Excerpt from Memoirs of General Andrew Jackson, Together With the Letter of Mr. Secretary Adams, in Vindication of the Execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister: And the Other Public Acts of Gen. Jackson, in Florida

The major-general has the satisfaction of announcing the approbation of the Prcsidcnt of the United States, to the con duct of the troops under his command, expressed in flattering terms, through' the honbrable the Secretary of War. In part ing with those brave men. Whose destinies have been so long united with his own, and in whose labors and glories it is his happiness and his boast to have participated, the commanding general can neither suppress his feelings, nor give utterance to them as he ought.-ln what terms can he bestow suitable praise on merit so extraordinary, so unparalleled Let him, in one burst of joy, gratitude and exultation exclaim - these are the saviours of their country - these the patriot soldiers who triumphed over the invincibles of Wellington, and con quered the conquerors of Europe

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