Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . Tory barristers, who beforetime had had thelargest share in this business, were now shut out, and the many changesin the c nintry called loudly for others in the profession to take theirplaces, for old Whig lawyers had more than they could do. After twoor three years of faithful study, Andrew was licensed to practice, andbefore long he was appointed Solicitor for the Western District of SouthCarolina, which is now Tennessee. He was gay and spirited, brave, but not rash, prudeut, but no coward—^just the man for a frontier settlement h
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . Tory barristers, who beforetime had had thelargest share in this business, were now shut out, and the many changesin the c nintry called loudly for others in the profession to take theirplaces, for old Whig lawyers had more than they could do. After twoor three years of faithful study, Andrew was licensed to practice, andbefore long he was appointed Solicitor for the Western District of SouthCarolina, which is now Tennessee. He was gay and spirited, brave, but not rash, prudeut, but no coward—^just the man for a frontier settlement harassed bv Indians. His redneighbors S(3on found out his nature, and while they feared him thevalso admired him, and called him the Pointed Knife and the SharpArrow. Everj^ time there was an outbreak, Jackson took the lead againstthem, always showing so much courage and judgment, both in meeting 390 GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. the Indians and in quieting them, that his name became quite famousthroughout the vicinity, and he was madj major-general of the new. ANDREW of Tennessee, which was formed about eight j^ears after he movedout there. He ahso did a great deal in organizing this State, helping to planthe Constitution, representing it in Washington at. diflferent times, bothin the House of Representatives and in the Senate, and after that heheld the office of Judge of the Supreme Court. GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. 391 When the second war with Great Britain was declared, he easily-raised a force of tweuty-five hundred volunteers, and offered their ser-vices and his own to the Government, in June of 1S12. Although histroops were accepted, thej--were not given anything much to do until thenext fall, when they were sent out against the Creek Indians, whomthey conipleteh^ routed, ending entirely this Indian outbreak, sometimescalled the Creek War, and breaking forever the Indian power in NorthAmerica. It was during this campaign that once, when the food gaveout, Jackson se
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