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 ed to plant the eagle of his country on is baalemens!

 Tine would fail, and words be wanting, were to dwell on the magical influence @ lis appearance ia New Orleans. iiIs pre- senca dissipated gloom and dispeed alarm at once he changed the aspect of despair in- ta confidence of security and hope oi ac- ehifag gloev. Every man knows tlia tale ot inc heroic, sudden, ant yet deliberate daring which led him, on inc night Of the twenty third ef December. to precipitate his little a- my oa his fses, jn the thieh darkness, before they grew familiar with their encampmen., scaltsr;ag disa.ay through veteran regiments of Eualand, and defeating them, and are l. Ing tl1sir progress by a far inferior force

 Who shall recount inc connsels ol pru- dence, the kindling words of eloqucnee, that enshed from his lips to cheer his soldiers, Els skirmishes aud battles. til that eventful morning when the day at Bunker's Hill had is fuI6lment ia the glorious battle of New Orleans, and American independence stood before the world in ile majesty oI victorious power

 These were great deeds for the nation: for himself he did a greater, Had not Jackson been renowned for the vehement iapetuosity of his sassiona. for his defiance of others au- iha4i4y, and tie unbeadipg Eigor of his se!i- will? Behold iise savior ol Louisiana, aii gar landed with victory, viewing around hlm the city he had preserved, the maidens and chli- erea whom his heroism had protected, stand in the presence of q petty judge, who gretl- iies his wounded vanity by an abuse oi hls I,roo sf tho ErnNVifnH audience heaves with indignation. He, tbe passionate, the impetuous-hc whose power was to be humbled, whose honor questi9neQ. whose laurels tarnished, alone stood subli- mely serene; and when the crayga judge trembled. and laultefed, and dared not pro- ceed, himself, the arraignej oae, Dade liim take courage, and stood by the law even m the moment when the law &as made the n- stYulnent of insult and wrong on hlmselt-at the moment of his most perfect clam 10 the highest civic honors.

 His country, when t grew to hold mah5 more millions, the generation that then Was coming in, had risen ID to do homage 10 the noble heroisH of that hour. Woman whose feeling is always right, did honor from the first to lhe purity ol his heroism. The peo- pie of Louisiana, to the latest hour, wlll cherish his name as their greatest bene- factor.

 The ealture of Jackson's mind had been much promoted by his services and associa- lions n the var lis discipline of himself. as the chief in command, his intimate rela lions with men like Livingston, the wonder ful deeds n which he bore part, all matur- ed his judgment and meloWed his charae- ter.

 Peace qsale with is delights, once more the country rushed forward in the deVeloP- mont ol it's powers; once more the afts otin- slustry healed the wounds bat war had inr tlcled and, fom commerce and agriculture and naHH'aefa-ss, wealth gtez3ed ahaadanay under tae tFaa aetg9 of uae5Haiaea enter prise

 Add 1aeke returned to hia own ilelst# and his own 9Fsuiis, t shesiai h. p'ln.a tion, 10 cage lnr his srvuds, efa3, a. his stud, to enjoy tha aJae4aa oi the ms kind and devoted wife. whom b2 fespar.l with the gentlest deiegeHce. and loved 0HH an almost miraculous tenderness.

 And there he stood, like oae of the mig tiest forest trees, of hia own Vii yigarau and colossal, sending it's summit to lhe k and growing on its native Soa ln wild a9 inmitable magnfeence, caletess ol behol CTS From all parts of the country he rr ceived appeals to his political ambition, ane the severe modesty ol his l-balaneed mia turned them all aside He was happy in hl farm, happy in seclusion, happy in his uml ly, happy with himself

 But the passions of the southern In ian were not allayed by the peace with c ca Britain; and foreign emssaties were slil among them, 10 iniame and direct their ma. ignliv. Jackson was called forth by hi country to restrain lie cruelty of the trcaca erous and ansparing Semino es. Il was lH the train of the events of this war that h. placed the American eagle on Si Marks and above ,he aacieHt towers of St. Augns- tine. lis deeds in dat war, ot themselves. form a monument 10 human power, to tpe celerlv of his genus, to he creative tcrtli- ly of his resources, his lutgidRe sag2clly- As Spain, in his iglgment had commtte aggression, he wouid have emancipaied hgc islands; of tbe Hagana, he caused the rccoa- noisstnee to le made, and, Wilh an arm q five thousand men, he stood ready to guar anty her redemption from eoloaial lhaal- dom.

 But when pence was restored, and his of fee was accomplished, his physical strength sunk under the presidential influence ofthe eli- mate, aud, fast yielding To disease, he was borne in litter across the swamps of Florida to- wards bis home. It was Jackson's character that he never solicited aid from any one; but he never forgot those vino rendered him ser vice in ihe hour of need. At a time when all around him believed he wps near luis end, his wife hastened to his siAe; and, by her tenderness and nursing care, her patient assi- duty, and the soothing influence of depoted love, withheld him from the grave.

 He would have remained quietly at his home in repose, but that he was privately informed, his good name was to be utanted by some intended congressional proceedings He came therefore. into the presence of the people's representatives at Washington, only to v;ndicaie his name and, when that Was achieved, he was once more eommuning with his own thoughts among the groves of the Herniiage

 Itwas not his own ambition which brought him again to the public view. The affection

 