...gallant partisans, whose daring deeds are known only to the Omniscient. There were no horn-blowers and quill-drivers among them. If we come to the war of 1812, all will concede that Jackson, of North Carolina , and Harrison, of Virginia, gained the most laurels, as shown by the elevation of both of them to the presidency. All, too, readily concede that the brilliant land-fights of that war were in defenc...