The Carbon County news., 1930-01-02


ing its hind legs, similar to the jackson statue
Whereupon its rider slid off hastily and continued
on his way afoot! The statue was unveiled OF
January 8, 1893, and Senator Stephen A. Douglas
of Illinois was the orator for the OCCASION
For all the ridicule that has been heaped upor
jackson and his rocking horse' the statue is 9
remarkable one in many respects It is mounted
without pivots, rivets or clamps of any kind
Among many people there is an idea that the tail
and hind legs of the horse were cast solid to bal
ance the rest Of the figure But this idea is
erroneous. The statue is balanced perfectly on
the hind legs of the horse and, despite the fact II
has not shifted fraction of an inch in the "a
years that it has stood on the same spot From
the original model Mills made replica for New
Orleans and it stands today in Jackson square
Originally called the Place d Armes. but changed
to honor the savior of the city after the historic
battle in 1S15) in that city Another replica
stands on the grounds of the statehouse in Nash
vile, Tenn
Mills statue of Jackson brought him fame and
he was commissioned to do others. The first was
the equestrian statue of Washington which stands
in the circle of that name in the National Capital
Another was the statue of "Armed Liberty which
stands on the dome of the Capitol in Washington
If Jackson's life was disputatious one ii is
appropriate also that ii should have begun on dis
puted ground and that the dispute over the scene
of his birth should continue long after his death
At the time of his birth, March 15 1867 the
boundary line between the two provinces of
North and South Carolina was not clearly defined
That boundary line ran north and south less than
a quarter Of mile from the log cabin in which
Andrew Jackson first saw the light of day. But
was the cabin east of the boundary line, l. e. in
. South Carolina, or west of it, hence in North
Carolina? That is a point over which his biog-
raphers and other historians have never been
able to agree
And so the two states of North Carolina and
South Carolina have had part in another Jack
son controversy as to which one belongs the
honor of being his native state Apparently South
Carolina has had the last word in the contro-
versy, for in November, 1928 there was erected
marker on the James Crawford plantation, 10
miles from Lancaster S. c., bearing on the front
these words, birthplace of Andrew Jackson.
brave. truculent noble, able honest" On the
rear is an inscription from letter, said to have
oeen written by Jackson to Lancaster citizen
which reads II WAS born in South Carolina, as
have been told at the plantation whereon
James Crawford lived about crossing of the Wax
haw Creek" and beneath that is this Inscription.
This stone stands upon the plantation whereon
James Crawford lived near the site of the dwell
Ing house according to the Mills map of 1920"
another
mortal to Andrew Jackson That was on April Is
when the statue of Jackson was unveiled in Sta
tuary hall in the Capitol 1t was presented to the
federal government by the. state of Tennessee in
honor OF the centennial year of his inauguration
as President and accepted on behalf of the
nation by President Coolidge The statue which
SHOWS jackson in the full dress uniform of
major general Of the regular army of his time
cooked nat, tghtftting military dress coat and
breeches, long cloak and high boots, is the work
OF Belle Kinney Scholz formerly of Nashville.
lenn- On that occasion President Coolidge Maid |
tribute to Jackson one who exemplifed the
opportunities offered to men, regard |
less of seeming handcaps:
"Ile gave to the nationalisc spirit throngh
loyalty to the Union, a new strength which was
decisive for many years." President Coolidre
said: His management of our foreign affairs
vas such as to secure wholesome respect for
'ur government and the rights of our citizens He
eft the treasury without obligations and with
surplus
Coming up from the people, he demonstrated
nat there is sufficient substance in self govern
nent to solve important public questions and 70
Use superior to a perpleXing crisis Like true
pioneer, he broke through all restraints and i'm.
,ediments into which he born and leaving
'ehind the provincialisms and preiudces of his
ounder government, carrying the country with
i'm.
IF at times he was high tempered and over
earring there is no fairer story Of chvalrous
eviction and affectonate consideration than th,t
'hich he iavished upon his wife"
But If one would see the memorial which hest
xemplifies the tender side of Andrew jackson
is only necessary to 20 to Nashville Tenn. and
here visit the Hermitage where he lived tbe
appest days of his life with his beloved Rachel
here the most crushing blow in his whole
areer, her death, dealt him and where at
ISL he died with a miniature of her next to his
cart In that fine old mansion, which has become
patriotic shrine of the sor that Washinpton,s |
ount Vernon and Jeffersons Monticello are |
reserved it was in the days when Jackson
we'd there, one may come nearer understa ndine /
ndrew Jackson--not Andrew Jackson, the Jndi d
. fighter or the genera or the politician or the b
resident, but Andrew Jackson, the mon il