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Colo. Miller, was a Member of the Tennessee
Legislature in the year 182 , which first nominated
Genl. Jackson to the Presidency -
Col. M. was an old acquaintance of the
General; & I believe introduced the nominating
Resolution, at any rate he made a speech
in its favor, which at the time was very much
admired for its richness.
He gave a crucial but very imposing [?]
plural sketch of the General, from his youth
up to that timel; he then sketched the character
of man, suitable to fill the office of President
making it fit, Genl. J. exactly, & with a tone
of voice, manner & emphasis, exclusively his
own, exclaimed "Who in this great country, in
this broad land, so fit to fill the high office
of President of the U. S. as Andrew Jackson."
He has filled, as I before stated, many high offices
and was always equal to the emergency - I am
there for prefering him to any other - He & he only
as the man for the office & the occasion. In
deed, Mr. Speaker, said he, pitching his voice, a
key or two higher "If this terraqueous globe
were on fire, who would you call upon
to extinguish it, but Andw. Jackson" At the
conclusion of this tremendous flight he took
his seat, amidst a thundering room
of applause.
Colo. M. supported his election in 1824 when
he was beaten by Mr. Adams, & again in 1828 when he was elected
But for some cause, I never learned exactly
what, he soon became dissatisfied, & condemned
his Administration with an unsparing
hand. Dining one day in the fall of 1828
at the house of Gen. B., his son in law, in the
Town of Jackson, with a silent company of