Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-06-20
For the Telhrrnnh
STONE WALL JACKSON.

The death Of Thomus Jefferson Jackson,
which took place recently, is made the sub
ject Of a lengthy and somewhat singular
article in late number'of the New York
Independent We had supposed that man
might be regarded as tolerably fair spe
cimeu Of a sinner, when, by the deeds done
in the body, he is guilty Of treason murder
arson, aud the balance of the crimes in the
cAiender-when lie and such as he have
b, Ell guilty Vf plunging great nation in'o
all the horrors Of fratricidal war, with ali
the misery, grief, ruin aud sorrow that fol-
low in its wake; but if we believe with the
independent, man can do all this while
cultivatiug the highest christian graces, in
fact, he can do what and all he may to sub.
vert liberal and benign government in or.
der that slavehoding end slave breeding
aristocracY may be erected upon its ruins,
and still be serving God insn eminent de
gree. The Independent says:
"IIenceforth we know him no more after
the flesh. He is no longer foe. We
think of him now as noble minded gentle
men, rare and emiUGlt christian! For
years he has been an active member of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church, Of which he was
railing elder. He never, in all the orcupa'
lions of the camp, or temptation of am
paigns, lost the fervor of bis piety, or re-
mitled his christian duties"
The c is many simple minded mother
in tie North who refuses TO be comforted
because her children are not, having been
slain in battle by this same "rare aud em
nent christian" who will fail to see, thro'
her binding te rs, this mans character in
the glowing light in which the cratic pen
Of Mr. BEEcHER has clothed his memory.
These simple souls will fail to see why they
should be bereft of their darling boys, aud
their hearts filed with unquencha5le Sor-
row for the unlimely dead, for the sake of
fighting against q cause that has enlisted
the heartieSt approval and appreciation of
snch devoul christians as Stonewall Jack
son, jeff. Davis, and Leonidas Polk.
The Richmond papers stale that mon
ument will be erected to Jackson's memo,
ry in the rebel capitol, aud if the slave
holders rebellion succeeds and a Coufeder.
acy established whose corner stone, Alex
ander H. Stephens says, must est on the
institution of Chatie Slavery--and the
African Slave trade is opened aguin,-ii
Mr.. BEEoHER is applied to to furnish a
suitable inscription for Jackson's monu
ment he would be very likely to select the
following as appropriate: blessed are
the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest
from their labors and their Vorks do follow
them! !"
Jackson was no common traitor; he was
educated at the public expense; he fred on
our flag, murdered our citizens, and com
mitted every crime that treason can create
To him We owe the death of thousands O
better, truer, and nobler men than himself
and to euogize him in the manner of The
independent, is SIMPLY to convince he reb
els that their cause is just. These auda
cious traitors that appeal to heaven every
time they commit all outrage, have ne
place in our sympathes, and we have uC
tears 10 shed over their departure, and W.
are Just wicked enough TO wish that jeff
Davis, Lee, Beauregard, Polk, Johuson
and oil the rest of the prominent rebels il
arms against wise aud benficent Govern
ment, shared the same fate to-day, will
jackson. In that case their loss would b'
our gain. "FAoIo."
OF all the dust thrown iii mems eyes
p gold dust is the most binding.