Illustrious men of the United States . fil oratory. The friend of freedom ever, he battledfor it by tongue and pen — and if this centuryhas received an impress of high and honorablefeeling- from any statesman, it has from administration as President was in a periodof high partizan strife; but we transcend norule of impartiality when we say, that it hasbeen by the voice of after years pronouncedpure. So lived the Great Adams. After tasting;— nay, drinking deeply, of all the honors ofmen — after establishing a name and fame in allthat is illustrious in diplomacy — in oratory —in governme
Illustrious men of the United States . fil oratory. The friend of freedom ever, he battledfor it by tongue and pen — and if this centuryhas received an impress of high and honorablefeeling- from any statesman, it has from administration as President was in a periodof high partizan strife; but we transcend norule of impartiality when we say, that it hasbeen by the voice of after years pronouncedpure. So lived the Great Adams. After tasting;— nay, drinking deeply, of all the honors ofmen — after establishing a name and fame in allthat is illustrious in diplomacy — in oratory —in government — in statesmanship — in learn-ing — he died — in the overflowing love ofhis fellow-men, who bore testimony in everycommonwealth in the Union, that the greatesthad fallen. With such a life — with the pros-pect of such a death — it was not strange thathe should leave as his last words — I am 1 63 ANDREW JACKSON. The victory at New-Orleans was but one of along series of remarkable passages in the lifeof this great man — the creation of his ownvigor of purpose and brave and determinedcharacter. He, like his distinguished contem-porary, Mr. Adams, was born in 1767, and likehim, must have recollected many of the inci-dents of the Revolutionary struggle. It soonbecame apparent in his progress in life, thathe was no ordinary man, but. one of those whocarve in deep letters their inscription of great-ness on the history of their times. He earlyemigrated from South Carolina, the place of hisbirth, to Tennessee, and grew with the growthof that commonwealth. A lawyer by profes-sion, while he maintained himself with abilit),it was evident that his heart was on a bolderdestiny, and when he grasped the sword of thesoldier, the touch was familiar. It is unneces-sary to follow his progress from one stirringcampaign to another. Among the Indian wars,he bore a prominent and a distinguish
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