Show 1 V ANDREW JACKSON Andrew Jackson was a grand old man He may not have been a good I man from a religious standpoint or a great man in the broadest sense of the vord But he was a true man a brave man a strong man a man of the people peo-ple a born leader and a patriot What is more he was a successful man and worth Is measured usually b > the criterion of success The leader Is hero if he succeeds of a revolution a her sccees V a rebel if be fail Andrew Jackson was a partisan of partisans but not in the modern way His manner was open his method direct di-rect Equivocation and compromise were words not included in his vocabulary vocab-ulary H made no promises to this man or bargains with that one for political po-litical support What lie wanted he went after and generally got J Because of the intensity of his par o V V V V tisanship the character and deeds of General Jackson Iittve been challenged by some historians But he was more ofa patriot than G partisan after alL He would brook no opposition in his party and would tolerate no hostility to his flag I was all a matter o conviction with him because He fought for his country cause he believed in it He joined the party that in his judgment represented represent-ed most nearly the institutions the spirit and the grandeur of his beloved land As a boy prisoner on a foreign manowar as a soldier invading the Spanish dominion in pursuit of a hostile hos-tile army as a general fighting against odds at New Orleans he was the same unflinching hero the same uncompromising uncompro-mising American that he a in civil life lifeHe V He never shirked a responsibility public or private official or personal Though many men disliked him they all knew where to find him He did not soar into the clouds nor grovel in the dust but with fixed purposes clear perceptions ceptions good intentions and a courage sublime he stood his ground His enemies and he never hesitated for fear of making them were compelled com-pelled to respect his will his consistency consist-ency his honesty of purpose He was faithful alike to friends and foes the former he held with hooks of steel the latter he never forgot Andrew Jackson is the patron saint of Democracy Every year on the 8th of January Democrats assemble in the various towns and cities o the nation to honor his memory and perpetuate his glory They gather to commemorate his virtues and t draw new inspiration inspira-tion and courage from the force of his example to continue through the future the work he 5 vigorously prosecuted in his lifetime |