The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-04

ing: but to heaven and the bravery
of our soldiers are we indebted for the
victory TO heaven and them let it be
! ascribed," One of his toasts was I'm
| ion-the sure basis of our political exis-
| tence." Over month was spent here
by him, officially, on business growing
| out of the war with England, and the
| conduct of the Indian wars south and
southwest, during which there was q
round of entertainments, public and
private, and dinners and banquets be-
came so frequent that one organization
| rendered an evenings entertainment Ito
| relieve the monotony of dinners" and a
writer of that day recorded that the
| general seemed to enjoy the change"
General Jackson started on his return
to his home the Gath of December to the
great ppointment of friends at the
| north. In 1S19 hen his conduct was the
subject of debate in congress, he re-
turned to Washington, arriving Janua-
ry 27. He remained until fully vindlca-
ted, and then started north. Baltimore
was reached February II, but the
weather prevented proposed great
outdoor demonstration. The banquets
by the city councils and his receptions
indoors were of the most enthusiastic
character In Philadelphia, New York
and other places the Gather was more
propitious, and the outdoor demonstrra-
tons eclipsed all pevious affairs of the
kind.
The ovation paid to General Jackson
by the people of New Orleans in 1927,
on the anniversary Of his victory below
hot ,NJo Il. aI1I
rate ever given an officer. BY this time
whatever bitterness caused by the ar
rest of Judge Hall had disappeared,
and the people of the southwest We'd
with each other in doing Jackson honor
He had accepted an invitation to visit
that city, and when the time came the
committee went up to Natchez and re-
ceived him. On the trip down, 1t is
said, there We're huge fires burning on
the river banks in his honor, and some
distance north of the city a fleet of
eighteen steamboats,, gayly decorated
and lighted, and laden with admirers,
with music, were formed for escort On
arrival at New Orleans practically the
whole population Of the place and thou
sands of others elcomed him. bells be-
ing rung, cannon fired and other forms
adopted for the expression of the peo-
pies exuberance. With "Old Hickory
as the central figure, the ovation was
kept up several days, balls, receptions,
entertainments, dinners and professions
being the order till the time of his de-
narture.
There has been probably no occasion
in which a grateful people paid more
homage to mortal man than in the
ovation to Lafayette in 1924 and 1925,
when he was the guest of the nation.
Coming here at the invitation of the
government, from August Is, 1924, to
September, 1925, he traversed much of
the country and in New York New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Ken
lucky Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Connect
icut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts
he received the plaudits of state and
municipal authorities, associations and
the populace.
Though there have been great public
demonstrations since, and welcomes
have been rendered returning heroes,
there has been none since that of La
fayette in which there was such general
interest taken al there is in the present
The Mexican war brought into promi-
nence Scott, Taylor, Worth, Shields and
hosts of others, but there was no such
welcome given as Deey received
Washington Star.