, 1876-04-22
Chrihtian3

biz soan!rgmon. ami the nops Of sincere
| - "aTfoNEWALL" JACKSON.
TnE LtTE os tltx. TnouAaJ IAo1aox{ t. srowxw.tt
J.c.aoHh ~ sARAl Nicnotas HANpoLpf. Author
!iinstfatlous. 1amo.. pp 393. ThiladotpLs j. H..
| Lrpinco4 Co.
Gen. Thonas J. jackson was not Tho sroa. tpau
which this btogtnphor declares lin to havo tecu,
| nor did 10 acquire famo that will bo iEely L,
illuminate the coming ages, ~ sllo has most con
ildently prsdlcsod. lio surpassed ordinary men
IN Houia 6trkng and olectlvo characteristics, and
! Tia deadly contest botweon the North and the
South Rsvo him tho requisite opportunity to dis.
play these characteristics In Il most cousplcuous
and Imposing mahnor. Bul. admirable aud lse.
su when rightly directed. "A arc the traits which
uon. Jhekhon possoHAnl, they nro not auflciont
OF themselves to oudow groat man. Deter
hinatIon, conrago, and resolution ase puwertul
qualssles. Thoy May accomplish mighty undor-
tak'nga; they nre the chief working forces in
human snterprtsos novorslelees, hIghor at.ri.
busos must 10 uutod with tllon, 10 produce that
combination Of intellectual facuItiss which would
bo rightly denomlnated great.
Gen. jackson had no spark al Genus. aud ho
bad no remarkable nlonta capacity. BY jnt Of
tho very haritst application daring his Cadet
ship. he vaa abto TO pass The Aua, examination
A. Wcst Point. Being asked by relative how
ho managed to gel through, be ropiisa. "Aunt
I vops, aud Htudiod. and prayed" ThIs answer
shows real grit, but not roal greatncas. As a
Professor At Tho Military Institute al Lexington,
JacLaou was conscientious. but an un!nsprod
and uninteresttng, Instructor In society, he was
accounted dull companion; aud, In religion.
ha was fanatic. Yot, 10 tho soldiers camp and
an tho field Of battle, Ills zeal aud tfrmnnas
sod piuc, raustormcd him I'm into m iatiur so. ioro'
He "hn q brave soldier; All oalcient commander,
and q bulwark I1 tllo Sou.horu army; but dtb.
paesiotate mintts. 'noynd oy neither personal
nor ha!sisan tao!lnR, WILL tot regard him With
exalted euthualab1n.
The author has treated hor subjec whicl,
includes review OF tls llrat yoar3 OF our late
civil btr!fs, tn a spirit that Ia to be seriously
oopreeatcn. IL u iilstlhcs with SECTIONAL
rrojndlco and rnncor. lts influence ia IN all
between Her hytnpathszoEs and opposere, sontt-
nent Of dlscord that should be subdnod and hid
from slgnt anu Il destroys oonillonc to her
good aonao aol Judgment, aud, therefore, tn hor
Jackson vas but ~ when hn reoeivad hls death
wound at Cnancellorsyiltc, having becu born iu
January, 1874. ue was loft au orphan whou
only yoars OLD, mud bore through childhood
aud Of the prvas1on Of near famlr.tlcs. x
homo was Afforded hin rsth an uncle living Ia
Lowln County, Western Virginia, whom tlo asaist-
ct IL tho labor OF t,lIinE a farm. Thu relatives
and did what thoy could to ho!p him on III; i,
lito. At the age Of IS, ho secured admission to
Wokt Po!1t, whore 10 saa a diltgont and rcspect-
ad student. The ysar after tla gratlna.ed with
tho bsosot rauls q 5econd Lieutenant Of Artll-
lerv.-that fs. in lsl7.-lo Joined tho army dis
patched asalnst al"Iico, aud, BY yalorous con.
duct. Eoae, before tho war WIS euded, to tho
position of Major. In 1851, l,o resigned
his pIaco ~ tho army. md accept
ed tho Clair OF Natural Philosophy
and Artillery Tacttcs 10 thu Virginia Military Iu-
stituto 1t Lexington. -Four years later GU tho
secession Of Virginia, he matched to 1:Ichmond
ct the head Of oompany cf'r'iled in tho Con-
fndnrate sorvlce Ills ator catear ID familiar to
avery reader. 1t WAS that Of brave and re.o-
lutte loader nnd dcopiy cideared him to tue
Southern pooPlo. Wsen his loss was male
known. there WAS unlve.sal mourning Amon.
them, for IL was fole that onn OF tho ttrong
rtolso tho Conscderaoy had boon Withdrawal.
The story Of his iast days III reIatod by the
blog!ophcr with mnch genuine foeslng:. A
Jackson had received lis death wound, through
tho tntsdrcckau tire OF hia own soldiers, hu uas
conveyed FROM tue i1eid ~ MI ambulance wh,ch
haiI in lin Icr liz 55cJ;nirn ant tn ~ tbo
front mart Of sLo Ambulance, with hts finror m
the artery from which tho Goucrals blood Ind
loaod, TO arrost tho bleeding should it again
peR!n. 1ne W HILL Mas aaeA' anu " Eye liCht OF
esref,r ~ ror,rnr, 1Sn,, U,I n',d
eropnod, whoa jackson Ut oncs or.
dored slsa ambulance to be stopped,
aud asked i nomotl.iny could not DO do'o
10 Ie,toso o,t ~ SraSnne'a. ~ my previously
!,1,,,an n - inw ,.x,rn ~ ,a a.. a"a. a Guu;
II CoI. Cru,chtleid was jeugcrousiy woundnt1.
Whe. ansnorod, 'No,-onIy painfully hurt, ho
a'!l, anl Eaad i ~ no worse a low tnpn'cnts
'u1eE. tu'' CFulcuuo!u put Iuo Hdn!o "hlspefdu