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Show - One Hundred Years Ago 'Old Old ' Hickory'Revisited HickoryRevisited Hickory ' Revisited the Scene of His TriumphOver Triumph TriumphOver TriumphOver Over the 'Red Red ' Coats Coafs ' at New Orleans By EI ELMO MO SCOTT SCOTl ' WATSONRelea.N WATSONreleased WATSON WATSONred ( Relea.N ReleaN released red . by W.at Wat Western . TD < ! NewllpaJer Newspaper Newap ) p r Lnlon t.n1on tn1on talon . . . ) members of the theDemocratic theW theDemocratic theDemocratic WHEN WIIEN W HHEN Democratic party allover allover all allover over the United Umted States Statesgalher Statesgather Statesgather galher gather together at their an- an annual annual an annual - nual J Jackson ackon . , day dinners this thisyear thisyear thisyear year , they may well point pomt to toa toa toa a celebration which took tookplace tookplace tookplace place just 100 years ago as asthe asthe asthe the precedent pn.cedent pncedent . for their mak mak- mak109 making making - - ing 109 the anniversary anmversary of a greatAmerican great greatAmerican greatAmerican American military victory victorythe victorythe victorythe the occasion QccaqlOn for a polItical polIticalrdlly politicalrally politicalrcilly rdlly rally For ror January 8 1840 1840markfd , mark markd ( d the cllmaof climax cllma\ cllma : ! \ . of a to- to 10- 10 today 10day 10-day 10 day - day cel celebration bratlOn of the 25th 25thI 25thaniuvercary 25thanniversary 25thanniversary I aniuvercary anniversary ; of the Battle Battleof Battleof , of New N'w Nw { ' Orleans and the hon hon- honor hon- hon honor honor - - or gu guest ( ' < ; t there was the hero heroof heroof heroof of th thit th.lt thlt that < . it battle--Ex battle Ex battle-Ex battle - - Ex Prc President PresidentAndrew PresidentAndrew ' > ldent ldentAndrew Andrew Jackson JacksonIt It ctirnp cump came about in thl this ' ! manner mannerDurmg mannerDuring mannerDuring Durmg During hi his ' ! ; second cecond administration admInI'ltratlon admInIltratlon administrationOld admInI'ltratlonOld ' Old Hickory Ilickory had decided that thatMartin thatMartin Martin Van Buren his vice presi president president president dent should be his successor in inthe inthe inthe the White House Houee ; and despite a arev.1t arevlt arevolt rev.1t rev1t revlt . w.thm wthm wbthin w . thm the party forced forcedthe forcedthe forcedthe the nomination nommation of ot the New York Yorker Yorker Yorker er and aided in his election But ButVan ButVan ButVan Van Buren s term as President Presidentwas Presidentwas Presidentwas was net nfJt a happy one for either eitherhim eitherhim eitherhim him or fer for his friend and counsel counselor or , the ex President PresidentWithin PresidentWlthm PresidentWithin Within Wlthm a year after he took of office offide office fice fide the speculative craze which whichhad whichhad whichhad had swept the country brought broughtthe broughtthe broughtthe the inevitable result-the result the result - - the panic panicot panicof panicof ot of 1837 Jackson s financial poll pollcles polldies pollcles cles dies were blamed ( and wrongly wronglyso , , 60 so the later historians assure us usfor ) for the disaster but since he was wasno wasno wasno no longer in 10 m the White House the theanger theanger theanger anger of men who had seen their theirfortunes theirfortunes theirfortunes fortunes go crashing crashmg down inruins in inrUins inruins rUins was turned against hishand hishand his hishand hand picked pKked successor Martin MartinVan MartinVan MartinVan Van BurenBy BurenBy Buren BurenBy By 1839 business busInee businesv ; . conditions had hadImproved hadhnproved hadimproved Improved hnproved hnprovedsomewhat somcwrnt somewhat < ; omewh t but not notel noter noter el er 01 Ol of gh gl > tl t < ( reassure redssure Van Buren BurenIh Bureniii Burenill Ih iii IhIt it Ie I p e could tuuld again agam defeat deteat WII Wil WIIlinn Wilhart Williiirr linn hart III IItnry h1nry ( nry IIdHI Hdrnson Harrison < ; on the Whig Wlug ( i didItt didrte did Itt rte > tp ' an 1 i < ; serve erve a second secondtrn secondt t ! trn ( rn fll Wt WI WIIn Win ( In < n C cc crnerehs ngre ngress ! > " convened lIt it . q.u qu qAi . kly I [ < ; sse .t t . 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I ' : m m1j \1j 1j \ ii 1 ANDREW JACKSON IN 1840This 1840 1840This This I II poitralt poi trait was painted by Jacques J Amans during ' Old pick pickory Hickory ory s a ' ' visit to New Orleans to Join IB In the 25thanniversary 25th anniversary celebration celebrationof I I of , bla his victory over the British there on January 8 , 1815 . . The original originalhangs originalhangs I : hangs I ' , . . In the Brown University library . , Providence , B R . . I ( From an il- il illustration Il Illustration - lustration , : " in Marquis James ' "Andrew Andrew " Jackson . Portrait . . of a Preei Preeident Prealdent . dent . . , , , " published by the Bobbs Hobbs Merrill Company , by , whose . , I ' : . courtesy . ' it itis itIs is reproduced ' " " here ) known to his father fattier bought an anexpensive anexpensive anexpensive expensive piano , also on the In- In - Installment installment in installment - stallment planNor planNor plan planNor Nor was this his only extrava extravagance extravagance extravagance gance for while Jackson was wasmakmg wasmaking wasmaking makmg making plans for the journey to toNew toNew toNew New Orleans he receIVeda received a let lettel letter letter tel ter ' from tram his old friend Maj WII WII1Iam WIIham William 1Iam ham B Lewis asking that a anote anote anote note for tor $550 550 $ signed by young youngJackson youngJackson youngJackson Jackson and already two years yearsoverdue yearsoverdue yearsoverdue overdue be paid This money moneyhad moneyhad moneyhad had been used to buy a carnage carriage carnageand carriageand carriageand and Andrew Jr had assured as'5ured as5ured ' Ius his Iusfather hisfather hisfather father that the money had1 had \1 1 nl nlready ( \ nlready 1ready ready bt-en bt en bLen been - repaid repaidI I t t I a ave ve exerted exert'd exertd ( ' allIny nilmy all nil my Iny llieans means llieansto meansto meansto to i ( Ic Ie lc ir it 1 I ' mv nlY my s < ( ( n fr frc fn ( m his Ius foolIsh foolishas as well as useless debts They Theyare Theyare Theyare are all ext exl aysted a4sted austed I can rio do 10 10BIOI r o omole oinoic mole BIOI e the Generellwrote Generalwrote General Generell wrote to I ew ewIS ewis cwis IS By tins this time tnne h lie he { ' had h .ld ld < . id anout about aboutgiven aboutgiven given up his IllS plins phns plans f h ( r I ' g ( ing mg to toNew toNew New Orlear s Theilel Then Theil -el el ca < - cdie 1 r e a acrushing acrushing crushmf crushing blowIt blowIt blow blowIt Itwas It was the fliidncial finelnual financial c liaise Ilci Hel ( < ; sc e if ifAlbert ( t tAlbeIt fAlbeit AlbeIt Albert Waid Ward WaIda Warda a son of ot one ot of otJackson ofJackson ofJackson Jackson sold s old friends fnends and one ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the ruhcst ri n ( ht hist . st men in Middle 1 ten tennessee lennessee en ennes nes nessee < ; ee " When 'hen hen ' his c.r cr . creditors 'dltors dltors ' bek bew be beANDREW k w 1 to tov v tosx sx sxLi _ _ -Li Li LiANDREW - _ _ _ _ ANDREW JACK JACKSON ( ) N JR JRA JRA JRA A portrait of 01 Jackson s JII a adopted adoptedson adoptedfIIon fIIon son by Ralph E W Earle owned ownedby ownedby ownedby by the Ladies Ladles Hermitage Associ Associallon Association Associatlon allon ation Nashville Nasbville Tenn and I'e Ie re I'eproduced reproduced ' reproduced produced in Marquis Marqul James An Andr.w Andrew Andrew dr.w drw drew , . 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Portrait of a I'res Ires I'resblent ( I'resident Iresident ' ' > res resIdent Ident blent I gan gun securIng Writ writs , ot of otaUld ofott aUld aUldment ott idt idtment ment mentagainst mentagainst against tho those < ; c wto wt wi o 0 had gone se-- se secUrity se- se security se security - - curity for Ward it was learned learnedthat learnedthat learnedthat that Ar AI drew Ja Jackson Jakson -kson kson < - Jr was wae ; one oneof oneof oneof of 1 I t is pi pr ncp nnpil ncrpal ] l suret Buret cs es More Moreo"er Moreover Moreover o"er oer over " a as ' ! tie lie pir par p l ky t { ( red tors torsbegan torsbegan torsbegan began to pn press < ; 1'1 11 ' their th'lr thlr ( ' ( tliurs lairrs hlrr < ; oth other other er " 1 ' debts wl wf wllch ich yurt y ui ur g : Jt.k'5 Jcksc J t.k'5 t.k5 tk5 cksc . ckscnlad ' n nI I 1 ad contracted cntracted C ( ntracted ur uikinvvn klH kin y , wn 11 to hS hfatl hfail h S sfat fatl fail ) er came to 11,1 111 likl lil ! , ( , tOlrl tOld t tOld Old Olrl Hickory tire tin tiro Jan ian 1 J i an 1 j f II 11 as asIe asI ast Ie I e was |