Show A GREAT DAY AT sunday january 8 was the seventy fourth anniversary of the battle of new Orlean sand is always observed by the Denlo democratic cratic party as a red letter day in its history as well ly a that of the nation in commemoration of the great eveah which brought andrew jackson to the front among his fellow citizens large and aftic meetings were held in the principal cities of the United states that in new york heing perhaps the largest and most demonstrative of any the event that is thus signalized signalizes is of secondary importance only to the war of the revolution for it was the second attempt of great britain to subjugate her former col colonies on OB this soil and maintain her ber pr prestige estile in all of the four grand divisions of the globe it was a more conspicuous failure than the first for the reason that she contended on the latter occasion with a people more or less acquainted with all parts of tile country and thoroughly determined upon maintaining maintain log here the principles of self government while being better organized anal ana equipped for a struggle than were the sires of the british forces were led by lord Fac packenham kenham and the americans as previously suggested by old hickory lackson jackson the former were completely defeated with heavy loss bam hain himself among the slain white the american loss was only eight killed purely such an eveni evem should be held ly ily sacred recollection andrew jackson the hero of that occasion after being twice def defeated ested for tilt presidency was elected lie he was the typical Domo democrat crat of tile the age he brought to the presidential office fic e a degree of vigorous ability and determination coupled with a certain undoubted air of republicanism in its primitive sense as to ca cause 11 se his name to be remembered and revered as long as our institutions last jackson jacksons s birthday has been oyer over looked in his triumphs and the only celebration is that of the greatest of the latter |