El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-07

her manner and her speech, soneLn1n8
Then came the duel WlIn DIchln-
so mOtherly and sincere LnaL the peO-
pie didn't know whether 70 ADMIRE neF
or the general the most without ever
having been a woman Of society no one
could doubt that she was a genIleWo-
man. Of all the hOnors and applause
he received in his life, Jackson appre-
ciated most what his wife SAID ABOUT
him. He loved to repeat to others ner
words of communication Size was SIN
guIar in her speech with him. Never
in all their married life did she address
him as Andrew" He always was MI
Jackson, or after the Creek campaign,
general" OF all his titles. Jackson
cared only for that Of general" When
he was president, he refused to accept
speech from anyone who addressed MIN
as Mr. President" call me general,
he would order. And general II was
to the end Of the chapter
New Orleans made Jackson the big
gest figure in the eyes OF the American
people He sought retirement When ne
got back to Tennessee. but there was no
rest for such a man IT was not long
before he had to bid his wife goodbye
and take the field again in the Florida
war
Jackson was made the first govern
or Of Florida in recognition Of MS ser
vice, but he only held the Job lew
months Then he returned to the Her
7nftagp He said he wanted to spend
the rest Of his days with his beloved
Rachel 1t was not to be- however.
He could not keep out OF politics.
Tennessee sent him once more TO the
United States senate. He took Mrs
jackson to Washington 1t was the
first time she ever had been east since
she was u years old Washington ap-
palled her. She thought the people
were terribly frivolous frightfully ex-
trava giant, too given to levlty, and she
liked nothing about the capital except
the churches.
Her Fear OF the White House.
There was one man in Washington
aside from her husband for whom she
had great regard That was Lafayette
He was making that grand tour OF the
great nation he had done so much 10
create. In his memoirs you VIII find
nothing more touching nor more bean
tiful than those paragraphs he deVoteS
to Jackson, and to the affection the
man Of New Orleans bore to the dumpT
little woman who was his VIE
The nation wanted Jackson Tor pres
ident in 1924. He got the highest VOt6
in the electoral college, but not a mas
jOrity, and the house OF representatives.
through a combination between Adams.
and Clay, made John Quincy Adams
president That SOured jackson and
once more he resigned from the senate
BE began to lay his plans for the next
presidential campaign
The prospect OF becoming first woman
Of the land terrified Mrs. Jackson She
was probably the only woman who ever
had this glory near her who had no
ambition to attain it. She begged the
general to eschew politics, to return to
the Hermitage and enjoy Deace and
quietude for the rest OF their lives Hs
promised to do 50 and sincerely en-
deavOred to fulfill his promise, but the
attacks that were made upon him by
the opposition gradually weakened his
resolution and he was drawn back into
the fight The day in 1923 that word
came to the Hermitage that Andrew
Jackson had been elected president OF
the United States was one Of the sad
dest in all the life OF aunt Rachael
She died a few days later.
'Old Hickory went to Washington
A few months later he was inaugurated
as president Of the United States. It
was q broken and grief stricken man
who took the oath of office. He refused
to meet the retiring president. practic-
ally insulted him, in fact because
newspapers that supported Adams had
raked up the old story of that irregular
marriage He served as president
eight years He made Van Buren, pres
ident- He made Polk president.
And he died as he lived, a rude man
but a glorious lover
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