The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-17
Rithu,o,,d 1ispatfh.
..,,s,SrsnAY NOVEMBER II, 1875.
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~ Inc Editor Of the Tines .
S,ri As treasurer Of the committee when
,orr;si ont the statue of Stonewan Jackson.
Sstaly presepted TO the State Of Virginia, 1
mist offer some remarks upon your tesding
article on the subject In the Times OF To-Day.
That article offers very good reasons WY, 10
presence OF the heroic deeds and patnetse
tseafh OF that remarkable man. Epglishnea
should have been stirred to caer trioute oi
sympathy for his loss to his native stare az
lime wher their feelings had been so power
SnIlr moved. as by other appeals, SO esPe-
.,3ajiv hv the brilliant letters OF your CORE
snonx'ent from the Army Of virginia. ioH
conclude. however, by laying down tnat W
Re y,eenljsFly unfortunate, then, that Eogtnn'
men Eeho,,ld have gone out OF their way %
reriye half.buried resentsaenss by glcrhysng
the uroyyess Of Confederate soldier, ana oy
calling forth display Of southern hsNea OF
the North in the chief town OF the Csoieo',
erscy." 49,. r
rannes trace The s. hatred Of the Norths un-
iess 1t Is 20 be copsarScatyesy Inferred from
the liberal display OF tho British colefs winch
yon noie-is simply thst the money aer the
statue was collected and the commission en-
srussed to Mr. Foley within few weeks
after the news OF Jackson's death had qeac nea
England. The subsequent delay que 70
the i'll health, and. lately, the death Of Foiey'
fhe competition Of bis many other engage
nents. and his anxiety to perfect the like
meas. No doubt the South was down on
its luck" In what now appears by retrospect
a very short time after the means had been
collected for the statue, and then Its promo
ters had two courses open to tbem- Either
they might court the favor Of the more pow
erfr,l and successful side by disappointing
the defeated and unhappy community
whom they had led to expect the gut, or
Sbev might keep their word, slthough
those TO whom they had pledged 1t were IN"
fortunate. cannot conceive gentlemen hes
stating for the ipfnitesimal fragment OF
second over the choice. We carried on the
work to which we had pledged ourselves,
and for which we had sufficient means eu-
trusted to our honor by contributors (some
aropy mous) who desired TO see that accom-
nlished: but We did it so quietly that the
memory CT it had completely faded out OF
the pu6lic mind until it was revived by the
contribution of Foley's possbumous statue
to Last seasons exhibition Of the Royal
Academy, when, if ever, the protest against
it should have been made. On the compile
fiou of the work it was rendered to fir.
pinis in the transformations way OF letter
6osted to the Governor of the State, to be
i,sed ut his discretion. That the Governor,
the choice of q constituency in which uni
versal suffrage now implies no distinction
between white and black, should nave, on
his~own motion, laid that letter before tne
Legislature Of Virginia, then In session that
that the Legislature, equally the emana-
fion of bicolor votes, should have eagerly
voted large supply to do honor to the gift
chat a site should have been granted for 1t
before the State Capitol, and that the cere-
1nony of its unwilling should have been &C
companied by circumstances for my first
knowledge of which am indebted to your
telegram. only prove that the gift was appre.
ciated by grateful recipients. They have nc
relevancy as to the duty of those Ia Eng
lsud-of those who held the money to make
the statue; these would, of course, have
been much disappointed at an lfnfriendly re-
ception of their communication but they
are ss little responsible for what has jus
taken place in Virginia IS they were capable
of foreseeing such turn OF events ten year:
ago. when Richmond fell before the army O.
Grant. Had the tender of the statue beer
d;stasteful or inconyenient to the Executive
the Legislature, and the people of Virginia
It would, make no doubt, have
been refused or az aecepted) slurred
over: but the donors would have dis.
charged their responsibility. The result
shows that it has much gratified q
Commonwealth which speaks our language
and which still entertaiDs such friendly feel
japs towards country from which it de-
riyes it's descent, that the Legislature last
year made an official holiday of the Queens
birthday. should have thought that those
who are most eager for international amity
would have been the first to welcome spon
taneous expressions of brotherly love be-
tween England anda Commonwealth Whlct
represents the very eldest of all our Colonies
and whose founders were Elizabeth and Ra
leigh. The southern States Of America
though beaten, are not annihiIated, and d.
not understand, either on moral or politica
grounds, why cut of all the communities O
the earth their friendship alone should MOI
be worth our baying, Whatever they may
be, they are not now slave States, and
the white inhabitants of Virginia and
the Carolinas are our special flesh and blood
no less than those of New York aud Massa
chusetts. Equally desirable is the friendship
of the northern States, and no voice Of those
who helped the Jackson statue will, am
sure, be heard against any tokens Of sympa
thy passing between those States and Eng
land. If the admirers of Stonewall Jackson
have given him statue at Richmond, tht
admirers of Lincoln have given him steepIt
in London, and the hottest partisans Of the
South have never uttered complaint tba
MIR. Newman Halls Christ church sboulG
be the handsomer by its Lincoln tower.
lsurs faithfully. ....
~ A. J. B. BEREsFoRp-HoPE.
Arkloso House, October Goth.