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( All pictures fron from Marquis James Jlmes : ' "Andrew Andrew "AndrewJackson "AndrewJackson "AndrewJackson AndrewJackson " Jackson , the Border Captain , " courtesy the theBobbs theDobbs theBobbs Bobbs Dobbs Mernll Merrall Merrill company ) 4 4By 4By By ELMO SCOTT WATSON WATSONN WATSON-N WATSON N - N A December d'l dl dav dal ' ' In 1811 a Brit Brit- BritIsh Brityish British - ish army , , sent [ In n a fleet of ships to toc'lpture tocapture tocapture c'lpture clpture capture ' New Orleans Orle'ln Orleln ' made D1'1de D11de ' a n sur sur- surprise surprise surprise - O prise landing beloth'1 below belo\ belo \ ' , th'1 th1 that tbat ' t city , , there there- thereby thereby thereby - - yish by accomplishing accompl1shng accomplishingliat [ n \\liat liat \ \ h'1t h1t lint ' tlie the com com- corn- corn commander cornntander commander - mander ntander of tlie the American forces defending defending de- de defending - ' " fending tlie the city had h-.d h.d h .d d tm'td tmtd - . ' been bpen workingday "orkmgl1'1y " working "orkmg orkmg A day l1'1y l11y ' and night 111ght to prc prevent present ' ent When thene ther thenews the r ' ne netts news " s of thib thb this dls'1 dls1 disaster ' < : ter to Ills his phns plans planswas phnsas plansy plansyas \\as as was \ \ brought to tilt him " , , he e eaclalmedto exclaimed eaclalmed cIalmed to Ills his staff starr officers onicers 'I I ' I w \ will \ III sm'1sl1 sm1sl1 smash sm'1sl1tlle01 smashthem smashthem ' tlle01 them , , so 50 help me God Cod I 1 ' ' Then fo11o followed " ed his Ius brilliant briJIl'lnt briJIllnt ' night attack ntt'1ck ntt1ck ' of ofDecember ofDecember ofDecember December 23 " which "blch blch held the 1m invaders intaders aders [ In n checlt check checltC checketen checkc\cn checkc cn C\ C \ Cen eten \ en though It did not ' 'smash smash ' them " Tliat That hnppy happy hnppyresult happyresult happyresult result was destined de50ned to take t1b.e t1be . ' . place t\\o t o t'lO tlO two " ' \ \ "eeJ.s eeJ.s eeJs weeks "eeJ.slateron weekslateron " eekslater . later-on later on - on January J'1nl1ary J1nl1ary ' 8.1&15 8.115 8115 8 8.1S15 81S15 , . _ 1615 & , \ ' , v\lien v lien 'alien alien \ hen this emph'1t1c emph1t1c emphatic emphaticmilitary emph'1t1cmlIJt1ry emphaticmilitary ' mlIJt1ry military . ' leader lender " won "on on one of the thc mo most < : t a astounding astoundingvictories astoundingvictories < ; to1JDcIlng to1JDcIlngvIctories vIctories in ' all 'Ill Ill hlstors history histor ; . , a n , victory ictory tictory \ tthich which luch p'1 p1 pa\cd pa cd pared ' \ ed the theway theway theway way to the White IVhlte House for luni him nnd and put on the thecalen thecalendar thecalendar calen calendar ar of the American Amerlc'1n Amerlc1n ' people a n red recl letter d'lY dlY day d'lYwhIch daywhich daywhich ' whIch calls for rcmcmbeiing remcmbel1ng remernlnering the name of An- An Andrc Andrew An Andrew - - drcJacl drew drc\\ drc \ " Jacl JacksonThat Jackson JacksonThat son sonThat That emphatic declaration dechration quoted abo- abo abot aboe . - e c a has n a npecuhar apeculiar npeculiar pecuhar peculiar sl significance nlficance Notice . , , if Sou ; ou please , , that that'Old thatOld ' Old Hickory II1chorv flckorv ' ' did not sav saw savD ' ' \\D D 11 \ \ \ D will wlll smash smashthem smashthem smashthem them themIt It " ItHe He said 'I I 'I"Ill ' ! will \"Ill "Ill Ill \ " smash sm1sh them " And that thatgives th thatgives tt ttgives < gives point to the title cho chosen < : cn by b a recent biog bIOg- blob bIOgrapher blobrapper biographer - rapher rapper for Ills his bool-"An bool "An An book-"Andrew book "Andrew Andrew book , - "Andrew Andrew " rew Jackson J'1CI.SOD J1CI.SOD J1CISOD Iackson ' . , . the Border Bor Bor- Border Border - der Captain CnJtam } " by \ , Marquis l\I'1rQuls l I'1rQuls I1rQuls ' 7 J T imes , , published pUbhshed bv by the thenobbs theDobbs theBobbs nobbs Dobbs ' Menlll 'hmlIJ hmlIJ Meri111 company companv conipanv ror Ibr tlie the essence of the theborder theborder theborder border spirit \ was 1 ' > indi\ldualisni indi ldualisni mdldualism tndnidualism mdl\ mdl \ [ dualism , , a 1 ' supreme self- self selfconfidence selfconfidence self-confidence self confidence - confidence on tlie the part p'1rt p1rt ' of tlie the bOlllerw born boideror derqp ( or the theflontlCrSm'ln thefrontiersman thefiontiersman flontlCrSm'ln flontlCrSmln frontiersman ' , , If Ifou \ou ou 'ou sou \ ' prefer th'1 th1 tliat that ' t name ) in lD IllS his IllSablllt hisabtltty hisability abtltty ablllt to do cIo rho " tthat "hat hat what lie he set et out to do And only onlythe onlythe tlie the man \ who ho had h'1d h1d Iiad ' that th'1t th1t ' supreme self confidence confidencethat , , th'1t th1t that th'1tIII ' 'will will ' ' \\III III \ " to " ' win "m m 'amn amn ' could coulll hope to be a 'bolder bolder border 'bolder"captain boldercaptain ' bordercaptain " . capt'1ln capt1ln captain ' ; , " ' n a leader le'1der le1der ' of boidcrers bOlllerers borderers bOlllerersThe borderersThe boidcrersThe The extent e\.tent e.tent e .tent tent \ . to which nhich \ hich Jncl Jackson < : on had h'1d h1d ' It is In- In Indicated indicated In Indicated - dicated h b\ b bTames \ . Tames T'1mes T1mes ' in telling of hI his : . > preparationsi prepurlltionsfor preparationsfor prepurlltions preparations for sm Ishlngthe ishing Ishlng- Ishlng tsliing - tlie the tyre British before that th'lt thlt ' historic historicJanuary historicJanuary historicJanuary January 8 , , as 'lS lS ' follows follOS follO\\ follO \ \ S 'Tin Tin 'The The ' ' The ; lne\or lne or tuc\.or tuc.or tuc .or tne.or tneor \ . ible lble rble J\ch J ch Jack Jchsoni'1n Jacksonlan Jacksonlan ' \ soni'1n soni1n sonlan ' will willas \\as as was \ \ \ 'IS IS ' unleashed-an unleashed an unleashed-na na unleashed - an Instrument by bywhich bywhich bywhich which he lie helle believed belteted . ed he could accomplish 1ns anything anythingHad ' an ; thing thingHad tilingHad Had Charles Ch'1rles Ch1rles ' Dicklnson Dlchtnson Dickinson shot him through the thebrun thebrain thebrain brun brain : AndreT Andrew Andre\\ Andre \ \ T T.ickson Tickson .1cl.son 1cl.son 1clson Tackson . . . counted on the power ot of otsheer ofsheer sheer resolve to sustain lilm 111m hirn long lon Iou , ; cnougli enough to kill killhIs killhis killhis hIs adversary acI\ers'lry acI ers'lry erslry adtersary \ ' 1 ' Ihls 'Ibis Ibis his mood po\ po possessed poessed \ ' : ; < : essed him now now.His nowHis . nis IIis determination detcrmmation was W'1S W1S ' formed to fi fight ht below belowNew belowNew belowNew New Orle Orleins ms ins ; if beaten theic thele there to fight in Ne Ne'a Nea Ne'aOrleans NewOrleans " ' Orleans ; If beaten be'lten belten ' thCl theic there c , to fi fight ht abo\ abo abos abo\p abo p abop \ p New NewOrle'1nsto NewOrleansto NewOrleans Orle'1ns-to Orle'1ns Orle1ns to Orleans-to Orleans ' - to fight until unhl no 11\ 11 Ihing 11ing thing \ ing tiling thing could couldwithstand couldwithstand withstand , [ thstand his Ills [ Ineradicable neradlcable I01pul Impulse < ; e to tolctoryThis Ictory tIetory tIetoryThis \lctoryThis lctoryThis \ IctoryThis This was furi furs fur3 ; , . but of the cool , , calculating c'llculating cllculating ' sort " Perhaps Pu1Jap'3 Pu1Jap3 I'crhaps Icrhaps ' ' tlie the most surprising thing about ubout this'new thisI this thisnew 'new new ' new portrait portrfilt ' ' of Jackson Jl1clsnn , is that tholt it paints him himas himas himas as an aristocrat arlstocr.lt arlstocrlt . "Andrew Andrew " J'lcl Jlcl Jackson ' son an nn aric.to aricto aric.tocrnt arictocrate arlstocraf . crnt crate ? Impossible Impossiblel Impos Impossibleou lblel lblelou ! " \ou ou you \ exclaim excl'1lm excl1lm ' because hec'1use hec1use ' Sou ou be- be belIe believe be-lle\c be lle c - - - lIe lieve \ , e tlie the s school .hool hool < . blctor history ; tradition trndltlOu of him as the thetypical thetopical t typical plcal exponent e\.ponent e.ponent e .ponent ponent \ . of tlie the frontier democracy dernocrae But Butthe Butthe Butthe the fact hct Is that ho he be ' \ was 'aas aas \ 'IS IS ' both a ( frontlci&man frontlciman rontleHman frontleisman & , and andnn andan andan nn an . ailstocrnt ru.lstocrat rulstocrat axlstocrnt He lIe , was \ as bom born bOl n on the C.1roIln C1roIln Carolina Carolinafrontier Carolinafrontier . frontlCr frontier in tlie the home of Ins Ills his uncle Tames J.lme Jlme . Craw Crawforc Crawford Crawford forc ford ] , , \ whence hence his mother had hind gone iflcr lfler ifter the de'lth delth death de'lthof deathof deathof ' of tils his fatherJ'lmes fatherJames father fatherJames James J'lmes Jlmes ' Cra\\ford Cra ford Cr.Lford Cranford Cr.L\\ Cr.L . \ \ \ ford ford.LS \\.LS .LS was \ . as one of the 'I I " ' ealthiest 'aeaithiest aeaithiest 'aeaithiestmen wealthiestmen ealthiestmcn mcn men of that part p.Lrt pLrt . of or the country A large num number numher nurober ber her of slaves sh\es sh es slates \ tilled his fields helds melds ' and 1nd ran rnn his grist gristrulJI gristmill gristmill rulJI mill and dlstlIIer distillers distillery D\ D E\.n E.n E .n n D.n itcn \ .n n < . ( . flucr finer was tlie the 'llljomlng llljomlng adjoining adjoiningplantation 'llljomlngplantntion ' adjoiningplantation plantntion plantation of Robert Rohert CrUfOl Crawford Craw CrU\\ CrU \ fOl fold d , , Ills hIs brother brotherhons , who who'aas \ \\ho\\ns ho ns \ \ ho ho11 of his leadership lendcrchip ; in inIoc'll inlocal inlocal \\11 11 'aas aas \ ' \ \ ' > called cnlled I : Esquire < : qulre because bec'1use bec1use ' Ioc'll Iocll local ' affairs n1Tmrs ' Ihe 'lhe lhe 1 he first 17 sears ears , l'1r l1r ' of Jlckcons J Jicksonslife ick . , ' on s . ' lIfe ' ' were 'H.re H.re Hre 'acre acre . spent in the home of James J'1mes J1mes ' Crawford Crawfordand Cl dawfoidand 1WfOl ' d d'lnd 'lnd lnd and ' that of llobert Hobert Robert Crfiwfol Crawfoid Crawford d was a second 'second 'secondhome ' 'secondhome secondhome ' secondhome home " to him he was \ ' , as there so much So he lie 'ass ass 'assno \ ' , wasno as asI asno I no mere backwoodsman back'aoodsinan backaoodsinan bJ .k\\ .k < . .kool1sman \ ' \ ool1sman , , for he lie ' 'belonged belonged ' to all allthe allthe allthe the anstociacy an5toclfiCY aristocracy there was in the Back Bnch Coiintly Countly Country " . Given the best education educ'1tion educ1tion ' obtalnable-1nd obtalnable 1nd obtainable-and obtainable and obtainable - ' and that that"as thatwas thatis "as as was " as more than tlio the time niajoiity majollty majority of the t tsplcil t3picil pic 11 fron frontlersmen frontiersrnen frontiersmcn tlersmen tiersrnen b'1d-hls b'1d b1d hls had-his had his had ' - his Intcri-sts Intcri sts IntuLsts intcrists - were \ \ cre ere pointed tow'1rd tow1rd toward tow'1rdthings towardthings towardthings ' things classical nnd and he rnlfclit mlbht might possibly have gone goneInto goneinto goneInto Into the ministiy mlmstly ministry , . as his mother had mlatl planned for forhim forhim forhim him , had not the Revolution Hevolutlon Itevolution In Intervened ten ened Very Veryeariy Veryearly Veryearly eariy early he showed 'lliltto lliltto ' ailbtocratic aristocratic : .rntlc rntlc < . tendencies lIe He lIelocd Heloved Helo\cd Helo cd lo\cd lo cd loved \ good company COllJp'1ny COllJp1ny ' and he lie loved IOHd good hor horses horsesHe horscfalie eb ebne ne He en engaged d.ged dged . In horse .racing racing .cclClng cclClng rncing . . and cock cod . fighting fightingtwo fightingtwo fightingtwo two typical Interests of the Colonial gentleman gentlemanWhen gentlemanWhen gentlemanWhen When he went down to Chat Chaileston Clxatleston leston to iccelve receive a amodest amodest amodest modest inheritance Inlll"ritance Inlllritance " , ho pro proceeded .eedpd eedpd < . to get et rid of ofIt ofit ofIt It In a gentlemanly way among the IWntllJty gentility : gentilityof IWntllJtyof of that tl1at old 0111 Southern town who ft \ ho accepted him 111m film as asone asone asone one of themThen them themThen ' Then .rhen rhen . be he studied law at Salisbury and nnd Lecame became becamea Lecamen n a leading social llglit light In that frontier settle settle-- settle- settle1uent settlepient settlement - - ment 1uent pient \ " which hleb had decidedly . aristocratic .Lrlstocr'ltlc .Lrlstocrltlc Lrlstocrltlc ' leanings y yq y4y q . , /4y 4y / i3 yw yr r { a a x ' 4A a c b 3 b rtl rtla t 3t si 3 3i i , . 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T Tn Tr Trd < r rd l r , I . n r ti I Ir Ia Ir - L r a I II Hi HiHtn r r Htn- Htn - F ' s " t IN HtnIN % rISi ISi ' 0W | )3 3 ) : ' r [ % r . i1 i1A A PRESENTATION PORTRAIT PORTRAITmmlature PORTRAITminiature PORTRAITA A miniature mmlature on ivory done at New Orleans Orleansin in 1815 by Jean Francois Vallee , a Frenchman Frenchmanunder Frenchmanunder Frenchmanunder under the spellof ipcll spell of the Napoleonic Napoleonlc tradition . I learning Nl.rnln Nlrnln . of the opportunities there " were "ere ere for a ayonng ayoung ayoung yonng young attorne attornes attorney bej beyond ond tlie the mount tins IIns ' he turned turnedto turnedtoward turnedto\\aid turnedto aid to\\ to toal toward \ \ \ al d Tennes Tennessee Tennesseelth ee \\lth lth with \ \ ith tlie the comfortable comfort'lble comfortlble ' assur assur- assurance assurance assurance - - ance of the post of : attorney Ittorney geneial genel'11 genel11 general ' and goodly goodlyfees goodlyfees goodlyfees fees . . . . He IIe early carly joined up upith 'I I " ' \\ith ith with \ \ I th tlie the mount Blount mountf'1ctlon Blountfaction BIountfaction f'1ctlon f1ctlon faction ' In politics , , associatedlth |
