The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-18

Concluding Portion OF General Fitzhugh
Lees Speech ut New Orleans.
From the Plcaynne, ll,b.l

DO you want model OF self.deDiai? there
IL is. Do you ask for combination OF
moderation and justice in your hero? it
stands for that. Wisdom and courage? II
is there. Purity and piety, simplicity and
grandeur-bebold them all.
Oh that the eagle from the snow-clad
bills and frozen lakes of the North might
proclaim that the Blue and the Gray are
the colors Of God-ibey are seen in the sky
at evening-and many gallant. noble soul
has found these passports to Heaven "; and
while the people OF that section delight in
erecting lofty testimonials Of their admira-
| tiop OF The services to their cause OF Meade
or Farragut, they do properly appreciate
aud Justly honor our feelings when they
rise IN monument 10 our Jackson or
! Semmes. Our own southern mOcking-b BIZ d
would gladly hail such nappv omen. and
! lis responsive refrain would vibraie in sil.
yer thrills over the hills and valleys and
plains OF the sunny South. At such song
| OF the eagle the stars in the spangled banner
would once more look down upon united
people, and we OF the South would bless
the lay OF our bird. and say with Nirginia's
poet:
Hast ever heard the yarks deathless note,
As with ambitious ring,
And more ambitious song. hs seemed 10 1oat,
] Almost where anJcl5 sings
As th' ugh he sought to steal some heavenly strain
] 4 o fill lhe measure OF his own refrain.
OR hast thou been where music's fountain star.
Meath mystic myihic skies.
| And drank TOO deeply. hat from Thy heart
/ such glorious melodies
I Leap. gushing. gurghng IN tumutuou' thr0ng
Cntl the quivt ring trtetop drIps win s0ngF
God bless thee. Southland blrd-God bless thy lay,
Like music IN dream;
| II loals from old POomac's cliffs away
fH,.HT To-
I From where Nirgn:s's mountain torrents roar
! To wAerc The warm gulf laps the Texas shore
The Hebrew King summed up bis expe-
rience Of knowledge, Whatever thy hand
/ tndeth 20 do, do il with thy might In life
well did jackson follow this precept, but in
death we hear the prayer Of spirit pralsing
/ the God Of his fathers, "Tbal the sword has
/ been beaten into the plonghShare ana the
Spear into the pruning-bOOk-that State
shall not lift uD the sword against state,
! neither shall they know war any more-and
that the reign Of peace, union, ami frater-
nitv over the States shall be as lasting as
the beam OF the stars, as eternal u the
| foundations Of the everlasting hills" We
have none Of those painful rec0llectiOns
which often intfude themselves uDon Us
when the great and good sink out OF exist
ence-that Is, when
" Life ebhs from such Old age unmarked ard silent
As the SLOW neap-ide leaves you stranded galley
OIce she rocked merrily at the least impulse
| That wind or wave cJuld give her; bat now her
Is settling in the sand; her mast has taen
| An angle with the SKY. from which II siifs not.
| Each wave receding, shakes her less and less,
TIL bedded the strand, she shall remain usele
as mOti0nless'
No such sad finale awaited Jackson. In
! the splendor OF his proves. on the topm0st
crest OF the topmOst wave OF success, IN the
plenluGe OF bis glory, the light OF his name
sheds its lustre forever upon the folds Of the
flag of victory waved by his grand military
genius over tue bloody neld of Cbancelors-
Vile. And now eratitude-wbich is the
music OF the heart when lis strings are
swept by The bretZes Of lOve-soars here
to-day in monumental granite TO speak in
sOldierly voice to generations yet unborn
that Louisiana soldiers are grateful that
they served under the banner OF hero,
to the renown OF whose trumpbs their
devotion, their gallantry, and their cour'
age contributed so large a portion. The
great master Of English poetry has said OF
glory, That, like a circle in the water, il
never ceaseth TO enlarge itself till bv broad
spreading it dsperseth to naugbt." Thi,
beautiful illustration may be true in general
tut it fails to depict the great military re-
nOwn won by our Jackson. The centrifugal
force there increased with the extent Of It's
inhuence-Pach succeeding circle stronger
and more distinct, until the last, rising in Q
billow Of victory, reflected a light which
adorned the whole circumference OF the
sea OF his glory with the radiance OF the bow
of promise"
History tells us OF a soldier whose valOr
and devotion were so conspicuous that after
death his name was not dropped from the
roll OF his company, but his country or
dered that when the name OF La Tour
D'AuvergnP. the first grenldier OF France,
vas called, the soldier on the right OF the
front rank should step two PAGES 10 the
front, and, saluting, report. Mort al
champ d'hOnneur -" Dead on the field OF
honor and he was killed at Oberhausen
eighty.One years ago. HIS sword, me
property Of Garbaldi, now hangs in the
Church Les IuvIIides, Paris, as memory
silent homage TO courage. His heart
was confded TO the guardianship ol
bis companv. Men and women OF
New Orleans, when the grand rol
Of illustrious names in the history
OF nations and Of States shall be called
names of heroes who have been celebrated
| by voice, DN CDIsei' "uu p9 r0"' @"" "u
have become immortal by laying down llit
for nrinciple-there will resOund from high
est mountain and lowest valley, from
mightest river, from mere>t rill, the
name Of Confederate soldier who was true
TO his God, true to his country, and wh0
though "dead on the field Of honor" VII
ever live in the hearts of his people. The
southern States OF America Will proudly
advance to the frcnt. and, looking with
flashing eyes into the face Of future ages, sa
luiethe whole world with response that IN
intensity and volume is rvllled only by The
roar OF his own cannon-STONEwALL JACK
son.