The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-27
was ssandlug called upon him Tor ! speech,

,tts of citizens OF Treat Drittiut anu isS.shNs
rhiehs5 while q present 10 the whole CON.
nonwealth, Is 10 an especial manner pre-
tent TO Us. 4.
within the walls Of this very Capltc: last
. ~ him in HE on the morning OF that ae-
Cd Of May. when, stern ana Silent as
the bronze in which his form is here repro
dueed. with none OF the joy OF contest in
his QUIET face, because there was no roon lot
sentiment. 30 suffused was 1t with duty, ne
swes,t like an eagle on the startled enemy AZ
Chancellorsrtl,e, and cleft him Ike con
Stunning thunaerbolt.
And now 10 this statue he is to come again
among us, to speak TO unborn generations
the Lessons OF that model life which showed
how The modest virtues of humble faith @ay
flourish By The side Of courage genms, ana
copsummate skill which placed anoag the
foremost captains Of history the name o.
S,onewall Jackson.
THE STATUE LAID AWAY.
Tho wagon was then drawnto the south
ern end Of The Capito', the statue was re. re,
moved TO the basement of the Capitol, the
mili,sry marched of, and the great CROWD
slowly dispersed.
The regiment proceeded to Broad street
between Tenth and Eleventh, where dress
narase was had after which the companies
were dismissed.
Descriptions oflhe Statue and Pedes'a.'
gY tbe happiest OF choices this noble Work
of oyt the browning achievements the grea'
scnlptor,s life, Is to be ftiy placed 10 the very
heart ut once Of our city and OF our Com.
monwealtb. The ground chosen is one right
lovely 10 itself, Just where the line OF iindens
heing broken the sunshine falls on plot OF
rich turf ali ssiow with flowers. 1t is easily
approached, and under view tom many
points. 1t lies, moreover, IN neignoofiy
nearness to the chief centre Of our state ana
city life. To the south, 80 close as almost 70
embrace the statue With Its shadow, stanas
the Capitol, planned BY Js f.rson; within tnis
building met not only the Legislature OF the
State that Jackson loved so well, outline great
Convention that by Its ordinance OF seces-
sion called him to the field, and the Coined
crate Congress, under whom ne conquer
cd and died. To the north, across the
street, lies The now open and unoui't
square upon which our city IS TO ouila
anew its courts of justice and lis coun'
Gil chamber. From the east, through
long lines of arching lindens, the statue WIN
stand in the full'vie~ Of our Governors 10
their official homes. Westward from JACK
sou, sharp and clear against the SKY, there
stands, as if suggesting comparison ana IN
yiting mpanionship In glory, washington
amid the other heroes Of that earlier REBEL
lion which even fools have ceased 10 ae'
noiunce as crime. Surrounded thus by I'M
nosing presences, we'll attuned to the silent
voices that speak around him Of glory older
than himself, stands the figure of our jack
son. the Utmost treasure of all our trea
sures.
And the statue itself, as work Of deep
and significant art, will be found right wor.
tby OF the place 1t holds in our Capital and
! In our affections. Yet to enjoy or to under
| stand It, We must free our minds from the
contamination that false and meritoriou'
works of sculpture have spread widely II
America. For among US, people not prone
| to high artistic enjoyment, the art Of sculp
ture has been subjected to the crueles
treatment aud to the deepest degradation
Washington is not the only one OF our grea
cities that has, to the laughter Of man
kind, been ,dishenored, at huge expense
by bronze or marble monstrostles
There is no lack Of prapcipg horses poise,
on their hiud legs or held In Stabt
ecutlibrixsss by lhe balance.weigbt Of hea'
and tail. There are Americas, and Colun
buses, and Washingtons, toga.clad o
naked, in Infinite variety of Stiffness. U
more recent construction, worse, If possible
than anything older, the ape.like figure q
President Lincoln, made ruglier still by
realistic striving after the bagginess of hi
trowsers aud the vuIsarity of his facial iinet
disfigures the public squares of many Amer
can cities. Every where there is tendency
in aiming at exaggerated force of action o
ut exaggerated fidelity of portraiture, to sin
!, the nobaer conception of sculpture as flne
art into the mere Wulgarity OF heavy an
colossal carscatnre. Between :fashiness an
feebleness oar American sculptors have LEI
, Us generally sorry alternative. But Foley
, work takes as, ell st once, into purer an
!. higher atmosphere of art. His jackson
overlapping contemporary art, takes its plac
worthiIy beside the noble Washington {
Houdop. There is in both the same simpl
dignity the smegrapd severity of treatmen
There is the same selfcontrol in. subordina
ing all details, In holdipg'fast, not to the ur
wavering lines of Photographic portraitur'
but to the higher expression of characte
and individuality as idealized in form. Wbe
these great statues differ, it is difference {
century, q difference in mankind itself q
modified by the .circumstaE ces of the tim'
} In Roudon's woDk there is a, quaint touch
the grave, old-fsshi0ne ned manners, Of the statei
dignity and somewhat artificial precision {
the eighteenth-century graudee. :In:Foley'
there Is freec, a;morerobust an d outspoke
personality there is;'indeed, an equaldie
nifty, but 1t is dignity derived rather fror
inward nobility ofseharacter than from a
artificial training In manners.
| Even at first sight. the statue shows Us tbs
the sculptor has Scoyned all trick and mar
II nerism. His werk is simple and true. Liz
all the greatest seulptoss, Foley has wisel
Abstained from representing violent action 9
! bodily excitement. There Is ,poise, an
/ strength, and self-oonsrcl, most heroic OF a
tikVirtues. in every btne of the calm, easy ii.
fLnpe. The soldier Is standing with his rigt
!! arm a.kimbo. The body is not stiff and VI
! rigat, as in self conscious .attitudiniziQs, bl
! Eit sways easily upon the hips. The bare
i head, neither dropping NOR thrown bacl
! but turned little to the right, is lool
ling :keenly, but withaut excitement, int
!, the distance; 1t is as il he were watch
! ling, with confidence in his subordinate
!! Itor the fulfiment of an order alread
given. The left hand, raised to th
-GileYel of bis left shoulder, is holdin
81 the halt OF sword, whose point, withou
bearingsauy weight, is resting lightly upo
the top OF the low stGssuQH that symbo
: 'ises the. heroic name. The legs, -encased !
military boots, are wonderful inthe perfet
4 nainraluess Of their attitude and ,moVemen
The left deg Is thrown slightly forward,
bent at the&nee, and relaxed by the jsbseuc
4 Of weight. Upon it. The night leg come
down straight and strong. Bearing the bu
den of the body, but free from every sign
msssatAar strain or fatigue. The attihud
combines ease and dignity; 1t has, mar.
,, over, Abe high 5nerit OF enduraksae. 1t issa
attitlde-nO indeed. for a second or 3 MD
ute-hnt one. that's healthy man might mair
tain Cor hours .Tithout WEAKNESS and witt