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 ANDREW JACKSON 273 doctrine as something more than an idle threat. All over the United States the immediate effect of the news was electric, and it was enhanced by the news of peace which arrived a few days later. By this &quot;almost incredible victory,&quot; as the Na tional Intelligencer called it, the credit of the American arms upon land was fully restored. Not only did the administration glory in it, as was natural, but the opposition lauded it for a differ ent reason, as an example of what American mili tary heroism could do in spite of inadequate sup port from government. Thus praised by all parties, Jackson, who before the Creek war had been little known outside of Tennessee, became at once the foremost man in the United States. People in the north, while throwing up their hats for him, were sometimes heard to ask: &quot;Who is this Gen. Jackson? To what state does he belong?&quot; Henceforth until the civil war he occupied the most prominent place in the popular mind. After his victory Jackson remained three months in New Orleans, in some conflict with the civil au thorities of the town, which he found it necessary to hold under martial law. In April he returned to Nashville, still retaining his military command of the southwest. He soon became involved in a quarrel with Mr. Crawford, the secretary of war, who had undertaken to modify some provisions in his treaty with the Creeks. Jackson was also justly