The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-17
A Considerable Number of the Defenders
of New Orleans of the Same
Blood as Jackson.
Despite the Great Disparity in Numbers
the Foreigners Were Routed
by the Americans.

our guns and finally disappeared sea-
ward. At II o'clock the Hermes blew
up, suddenly Illuminating with her ex.
plosion the late scene Of that fierce
contest, on which now had settled the
darkness and the repose OF night.
The Americans We're justly proud of
this victory, for it's results were re-
markable considering the disparity of
the forces engaged and of the nipple.
ments of war used on the occasion. On
September 12, Gen. Jackson issued
from his headquarters at Mobile the
following proclamation: "Louisianians.
the base, the perfidious Britons have
attempted to invade your country;
they had the temerity to attack Fort
Bowyer with their incongruous horde
of Indians and negro assassins; =
the proud Briton, the natural and
sworn enemy Of all, has cal
led upon you y - to aid him in his
tyranny, and to PROSTATE the holy tenn.
pie Of our liberty"
On December 1, 1914, party of gen.
tlemen entered the city. The chief of
the party, which was composed of five
persons, was tall, gaunt man of very
erect carriage, with countenance full
of stern decision and fearless energy.
but furrowed with care and anxiety.
His lip and eye denoted the uan of
unyielding temper, and his very hair,
slightly silvered, stood erect like quills
round his wrinkled brow, as if they
scorned to bend.
Such was Andrew Jackson. Some
sneered, it is true, at what they call
a military tyro, at the impromptu gen.
eral who had sprung out of the un.
couth lawyer and the unlearned Judge,
who In arms had only the experience
of few months, acquired in a de.
sultory war against wild Indians, and
who was, not only without any prev
1ous training in his new profession, but
also without the first rudiments of a
liberal education. Such was the man
who, with handful Of raw militia,
was to stand in the way Of the vet
cram troops of England, was to protect
the city from one of the most formfd-
| able perils that ever threatened a com.
munity. Cheerfully and happily he
embraced this awful responsibility.
He came to defend a defenseIess city,
situated in the most remote section of
the Union-a city which had neither
fleets nor forts, means nor men-to
defend it.
But those who entertained such dis
trust had hardly come in contact with
General Jackson when they felt that
they had to deal with master spirit.
True, he was rough hewn from the
rock, but rock he was, and of that kind
of rock which Providence chooses to
select as fit material to use in it's
structures Of human greatness. True, he
had not the education of lieutenant in
European army; but what lieutenant,
educated or not, who had the will and
the remarkable military adaptation so
evident in General Jackson's intellect.
ual and physical organization, ever re.
mained subaltern?
The demeanor of General Jackson on
this occasion was such as to inspire
peculiar confidence. 1t was that Of i
man entirely resolved, and entirely
certain Of being able, to do what he
had come to do. He never admitted
doubt Of defeating the enemy. For
his own part. he had but one simple
plan to propose, nor would hear of any
other; to make all the preparations
possible in the time and circumstances.
to strike the enemy wherever, in what
force soever, he might appear; and
to drive him back headlong into the
sea. or bring him prisoner to New Or
leans.
The force at New Orleans amounted
to between six and seven thousand
men. Every individual exempted
from militia duty, on account of age.
had Joined one of the companies of
veterans which had been formed for
the preservation of order. The Eng.
lish expedition was composed of H.