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Show PosferHy Posterity Posferfy iGives Gives Jackson an Honor HonorBestowed HonorBestowed HonorBestowed Bestowed Upon No Other American Arnerkan AmericanIf ArnerkanIt If It Has "Marked Marked " Out an Epochand Epoch and Called Caned If It by the Name of One Man , " Says the Author Authorof Authorof Authorof of ofa a New Biography of "Old Old " Hickory " in Which He Is Portrayed Portrayedas as One of the GreatestPresidents GreatestPresidents Greatest GreatestPresidents Presidents Who Has Ever Occupied the White House In Washington . @Western p @ Western Newspaper Ne\\spl1per Ne spl1per \ Union VNOu NOt'E-January NOt'E NOtE January NOTE-January NOTE ' - - January K 8 Is widely cele celebratcd celeorated cclebrxtcd bratcd orated as I1S "Jiclison Jiclison "Jackson Jackson " Day flay " In honor of ofAndrew ofAndrew olAnflrew Andrew Jachson'sIctory Jackson's Jacksons Jachson's Jachsons ' ilctory \Ictory Ictory tictory \ over the theBritish theBritish theBritish British in the battle of r-.ew r.ew r .ew ew hew - . I cw Orleans Orleanswhich , Wilich width contributed miterliUy m'lterhUy mlterhUy mlterhlly ' to his hiselection hiselection biselection election to the presidency later . This Thisarticle Thisarticle Thisarticle article , appropriate to the observance obserranccof observanceof of tliat that da dai day ) . , Is based upon the nen new newbiography newblocraphy ' bloraphy biography $ : , "Andrew Andrew " Jackson Jackson-Por- Jackson Por Jackson-Por JacksonPortrut - Por Portrait - trut trait trait : : of a President , , " written by bylUl1rquis byararquis byMarquis lUl1rquis ararquis James and published pubUshed recent recent1y recently recently 1y ly by the Bobbs obbs RIerrlU Merrill company of ofIndianapolis olIndianapolis f fIndianapolis Indianapolis , throuch through whose cODlteS courtesy courtesyseveral courtesyscTerxl ) " several of the Ulu lllustratloua illustrations . tratloJ1s from the thebook thebook tn tnbook book are arc herewith herewlUl reproduced . By ELMO EL1\iO EL1 iO \ SCOTT WATSONMARCH WATSONARCH WATSON . yfARCH ARCH 4 , 1837 1837.Y/l 1837.Yl 1837.Y 1837Y l . I MARCH / Unlike many anoth- anoth anothI another anoth-v anoth v - - I L er Inauguration dayin day dayIn dayin In the city of Washingtonthis Washmgton Washington , thIS one was "bright bright " and andbalmy andbalmy andbalmy balmy . " Down the steps of the Ex Ex- ExecutIve Ex- Ex Executive Executive - - ecutive MansIon- MansIon MansIonWashmg Mansion -Washmg Washmg - Washmg- Washmg Washmgtonians Washmg-tonians Washmg tonians - . tonians had only recently be- be began began be began - gan calling callmg it the "Vllute Vllute "White White "VlluteHouse "WhiteHousecame "WhiteHouse WhiteHouse " House Housecame House-came House came " -came came - - came two men . One Oneof Oneof Oneof of them was slight in stature staturesomething , something of a "dandy dandy " " indress in indress indress dress and appearance-Mar- appearance Mar appearanceMartIn appearance - - Mar Martin - tin Van Buren of Kmderhook Kinderhook KmderhookN , N . _ Y . , the "Little Little " MagIcian Magician"the Magicianthe , " the "Red Red " Fox Fos , , " who was wasabout wasabout , labout waslabout about to become PresIdentof President of ofthe ofthe ofthe the United Umted States . The other was a more com com- commandmg commanding commanding - manding mandmg figure , somewhat somewhatbent somewhatbent somewhatbent bent with age and recent Ill- Ill Illness illness ill illness - ness . He leaned heavily on a acane acane acane cane , but there still flashed flashedfrom flashedfrom flashedfrom from his eyes that indomi mdomI- mdomI indomi- mdomItable indomitable indomitable - - table look which had caused men to hail hall him as "Old Old "OldHickory "OldHickory OldHickory " HICkory . " " They entered a carriage carnage and ahd androde ahdrode androde rode up Pennsylvania Pennsylvama avenue avenuetoward avenuetoward avenuetoward toward the Capitol A thunder of ofcheerIng ofcheering ofcheering cheerIng rose from the thousandswho thousandswho thousands thousandswho who hned lmed that famous thorough thorough- thoroughfare thoroughrare thoroughfare - fare rare , then died down quickly and andmen andmen andmen men removed their hats in m rev rev- revercntIal reverential reverential - erential ercntIal silence as the sllver- sllver silver- silver sllverhaIred silverhaired silver-haired silver haired - haIred old man in the carrIage carrIagepassed carriagepassed carriagepassed carriagepassedThe passed passedThe The same silence spread over overthe overthe overthe the .multItude multItude . . that filled the east eastlawn eastlawn eastlawn lawn of the Capitol as the two twomen > \ men appeared on the portico It Itheld Itheld Itheld held while chile \ \ hlle Chief Justice Taney Taneyadmlmstered Taneyadministered Taneyadministered admlmstered administered the oath of office officev/hile officev hile , , while whsle / Martin Van Buren was de- de delIvermg delivering de delivering - - livering lIvermg his inaugural address addressand addressand addressand and even as Andrew J acI.son acIson Jackson Jacksonstarted Jacksonstarted acI.sonstarted . started slowly down the broad broadsteps broadsteps broadsteps broadstepsThen steps stepsThen Then suddenly , as though unloosed un- un unloosed un unloosed - loosed by a signal , a mighty mightyshout mightyshout mightyshout shout v \ ' as raised Thomas Hart ' ke " 4 WA M A . . 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' 1) 1 1)a ) a ' : . < . r N r M Mr v t \r r \ 1 , Hr Q , ts s xX 1 1PRESIDENT PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON JACKSONFrom rrom From a portrait made at the WhIte House In 1835 by Ashel Ashei ii Durand ' , now nowIned nowowned I\\ned I ned owned ) \ by the New York Historic'll Historicll ifistoricii ' Society . its preparation the author of the thePulItzer thePulitzer thePulitzer PulItzer prize-winning prize winning pnzc-wmnmg pnzc wmnmg - - "The The " Ra- Ra RavenA RavenA Ra Raven - ven-A ven A ven - A Biography of Sam Hous Hous- Houston Houston Houston - - " " Jackson Jackson- JacksonThe JacksonThe JacksonThe ton and of "Andrew Andrew - The Border Captain , " has put putyears putyears putyears years of research during durmg WhICh WhIChhe whichhe whichhe he examined e"Cammed eCammed " no less than 40,000 40000 40,000documents 40,000documents 40,000documents 40000documents , documents , not to mention hun hun- hundreds hundreds hundreds - dreds of printed prmted sources of infor mfor- mfor infor- information mformatlon information - mation matlon And , as one critic cntIc has hasobserved hasobserved hasobserved observed , "the the ecthe " result-an result an result - an accu accu- accurate accu- accu accurate accurate - - rate and properly proportIoned proportionedportrait proportionedportrait portraIt of Andrew Jackson JacI.son JacIson . , the thePresidentis thePresident PresIdent-Is PresIdent Is illustra Illustra- IllustratIon illustration illustration - is a striking strIkmg - - tion of the truth of the observa observa- observatIon observation observation - - tion of Carlyle that a well-wrItten well wrItten wellwrIttenllfe wellwrittenlife well-writtenlife well writtenlife - llfe life is almost as rare as a weIl- weIl well- well weIlspent wellspent well-spent well spent - spent one " . * . . "Why Why ec\Vhy ec Vhy " \ \ was \ as it that the people peopleloved peopleloved peopleloved loved him 111m so so7 ? ' " asks BIographer BIographerJames BiographerJames BiographerJames James , after describing descrlbmg the scene scenewhen scenewhen scenewhen when whenecOId "Old Old ecOId " Hickory " stepped steppeddown steppeddown steppeddown down from the Presidency . "In In "Inthronged "Inthronged "Inthronged Inthronged " thronged Washington Washmgton , where men Y " , UWy-- UWy UWyv , _ , . , - , , , . - . , ? . < \v v " 7 ' 77J -7J 7J - _ ' - r < " ' v " r - < ' ' ' ' > ; ' " 'Y Y " ' < ' a ' y + r- r ri rors > , - ' r ' - ' + , " : > " \ . i ors v I , < , / , . ? " F ( : > t 4 'P P ( ' , . / / a F aw1 w1 " ' 1 3 eC " Q QL afvow L 9 Niiitit s ss1 9 913i 13i x xt t . , tl tlbra bra i iY Y y yr r ocff ! d " t f1hSt , f1hS , ! M MJi , Ji / y rWYM 'F F ' al r'lrdfHi-b r'lrdfHi rlrdfHi b ' % - pM pMa a - ! , THE FOURTH HLRl\llTAGL HLRl llTAGL HLRMITAGE HLRMITAGEFinished \ FmIshed Finished in 1835 aHer after its prpdccessor predecessor had bad been destroyed by fire , save for por par portlons parLions tlons Lions of the e exterior terlOr walls which were used in rebuilding In tho the background , right , IS engravingmade Tulip Grove , the- the theresIdence - resIdence of Andren Andrew ' Jackson Donelson I'rom Irom from ' an engraving made In 18iG 185G : and owned by the LadJes Ladies ' lIermItage Hermitage Assochtlon Associ ition Benton of Missouri , v/ho v ho who / wasthere was wasthere wasthere there that day . , afterwards said . "It It " was a cry suchas such as power powernever powernever powernever never commanded , nor man In Inpower inpower inpower power received . It was aITecbon affection affectiongratitude , gratItude and admiration . . . . , the theacclaIm theacclaim theacclaim breakingfrom ngfrom acclaIm of posterity brcal breaking ng from the bosoms of contemporar contemporar- contemporaries - ies . . . I felt an emotion which whichhad whichhad v/hichhad v hichhad / had never passed through me be- be before before be before - fore " .It It . ' It lasted for only a moment momentThen momentThen momentThen Then . . , "Midway Midway " down the thestone thestone thestone stone stairs stmrs General Jackson un- un uncovered uncovered un uncovered - - covered and bowed A gentle gentleWInd gentlewind gentlewind WInd WIndstirred stirred his silvery lochs locks lochsThe locksThe locksThe The tumult died " And thus "Old Old "OIq OIq " Hickory Hlcl"ory Hlclory Hiclrory " " took tookleave tookleave tookleave leave of the Presidency of the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States and "after after "aHer aHer " eIght eIghtyears eightyears eightyears years laid down his burden , un- un unsuspectmg unsuspecting un unsuspecting - - suspecting suspectmg that on his times wasan was wasan wasan an impress so characteristic and andso andso andso so deep that posterity would ac- ac accord accord ac accord - - cord to Andrew Jackson an honor honoras honoras honoras as yet vouchsafed no other Amer Amer- AmerIcanthat Amerleanthat American - - Ican-that Ican that lean-that lean ican that of - marking markmg out an anepoch anepoch anepoch epoch m in our national history and andcalImg andcalling andcalling calImg calling it by the name of one oneman oneman oneman " man manSo his"Andrew hisAndrew So writes Marquis MarqUlS James m hIS "Andrew Andrew " Jackson-Portrait Jackson Portrait Jacl Jackson son-Portralt son Portralt - Portrait of a PresIdent aPresident , " the second and concluding con con- concluding concludmg - cluding cludmg volume of a bIography biographywhich which critics are virtually unani unam- unam unani- unammous unanimous unanimous - mous oddsthe m in hailing hallmg as "by by " all odds the best andmost and most absorbing ac- ac account account ac account - - count of the life hfe of Old Hickory that Hickorythat has yet been written " Into " slept in barbers ' chairs , the ques ques- question questIon question - - tion was debated that night mght as It itwas itwas was destmed destined to be debated a hun hun- hundred hundred hundred - dred years to come " From all that discussion Mr Mr.James MrJames . J James ames synthesizes thtsanswer this thts answer . Jackson was born and nnd reared In a afrontier afronUer fronUer frontier l3true arlstocracy-unpretcntlous arlstocracy unpretcntlous aristocracy-unpretentious aristocracy unpretentious aristocracy - unpretentious It Is Istrue Istrue true but all that an aristocracy could couldattain couldattain couldattain , attain to In the Waxhaws Waxha.s Waxhas . of that day and andtime andtime andtime time theTennessee Hacking his . way .ay ay upward In the theTennessee theTennessee Tennessee wilderness , . he rose to the thehelcht theheight height of spokesman tor for one frontiercla-s frontiercla s fronUpr frontier fronUprcla"s frontiercla cla"s clas cla " ' - s against another-nabobs another nabobs another - nabobs versus Jacksonbecame .Tacksonbecame leathersl leathershirts versusleathershlrls versusleathersl versusleathershirts rts Climblnff Climbing hlgh hifiher hlghcr .r r < . , .Tackson Tackson Jackson . became a spokesman spolresman for the . whole v.hole vhole al almost almost almost most autonomous West In the contests contestsarisinp contestsarising contestsarislnp arisinp arising ' from the opposed interests mterests of the thesettled thesettled thesettled settled , . comm commercial rcial seaboard The things thingsof thingsof thingsof of the } West vest even the nabob West hest ad advocated advocated advocaled vocated landless then seemed scemed alluring allurlnJ : to the land less tidcwatcr tldewater tidewater and the propertyless property propert less of the tldewa tidewa ter cities This fermentation shaped into intoa intoa a hardtimes hardtImcs political movement during the hard tImcs times of 1818 22 found the undcrprlv underpriv undcrprlvllcgcd undcrprlvlleged underprivlleged lleged and the lackalls Iackal1s iackalis of the East one onewith onewith onewith with the established currents of western thought thoughtAndiew westernthoueht westernthought westernthouehtAndiew Andiew Andlew . Jackson .Tackson Tackson broueht brought to the Presi Pros ! dency Prcsldcncy Presidency fewer personal ambitions than any anyman man exceptlne excepting Washington The grad gradual graduai ual uai alteration from a border conserva tIve conscrvalive conservatIve to a Q national liberal Is noteworthy but noteworthybut spanneda other . eminent c.mlncnt cmlncnt cminent men h have < ! vc spanned a JohnAdams ecrater Ctrater gcrater scale of change John Adams and Patrlcl Patriel Patric ! Henry storm Into hL.tory hLtory history Intohistory IntohL.tory ! . not at at Sf . & liberals Uberals but as revolu barricadcs barricades tionlsts revolutlonists revolutionlsts shouting tor for bayonets and bar ricades They rattle out not as con conservaUves conservatives servaUves servatives conservatlvcs cintankcr.ous cintankcrous merely , . but as c c'1ntanker c1ntanker intanker ' . ous Emerclneas Emerelngas Emergingas reactionaries . Emerelng Emerging as a people s man Jackson proffered profferedno no ordinary claims to that much courttd courted courteddistinction courttddistinction distinction distinctionto betweenfactions . , . ? - No -to to ho mere arbiter between factions of followers he strode forth to Inspire toInspire to lead to eovern govern overn He not only reigned onlyreigned but ruled He saw for the people what peoplewhat they tl1.Y tl1Y tlicy ( . could not ace see tor for them selves themselves The Tbe bank Issue was as good as dead asdead twentiesJackson after the passing of the twenties Jackson npatl-ctIc npatl ctIc athtie etIc revived It lashed up an nn a apati atht - et : ie Ic public lashed up " , apathetic pathetic lpathetle lieu tenants silenced silcnced the unwilling unwll1Ing and lnd drove droveon droveon droveon on to victory All AU this rested on the thephllosophY thephilosophy thephilosophy phllosophY philosophy of majority ruleWhen rulewhen rule ruleWhen When a majority was not at hand he heendeavored heendeavored heendeavored endeavored to create it 1t When thiscould thIs thIscould thiscould |