Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . M ^ity in execu-cution, con-. .It^^^stituted the^/^t) leading traitsof his char-acter. Whenhe had resolved on the course which he thought ne-. THE INVADING ARMY. 311 cessary to be pursued, with all possible despatch hehastened to its completion. Before him was an armyproud of its name, and distinguished for its deeds ofvalour—an army, the finest that ever appeared on ourshores,—one that had driven the warriors of France,the conquerors of continental Europe, from the pillarsof Hercules to the Pyrenees. Opposed to this washis own unbending spirit, and an inferi
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . M ^ity in execu-cution, con-. .It^^^stituted the^/^t) leading traitsof his char-acter. Whenhe had resolved on the course which he thought ne-. THE INVADING ARMY. 311 cessary to be pursued, with all possible despatch hehastened to its completion. Before him was an armyproud of its name, and distinguished for its deeds ofvalour—an army, the finest that ever appeared on ourshores,—one that had driven the warriors of France,the conquerors of continental Europe, from the pillarsof Hercules to the Pyrenees. Opposed to this washis own unbending spirit, and an inferior, undisciphned,and half-armed force. He conceived, therefore, thathis was a defensive policy; that by prudence and cau-tion he would be able to preserve what offensiveoperations might have a tendency to , with activity and industry, based on a hopeof ultimate success, he commenced his plan of de-fence, determining to fortify himself as effectually asthe peril and pressure of the moment would to expect attack he could not tell; preparationand readiness to meet it was for him to determine on;all else was for the enemy. Promptly, therefore, h
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