Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-17

!e spirit of the great Stonewall, loosen
for awhile from the prison-house Of
le faithful departed, will wonder forth
guard the noble band Of martyrs who
o slumbering here in peace. Yes,
The dead shall guard the dead,
While the living DER them weep,
And the men whom Lee and stonewall led,
The hearts that once together bled,
Shall here together sleep.
MUs1c-Sweet Spirit Hear My Prayer.
EDWARD MARKS, ESQ,
lad the following poem, written fol
le occasion by Mrs. NJ. A. Townsend:
A POEM.
BY Mary Ashley To,cnsend.
edicated to the Army of Northern Virginia
New Orleans, May TO- 1881, on the occasion
of the unyeiling of Stonewall Jacksons statue
which surmounts the tomb built to receive thu
dead who fought under him.
Comrades, halt! The field is chosen,
Meath the skies of Southern May,
Where the Southern roses ripen.
We will bivouac to-day.
Here no foe will draw our sabres
In the turbulence Of war.
Nor will drum beat nor will bugle
Wake the old pain in scar.
All is rest, and caln--around us
Beauty's smile and manhoOds prime;
Scents Of spring, like ships, 60 sailing
Balmy seas OF summer time
Flags of battle hanging yOnder,
Flutter not at strife increase;
On their pulses lie the fingers
Of the Great Physician-Peace.
In the marble camp before us
Silence PAGES to and fro
Spectre of the din of battles
Hard fought in the long ago.
While be marches, from the meadows,
Ger the heights. around the curves,
Come the men of many cOmbats-
Death s Grand Army of Reserves.
In the swift advancing columns
Many battle blazoned name,
While Stewart, Ewell, Hays and Ashby,
Bears the honor cross OF fame.
Down the spectral line it flashes
Glorious symbol of reward
Won when all the world was looking
Unto Lee and Beauregard.
From the war-graves of Manassas,
Fredericksburg and Malvern Hill:
Carrick' Ford and Massanutton,
Fast the shadowy legions fill.
From the far off Rappahannock,
From the red fields of Cross Keys;
Gettysburg-the Wildernesses-
From defeats and victories.
Tired trooper-weary marcher-
Grim and sturdy cannoneer-
Veteran gray, and slender STRIPPING.
Hasten to encamp them here. 4,
From the mountain and the river,
From the city and the plain,
Sweeping down to Join their Leader
SToNEwALL JACKSON once again.
There he stands; alive, in granite
BY the hand of genius made
Once again to rise before u.s.
Waiting for his odd Brigade.
Chieftain- -Christian--SOldier-
King of men, and man OF God!
Crystalized about his footsteps
Greatness marks the path he trod.
Soldiers! Ye who fought with Jackson
Through the days and nights of strife;
Bringing from the field of battle
But the bitter lees of life;
Ye. whose lips have only tasted
Ashen apples from the fray;
Every wound We won beside him,
knights ye on the field to-day
Army of our old Virginia!
Would We write legend here
That shall win from friend and foemen,
Honor's reverential tear
Trace We then.upon this granite
With imperishable pen,
Words that shout their own h0zannas,
SToNEwALL JACKSON AND HIS MEN
The poem was received with applaus
and when that which followed it's co
clusion had subdued,
GEN. FITZHUGH LEE
was introduced as the orator of the da
and spoke as follows
NJ. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
Upon this holy eighteenth anniversary,
the name of the people of the South,
behalf of Confederate soldiers and sa
ors everywhere, we extend a heartte
welcome in the ceremonies held here
day to the wife and daughter Of the
lustrious soldier whose memory they a
designed to perpetuate, and we INC
cordially greet again the distinguish
citizen who was our commander-in-chl,
Elevated to the chief magistracy OF
people bound together in the same eau
he lifted himself to the dignity OF the
flee and filled it with a single view
the object for which it was created.
was ever true to himself and true to I
interests Of his bleeding country. y
rejoice to see him in our midst to-dt
with form as erect and soldierly as ev
and to hear that his mind, like the tn
ic sun, retains all its former size a
brilliancy. Thrice welcome is etfers
Davis to the spot made sacred with
monument to Stonewall Jackson. Z
plause.l
though | stand for the first time il
public capacity, beneath the blue SIX
that bend above you, and which cont
the sentinel stars that watch over
destiny of your people, and as | rise
speak to this vast concourse OF people
am painfully confronted with the we
ness of my powers and the magnitude
the occasion, am not dismayed
feel that am in the house of my frier
because | know / stand within the W
of the Crescent City, of our own SIN
South; and when i see your eyes ref
ing their friendly feelings back to nj
and fancy ! hear the music ofAuld L
| Syne throbbing from the sympath
hearts of soldiers who stood defying