Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 40
... Jackson man in his Cabinet sig- nally qualified to do justice to the subject , and on the 27th of June , 1845 , his new Secretary of the Navy , George Bancroft , pronounced his grand eulogy in the city of Washington before an audience ...
... Jackson man in his Cabinet sig- nally qualified to do justice to the subject , and on the 27th of June , 1845 , his new Secretary of the Navy , George Bancroft , pronounced his grand eulogy in the city of Washington before an audience ...
Page 41
... Jackson . The love of the people of Tennessee fol- lowed him to the American Congress ; and he had served but a single term when the State of Tennessee made him one of its representatives in the American Senate , where he sat under the ...
... Jackson . The love of the people of Tennessee fol- lowed him to the American Congress ; and he had served but a single term when the State of Tennessee made him one of its representatives in the American Senate , where he sat under the ...
Page 43
... Jackson never was vanquished . He was always fortunate . He conquered the wilderness ; he conquered the savage ; he conquered the bravest veterans . trained in the battle - fields of Europe ; he conquered every- where in statesmanship ...
... Jackson never was vanquished . He was always fortunate . He conquered the wilderness ; he conquered the savage ; he conquered the bravest veterans . trained in the battle - fields of Europe ; he conquered every- where in statesmanship ...
Page 45
... Jackson or Lincoln ; but his noble presence , his sly jokes , his winning ways , his roving habits , his battles , his escapades , and his love of the Union , are still the food of fireside gossip and good material for the historian ...
... Jackson or Lincoln ; but his noble presence , his sly jokes , his winning ways , his roving habits , his battles , his escapades , and his love of the Union , are still the food of fireside gossip and good material for the historian ...
Page 46
... Jackson's administration that he visited Washington to expose the frauds committed on the red men by the agents of the Government , and his peculiarities are still spoken of by old inhabitants of the District . About this time he ...
... Jackson's administration that he visited Washington to expose the frauds committed on the red men by the agents of the Government , and his peculiarities are still spoken of by old inhabitants of the District . About this time he ...
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