Andrew Jackson (93 page)

“begged for mercy”: Jackson to Monroe, November 14, 1814,
CAJ
, 2:97.

“A tremendous explosion was heard”: Ibid., 98.

“I had the satisfaction”: Ibid., 99.

“He means well for his country”: Franklin to Robert Livingston, July 22, 1785, in Franklin, 1065.

“dislike of all parties and all men”: Jefferson to James Madison, quoted in McCullough, 318.

“eighty-eight one hundreds of an inch”: Brookhiser, 66.

“pimping to the popular passions”: Ibid., 67.

“Ghent looks clean and cheerful . . . by getting drunk”: Entries for July 7 and 15 and August 21, 1814, Gallatin, 27.

“man of much irritation . . . better than yourself”: Adams to Louisa Adams, December 16, 1814, J. Q. Adams,
Writings of John Quincy Adams
, 5:237.

“They sit after dinner and drink bad wine”: Diary entry for July 8, 1814, J. Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, 2:656.

“Mr. Adams is in a very bad temper . . . to keep peace”: Entries for July 15, August 10, and October 29, 1814, Gallatin, 27–32.

“Our negotiations may be considered at an end”: A. Gallatin to Monroe, August 20, 1814, quoted in entry for August 20, 1814, Gallatin,
Diary
, 29.

20. P
IRATES AND
P
ATRIOTS

“Louisiana is a delightful country”: Windship to William Plumer, November 1, 1813, Windship, “Letters from Lousiana,” 571.

“The War of the U.S. is very unpopular”: Windship to Plumer, March 20, 1814, ibid., 574.

“Our political parties differ entirely”: Windship to Plumer, November 1, 1813, ibid., 571.

“The most enlightened men of this country . . . 50 cents per head”: Windship to Plumer, April 2, 1814, ibid., 575.

“They fondly recur to the despotism . . . fear this event”: Windship to Plumer, July 7, 1814, ibid., 578–79.

“Indolence is common with us . . . we are not Americans”: Windship to Plumer, June 15, 1814, ibid., 576–77.

“So weak is the Executive”: Windship to Plumer, April 2, 1814, ibid., 575–76.

“The quantity of goods brought in by the banditti”: Walker Gilbert to Thomas Freeman, February 18, 1814, in Arthur, 34.

“Natives of Louisiana! . . . a certain protection”: Nichols to residents of Louisiana and Kentucky, in Parton, 1:578.

“You may be a useful assistant . . . honorable intentions”: Nichols to Laffite, ibid., 584.

“I call on you . . . the British constitution”: Nichols to Laffite, ibid., 584; William Percy to the inhabitants of Barataria, ibid., 585.

“I offer to you to restore . . . to be proscribed”: Laffite to Claiborne, ibid., 588.

“The Major General commanding . . . dealt with accordingly”: Jackson to New Orleans citizens and soldiers, December 15, 1814,
PAJ
, 3:204–05.

“Major General Andrew Jackson . . . held for examination”: General order, December 16, 1814,
PAJ
, 3:206–07.

“They are the oppressors . . . dearer than all”: Jackson address to troops, December 18, 1814,
CAJ
, 2:118–19.

“
Soldiers!
. . . to great deeds”: Jackson to black troops, December 18, 1814,
CAJ
, 2:119.

“The lakes in complete possession of the enemy”: Jackson to James Winchester, December 16, 1814,
PAJ
, 3:208.

21. D
AY OF
D
ELIVERANCE

“It is scarcely possible . . . effect his escape”: Gleig, 142–49.

“Perfectly convinced of the importance . . . if not into consternation”: Jackson to Monroe, February 13, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:167–68.

“It may not be altogether”: Coffee to wife, no date given, excerpted in Buell, 1:357–58.

“Say to them not to be alarmed”: Jackson quoted in Reid and Eaton, 287.

“As the Americans had never yet dared . . . had confessedly been taken”: Gleig, 159.

“The result equaled my expectations . . . prosecute his own”: Jackson to Monroe, February 13, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:168.

“I feel no objection”: Wellington quoted in Hickey, 295.

“In you I have the greatest confidence”: Wellington to Gallatin, no date given, excerpted in entry for December 12, 1814, Gallatin, 35.

“The terms of this instrument . . . I think no honor”: Clay to Monroe, December 25, 1814,
Papers of Clay
, 1:1007.

“I told him I hoped . . . of my country”: Entry for December 24, 1814, J. Q. Adams,
Memoirs
, 3:126–27.

“The British delegates very civilly asked us . . . I feel much older”: Entries for December 25 and 27, 1814, Gallatin, 35–36.

A rumor began circulating . . . move toward surrender: Reid and Eaton, 318–21.

“This was the turning point . . . 106 Royal Street”: Laffite, 58–59.

“Of the American army nothing whatever”: Gleig, 165.

“Nothing was kept a secret”: Unidentified British officer quoted in Reid and Eaton, 319.

“By the 25th . . . with incredible labour”: Forrest, 33–35.

“Pakenham might not be the brightest” . . . commission as governor of Louisiana: Introduction by Rankin to Forrest, 9.

“The distance rendered her fire”: Ibid., 33.

“The enemy opened a very brisk fire . . . grace their brows”: Latour, 96.

“Yesterday the enemy opened . . . able to judge”: Jackson to Monroe, January 2, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:130.

“For two whole nights and days . . . the 6th of January”: Gleig, 167–76.

“infinite labor”: Jackson to Monroe, January 9, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:136.

“In the afternoon of the 7th . . . re-establishing his batteries”: Latour, 107–08.

“The dawn of day . . . after the first”: Ibid., 107–09.

“Being opposed by overwhelming numbers . . . so much as revenge”: Gleig, 179.

“And now, for the second time . . . of their comrades”: Latour, 108–09.

“Sir Edward saw how things were going . . . his aide-de-camp”: Gleig, 179.

“A great number of officers . . . of the day”: Latour, 109.

“Riding through the ranks . . . of the fugitives”: Gleig, 179–80.

“Prompted by curiosity . . . fourteen men wounded”: Ibid., 182.

“The whole plain on the left . . . killed and wounded”: Latour, 111. British officers reported their losses as totaling a bit more than two thousand (Remini,
Battle of New Orleans
, 167).

22. T
HE
S
ECOND
W
ASHINGTON

“Is there a Federalist”: Boston
Gazette
, no date given, quoted in Parton, 2:242.

“Appearances justify the expectation”:
National Intelligencer
, no date given, ibid., 244.

“Louisiana is still American . . . for the English”: Louise Livingston to her sister, January 12, 1815, Hunt, 59–61.

“strange and difficult to account for . . . thus hastily quitted”: Jackson to Monroe, January 9, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:137–38.

“Hail to the chief!”: Unidentified poet, in Reid and Eaton, 369.

“As soon as their defeat reaches Ghent”: Jackson to Winchester, January 19, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:252.

“I produced my books . . . Good morning, sir”: Nolte, 233–34.

“abuse of authority”:
Louisiana Courier
, March 3, 1815, in Parton, 2:309.

“I have thought proper”: Jackson to Hall, March 11, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:189.

“The commanding general . . . be immediately discharged”: Jackson proclamation, March 13, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:310.

“Whenever the invaluable rights . . . of my country”: Jackson to Jean Baptiste Plauché et al., March 16, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:312–14.

“Under these circumstances”: Jackson quoted in Reid and Eaton, 387.

“I received your letter by express . . . so much in my life”: Rachel Jackson to Jackson, February 10, 1814,
PAJ
, 3:28.

“I have this moment received . . . three sweet kisses”: Jackson to Rachel Jackson, February 21, 1814,
PAJ
, 3:34.

“Tell him I have”: Jackson to Rachel Jackson, April 1, 1814,
PAJ
, 3:55.

“May God preserve them from accident”: Jackson to Robert Hays, February 4, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:157.

“After supper we were treated”: Nolte, 238–39.

“My friends and many citizens . . . by your permission”: Joseph Delaplaine to Jackson, March 25, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:196–97.

“I think it very proper”: Jackson recommendation, date not given, Heiskell, 2:77.

“I have had a serious attack of dysentery”: Jackson to Hays, February 17, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:281.

A study conducted in the late twentieth century: Deppisch, 569–71.

They probably did less systemic harm: Ibid. Remini (
Jackson and Course of American Freedom
, 1–3) is among the historians and biographers who seem to have overstated the damage done by Jackson’s medications.

“Go, full of honour . . . an admiring world”: Jackson to troops, March 21, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:195–96.

“He is every where hailed”: Reid to Sophia Reid, April 20, 1815, Reid papers.

“In New Orleans there was two public dinners”: Jackson to John Coffee, April 24, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:348.

“The sons of America”: Jackson speech at the Hermitage, in Parton, 2:330–31.

23. E
AST BY
S
OUTHWEST

“The Revolution was effected before the war commenced”: Adams to H. Niles, February 13, 1818, John Adams,
Works of John Adams
, 10:282.

“General, you are the man”: Livingston quoted in Hunt, 52.

“My health is not restored”: Jackson to Livingston, July 5, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:370.

“manifest a just respect”: Dallas to Madison, May 20, 1815, Madison papers.

“The case of military necessity”: Dallas to Jackson, July 1, 1815,
CAJ
, 2:212–13.

“I expect to set out thither”: Jackson to Dallas, September 5, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:384.

“Honor and gratitude . . . secretary of war”: toasts quoted in Parton, 2:334.

“having traveled all day . . . can’t be long”: Reid to Elizabeth Reid, November 18, 1815,
PAJ
, 3:391–92.

“Judge Washington was not at home”: Reid memorandum, November 1815 (no day given),
CAJ
, 2:219.