Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-06-04
!. The Martyr j acksoh.

. What SoutIhfnnafii will fail
to ssJnpathise deeply with the senti-
ments SO eloquentlY e4pressed<tin ref
erence to the Martyr Jaeksonl Not
onlyAwill his name be 7enshrined In
the hearts of Virginians, but in every
true patriots heartEwithin the limits
Of the Confederate States, aud where
every heroism ndideFotionsto conn.
TRY can find yotary !: lrgs I
GREAT News BELLA, HoRRiD BET.
Il Our telegraphic dispatches
come laden with news of inomenteus
import The heart beats high, for
war has commenced jim Virginia. --
Alexandria rs lost, Hampton is occu-
pied, and tie cause as qoon. We
would not have had it delayed for D
day, Let the. march of war be5on-
ward Let the tramp resound thro'-
out the land; for tie thunder Of his
tread proclaims the External ipdepen-
dence of the great Conservative,
Southern Slave Republic. Fling
high the Cap 6f Liberty, and God
speed the Old Dominion! Regener-
ate, and diseathralled, from tie POI
litical yassalage to the brutal tnoboc-
racy under which she has So long
been heidi as under an topiate drug,
again the old State Of the Cavalier
BLOOD has reused her IN her pride to
shiefa~ her honor with her breast.
Let the blow come; and let ii cleave
the Continent-ot America, as with a
cirnetar, from the1A tlantic to the Pa.
cific. S1>~s .. n I.
r War has commenced Athe sOik Of
Virginia has been invaded and >occu7
pied by a ruffian horde; and, if we
mistake notthe stuff ofwhich South.
ern men are made, that blow has al
last been struck which shall peal
like the lightning of heaven over the
vast forest, through tile millions d
burning hearts at the Sonth. Not
SO much that Virginia has been ont
ragged; not that Alexandria has been
ovefrun; not that HamptonHis occu.
lpied; but chat one of those deeds d
Aerpism has been performed, which
| paints the pages of|history in light.
bring back the days. Of noble chiYaI.
Try. and spread glorY over the res.
cuteheon Of the Mother State. The
sleea of patriotism performed BY
jackson, has stained, for the frs
| timb, the H'Stars and Bars" of the
Confederate Flag with bleo lang
that blood worthy Of 4 true Southern
heart the blood Of q martyr and q
heroM Upon his ::own hearth he fell
arms M hand, dealing death to the
insulter IT that flag; one man against
a thousand lliurderers. He fell, hewt
ed to pieces by the rabble horde. II
But his spiritWill: live will live mp
on the storm-Aand, like the .hurri
canes ofthe South, will sweep from
| the 1ttermost shores of The Gulf tc
the. rugged mountafR peak Of tht
North. 1t will soar over the field d
bloody battle to come, and shriel
aloud for vengeance, amidst carnage
1t shall rush forth in the booming b
every cannon, and shall CLEAN ii the
flash of every Southern blade. And
it will live, too, in times to CONC
when the smoke of battle shall have
] passed away, and the memory o
blood shall have almost been forgot
ten the name OF jackson shall been.
shrined in the heart Of Virginia, rs
the name Of Jasper id South Carroll
ina, and recordad upon the brightes
pages Of her history, His death is
victory won, andlhis came shall bt
inscribed, in monumental marble, ~
| the side ofVirg;nia's worthiestsons
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