Memoirs of Andrew Jackson: Late Major-general and Commander in Chief of the Southern Division of the Army of the United StatesC. Ewer, 1828 - 334 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 128 - I am in your power — do with me as you please. I am a soldier. I have done the white people all the harm I could ; I have fought them, and fought them bravely : If I had an army, I wouliJr*yet fight and contend to the last ; but I have none : my people are all gone. I can now do no more than weep over the misfortunes of my nation.
Σελίδα 146 - ... package to the frontiers, which increased the murders here. This conduct has already made the war party to suffer greatly : but, although almost destroyed, they will not yet open their eyes, but are still led away by the British at Pensacola. Not so with us : we were rational, and had our senses — we yet are so. In the war of the revolution, our father beyond the waters, encouraged us to join him, and we did so. We had no sense then. The promises he made were never kept. We were young and foolish,...
Σελίδα 61 - If only two men will remain with 'me, I will never abandon this post." Captain Gordon, of the spies, facetiously replied, " You have one, general, let us look if we can't find another...
Σελίδα 233 - British made another stand, and were again driven from it with considerable loss. Thus the battle raged on the left wing, until the British reached the bank of the river ; here a determined stand was made, and further encroachments resisted : for half an hour the conflict was extremely violent on both sides. The American troops could not be driven from their purpose, nor the British made to yield their ground; but at length, having suffered greatly, the latter were under the necessity of taking refuge...
Σελίδα 159 - with diplomatic powers, for the purpose of discussing the topics embraced in the wide range of injuries of which you complain, and which have long since been adjusted, I could easily demonstrate that the United States have been always faithful to their treaties, steadfast in their friendships, nor have ever claimed any thing that was not warranted by justice. They have endured many insults from the governors and other officers of Spain, which, if sanctioned by their sovereign, would have amounted...
Σελίδα 82 - State, it is your duty to see that the full quota of troops be constantly kept in the field for the time they have been required. You are responsible to the government ; your officer to you. Of what avail is it to give an order if it be never executed and may be disobeyed with impunity ? Is it by empty mandates that...
Σελίδα 236 - Jackson, perceiving the decided advantages which were derived from the position they occupied, ordered their line to be charged. It was obeyed with cheerfulness, and executed with promptness. Pressing on, our troops gained the ditch, and pouring across it a well-aimed fire, compelled them to retreat, and to abandon their intrenchment.
Σελίδα 129 - Once I could animate my warriors to battle : but I cannot animate the dead. My warriors can no longer hear my voice — their bones are at Talladega, Tallaschatchee, Emuckfaw, and Tohopeka.
Σελίδα 21 - ... most of the others, from their destitute condition would, of necessity, have been compelled to enlist in the regular army, under general Wilkinson. Such alternatives were neither congenial with their general's wishes, nor such as they had expected, on adventuring with him in the service of their country; he had carried them from home, and, the fate of war and disease apart, it was his duty, he believed, to bring them back.