Show t j r Old bid Hickory COrya New Orleans tI y 4 s g w re kyd y p c t FoY n 5 r ir x y r 4 1 tt y y a. a w t es' a 5 M to l l i e k L f E k Cr 1 r r 3 i Vy ij f Ff 4 t i ELMO SCOTT WATSON 8 Is a data date In American bis- bis tory that Is full of ot paradox Celebrated Celebrated Cele Celo- E as the tho of ot New Orleans there but nt at least It was not fought 12 miles away So the Battle ot of would be the more accurate accurate rate name for It It was a n battle fought between the armies of two nations who were technically nt at pence peace because the treaty ending the war between them had bad been signed two weeks previously So It would see seem in that the 13 Americans and antI the 1 who were killed as well as those prose Of t the 89 m American and the 1202 1262 wounded who died Inter later perished In vain rain and that this might properly be called the tho most useless battle la In his history torI Yet It was not l Even Hven vea though It was wal a brilliant victory from the tho strictly military point of ot view It had no value Insofar as It had no In Influence on the tho peace treaty ending the tho war But Hut from the tho diplomatic anglo angle It was tremendously tant taut During the tho time the American and British peace commissioners at Ghent were wrangling over the tho terms of at that treaty the tho representatives tives of at England were holding an nn ace aco up their sleeves They knew that General with his veterans was on his way to capture New Orleans and they thel were confident that he would do It They were thinking of this and of Louisiana Territory which Jefferson had purchased purchased pur pur- chased from Napoleon 12 years earlier when they emphatically declared to the American commis commissioners stoners We do not admit construction construe lion tion of the laws of ot the nations Ve We cannot accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac It In relation to any matter matler before us us So It If J Pakenham had been beeD successful It If he tad had defeated Old Hickory Jackson who was was defending New Orleans and captured that city Great Groat Britain basing her claim upon the declaration dec der intuition of ot her commissioners that Napoleon had no right to sell Louisiana to the United States would have declared that the Treaty of ut Ghent hent did not apply to Louisiana and with In control of ot New v Orleans would probably e have made her claim good So o perhaps those frontiersmen frontiers frontiers- men who lost their lives at nt Chalmette did dill not die In la vain Besides being celebrated In la Louisiana as New Orleans day January 8 Is also observed In other parts of ot the country as Jackson day a rally rallying In time for members of ot the political party purly pledged to the tho principles of ot Jacksonian Democracy It would seem wore more appropriate If it the Democrats had made March larch 15 their heros hero's birthday Jackson Jack son day dal Or they might have selected No November ember ember I 3 ISM as a date dato to commemorate for It wason was wason wason on that day that the principles of ot Jacksonian Democracy first triumphed and sent Old lick Hick Hickory ory to the White House So the observance of ot ottile the tile date llato of ot a military victory for a political purpose Is something of a n paradox and there are those who would declare that the departure of the Democratic party of ot today tollay from those historic principles makes It all nil the more paradoxical para pnra- I l Another paradox connected with Ith this historic event which occurred Just years ago ao has to todo todo todo do with Its Immediate results As might time have been beell expected Jacksons Jackson's victory made him the In New r Orleans Of ot the hero of the hour bour reception recep recep- reception tion which awaited him when he returned there from the battlefield of ot Chalmette Marquis James In his hilt Andrew AndreI Jackson Jackson Tho 1 lie Border Captain published last list year car by the Merrill com corn company company pany Says The Fie city gave him hint a n Latin welcome Pierre Favrot seated by a window overlooking the Place Ilal dArmes undertook to describe It to his hla wife At tt t this moment there are more than 2500 00 pt-ople pt In the Place Ilare awaiting the arrival of the at nt least leist women ladles ladle R young oung girls New Orleans tIne gave Itself over t to feting the heroes herOt J and Monsieur Tax Favrot rot wrote no nn nomore nomore more that day lay The rigors of the siege were for for- gotten Kotten Jackson the nine o'clock cur curfew curfew few and the gaiety lasted lilt Into the night In the till n morning Favrot l his hilt letter letter S 8 A A. A M Ne Never er my dear have lune I 1 seen such a crowd All the troops arriving to the strains of military music of the cannons more than people of whom were armed Tomorrow they will will crown the General twelve young joung girls will strew his path with now flowers era This they did dill on the morrow and much more At the door of or the church he was ed by bythe bythe bythe the Abbu Abbe In his IIa robes of ot and attended by a college of ot priests The choir began to chant the majestic lines of the Te re TeDen Den in The rhe i eople people In the church took up the hymn It spread to the lips lip of ot the throng that filled the square as all allew New ew Orleans poured forth Its Ifs gratitude for But Hut that hut gratitude was short and the hero liero of ot yesterday was In their minds a tyrant the next duy 1153 when New ew Orleans some hut amazed to find Itself to all 11 Intents i once onlO more mure tf lu ill a Ii state stute of siege The tight 7 lions of or martial law were r Militia companies which ha hind had looked forward to prompt r I disbandment were nere marched Into cumps and setto setto set to drilling r e e companies not under army arms before because e there were no arms to g ve e them were verts called out the dilatory cargo of War department de d. department rifles rides having arrived Andrew Jackson v K b 4 St r r i P q f t tb tr b bS r S s 2 Jl 3 All pictures from Marquis James James' Andrew Jackson The Jackson The Border Captain courtesy the Bobbs Bobbt Company 1 A PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANT'S CONCEPTION OF THE BATTLE BAnLE OF NEW ORLEANS ORLEANS ORLEANS-An An tactical tactical tac tae representation painted In water colors color In 1815 by Hyacinth Hyacinthe Laclotte an engineer In General Gen Gen- era oral eral Jacksons Jackson's army The whereabouts of the original of this unusual painting Is I. not known The reproduction Is II from a contemporary andrare andrare and andrare rare engraving made In France by Louls Louls and now In the collection of Albert Lieutaud of New Orleans 2 2 A PRESENTATION PORTRAIT OF JACKSON JACK JACK- SON SON SON-A A miniature on Ivory done at New Orleans by Jean Francois Francol Vallee a Frenchman under the spell of the Napoleonic tradition The re reproduction reproduction pro pro- Is II from tram an engraving In the private col lection of Emil Edward Hurja of New York City 3 PORTRAIT OF JACKSON BY RALPH E. E W. W EARLE Painted EARLE-Painted Painted at the Hermitage In 1820 expected his victory to have bearing on tile the tedious tedi ous negotiations he assumed to bo be In progress at Client but he took no chances He lIe knew Ime the tenacity of ot the English and their reputation for tor losing every battle except the last one It must be remembered that news newl of the signIng signIng sign sign- Ing lag of or the thu treaty of ot Ghent Client had bad not yet tt arrived ed In America and that although Jackson had smashed amy there was-still was was still a strong British force torce under J Kenna euno and Thornton on board the British fleet at the tIle mouth of Lake Borgne There was no assurance that they would not try again to capture New V e Orleans So Jackson was wise to take tako no chances of being caught unprepared So his state of readiness was wal maintained ata at atu atu u a sacrifice of much popularity The lower house of the Louisiana Legislature voted Jackson a n sword but the proposal was killed In III the Sen Sen- Senate ate A lengthy resolution of ot thanks however how bow ever was adopted It was studded stu with nn names names- lIS lI'S captains majors colonels generals the generals the author must lime have written with a roster rosier of ot the army arm before him Hut But In this long list of ot the tho con nail the ou obscure uro nowhere appeared the name imme of Andrew As rumors rumors that u a treaty of peace place had Indeed 11 i been bellI een signed begun began to drift Into the thu city the dissatisfaction dis lis satisfaction with Jacksons Jackson's restrictions on the citizens of Now New Orleans and the tho resentment of le tite volunteers and the militia a being kept under arms Increased there were frequent d de Ik desertions Mad ami finally open mutiny To Io deal with hoth Juck Jackson on used the same Iron hand with which he had ruled his Ills soldiers during the cam against the reek Creek Indians This brought him Into H a collision with the civil cI authorities whIch had hall a curious aftermath and one not generally known Finally on March 13 a thrilling cry swept through the city Io U Le pRIx I Le ie I notice of ot the ratification of or peace had reached New V e Orleans With the same sallie paralyzing pro nip with which he be had gathered them Into his hands the Commander laid aside his nary powers towers Martial law IV was revoked and mill tary prisoners released The This Mississippi Kentucky and Tennessee troops troop were told tomake to tomake make muke ready nudy for home hems and the remainder of the Louisiana militia was ous dismissed The volatile city surrendered to the emotions of ot lI Ju jubilee e. e an all face about In which self self congratulation assumed I the form of here hero worship worship crowds crowl Is enveloped the tile Royal Street headquarters Coffee CulTee houses hO that two days dl before had Imd rumbled with denunciation rang ranI now with toasts to Old Hickory But e even enn n though Jackson was again the hero nero of the this hour hi his hi were out not yet Jut It over OUT There still remained that mutter rattler of his hili conflict with the thu civil cl ties r federal eral Judge l A AHall t. t Hall fail Will was to establish the fact that a II writ of habeas corpus Issued In his court should not be superseded by the rules of ot martial law Jackson had not only dared to disregard such a writ but had arrested Hall lIall for aiding abetting and exciting mutiny within my camp and locking him up Freed reed when martial law was revoked at the receipt of the news of the peace treaty Hall had mounted the bench again Issuing a summons directing Jackson to show cause why he should not be held In contempt of court for tor his refusal to recognize the writ of habeas corpus So It came to pass that late In March 1815 1515 the Hero lIero of at New Ne Orleans stood before the tho bar of at civil justice and heard Judge Hall lIall Impose upon him a fine One of one thousand dollars and costs but refrain retrain from Including Imprisonment In the sentence because it was Impossible to forget the Important services of the tho defendant to the country After Arter that Jackson walked out of the courtroom room the Idol of ot the cheering crowd They unhitched the tile horses and dragged his carriage carriage carriage car car- to the Exchange Coffee Correo House douse The Tho Idol of New Orleans he remained until his departure In la May for his home homo In Tennessee That departure was taken In triumph triumph public public farewells private takings leave-takings exchanges of ot costly gifts A purse was raised to discharge the fine tine Imposed by DomInick Hall flail but Andrew Jackson waved It aside requesting that the money be distributed among the families of ot soldiers sol Were diers who had bad fallen In battle Later they renamed the Place lace dArmes and called It Jackson Square a name Dame which It bears to this da day In the center of ot It stands a perpetual per reminder of ot the man who delivered their city from the danger of capture by the British horse horle n a replica of Clark Mills Mills' famous rocking statue of Old Hickory The original of that statue stands In 10 Washington near the White WhiteHouse louse House where the Hero of New Orleans capped the climax of at his career caner by ruling for two terms ns as President of ot the United States Hut But this Is not lIot the only reminder of ot Jackson and the historic events e culminating In the victory of ot January 8 that may be found In the New Orleans Or leans of ot today In the St St. Charles Charlls hotel for more mor e than 50 ro years lars has hns hung hun hunu a u painting by W W. A A. A l 1 CIll 0 C. Pape Ill I'll le called culled The Night Battle It shows Jackson Jackson Jack son riding to the rescue of ot the guns juns In the night nigh t battle buttle which raged below New ew Orleans two days before Christmas Christians In ISH 1811 an nn Important prelude to the greater battle n u little over two taro weeks later When hen the news lieu's was brought to Jackson that thata a force of 2000 2101 British was marching to make mako a surprise attack on his uncompleted defenses uthe o u ot the city cUy he made the most t daring and mos most fur far decision of ot his career when on th the e Instant he concluded to attack I attack I will smash h them so help me God Cod I I The ilie result of that tha decision was a u victory In which the Americans American lost 24 2 killed wounded and 74 7 prisoners a na as compared to BrItish losses of ot 40 46 killed 16 7 wounded and 01 Ol prisoners Hut But more Important was the fact tact that this reverse re to the enemy gave gae Jackson much needed much needed time to perfect his d defenses de de- tenses of ot the city and organize his forces both forces both bothof of ot which paved the way to the victory of January Janu ury ary 8 Of or this batt battle James says sas Jackl Jackson on ha had displayed unusual generalship In his hll instantaneous ous decision to attack turning a surprise inta Into int Inton a n surprise counter-surprise a phenomenon so rare thai tha It has no name In the glossary of military terms In the New ew Orleans city hall Is the portrait t painted by Ralph l IX U. W VI Earle which Jackson Jackso himself characterized as liS a more inure correct likeness of myself than thun perhaps ps you jou ou have ever eer seen I It shows him mounted on his charger holding hi hl three three cornered military hut hat In Ids hIs hand as he were acknowledging the thu plaudits of ot the crowd Just as lie hI did 1111 O I years ago when be he returA el to at Now New Orleans from the battlefield of ot tho thu hero of tar the hour 10 C by Western Newspaper Usla I I f t 9 s t t e d o t n s i t s h a la |