The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-10-07
RICHMOND, VA, Sept. 90, 1875.

RICHMOND, VA, Sept. 80, 1875.
The uppermost and most interesting
topic to the Virginians now is the statue
of "Stonewall" Jackson, the work OF the
great sculptor Foley, and the gift OF "a
distinguished Englishman to Virginia,
which arrived here last night on q Balti-
more steamer.
AS a work of art, those who by profess
sion are enabled to criticise it and judge
of it er cathedra pronounce it worthy OF
the artist and of the illustrious subject.
When the great soldier fell, in the hour
of his glory, the heart of Christendom
thrilled with pain; and even the Union
army, who most sorely felt his power, in
the midst of relief dropped tear to the
hero. His name, token of strength to
his friends and of terror to his foes, had
become household word wherever chly-
alric heroism could find an admirer, and
'Stonewall' Jackson in his best blood
cemented his claim to immortality. Vlr-
ginia is proud of her illustrious sons
and to none does she point with more
satisfaction than to "StonewalP: Jackson,
the right arm of her still more illustrious
Lee. With the deepest sensibility did
she observe that across the deep blue
waters it had moved the hearts of Eng
lishmen to testify their appreciation of
the dead soldier as well as their sympa-
thy with her in the adversely of the
struggle in which he had laid down his
life, and with the profoundest emotion
has she signifed her acceptance of their
tribute to- him and to her-honorable to
the donors and most grateful to the recip-
lent. Hon. Beresford Hope, M. P, with
number of other illustrious English
men, when the sad news of Jackson's
death reached the British shore charged
therInost distinguished of 'Englands sta
tuaries-Foley-with the task of produc-
ing the representation of the living hero
in a form as lasting as time. Right we'll
has that task been performed, and the
universal sentiment of the officers and
soldiers of the great lieutenant, who have
had opportunities of examination is,
that the artist has presented to the, world
Jackson as he was seen and known by
them.
The statue will be placed on the north
side of the Capitol, midway between that
gem of art, ,Washington's monument
and the Executive Mansion, and on the
26th day of October next it will be inau-
gurated in all due form and ceremony,
under the auspices of Gov. Kemper and
other distinguished soldiers, comrades of
Jackson. The details of the programme
have not yet been announced, and prob
ably will not be for some time to come
The important point, however, of Sc
lection of the orator, has been performed
in the choice of the Rev. DR.. cMoseslD:
Hoge, one of the most distinguished
Presbyterian divines and efecti7e orators
in the country. 1t would have been a
difficult task to have obtained an orator
in au,respects SO adapted othe occasion,
or who would have given more universal
satisfaction to the people of Virginia, or
whose effort would be more acceptable to
the general public. The distinguished
soldier, the present Chief Magistrate of
the State, will take care that there shall
be nothing wanting to afford the greatest
eclat to the "pomp and circumstances" of
the event never equalled before in this
State, unless it was when mourning
people left "the hero in his glory" Oc-
tober is the grand month in Virginia,
When the silver habits of tho clouds
Come down upon the autumn sun, and with
A sober gladness the old year takes up
His bright inheritance Of golden fruits,
pomp and pageant fill the splendid scene.
And it is the season when the pride
and glory of the State, her old men and
women, her young men and maidens,
make their annual pilgrimage to her cap
ital, and around the altars of Ceres pledge
anew their fealty to "their altars and their
sires." The last week in the month is
the Agricultural Fair week, and if stran-
gers desire to see Virginians as they are,
let them come down then to view the
land. In former years the influx of
strangers to this city during the fair week
has been variously estimated from 10000
to 100000 But this year it will be hard
to make even a wild conjecture as to the
numbers who will congregate here during
the agricultural week.
A little more than seventeen years ago,
on the 22nd of February, 1858, during a
storm of snow and sleet, the. statue of
Washington was unveiled amid the
shouts Of 10000 voices. The great Vir-
ginia statesman, R. NJ. T. Hunter, was
the orator of the. day, and Henry A. Wise,
the fiery tribune of the people, was the
Governor of Virginia; and now, under
an October sun, the people of this re-
nowned Commonwealth again will assem-
BILE to do honor to another of her braves
who have illustrated her fame on hun
dred battle fehs., The farmer will leave
his hoe, the housewife her distaff, the
merchant his books, the mechanic his
bench, and as the JewsFo of old went up
to Jerusalem, so will all, both young and
old, both great and small, both poor and
rich, congregate in one great ovation to
him who gave up his life in the great
effort for, the cause he ebelieved to be right.
The Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Druids,
the Red Men, the Pythians, all the civic
societies and the military from all por-
tions of the State, especially the old
Stonewall brigade and the cadets from
the Military Institute, at Lexington,
where Jackson was professor; will swell
the pageant.
1t is, I hear, to be o strictly family
affair, as it is to be gathering of Vir-
ginians to do honor to a Virginian. To
the donors the hospitality of the State
has been rendered, and like compliment
will be paid to the widow and only child
of Jackson Beyond these no special
invitation will be extended to citizens of
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