The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

| AZ u rebel. ind reward was offer ed
for his capture. Tho author OF the
Declaration OF Independence must
have been snurp thorn in tho side OF
British Intolerance and Jefferson stood
| in great danger OF personal Violence
both at home and abroad. Jumcs Nadi-
Son was 30 active in turthering the
| cause of the American revolutionists
Chat the British government would
have been delighted 70 put him out Of
the way. Each OF these stanch
cause of liberty had his appointed
mission to fulfil. and all led charmed
| lives during the British Invasion.
| Al the battle u Trenton. that hot
| fight on the day after Christmas. 1876,
| a young Virginia lieutenant carried
| himself so gnllantly that he was com
! plim.nted by Washington. Discover
Ing that the British were trying TO
| erect battery In - position to rake
the American i!nes. hc advanced at tho
head of small detachment, drove the
artillery from the guns ana took pos
session OF the pieces.
Tha, brave youngstcr--he waE only
eighteen at the ,ime-was James Mon
roc afterward nth President Of tho
United states. During the action IA ball
/ struck him in the shoulder, but he
| was consOleh by a captaincy won by
| his effort. lie was the son Of a rich
Virginia planter and was u student a
William ana Mary College when the
war came on. Without waiting to OBJ
! tain permission. either from home or
from the college authoritis. he hasten
| cd 10 sew York and Joined the ranka
! in the Continental army, and shared
, MI the said r""erses which form the
darkest chapter in the American Revo-
I luton. During the later campaigns
| Monroe served as an aide on the staff
OF Iy)rd Sterling. and was present st
| tho battles OF the Brandywine, Ger
| mi gown ana Monmouth. Al the close
OF the war. he returned to Virginia
! and resumed his studies. His conim's-
| sion as colonel came Just as peace
| was declared
! when John Quincy Adams was n lad
| OF nine, he stood with mis- mother IN q
hin near their home at Brain:rcc.
Mass. and watched the battle OF
Bunker Hi. His boyish heart Was
fred with patriotism, but he was too
| young to fight the battles Of his cpuu
I try. During the War of 1872 he was
| United States mlniste. at ST. Peters
| burg, and could not leave HIS post.
/ but he wrote to his father thai he
| lonGcd TO shoulder ruuskct ana
follow tnc drum
"a scrupp-r From His Boyhuod."
! Like the younger adams. Andrew
jackson was too young to fight In
! the War Of the Revolution. but ne was
old enough to be made its victim. AZ
| ter the defeat Of General Gates, the
struggle In the CarolinHs took on q
tcndish aspect under the cruel Tarle-
+ ton. and tall. saliow. lank boy or
! thirteen was witness TO some of the
most sickening misconduct of that
= Az -
The Jacksons were driven from their
! sGuaiid home and were forced to take
/ refuge in the woods. Little wonder
! ;hat the lads hatred of the invaders
/ became passion which endured TO
thu end OF his days.
! HIS turn came later. When on June
] ~. lsi2. the news reached Nashville
: that war had been declared between
tho United States and England. Jack
son. who had been major general Of
the Tennessee militia for eleven years
and was ngUre in the political and
! nnancia! world. promptly offered MIS-
I services and those OF $500 volunteers
/ OF his division TO the government. Al
though he was still under suspicion
| on account OF his warm friendship for
! Aaron Burr Jacksons offer was ac-
! copied b ythe Madison administration.
an the HreeGtinE leader and his small
army marched TO Nntchez. On reach
Ing that point. Jackson received an
order 10 disband his troops and re-
! turn home, His enemies at Washing
! ton had been at work.
| The iratc leader vowed that he
wouldn't obey the order TO disband.
! and he didn't Instead. he led his
| command back to Nashville on his
own responsibility. and largely at his
own expense. Tho return through the
! wilderness was terrible experience.
! Every step was contested by hostile
Indian tribes and lack OF supplies
/ brought fearful hardship Ii was
during this trying period that his
soldiers feared to know their general.
I ana jackson acquire! his appcllation
/ OF old Hickory When they marched
/ into Nashville. the generals course
! met with universal approval. and in
! time the government was obliged to
! acknowledge that he had acted wise
ly.
! Abundant opportunity to show his
! fitness as a soldier followed quickly.
7 Ills campaign aGains. the Creeks and
& his winning Of Florida for Uncle Sam
4 made him the most popular man in
Q America. and his SUBSEQUENT emulsion