. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . morning,and the last to leave his seat in the a measure could be brought forward and es-cape his scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adamsfought, almost singly, against the pro-slaveryparty in the Government was sublime in itsmoral daring and heroism. For persisting inpresenting petitions for the abolition of slaverj,he was threatened with indictment by the grandjurj, with expulsion from the , with ; but no th
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . morning,and the last to leave his seat in the a measure could be brought forward and es-cape his scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adamsfought, almost singly, against the pro-slaveryparty in the Government was sublime in itsmoral daring and heroism. For persisting inpresenting petitions for the abolition of slaverj,he was threatened with indictment by the grandjurj, with expulsion from the , with ; but no threats could intimidate him, andhis final triumph was complete. On the 2ist of Februarj-, 184S, he rose on thefloor of Congress with a paper in his hand, toaddress the speaker. Suddenly he fell, by paralysis, and was caught in the armsof those around him. For a time he was sense-less, as he was conveyed to the sofa in the ro-tunda. With reviving consciousness, he openedhis eyes, looked calmly around and .said Thisis the end of earth; then after a moments pausehe added, I am content. These were the lastwords of the grand Old Man ANDREW JACKSON. Gl NDREW JACKSON, the seventh PresidentLl of the United States, was born in Waxhaw/ I settlement, N. C, March 15, 1767, a fewdays after his fathers death. His parents werepoor emigrants from Ireland, and took up theirabode in Waxhaw settlement, where they livedin deepest povertj*. Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called,grew up a very rough, rude, turbulent boy. Hisfeatures were coarse, his form ungainh-, and therewas but verj- little in his character made visiblewhich was attractive. When only thirteen years old he joined thevolunteers of Carolina against the British 1781, he and his brother Robert were capturedand imprisoned for a time at Camden. A Britishofficer ordered him to brush his mud-spatteredboots. lam a prisoner of war, not your serv-ant, was the reply of the dauntless boy. Andrew sup
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