixie, by southern
men, who were under the .ban-the ban
of tolerating and defending slavery-the
ban of being basbarians. The federalists
of New England had opposed the war
with England, and they gave only a re-
luctaat praise to Jackson for his victory
for they feared that it would make him
popular with the masses who we're fast
settling up the western States. And 1t
did. The victory was so amazing, so un'
expeeted-6.000 southern men, armed
with old fashioned rifles and unexps.
rienced in modern warfare, pitted against
12,0e0 English troops, the flower of Wei.
lipgton's army, that had just few
months before conquered Napoleon and
retired him from Paris to ElboH and yet
these rough, unframed soldiers did, in
forty minutes, kill $500 of The enemy
and put the rest to flight, add lost only
eight killed and thirteen wounded of
their own side Where does history re-
cord such victor. There was no fool
ing about that business. Those ridemen
hadent hunted bear aud wolves and cat
amounts and shot squirrels eyes out all
their lives for nothing Their fathers
had fought old England in the revolu-
tionary war, aud the sons had no love
for the Britishers. Washington city, the
capital of the union, was then ia posses
sion Of the ,Bfisish, but these southern
patriuts echoed Jaekson's oath when be
swore by the eternal they should net
take New Orleans. He had already
driven them from Pensacola and Mo-
bile, and had scattered the Indians from
hill and hollow and blown up a fort with
300 runaway negroes in it-uegroes that
the British we're not only projecting, but
we're incitiug to merciless warfare upon
the families of the absent soldiers.
Wonderful man that Jackson, for be
had to SIGHT foes without and foes within.
There WAS no telegraph to bring him or
ders from Wasbingtoa, and when the
mail brought them in the old-fashioned
stage he had already done what they for.
bade or what they commanded. IL made
but little difference to him. He consid-
cred his commission as major General in
COMMAND Of the southern division, as
"csrte blanche" to do just as he pleased
forthe public good-and be did it. He
was king and autocrat General Win
field Scott reported him as mutiueer
for not obsyiug osders, aud he denounc.
ed Scott as carrion fed buzzard, and
then challenged him. He would fight
anybody in defense of his own honor or
that of g woman. He never allowed any
reputable woman to be maligned iu bis
presence, not even by hint or whis-
per. He broke up his cabinet because
Mrs. John @. Calhoun and Mrs. Bsrrien
refused to associate with Mrs Eaton. He
was always slow to believe charges
against woman. Jackson was the frst
nulliier, for he absolutely refused to ex
ecuto the mandates of the supreme
court unless they coincided with bis
views. When the State Of Georgia re.
fused to recognize the claims of the In.
dianu within her borders and was in open
conflict with the federal government,
Jackson withdrew the troops and swore
by the eternal that the red handed,
blood licking Indians should have no
State within State. He had been fight.
ing Indians for years, and knew their
treachery and their brutality. But he
was q great, big hearted, noble mana
diamond in the rough. He raced, he
bet, lie gambled, he swore and he fought
dueIs, but he was always for the oppress.
ed ard the helpless, and always the pro-
tecto1 and the defender of woman. Even
if her husband was the oppressor, he
sought quarrel with him about it, and
generally got satisfaction in some way.
What q will he had, and what will
power over men-even snch men as Tom
Benton and Cass and Blair and Chief
Justice Tsuey. He Was the first presi-
dent who said turn the raseals out-snd
he tlrged them From 1889 to 1929
there had besn but seventy four RENO
walls srom Office, but Jackson turned out
1000 the first year of his presidential
service. He determined to break up the
United States bank, because be said it
was being used for plunder and political
purposes, aud 80 he ordered Mclean, the
secretary of the treasury, to remove the
deposits. Mclean declined. So he re-
moved Mclean and appointed Duane.
At the last moment, Duane declined be.
cause it was illegal. He removed him
and appointed Roger B. Taney, and he
removed them. and all the peGple said