Evening star., 1936-04-19
JACKSON IN BRONZE SURVIVES AS FEATURE OF CAPITAL
MORAL GRANDEUR SUSTAINS
Periodical Questions of Art Have Been Swept Aside by
n1irers of Great American Who Were Impressed by
Statues Inspiraton-Changes in Lafayette Park.

his wife and their two sons, Hugh
and Robert. They Immediately pro-
ceeded to the upper county and Sc
lected for their new home lonely
spot in the secluded valley of the
WaXhaw. Two years after, Andrew
Jackson, whose illustrious deeds have
filled the world with his renown, was
born. The father died few months
after the birth of his son, who was to
inherit his name and render it immor-
tai.
''Nobly did the widowed mother per-
form her duty to those fatherless chill
dren. The earlier years of our hero's
boyhood were spent in the peaceful
abode Of WaxhaW Academy. He was
there when the Revolution burst upon
the world. The war cry from the
bloody fields of Lexington and Con-
cord and Bunker Hill aroused the
people of all Colonies to just sense
of their wrongs and inspired them
with the firm resolve to assert and
vindicate their rights. The disas-
trous campaign which preceded the
first brilliant achievements; the suf-
fering of the army at Valley Forge;
the glorious victory at Saratoga ex-
cited in alienation the fears and
hopes Of the people and reused their
patriotism to the highest point. When
the tide Of desolation rolled over the
scattered settlements Of the Caro-
linas, the whole population, old and
young, proved themselves worthy Of
freedom by the spirit in which they
met the ruthless oppressor. Hugh.
the elder brother Of Andrew Jackson,
fell in his first battle at Stono. Rob-
ert became martyr to liberty and
lost his life from wounds received
while in captivity. The mother de-
scended to the grave, victim Of
grief and suffering in ceaseless efforts
to rescue and save her sons.
Andrew was thus left alone in the
world at tender age, without father
or mother, brother or sister, friend
or fortune, to assist him. All was
gone save the high qualities with
which God had endowed him and the
noble precepts which pious and
sainted mother had infused into his
young heart. He had already, at
the age of IA, become soldier of the
Revolution, had borne the fatigues
and privations of the march with his
musket on his shoulder; had displayed
the coolness, intrepidity and forti-
tude of the veteran with his first
engagement with the enemy; had en-
dured the sufferings of cruel cap
tivity, and for his manly refusal to
perform menial services while pris-
oner he had received wound from
the sword of a British officer, the
scar of which he carried with him to
the grave"
A ND this is the tribute paid at the
n time by one of Americas foremost
orators and statesmen to the subject
and the man who made it. He saw in
the statue something beside mere
metal and art. It was history and
genius that appealed to him most, and
it is these laudable impulses that
should impress us most today.
January 8, 1858, occurred on Sat-
urday, and it was a gala day for
Washington. According to the Ma
tional Intelligencer, the procession
formed in front of the City Hall NOV
the court house, and left it at about
1880 am. passing down John Mar
shall place to Pennsylvania avenue,
and thence along the avenue to Lafay-
ette Park
The order of the procession, as given,
follows: Marshals and aids on horse
back, the famous United States Flying
Artillery from Fort McHenry, with four
pieces: the Marine Band, marines
from the navy yard, Washington Light
Infantry, National Greys, Continental
Guards, Walker Sharpshooters, Ger
man Yagers, Boone Riflemen, clergy,
the contractor of the statue, Speaker
of the House of Representatives and
members of both Houses of Congress,
Jackson Democratic Association and
Democratic citizens from Georgetown
with banner
Before entering the square, the pro-
cession was joined by the President of
the United States and members of the