American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-21
STONEWALL JACKSON.

STONEWALL JACKSON.
Unwilling of the Stonewall jackson NIonu-
n,ent ut New OrIeans-Addresscs by Fitz
Hugh Lee and Jefferson Davis.
The monument to Stonewall Jackson
was unveiled by the ABSORPTION OF the Army
OF Northern Virginia at Metarie Cemetery,
New Orleans, on the 10Th, in the presence OF
large concourse of people.
THE MONUMENT
is of white marble and is 30 feet in height.
The base weighs IL tons. Surrounding the
shaft Is Il statue of Stonewall jackson, CHS
eIed from n east made by Pereii. The
figure stands eight feet five inches high, In
fu!l uniform, cap drawn down over the fore
head, the face with Il calm, hNed expression,
sword drawn, with the point resting lightly
on a broken wall OF stone ON the face of the
pedestal is inscribed, "Army of Northern
Virginia, Louisiana DIVISION" while on the
reverse side appears "From Manassas to APP
pomattoX, 1S61-65." The tomb of the mon
ument has receptaclcs for 800 bodies.
The monument was surrounded by guard
Of honor, composed entirely of disabled
and manned veterans OF the war.
FTTZ HUGH LEES GRAFTON.
Furl that banner softly, slowly; treat it
gently; it is holy, for it droops above the
dead; aye, it is holy, holy, because beneath
its Tutoring folds fought and died the sons of
the South; holy. becau>e it was planted AMID
the whirlwind of shot and shell upon many a
victorious battlement by the ruler of the
Southern troops before IL was furled forever;
holy. because the. men who fought with Lee
and jackson wreathed it around with glory;
holy, because it was once the banner oil the
soldier whose heart snapped from the woes
of his people, and who rode into the presence
knightly shield: holy. because it moved
steadily upon the crested front of the heav-
ing pillows of death ut the command of this
soldier at Richmond and at Sharpsburg; holy,
because it beckoned on columns of fiery Con
federates at charlottesville, dictated by the
genius of this commander, so that his great
lieutenant might die and pass through the
wide open portals of heaven by the light OF
his victory; holy, because upheld by him
who could say messenger right there and
then: TEL Gen. jackson to make haste and
get we'll He has lost his left arm but , have
of the serious character of StonewalPs wound,
sent again to say: Tel him wrestled last
believe. for myself. L could have chosen, for
the good of the country, to have been disabled
the heads of men who made the courageous
though unsuccessful assault upon the strong
y entrenehed position OF, OF the Federal , troops
on the semi circle of Round Top. where it
nearly trembled with the fiery diadem
the sa % sasry canopy S formed e by the
dense smoke of 800 cannons, 1t was present
when the General in Chief said, Ali this is
my fault-it is who have lost this fight
holy, because at Spottsylvania Court house,
Hancock had broken our lines and the fate of
the army was weighed in the balance, it wit
messed the chiettair, who, recognizing the
Forty ninth Virginia Regiment, one of the
regiments formed to retake our lost position,
them into the very jaws of death; aye, thrice
sacred, because round his staff twas droOp
ing mute and motionless amid the shouts of
the soldiers of Lee to the rear. while grim
visa2ed troops insisted upon leading both
horse and rider to "A safer position; holy, be,
cause il was wrapped around the heart of
him who, after Appomattox had come, could
say I'm his last published orders to the remnant
sina, .!Yon viii take with you the satisfac-
ton that proceeds from the consciousness of
pray that n merciful God will extend to you
Ills blessing and protection once more holy,
because whene, er in my dreams L hear the
see Them so solid, so stiif, 81 spectral, as in
easnng 70 eN'9
at their head. proudly stepping with arched
neck and royal bearing. always see the black
prince of cavaliers, and as 1 recall the heavy
Mexican spurs that jingled upon the riding
by his side. the fighting jacket buttoned
back, the dropping hat and black feather,
Ie I hae org
me rides the commander of the cavalry of the
Army OF Northern Virginia. dashing ,. e D.
of the Contederacy; holy, because il accom-
panied the march of the cavalry when the
circuit was made around Mcclellan on the
Richmond lines, and Stuart blazed the way
for the splendid onset of him in whose honor
we assemble here to-day; blessed, because he
ran it up on the hight OF fredericksburg over
the guns brave Pelham commanded and be-
cause he unfuried it ut Charlottesville when
he took the place of the dying jackson, and
when an eyewitness said that lie could not
free himself from the idea that Harry of Ma
yarre was present, except that Stuarts plume
was black, for everywhere, like Navarro, he
was in front, and the men followed the fcath-
mand of the veterans of stone wall. his ringing
voice could be heard high above the thunder
of artillery and the ceaseless roar of Inuslxet-
ry, singing odd Sal Hooker, won't you come
out of the Wilderness sacred because he
stood by it on the Rappaha mock when they
telegraphed him his child, his darling little
have TO leave my child in the hands of God,
Peopie of 70 the e fhnnsh t
of the Southern flag are rolled up now, when
you recall that it ashed with livid lightning
to AppomattoX; that its azure cross and field
of light were held aloft by brave and gallant
men, you must join me and say Holy holy -
In the battle OF life it is part to strive ~
emulate the great qualities of character that
have made the lives of our heroes memorable.
l know many OF us have had Il hard struggle.
Since the war our children have not, was
the law in ancient Athens, been honored with
seats in high places; our people may have
been too slowly accorded the common rights
OF common country, but it viii rot erase a
fact that in thought and mental culture our
own SOuth has riyaled the land of Homer and
of Aristotle the home of Virgil and of Caesar;
while in the talent and wisdom and heroism
and courage ana devotion OF our soldiers, his
tory shows no nation our superior. Aye,
though the finger of her pride be pointed to
of Marlborough, of Napoleon and
of Wellington. know too that our misfor
tunes have been heavy and our burdens
grievous to bear; but it they have been let
loose upon in all directions, not
md, as in the box of Pandora hope at the
bottom? Now it is our duty to look upon the
bright side, for it is the right side. The flow
or gathers its beauty from the sunshine, not
the clouds; all things can not be would
order. The sea would indeed be dull if its
surface were forever undisturbcd, and
Spring would be but gloomy weath,r