Show 1 To Wasatch ne e JACK JACKSON N STATUE ADDO R Ur f ATUN AIU 5 CAPITOL Arn l 1 WASHINGTON April 16 11 APT AP- AP T The rugged figure of oC Andrew V Jackson Jack Jack- r eon son n w was s accepted yesterday by President Coolidge on behalf of oC the nation to Join the circle of bronze and stone likenesses of the rr great which stands under the thc dome of the capitol In accepting the statue of oC Old Hickory Z from the state of Tennessee Tennas- Tennas I eee see flee as a a. contribution to Statuary than ball Mr lr Coolidge paid tribute to Jackson as one who exemplified the Unlimited d opportunities offered fo to tomen fomen men regardless of oC seeming handi handi- caps History accords to td Jackson one of oC the high positions among the great gre t names n mes of oC our country Mr Coolidge e s said ld He gave to tire nationalistic nationalistic na na- ia- ia spirit through loyalty to the Union a new strength which was Ivas as decisive for Cor many years vears lila Ills management of oC our foreign affairs such h as to secure a respect for or o our r government and anti the o of our citizens He lIe left th the treasury without obligations and with a surplus RUE PIONEER Coming up from the people he demonstrated that there Is sufficient substance In self government to tol solve solVa l the important public q andrise nd rise superior to a perplexing crisis Like a true pioneer he broke through all restraints and impediments im len- pediments into which he ho was born and nd leaving behind the i provincialisms provincial provincial- isms sins and nd prejudices of 11 his Is' Is day clay pushed out toward oward a larger Jarger freedom and a sounder government carrying carrying carry carry- ing ng the country with him The president sketched Jackson's Jacksons toy boyhood hood young oung manhood and the period o of his hilS service In congress and as president speaking speaking- of cf f his high h and turbulent temper his disregard 1 dis' regard of oC obstacles and ani his notable military ry exploits ll He lle stressed the p.- p. point pAInt Int that Jacks Jackson Jack- Jack s son eon n nevertheless instated upon the supremacy s of oC the law Jackson he e said held the first duty of the citizen to be obedience to the laws even when we think them unjustly applied app The seventh president he tided Added believed that at all nil times and and in all places the duly c constituted d authority of law should he lie In In speaking of oC the pioneer spirit of J the early settlers rs President Cool Cool- said the frontier long loni since ince le has Jias as disappeared the opportunity for exploration Into land landis is g gone ne we seek no additional territory terri tern tory tori but the ambition to uncharted un un- charted l regions of oC Industry of enterprise en cn of at social relations and of thought continue e with increasing f fervor v ei-v or We would miss much of the significance significance sig sig- sig- sig and meaning of If the 1 storY ot of the United States unless unless' we took i S account this outstanding j ii he said Our whole hole outlook v. v as g g greatly influenced by It It 5 n the complete antithesis antithesis' of all allS S systems ms ol of class clas and caste The people peole who came carne here were were lJ seeking freedom of action and md freed freedom freedora free free- d dora dom m of ol mind The great revelation of If our country has been that men Ue not fiot born to servitude and ob- ob They are born to all the possibilities of a a. glorious station which can be won von by their own achieving BRONZE S P President Coolidge also praised J Jackson's Jacksons affection for his wife Rachael Ra- Ra t chad chael In whose benign presence he ha Kaid aId tire Ure turbulent warrior was all submission mission St It j at times he was high tom tern pet ed and overbearing he said th there rf is no fairer falTer story of ot chivalrous chival ious rous d devotion and affectionate cc cia cia- n- n ilI than that which he lie lavished lav la lay lay- fIShed upon his wife wICe The rhe statue is In in bronze and 1 Is s si i bout about seven feet high leigh It shows Ja Jackson In Ina a a standing attitude In InI Inthe I the h battle batUe with t thre tiTe e British at New ew ewI I Orleans It is mounted on a marble pedestal two feet high I |