The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-02
The English and Stonewan Jackson.

I
The London Times of late date con-
tains Il dcprecatory letter from "Historl-
Gus" (VERsoS HARCouRT, NJ. P" good
gracious'') on the subject of the statue
| Of SroSEwALL JACKSON paid for By proml-
ncnt English gentlemen. Historlcus -
was actively engaged against the South
during the late unplcasantness, and carried
Oh Il campaign in the columns OF the Lon
| Ion Times which for uncompromiSing hos
tility was equalled nowhere out OF the
Union. So envcnomcd is Mr.. HARCouET
| that the efligy now being made by English
gentlemen, headed by Mr.. BEREsFoRD
| Iopa, eXcites his ire anew, and, like (lUILP
| expressing his indignation at the hgure-
head, he throws hatchct at the counter
felt Of the departed hero. He pronounces
| ihc act Of making the statue a 81 i>chievous
ransaction,' done in the spirit OF Z" ire
>ponsible misunderstanding "to awaken
g the terrible recollection Of sleeping re-
sentiments, and conjure up the ghosts oil
hurried animosities.' Good gracious
What dreadful things these English gentle
men are doing, to he sure!
This Mr.. HARCouRT is q historical churl-
|! 4 constipated ascetic. He has no generous
impulses or peristaltic emotions. Cannot
the world admire heroism irrespective o.
he cause in which it was displayed? Doe:
| his Hi>toricus suppose that the late strug
lie in the South is TO be consigned to obi
yion, and the heroes that figured in it are tc
We forgotten? Humanity iorbids it. Even
The northern people who claimed the South
Is part of their country, and should like
| wise claim its heroiSm as the property Of
| he country, should deem il due to the Ma
ton that the deeds of arms of the South
should not die. If no better motive in.
| spires them, they should at least elorify
themselves by sh owing the prowess and in.
repidity of the men they overcame!
| HARcouKT is q historical impersonation o.
. bad digestion. He can see nothing JUS
or glorious in this land but the Fedora
Government and its armies. lie euloSize
!; the Federal Government rs having "buriet
" in the oblivion of noble amnesty and
0 political cemcncy, of which the histor.
: " OF civil war affords no example
sthe dire memories of that fratri
d" cidal struggle" Yet the closing debat
; of the last Congress was upon tn
u question of this amnesty; the flag of OIL
i country still floats over hundred nationa
: cemeteries for Union soldiers, not Confede
rates the grand army of the Republic ;
is still Il political party; men have beer
: hung up by the thumbs and the neck to ex
, tort confessions under Federal appreciation
! the rights awarded to negroes have beer
Il denied to whites under direction of tn,
. Administration and in many ways are thu
! dire memories of the civil strife still pre-
served by the Government. Certainly tn.
facts are sufficient to crush the pretty sen
timent of Mr.. HARcoURT.
But we do not blame the northern peo
pie for this. A sense of justice is at leas
q latent sentiment in the popular mint
almost everywhere. The northern peopl,
can see that persecution and dsfranchse
ments of part of the nation but tend tt
the injury of the peace and prosperity @
the whole, and they will not repel gene
i rous sentiment of admiration for brave
foe. sToNEwALL JAcKsoN's fame is brigh
even in New England, and the people there
!, however inclined to illibcrality. are NOT dc
l mons enough to vent malice upon the dear
hero. At least they may be as generous q,
the Prussians, who but the other da,
awarded to gallant French general all tn,
honors Of war.
,, "Historicus is bad teacher. He ha
proiited little by the lessons of history, ant
knows nothing of the noble satisfaction o
r the indulgence of the godlike sentimen
which admires the heroism of foe ant
awards the honors due to an enemy.