Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-03

life time after time in challenges to duels and In
duels themselves to shield her good nam from
slanderous whispers about the irregularlty of
their marriage-irregular only because of a legal
technically in her divorce from her first hus-
band, Lewis Robards.
Even though he had been elected gen.
eral Of the Tennessee militia ten years before
there was no compelling reason for him to leave
Rachel and march away to the wars. But he In
stantly offered to President Madison a militia
division of $500 trained men and promised to
make a successful invasion of Canada within 90
days. But his offer was disregarded and had 1t
not been for Governor Blount Of Tennessee, who
signed his commission as major-general of Unit
ed States volunteers he might not have got into
the war at all.
Through the Vaccination of Gen. James wiki
lnson, a scoundrel in high places IL there ever
was one, all of Jackson's efforts to serve his
country were about to come to naught when
the news came of the Creek uprising and the
massacre at Fort Minis In Alabama. SO Jack
son started on the campaign which was to bring
him his first military glory. But early In that
campaign difficulties arose. Before he could win
a decisive victory over the Creeks, the term of
enlistment of the majority of the volunteers I'M
der his command expired and the men prepared
to go home without waiting for the arrival of
achievements to take their places.
Then Governor Blount threw up the sponge,
advising the evacuation of Fort Strother and a
retreat to Tennessee. 1t was a literal summons to
join the dismal file OF funklng military chieftaIns
whose crowded march into the limbo had dis
tinguished our management Of the war. One
ill-calculated step and Andrew Jackson should
bear company with the dim shapes Of Hull, Dear
born, Hampton, lizard, Chandler, Winder-the
list could be heightened"
SO Jackson wrote a letter to Blount: AROUSE
from yr. leathargy-despise fawning smiles or
snarling frowns-with energy exercise yr. func-
tions-the campaign must rapidly progress or
yr. country ruined. Call out the full quota
execute the orders Of the Secy. of War, arrest
the officer who omits his duty, and let popu.
larity perish for the moment. Save Mobile-save
the Territory-save yr. frontier from becoming
~drenched In blood. What retrograde under
these circumstances I will perish first"
That was In December, 1918. A year later,
faced with a similar situation Of impending dis.
aster (although redcoats, not redskins were the
enemy this time) Jackson was duplicating his
II will perish first" with the statement Il will
smash them, so help me God !" Smash the Creeks
he did at Tohopeka or the Great Horseshoe Bend
and Jackson's return to Tennessee was a tri-
umphal progress. A year later he also smashed
the British and ito a country that had almost
completely lost faith In itself, to a country that
had almost learned to cringe, this news came
like a ~reprieve to a man upon the gallows. 1t
was literally crazed with JOY, and In its delirium
it flung the name of Andrew Jackson against the
stars"
Later to a suggestion that he might become a
candidate for President he replied, "Do you
think / am such a id fool? No, sir; | know
what / am fit for. / can command a body of
men In a rough way. but am not TIT to be Pres
ident." Thirteen years later American democ.
racy thought differently. SO It sent this border
captain to the White House.
! @ BY Western Newspaper Union