A rare anti-Jackson pamphlet published in reply to Van Ness's “Concise Narrative of General Jackson's First Invasion of Florida, and of His Immortal Defence of New-Orleans” (1827) written under the pseudonym of “Aristides”. Peter William Van Ness, (1778-1826), was a New York politician, jurist, and ardent protégé of Aaron Burr. He was Burr's second at his duel with Andrew Hamilton, and fled when he was indicted as an accessory in the murder of Hamilton. In Van Ness’s pamphlet, written in the year of his death, Van Ness sought to vault Jackson into the presidency. The identity of this pro-Adams pamphleteer, “Brutus”, is unknown. His attack on Jackson is vitriolic, complaining that Jackson has received his fair share of laurels and glory for his military triumphs, but sees Jackson as nothing more than a political neophyte, a “…rude, untaught soldeir [sic], a mere soldier, notorious for the arbitrary character of his temper…” He incessantly warns of Jackson's warlike glory. Brutus presses on the past failures of other countries, both ancient and modern, that were led to doom by military figures of Jackson's stature and temperament, while tendering immortal praise to John Quincy Adams.