Behind him was Jackson, aged and infirm in body, but strong in mind, and unbroken in spirit.

With him the struggle was not only one of principle, but of pride; not merely of judgment, but of temper; and he communicated to the legions throughout the country, who regarded him with reverence and gratitude, a full measure of his own animosity against Clay.

In its progress the struggle absorbed the thought, the action, the passion, of the whole people.

When its result was known, the Whigs regarded the defeat of Mr.Clay, not only as a calamity of untold magnitude to the country, but as a personal and profound grief, which touched the heart as deeply as the understanding.

It was Jackson's final triumph over Clay.