Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-31
Tho Martyr Jackson.

We copy tho following glowing words from
tho Charleston Mercury" What Southern
man will fail to sympathise deeply with tie
sentiments SO eloquently expressed in refer
cncc to the Martyr Jackson2 Not only viii
his name be enshrined in the hearts of Vir
g%inians, but in every true patriots heart with
in the limits Of the Confederate States, and
whore ever heroism and devotion to country
can ind a votary:
GREAT NEws-BELLA, HoRRIDA BELLA!-
Our telegraphic dispatches come laden with
news Of momentous import. The heart beats
high, fer war has commenced in Virginia.
Alexandria is lost, Hampton is occupied, and
the cause is ICON. We would not have had il
delayed for a day. Let the march Of war be
onward. Lot the tramp resound throughout
the land; for the thunder Of his tread proclalms
the eternal independence Of the great Conser'
vative, Southern Slave Republic. Fling high
the Cap of Liberty, and God speed the Old
Dominion! Regeneratc, and disenthralled,
from the political vassalage to the brutal
mobocracy under which she has so long been
held, as under an opiate drug, again the old
State of the Cavalier blood has reused her in
her pride to shield her honor with her breast.
Let the blow come; and let it cleave the Con
tinent Of America, as with a c%iinetar, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
War has commemorative soil Of Virginin
has been invaded and occupied BY a rufian
horde: and, if we mistake not the stuff Of
which Southern men are made, that blow has
at last been struck which shall peal, like the
lightning Of heaven over the vast forest
through the millions Of burning hearts at the
South. Not so much that Virginia has been
outraged; not that Alexandria has been over
run; not that Hampton is occupied; but thai
one of those deeds of heroism has been per
formed, which paints the pages of history IN
light, bring back the days Of noble chivalry,
and spread glory over The escutcheon Of the
Mother State. The deed OF patriotism perform
Ell br Jackson, has stained, for the hrst time,
the "Stars and Bars" Of the Confederate Flag
with blood-nnd that blood worthy Of 4 true
Southern heart-the blood Of q martyr and O
hero. Upon his OWN hearth he fell, arms IN
band, dealing death to the insulteri 81 thai nag
one man against n thousand murdercls.
fell, hcwcd TO pieces by the rGbble horde. bu'
| ais spirit will lire-will live upon the storui-
and. like the hurricanes of the South, will
| sweep from the uttcrInost shores Of the Gut
to the rugged mountain peahof the North
1t will soar over the field of bloody battle to
come, and Shrek aloud for vengeance, amIdst
carnage. II shall rush forth in the booming
of every cannon, and shall CLEAN in the flash
| Of every Southern blade. And it will live, too,
in times to come, wheu the smoke Of battle
shall have passed away, and the memory o.
blood shall have almost been forgotten. The
name Of Jackson shuli be enshrired In tint
heart Of Virginia, as the name Of Jasper ir
| South Carolina, sud recorded upon the bright
est pages OF her history. His death is a victory
won, and his maine shall be inscribed, in mon
nmental marble, BY the side Of Vlrginia's wor
| thicst sons.