Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-05-20

WHO'S there in this Confederaey that win refuse to
eontrsuts 20 the erection ofa monument to SoneWan
Jacksonl Not a man who has dollar to spare not
woman who caa earn an extra penny By extra work
no. child Who can give up the purchase o. fancied
play.hing. How comes il then that proposition to
bald a monument, which appeared week ago in one.
OF ths CITY papers has fallen to the ground without re-
eeiying ahearty response
The answer is obvious The affair has been badly man
common sense has been shown and the first crude
Idea nasbeen adopted instead Of well digested plan,
maintained by an array Of names Of the first men in the
and and in every State of the COnfederacy The idea
of selecting INV one mao we're the most exalted IN
tho republic. to be the repository Of contributions,
vSh should sad must come from all parts Of the eoun-
,ry. ia simply absurd There ought to be at least
Monument Association composed OF members in every
considerable city, and village in each StSie, ana
al tae members AOuld be men of the highest position
and rrsatea influence. A monument worthy OF Jack
sou cannot be built in day. nor can the money DC col
Iscsd in the twinking Of an eye fst precisely TINS
seem TO have been the presumption.
Remembering the fate Of the Washington Monument
At W,shingt0R it is questionable whether the machine
~ of an Association viii serve the purpose. After all
others had failed; the ladies succeeded in buying NJ
Vernon Must .Jacksons monument, then, be handsd
over % tbe 5diess We think not The truth is pr-
vac eontrbuiiops are TO be relied on, when any
re.ly great undertaking is meditated 4Oreovsr this
pi,iia penny & stme way Of executing grand and no.
BE enterprises is not only trustees, but Yankee6ed-
II We must initiate anybody, let England be our model
when great Englishman dies aud monument is
deemed his due it Is provided for at once BY vote of mo-
new from Parliament. round sum- worthy Of TIE hero
end worthy Of tbeultiOn paid down promptly without
the bother and the fooery Of ST. Peters pence, poor
boz contributions and lectures By wandering turnkey
yirginia knows now much is owed her mighty son.
letber duty be done SLY, as becomes gea, S;ste.-
II sac Is poor too mean 20 assume The task, et
be handed over 10 Other or to all the States, jackson
belongs not to Virginia alone The men who wrought
the deeds tAat made him immortal, came not from Vir
gna only but from every State that fights and beeds
under the flag the cross He is theirs as well and al
most as much Yirgina's; and they shall have him,
for they ell have him. To them he belongs; their
claim Is Just; Virginia cannot disaloE or impair it,
The 6ery spirit Of she united COnfedeSacy found lodge
usnl IN MS heroic soul and made i grand; The States
are joint hess ofhis memory, and his glory Is hersa
property in common End a possession forever. The
COniederacy viii see that his fame is becOmingy per-
pstuated.
But whatever is dOne-Whether the monument q left
10 Virginia or to the Coniederaoy advantage Is IA
ksn Of Che present enthusiasts fore,hOught,
dseton, system and natured plan should obtain The
loose has.y haphazard scatter brain plan which has
been adopted ought 70 be discarded Immediately, and
something as far removed possible from the Ian
kee methods Of shayilg the pubic itch and eGeitabty
over any important event. should be chosen. This I'M
reflective run-mad iupstucsi about thing serious
asdeathths indecent Yankee practice Of ancing fresh
enthusiasm and bleeding it esy-this vilainous habit
Of banding round the hat for does and dEbles ought
20 Re spit upon aud rubbed out instantly We
afraid the people are in haste 20 send their contT
buttons TO any individual be no whom be may. We
are opposed to ioekeying the sensiOioS and extract
ing money from people who will presently repent giving
It. To come the artful dodge the popular grief
and love, and to honor StOneTAn jackson with the
funds flched from blind and biabbering public aiec-
ton, is proceeding worthy Of Boston. II the sincere
desire and calm purpose to bonor the good man and
grea. warrior, who nov sleeps in the Valley Of Vir-
gaa dies out in this Confsderaoy any time these hun
drsd years to come, then the monument Ouga not to
be built