The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-08
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, May 8, 1856.
An Anniversary to be Observed.

An Anniversary to be Observed.
On a beautiful Sabbath afternoon,
being the 10th May, 1868, the cause
for which the Southern States were
then struggling experienced the most
stunning shocks and severest blows it
had, up to that time, received. On
that bright May Sabbath afternoon,
that Christian warrior and chieftain,
Lieutenant-G General T. J. Jackson
"Stonewall Jackson"-breathed his
last. In death, as in life, while
Sta ong in the faith of the Christian,
his expressions showed that the cause
he had battled for, for months and
years past, was still dear to his heart.
The following proposition is taken
from the Richmond Examiner of n
late date:
The 10th of May is the anniversary
of the death of "Stonewal'' Jackson,
and we propose that no business be
transacted on that day, that all
stores be closed, that all papers in
termit publication, and that our
churches be opened for memorial
services for the dead of the whole
Confederate army. In all the
churches let collections be made for
the preservation of the neglected
graves of our soldiers, and let all
unite in the testimonial with devout
hearts and liberal hands.
We think the idea suggested most
appropriate, This mode of remem-
bering the anniversary of the lament
ed chieftain is one befitting the
mournful occasion, and would add a
mournful interest to the memorial
services of the gallant dead. All
among us feel q deep interest, not
only in the preservation of the ne
elected graves of our fallen sol
diers, but in preserving green in
our memories their gallant deeds and
, their devotion to a cause they deem
ed it was patriotic to struggle for.
And while that cause has failed, even
those who considered it patricidal
and wrong, still honor the virtues,
spotless honor, heroic bravery, and
high generalship, which combined to
immortaize the character of ssStone-
wall Jackson
AS an evidence of the high esteem
in which he was held by gallant Of
ficers in the Federal army, we observe
that at recent mass meeting of the
johnson party at st. Louis, letter
from Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, Jr.,
was read, in which he claims that
England or France would be proud to
accept as equal citizens all men who
had acted so nobly and gallantly as
the Southern people. He says that
those nations would be happy to
claim as their own men like Lee and
Johnston, and then he adds: "]ToMd
they fail TO honor and cherish, as pa,1
Of their oacn glory, tie memory Of Mu
iAustrious hrong Of the dead led by
&one,oaH Jachson?" Snch, we believe,
are the sentiments of the noble, the
true and the brave among the officers
ana men who fought for the preserva-
ton of the Union.
AS we cordially approve Of the sug-
gestion of the Examiner above quoted,
we invite the attention of our people
to it. To the city authorities, to the
clergymen Of the city, and especially
to the ladies, we commend it's con-
sideration, that they may inaugurate
the steps by which, on next Thurs
day, we may unite in two fitting cere-
monies-that of commemorating the
death of the well-beloved hero and
leader, Jackson, and of organizing
the ways and means to preserve the
now neglected graves Of the soldiers
who fell in cause which, however
mistaken they were, they considered
it their high and patriotic duty to up
hold and defend.
A COOP MovE.-Several public
spirited citizens in Charleston pro-