Biographical Sketch of the Life of Andrew Jackson, Major-general of the Armies of the United States, the Hero of New-Orleans

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W. E. Norman, 1823 - 65 σελίδες
 

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Σελίδα 38 - Orleans in the manner which has been stated, Jackson could not be sure that they would not return. Against this contingency, he prepared himself by cautious arrangements in the distribution of his force and the construction of new defences at assailable points, before he returned to New Orleans. In that city he was received as a deliverer — every mind was kindled to enthusiasm from the consideration of the evils which he had averted, as well as of the victories which he had gained. The most solemn...
Σελίδα 34 - ... gallant deportment extricated him from the danger in which he was placed, and gained for him and his corps the approbation of the commanding general. The enemy, being forced from their position, retired, and the colonel returned to the line with the loss of five of his men. The British were encamped two miles below the American army, on a perfect plain, and in full view. Although foiled in their attempt to carry the works by the force of their batteries on the 28th, they resolved upon another...
Σελίδα 44 - Gaines, and directed to concentrate his forces, and adopt " measures necessary to terminate a conflict which had been avoided from considerations of humanity, but which had now become indispensable from the settled hostility of the savage enemy.
Σελίδα 44 - Tennessee volunteers, with that zeal and promptness which have ever marked his career, repaired to the post assigned, and assumed the command. The necessity of crossing the line into Florida was no longer a subject of doubt. A large force of Indians and negroes had made that territory their refuge, and the Spanish authority was either too weak or too indifferent to restrain them; and to comply with orders given him from the department of war, he penetrated immediately into the Seminole towns, driving...
Σελίδα 24 - General Jackson, with a small retinue, reached the Alabama; and on the 10th of August succeeded in procuring the execution of a treaty, in which the Indians pledged themselves no more to listen to foreign emissaries — to hold no communication with British or Spanish garrisons ; guarantied to the United States the right of erecting military posts in their country, and a free navigation of all their waters. They stipulated also, that they would suffer no agent or trader to pass among them, or hold...
Σελίδα 59 - ... carried into effect ; the ex-governor protested against the act, but received little sympathy or encouragement. The ill health of General Jackson compelled him to resign his position in a few months. On the 7th of October, he delegated his power to his secretaries, and returned to Nashville. In his valedictory address to the citizens of Florida, he informed them that he had completed the temporary organization of the two provinces, and justified and defended the acts of his administration. It...
Σελίδα 46 - Governments against the United States ; that he had repeatedly advised the Indians not to comply with the Treaty of Fort Jackson, assuring them that the lands ceded to the United States by them in 1814 were to be restored by virtue of the treaty of peace with...
Σελίδα 40 - God, they have been attended with unparalleled success. They have saved the country ; and whatever may be the opinion of that country, or the decrees of its courts, in relation to the means he has used, he can never regret...
Σελίδα 48 - Pensacola ; that they were collecting in large numbers, five hundred being in Pensacola on the 15th of April, many of whom were known to be hostile, and had just escaped from the pursuit of our troops; that the enemy were furnished with ammunition and supplies, and received intelligence of the movements of our forces, from that place ; that...
Σελίδα 43 - Intelligence being received by the War Department of the massacre of Lieutenant Scott and his companions, General Jackson was directed, by letter of the 26th December, 1817, to repair to Fort Scott, and take command of the forces in that quarter; with authority, in case he should deem it necessary, to call upon the Executives of the adjacent States for...

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