The Reign of Andrew Jackson

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Reign of Andrew Jackson, by Frederic Austin OggThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Reign of Andrew JacksonAuthor: Frederic Austin OggRelease Date: July 23, 2004 [eBook #13009]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE REIGN OF ANDREW JACKSON***E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamTHE REIGN OF ANDREW JACKSONA Chronicle of the Frontier in PoliticsByFREDERIC AUSTIN OGG1919CONTENTSI. JACKSON THE FRONTIERSMANII. THE CREEK WAR AND THE VICTORY OF NEW ORLEANSIII. THE "CONQUEST" OF FLORIDAIV. THE DEATH OF "KING CAUCUS"V. THE DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPHVI. THE "REIGN" BEGINSVII. THE WEBSTER-HAYNE DEBATEVIII. TARIFF AND NULLIFICATIONIX. THE WAR ON THE UNITED STATES BANKX. THE REMOVAL OF THE SOUTHERN INDIANSXI. THE JACKSONIAN SUCCESSIONBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTEINDEXCHAPTER IJACKSON THE FRONTIERSMANAmong the thousands of stout-hearted British subjects who decided to try their fortune in the Western World after thesigning of the Peace of Paris in 1763 was one Andrew Jackson, a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian of the tenant class, sprungfrom a family long resident in or near the quaint town of Carrickfergus, on the northern coast ...