The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03
A Generous and Appreciatiye Tribute,
from the New York Trihune.l

Iron the new 1Orh 1rlEune.
It was not strange that the unvailing Of the
bronze statue OF Stonewall Jackson at Rich
mond, Va, yesterday, was celebrated with SO
much of pomp and ceremony, or that the
occasion brought together in the Virginia
capital the largest and most enthusiastic con-
course of citizens of the South that has been
gathered in any Southern city since the war.
In view OF all the circumstances; of the ven
Grafton amounting almost to idolatry In which
all the people of the South hold the memory
of Jackson; of the universal desire to exhibi.
their appreciation Of the generosity OF the
givers of the statue, and OF the fact, TOO,
that this was almost the first opportunity
since the war for reunion with
a genuine and definite purpose Of the scattered
armies of the Contederacy, it would have been
strange indeed had the occasion been wanting
in any of the elements which characterized 1t.
Next to Lee and perhaps in some respects
more than that officer, Jackson was looked
upon by the Southern people as the great
soldier of the war. With Lee he divided
their affectionate admiration. No officer OF
all their armies commanded such implicit
confidence by his skill, such enthusiasm
by his daring, such inspiration by the
swiftness of his combinations and the
rapidity Of his movements such devotion
by his example of heroism and self-denial.
He was their hero. and they had an honest
pride in him, their martyr and they rever-
ence his memory. And SO yesterday, not Tor
getting for what he fought and lighting fell,
but remem beripg more than all that, what he
was touched by this tribute paid to his great
ness by men across the sea who never saw his
face, conscious that he fought IN vain, but
treasuling no bitterness at the result, they
give HIM high and stately honors, and re-
membered him in tender and imprisoned
eulogy.
The ceremonies, as described in cur special
dispatches were grand and impressive The
addresses were notably free from anything
which might jar upon the sensibili les or in
any way violate the prophecies OF such an &C.
casion. We have now SO far passed out from
under the influence OF the passions engen-
dered by, the war, that we may almost consi-
der its figures and events with the i'm partiality
of history On both sides we are coming to
separate the men of that stormy time from the
event which brought them forth and set them
in 30 strong q light, and we are grow
ing into iuster judgments and clearer
apprehensions of their real character |
We of the north can not only look calmly on
while Virginia and the South eulogize the he |
roes who grew great to our discontinue, but
we can unite with them in paying the tribute |
of our admiration for the rugged virtues, the |
obstinate sincerity, the manly faith, the cour-
ageous selfdenial which are perpetuated in |
the monumental bronze unveiled at Richmond |
Yesterday His deeds and his sacrifices are |
in a special sense the heritage of the men
with whom and for whom he fought, but in |
larger sense his example as man of SINGER
ity. consistency and fidelity to his honest,
though mietaken, convictions, is the worlds, |
and will be remembered when the cause he |
fought for is forgotten.