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Clark's Mills (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
ldier; and that night the city of New Orleans blazed with a general illumination. On the spot where the arch was erected, in the centre of the public square in front of the cathedral, has been erected a bronze equestrian statue of Jackson, by Clark Mills. Jackson, like a true soldier, did not relax his vigilance after the victory that saved Louisiana from British conquest. He maintained martial law in New Orleans rigorously, even after rumors of a Jackson's headquarters, New Orleans. prore prosperous than at the close of his term of office. He died in The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn., June 8, 1845. In 1852 The old Court-House where Jackson was fined for contempt of Court. an equestrian statue of Jackson, in bronze, by Clark Mills, was erected at Washington, at the expense of the nation. Nullification. On Sept. 19, 1832, President Jackson issued the following proclamation against nullification: Whereas, a convention assembled in the State of South Carolina ha
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
land, in 1765, and were of the Scotch-Irish. At fourteen years of age, Andrew joined the Revolutionary forces in South Carolina. In that service he had two brothers killed. He was with Sumter in the battle of Hanging Rock (q. v.), and in 1781 was made a prisoner. He was admitted to the practice of the law in western North Carolina in 1786; removed to Nashville in 1788; was United States attorney for that district in 1790; member of the convention that framed the State constitution of Tennessee in 1796; member of the United States Senate in 1797; and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 to 1804. From 1798 until 1814 he was major-general of the Tennessee militia, and conducted the principal campaign against the Creek Indians, which resulted in the complete subjugation of that nation in the spring of 1814. On May 31, 1814, he was appointed a major-general in the regular army and given command of the Department of the South. His victory at New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815, gav
Jackson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
ulation, who greeted the victors as their saviors. Two days afterwards there was an imposing spectacle in the city. At Jackson's request, the apostolic prefect of Louisiana appointed Jan. 23 a day for the public offering of thanks to God for the vat saved Louisiana from British conquest. He maintained martial law in New Orleans rigorously, even after rumors of a Jackson's headquarters, New Orleans. proclamation of peace reached that city. When an official announcement of peace was receivterest, amounting in all to $2,700. In 1817 he successfully prosecuted the war against the Seminoles. In 1819 he Jackson's reception by the citizens of New Orleans. resigned his military commission, and was governor of newly acquired Florida laws. For as, by the theory, there is no appeal, the reasons alleged by the State, good or bad, must prevail. If it Jackson's tomb. should be said that public opinion is a sufficient check against the abuse of this power, it may be asked why it
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
South Carolina. In that service he had two brothers killed. He was with Sumter in the battle of Hanging Rock (q. v.), and in 1781 was made a prisoner. He was admitted to the practice of the law in western North Carolina in 1786; removed to Nashville in 1788; was United States attorney for that district in 1790; member of the convention that framed the State constitution of Tennessee in 1796; member of the United States Senate in 1797; and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 to 1 1837. His administration of eight years was marked by great energy, and never were the affairs of the republic in its domestic and foreign relations more prosperous than at the close of his term of office. He died in The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn., June 8, 1845. In 1852 The old Court-House where Jackson was fined for contempt of Court. an equestrian statue of Jackson, in bronze, by Clark Mills, was erected at Washington, at the expense of the nation. Nullification. On Sept. 1
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
Andrew joined the Revolutionary forces in South Carolina. In that service he had two brothers kihereas, a convention assembled in the State of South Carolina have passed an ordinance, by which thsaid ordinance declares that the people of South Carolina will maintain the said ordinance at every nconsistent with the longer continuance of South Carolina in the Union; and that the people of the ssaid ordinance prescribes to the people of South Carolina a course of conduct in direct violation ofll certainly justify, a full exposition to South Carolina and the nation of the views I entertain ofLook for a moment to the consequences. If South Carolina considers the revenue laws unconstitutionahen, for raising revenue, according to the South Carolina ordinance, may be rightfully annulled, unlof all terms, in the name of the people of South Carolina. It is true that the governor of the Stat that purpose, but to warn the citizens of South Carolina who have been deluded into an opposition t[3 more...]
New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
ew Jackson. received by the apostolic prefect (Abbe du Bourg) in his pontifical robes, supported by a college of priests in their sacerdotal garments. The abbe addressed the general with eloquent and patriotic discourse, after which the latter was seated conspicuously near the great altar, while the Te Deum Laudamus was chanted by the choir and the people. When the pageant was over, the general retired to his quarters to resume the stern duties of a soldier; and that night the city of New Orleans blazed with a general illumination. On the spot where the arch was erected, in the centre of the public square in front of the cathedral, has been erected a bronze equestrian statue of Jackson, by Clark Mills. Jackson, like a true soldier, did not relax his vigilance after the victory that saved Louisiana from British conquest. He maintained martial law in New Orleans rigorously, even after rumors of a Jackson's headquarters, New Orleans. proclamation of peace reached that city. W
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
placed to his credit in a bank. The general politely refused to accept it, and begged his friends to distribute it among the relatives of those who had fallen in the late battles. Nearly thirty years afterwards (1843), Congress refunded the sum with interest, amounting in all to $2,700. In 1817 he successfully prosecuted the war against the Seminoles. In 1819 he Jackson's reception by the citizens of New Orleans. resigned his military commission, and was governor of newly acquired Florida in 1821-22. He was again United States Senator in 1823-24; and in 1828, and also in 1832, he was elected President of the United States (see cabinet, President's). His warfare on the United States Bank during his Presidency resulted in its final destruction. President Jackson possessed great firmness and decision of character; was honest and true; not always correct in judgment; often rash in expressions and actions; misled sometimes by his hot anger into acts injurious to his reputati
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
e effect of the tariff laws. The effect of those laws was confessedly injurious, but the evil was greatly exaggerated by the unfounded theory you were taught to believe, that its burdens were in proportion to your exports, not to your consumption of imported articles. Your pride was roused by the assertion that a submission to those laws was a state of vassalage, and that resistance to them was equal, in patriotic merit, to the opposition our fathers offered to the oppressive laws of Great Britain. You were told that this opposition might be peaceably, might be constitutionally made; that you might enjoy all the advantages of the Union, and bear none of its burdens. Eloquent appeals to your passions, to your State pride, to your native courage, to your sense of real injury, were used to prepare you for the period when the mask which concealed the hideous features of disunion should be taken off. It fell, and you were made to look with complacency on objects which, not long since
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
iors. Two days afterwards there was an imposing spectacle in the city. At Jackson's request, the apostolic prefect of Louisiana appointed Jan. 23 a day for the public offering of thanks to God for the victory just won. It was a beautiful winter moed the laurel crowns upon his head. At the same moment, a charming Creole maiden (Miss Kerr), as the representative of Louisiana, stepped forward, and, with modesty in voice and manner, addressed a few congratulatory words to the general, eloquent e of Jackson, by Clark Mills. Jackson, like a true soldier, did not relax his vigilance after the victory that saved Louisiana from British conquest. He maintained martial law in New Orleans rigorously, even after rumors of a Jackson's headquainvolved in a contention with the civil authorities, who had opposed martial law as unnecessary. In the legislature of Louisiana was a powerful faction opposed to him personally, and when the officers and troops were thanked by that body (Feb. 2, 1
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-andrew
1767-1845 Seventh President of the United States; born in the Waxhaw Settlement, Mecklenburg co., N. C., March 15, 1767. His parents had emigrated from the North of Ireland, in 1765, and were of the Scotch-Irish. At fourteen years of age, Andrew joined the Revolutionary forces in South Carolina. In that service he had two brothers killed. He was with Sumter in the battle of Hanging Rock (q. v.), and in 1781 was made a prisoner. He was admitted to the practice of the law in western North Carolina in 1786; removed to Nashville in 1788; was United States attorney for that district in 1790; member of the convention that framed the State constitution of Tennessee in 1796; member of the United States Senate in 1797; and judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1798 to 1804. From 1798 until 1814 he was major-general of the Tennessee militia, and conducted the principal campaign against the Creek Indians, which resulted in the complete subjugation of that nation in the spring of 1
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