As sons of freedom you are now called upon to defend your most inestimable blessing. As Americans, your country looks with confidence on her adopted children, for a valorous support, as a faithful return for the advantages enjoyed under her mild and equitable government.


In New Orleans, Louisiana, 1814. As quoted in The Life of Andrew Jackson (1967), by John Spencer Bassett, Archon Books. p. 156-157.

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As sons of freedom you are now called upon to defend your most inestimable blessing. As Americans, your country looks with confidence on her adopted...

As sons of freedom you are now called upon to defend your most inestimable blessing. As Americans, your country looks with confidence on her adopted...

As sons of freedom you are now called upon to defend your most inestimable blessing. As Americans, your country looks with confidence on her adopted...

As sons of freedom you are now called upon to defend your most inestimable blessing. As Americans, your country looks with confidence on her adopted...