Show page topaz american A version B imesq ion Americanize gur SU r W revs RE drevs AMERICANS WHOM AMERICANS REVERE u LU pedrew jackson was the son of poor scotch irish parents he was born on marc marchh 15 1767 and reared by his mother in the wax haws settlement in the home was a his carolinas log cabin in a clearing jackson wass via andrew more than thirteen when the british tarleton little his with upon the dragoons ment and red and fell settle- 1 killed one hundthirteen of the wounded a hundred and fifty more andrews mother was one militia and of the kind women who nursed the wounded solmeeting house diers in the meetinghouse andrew and his brother ro- bert assisted her in waitandrew ing upon them more in rage than pity though burned kind to by avenge nature their his brothers his eldest brother ha hadd mounted his wounds and death hugh horsa the year before horse fought gallantly died bravely time was the had and had come robert were to play mens parts andrew and robert served in a number cl of actions F C OF 11 jackson tennessee riflewas camping at natmen chez waiting for orders to move on to new orleans he received a dispatch from vt e n when now andrew and when natives a coalition llon of ie ay and forces of henry c-clay john quincy adams hafl sucuc ceeded in ir electing U jac lion general adams on she could for the comfort was a commoner com noner beloved of 0 of the prisoners confined the common people Ii- e on the reeking disease aristocrats in on were horrified when tou infested prison ships she had been there but sands of rough day labora little time when she was ers attended the inaugural by ship fever ball and white house seized houst rz copt ions which ushered in after a short illness she captions died and so andrew jack- the peoples president son before reaching his from west of the allegra alle glia fifteenth birthday was an nies to andrew jackson orphan a sick and sorrow- moro than to any other ive owe the putting ful orphan a homeless or- man do we phan of the revolution into actual practice of many years later on his the idoa that all agn are birthday on the very same equal and should have od the equal voice in the affairs day when he disband disbanded army with which he had won of government not only cans tho battle of now fow OrI did he inaugurate a new orleans he said of his mother deal for the common man how 1I wish she could but he hc prevented tod during have lived to see this his time an open break beday days there never was a tween the northern and woman like her she was southern states gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness the memory SONG TOPAZ7 of my mother and her hor teaBY chings more wore after all the 1 only far out in the desert capital I1 had to of utah start in life with and on that capital I1 have made the city of topaz was born 2 my way thousand folk nine andrew with his there by topa strange fate must temporarily dwell 53 unforgettable in topaz e re are the glory of sunrise glow of sunset the blinding storms of finally taken the war vitar department it and were captive at ordered him to dismiss his dust they wore length rescued by their men at once 4 imite and lot us all unite mother jacksons indignation this heroic woman arri krel st fit their pri- and rage knew no bo arrived helping and protecting bounds lads and were were handia and thoy ware over to her both were ill rowith the smallpox bert could not stand nor even sit on horseback support without the smallpox had reached that son state when a violent chill the weak 5 keep our spirits high and our bodies always himself would march them acain through tho sa- 6 tation without provision he healthy for the sick never homo own ill in two days robert jackson was dead while andrew was a raving maniac but the mot mothers herts nursing and his own strong constitution brought andrew out of his on the very peril way and set arid sot him to slow reco- 0 andrew jackson was no sooner out of danger than his courageous mother resolved to go to Charl coton charleston a distance of nearly two hundred miles and do what older folk do take care of your health his for the end of the drama noss Wildor at wilderness expense there were a hundred and fifty men on vage proves well nigh fatal the boys reached home and the went to bed jay them without pay means of transporwithout dismiss ou must see you 7 be thankful for the whom daily food of sick list doubly rich since by fifty six could not raise made comrades heads pillthe from dilltheir a8 youth bo be not impatient ow your future will be general hinckson jocks on had and richer fine horses gave thorn because of hardships now thom up to the sick himself briskly trudging 9 be kind to aged and youngsters 0on 01 foot peace in 1828 iron willed await the day of pence andrew jackson was elected 10 when the end of the war comes at long last president of the united expresss well states four years before by special oppre end he had received more elec- homeward vjwend toral votes than either of literal trans of misthe other candidates but soula tune hoy hoy bushie paga A numeral song on page in the house of represent 1 wel |