Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-17
"sTONEWALL" JACKSON.
Address of the Association Com
mittee 10 the People OF Memphis.

a committee TO announce to the public
the formation OF an association for the
purpose of raising funds in this city. TOR
the erection of 9 monument at Lsxipg-
ton, Virginia, to the memory OF the Ia
mented Lieutenant General Thomas >.
Jackson, and Of the gallant dead who
perished with him upon Virginia. classic
soiI in the same great contest for the lib-
critics end independence OF the Conteae-
rate States,
We were commissioned also to appeal
N This liberal and generous public for its
aid In the consnmms,ion Of 80 poble AID
snlend,d a tribute Of devotion to tne
memories of that illustriOus ehleitaln,
and oftbose brave soldiers who sleep with
him In the solemn stiffness of the tomb.
Il remains for this people to say whether
we shall appeal 10 vain. Committees
have been appointed to solicit and re-
ceiye contributions in TIE various wards
in the city. Gen. John @. fizer, the
Treasurer, will forward the sum OF these
contributions to Gen. Robert Z. Lee,
whose spirit is 10 this great cause. Any
contributions left with Hon. Jefferson
Davis " ill likewise be forwarded by him.
New York has already contributed her
thousands; the same of Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, st. Louis, New Orleans and
other cities and towns. Cairo has nobly
contributed two thousand dollars. Union
CITY. in our State, has contributed one
thousand dollars Thus we see how gen.
erously the people baye moved in this
cause, and the wealth of the,f generous
gifts 10 now being lavished to found and
erect q 1T temple commemorative OF the
names and virtues OF those dead heroes.
We appeal to you, by the memories OF q
CON mon cause, and by every instinct OF
manly vittce, to help lay the foundAtlon
stone of this vast monumental pile, with
the tangible evidences Of orr own grail
tide and devotion. Let the most mu-
nificept responses well mp from the hearts
and pnrsesfof this magnificent city, and
let the testimony of its devotion he as
everlasting as the flow Of the turbid tide
Of the Mississippi that sweeps along ct
its base. n t.l1 \.
With US there fingers the dearest
memories Of lest cause" and the
proudest recoileotions of its CREATES. hero
that can survive the grave. The blood
of its brave sons has been offered in
libs,ion upon the same affairs, commin-
gled on the sane plains, in the same
Srand cause With that Of the lAmented
jackson. Shoulder to shoulder, AMI
mated by the same lofty patriotism, they
were foremost in the bloodiest battalions
Of the South, and their name and deeds
will be eommemorsted upon the same
pages of history. Shall we not, then,
claim a part Of this grand movements
niche in that magnificent temple TO attest
| the tribute of our olch devotionf
In the principles for the commemora-
ton of which this proud memorial will
be reared, sna 10 the heritage of renovn
and glory which the men who fell be-
aueathed to those who survived, we have
> common right, common interest.
Shall we not celebrate then, in the tow
ering grandeur of marble os granite. the
perpetual commemoration OF our ieslty
aud deVotiou 10 them2 10 i We shall
illustrate tie purest aud sublimest viz
tnes of the race. And AROUND whose
name and character OF all the bright gal
axy OF men whose fame and achievements
vrsce the annals of the last greatest
struggle for political aud civil liberty, Is
there ancircled such halo Of inefabe
snlendor aus heroism as that Of Stone
wall" jackson His memory is the
Grand convergent center Of ell our
heroic devotion. he is a parallel only
10 himself. The recollection of his valor
and schieTomenis Regimes even now With
q brighter glow The embers Of thet patri-
otic Ere which once burned with 50 helT
a fame. HIS name aud virtues viii be q
ft capsioDe for the propdest niche OF the
most splendid monumeptal pile ever
hung with the trophies Of vslor, virtue
or genius
Greecs-tbe thea;er Of Thernopy zee
and Marsthon-and Rome, beth the nur-
series OF fho erts and sciences, OF peace
and war, and both tie mothers Of heroes,
statesmen and poets, whose history IN.
spire The mind and fires the genius o.
man with the achievements Of valor, and
i ths fllustr0us examples OF devoted pa
triotisu, kare their counterpart 10 the
splendid and anssi,isd record Of oar eWn
lsmented Jackson. His BaEe sDd char
sctsr will stand out boldly upon thepAgs
OF history as the puresi, noblest hero vbo
ever drew . blade in the grsnd epic o.
war. 10 camp and 6els; 20 the dull
bisogsc and carnage Of battle; In tes
sdvsncs aud the retreat; in pesce ana
war, his country found in hin oOe OF ~
isuesL brayest soldiers; religion, one o.