Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-13
STONEWALL JACKSON.

On our fourth page will be found
a description of the statue of Stone
wall jackson. The tribute Of respect
therein shown BY E%nglishmen to
Southern valor and virtue, should
cause the heart of every lover Of the
South to throb with grateful pride.
1t is said. that Richmond never wit
messed a pageant so grand and i'm
posing as was presented on the occa-
sion Of unwilling this ststue. In-
stead OF the fifteen or twenty thou
sand persons who were expected to
be present, there was q vast throng
assembled, numbering at least fifty
thousand. And these not by
auy means all sons aud daughters of
the South. All parts of u country
were represented. to do homage to
the memory of the great hero. The
procession was composed of states
men, scholars and citizens from all
owe the land, and was two and q
half miles in length. in close file.
There were present among other or
CARNATIONS, the cadets Of the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, aud the
remnant of that noble band of broth
ers, in adversely as well as prosperity,
the old Stonewall brigade; who
with downeast eyes and solemn
hearts were msrshslled around the
bronze image Of their loved CON-
mander. One of the most attractive
incidents of the dav was the intro
duction, by Governor Kemper, of
Julia Jackson, the generals daughter,
to the assembled multitude, but more
especially to his old comrades in
arms. After the chief ceremonies
had concluded, and when fifteen thou
sand old veterans, still standing in
military array, were taking their
farewell gaze at tho immortal hero,
Kemper was seen sdvanc-
ing on the platform with q little girl
OF exceeding sweetness and grace.
her so as to be seen by oil.
he said: ''Soldiers, I introduce to
you the daughter of Jackson" If the
effect of unwilling the bronzed figure
was solemn and impressive. the pre-
Of Jackson's child. whom
he had held in his arms, and fondled
to his breast, and received her loving
kisses on his lips, produced the wild
est enthusiasm, which gave veut to its
in huzzas which rever-
berated along all the hills around
In this statue, erected to
the memory of Jackson, his soldiers
11ud q monument to their heroic
deeds. His distinction is their honor.
ALI accounts of the proceedings
agree in saying that Gov. Kemper
performed the duties devolvlng upon
him during the day admirably and
efficiently, and that his short Grafton
was the best effort of his life ; not
even being excelIed by that of DR..
Moses D. Hoge, whose address is
represented as being q production of
marvellous beauty, grace and power.
1t is pleasant to know that northern
writer's have We'd with southern in
expression to qualification at
this mark of respect to great and
good man; aud nothing that has oc-
Cured since the war has had q great
tendency to draw toe southern
heart towards that of his northern
brother than this evidence of q return
to an amitie cordiale. In this con-
nection we can not do better than
quote the words of the Petersburg
Star: "After the final overthrow OF
the first Napoleon the Austrians de-
stroyed the monument at Marengo
which marked the spot where the
heroic Desaix fell, and the French
took down, after the victory at Sena,
the column which commemorated the
triumph of Frederick at Rossbach.
1t has been reserved for the Ameri-
cans to display a warmer and more
elevated philosophy. for they have
come with eulogy and sympathy to
aid in certifying to the future the
valor, skill and exalted character of
one who died while battling against
them"