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

families and friends, and with the '.Inagnif.
cent pageant. sweep into the heavens, rise above
the stars, and hear the coronation anthem Of
Christ ring against the arches Of the universe"
in eomfnefnoIation Of its passage through the
poitalsof paradise. John Wesley, sou know,
dreamt he was at the gates Of heaven, and
thinking Of his own loved denomination first,
asked II there were any Methodists there, aud
the answer came back 10. Are there any Bap
fists there Again lie WAS answered no. Any
Episeopalians, or Catholics, or Presbstelians
there Once more he answered no. Who then
are tlieyi he dpspairingly asked. and this time
the response came floating over the battlenents
full Of inircy and loving Kindness Christians
was the answer aud stfaigbtway the gates were
opened, and nh was peace and Joy and love and
unity. The advent ct the Christian warrior
does not break, but hriehtens the picture, for
there, those who, In the fierce contests OF earth
would take the life Of an enemy. are dwelling
together in harmonious love In perfect unity, III
eternali Joy and blessed peace.
The monument that rises here to celebrate
Jnckson's services to the Southern cause will
also serve as abeacon light to show the coming
generations how to march with steady step Id
initiating his virtues, In following his example.
Look at 1t, comrades. DO you want model
of selfdenial there 1t is. Do you ask for com.
bination of moderation and Justice in your hero
| II stands for that. Wisdom and courage it Is
there--purity and piety, simplicity and grandeur
| behold them all
Oh that the eagle. from the snow.clal hills
| and frozen lakes Of the North might proclaim,
that the Blue and the Gray are the colofs Of
| God. they are seen III the sky at eyeling-and
many gallant noble soul has found these pass.
ports to heaven and that while the people Of
that section delight III erecting lofty testimoni.
ais Of their admiration Of the services to their
cause Of Meade or Farragut, they do properly
appreciate and justly honor our feelings when
| they rise In q monument to our jackson or
Seilrnes. Our own Southern mockingb bird would
gladly hail such y happy omen aud Its resp0n.
sive re fraiD would viblate In silver thrills over
| the hills and valleys and plains of the Sunny
South. At such song of the eagle the stars In
| the spanged banner would once more look down
upon united people. and We Of the South would
bless thelay Of our bird, and say with Virginia's
! poet
Hast ever heard the skylark's deathless note
As with ambitious ring
And more ambitious song he seemed to float,
| Almost where angels sing
| As though he sought to steal some heavenly
strain
| 10 FIJI the measure of his own refrain.
Or hast thou been where inusic's fountain start
| Meath mystic mythic skies,
And drank too deeply, that from thy heart
Such glorious melodies
Leap gushing, gurgling in tumultuous throng
Until The quivering treetop drips with songl
God bless the Southland bird-God bless thy lay
Like music in dream,
1t floats from old Potomac's cliffs away
| To CoOradO's stream
From where virginias mountain torrents roar
To where the warns gulf laps the Texas shore"
The Hebrew King summed up his experiences
| of knowledge, "Wh ,tever thy hand tindeth TO
do do with thy might" III life well did Jack
son follow at his precept but In death we hear the
prayer Of spirit praising the God Of his fathers,
THAT the sword has been beaten into the plow.
share and the spear into the pruning hook
that State shall not lift up the sword against
State, neither shall they know war any more.
and that the reign Of peace, union and ffaterni
ty over the States shall be as lasting rs the beam
of tho stars as eternal an the foundations Of the
everlasting hills" We have none Of those pain.
ful rec0lecti0ns which often intrude themselves
| upon us when the great and good sink out Of
existence, that Ia when
Life GIBBS from such old age unmarked and VI.
Astbe slow neaptide leaves you stranded gal
ley
Once she rocked merrily at the least impulse
| That wind or wave could give her: but now her
keel
Is settling in the sand her mast has taken
An angle with the sky, from which it shifts not.
| Each wave roceding shake her less and less
Til bedded on the strand, she shall remain use.
| less as motionless.'
No such sad finale awaited Jackson. In the
splendor OF his prowess, Oh the topDost crest OF
the topmost wave of success, in the plenitude OF
his 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 the
bloody field Di charlottesville And now graf.
| itude-wbicb Is the music Of heart when its
Strings are swept by the breezes Of loye-soars
here to-day in monumental granite to speak "
s0ldiery voice TO generations yet unborn that
Louisiana soldiers are grateful that they served
under the banner of q hero. to the renown Of
whose triilnpls their devotion. their gallantry
and their courage contributed SO large portion.
The great master OF English poetry has said Of
glory, That, ] Ike circle intbe water, il never
ceaseth to enlarge itself TIL b. broad spreading
it dispeIses to naught." This beautiful Illus.
tration may be true in general, but il fails to
depict the great military ren0wn won by our
jackson, The centrifugal force there Increased
with the extent Of It's infuenee--snch sue.
ceeding circle stronger and more distinct. until
the last, rising In blow of victory, reflected q
light which adorned the whole circumference
Of the sea of his glory with the radiance of the
bow Of promise.
History tells Us OF q soldier whose yal1I aud
devotion conspicuous that after death
his name was not dropped from the roll of his
company, but bis country that when the
nn,ne OF La Tour D'Auyergne, the l1ilst gTenn
der Of France. was ca1led the soldier on the
hight Of the front rank should step two PAGES 10
the front and, saluting, report Mort au char p
d'bonneui f. Dead on the field of honof'--a1d
he was killed. at Obslhausen eighty.one years
rears ago. His sword, the property of Cara.
baldi, now hangs IN the church Les fnvalides
Paris, as nenoiys silent homage 10 courage !
His heart was cOnfided to the guardianship of
bis company. Men and women Of New Orleans
when the grand roll of illustIious names in the
history of nations and of States shall be called
---raines Of heroes who have been celebrated
by voice, by chisel and by pen, and who have
become immortal by laying down life for princi.
pie there will resOund from highest mountain
and lowest valley--trom mightiest IiyeI--from
Geanest rill--the name OF u Confederate saldier
who was true TO his God, true to his country,
and who though dead on the field Of honor
will ever live IN the hearts Of his people The
Southern States of America viii proudly ad-
vance 10 the front, and, looking with flashing
eyes into the face OF future ages salute the
whole world with the response that In intensity
and volume is rivalled only by the roar of his
own caDnon--SToNEwAlL JACKSON.
When the applause had died away there was
a long aud continued call for
HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS
! and in response he made short address.
He said that he had been called upon under
advantageous circumstances. To the admirable
address OF Gen. Lee there was nothing to be
added. The man who made 1t was in the scenes
he spoke Of and rode with Stuart and was equal
to his commander. He had surrounded The
name and character OF jackson with glory
which no eneomum could increase.
1t was well that Louisiana should raise this
monument for AZ the beginning of the war when