Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-05-21

lovingly calls t'come, and We fancy We zee the |
soul Of the great warrior soldier fall into the |
grand procession of angels and archangels, |
families and friends, and with the fnagnif. |
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 ccmlneiaoratlon ci It's passage through me
portals OF paradise. John Wesley. s0n know,
dreamt he was at The gates OF heaven and
thinking Of his own loved denomination first,
asked II there were any Methodists there, and |
the answer came back no. Are there ATTY Bap-
lists there1 Again he was answered no. Any !
Episeopalians or Catholics or Presesteiians,
there Once more he answered no. Who then
are they he despaifingly asked: and this time
the response came floating over the battiement:s,
full of inrfoy and loving kindness Christians.
was the answer aud straightway the gates were
opened, and all was peace and JOY and love and
unity. The advent OF the Christian warrior
does not break, but brightens the picture, for
there those who, in the fierce contests Of earth
would take the life Of al enemy, are dwelling
together In harmonious love- in perfect unity in
eternal Joy and blessed peace.
The monument that rises here TO celebrate
| Jackson's services to the Southern cause will
also serve as beacon light to show the coming
generations how to march with steady step IN
| initiating his virtues, in following his example.
] II,
of self.denial there 1t Is. Do you ask Tor com.
! bnati0n of moderation and justice in your hero
| ii stands for that. Wisdom and courage IT s
there--purity and piety, simplicity and grandeur
| behold them all
| Oh that the eagle, from the snow-clad hills
! and frozen lakes OF the North might proclaim,
] that the Blue and the Gray are the colols OF
/ God. they are seen in the sky at evening-and
many gallant, noble soul has found these pass.
ports to heaven" and that while the people Of
! that section delight III erecting lofty testiin0ni
: 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 a monument to our jackson or
| Senlmes Our own Southern siockiDg bird would
gladly hail such q happy omen and its respon
sive re frain would vibrae ii silver 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 weof the South would
bless thelay OF our bird, and say with Virginia's
poet
| Hast ever heard the skyark's deathless note
AS with ambitious ring,
And more ambitious song, he seemed to float,
Almost where angels slug
As though he sought to steal some heavenly
| strain
To fiji the measure Of his own refrain.
/ Or hast thou been where music's fountain start
Meath mystic mythic skies,
And drank too deeply that from thy heart
Such glorious melodies
Leap gnsbiDg, gurgGng in tnmultuous tilrong
Until the quverine treetop drips with song
God bless the Southland bird--GOd bless thy lay
Like music in adream,
1t floats from old Potomacs cliffs away
10 Colorado stream
From where Virginia's mountain torrents roar
To where the warns gulf laps the Texas shore"
The Hebrew King summed up his experiences
of knowledge "Wh1teyer thy hand tindeth TO
do, do with thy might" In 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 prunin2.hdok-
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 1iaterni
tx over the States shall be az lasting as the beam
of the stars as eternal rs the foundations Of the
everlasting hills." We have none of those pain
full recollcctions which often ntrude themselves
upon as when the great and good sink ont OF
existence, that is. when
Life GIBBS from such old age unmarked and 81
lent,
As the slow neap.tide 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 receding, shake her less and less
Til bedded on the strand, she shall remain use
less rs mOtiOnless."
No such sad finale awaited Jackson. In the
splendor OF his prowess, Oh the topmost crest OF
the tOpnost wave of success Ill the plenltuue OF
his glory the light Of his naIne sheds its lustre
forever upon the folds of the flag OF victory
waved by his grand military genius over the
| r. llnr nd mi
itude-which is the music Of heart when its
Strings are swept by the breezes Of love-soars
here to-day in monumental granite to speak ~
soldierly voice TO generations yet unborn tbat
Louisiana soldiers are grateful that they served
under the banner ola hero, to the ren0wn Oh
whose trirInpbs their devotion their gaiiantfy
and their courage contributed SO large portion.
The great master of English poetry has said OF
glory, That like circle in the water it never
ceaseth to enlarge itself till by broad spreading
it disperses to naught" This beautiful Illus
:. tration may be true in general, but it fails to
, depict tho great military lenown won by our
jackson, The centrifugal force there increased
with the extent of its intluence--such sue.
ceeding circle stronger and more distinct, until
the last, rising in biliow Of victory, reflected
light which adorned the whole circumference
4 OF the sea of his glory with the radiance OF the
, bow Of promise.
, History tells ,is of soldier whose valor and
DEVOTION WERE 80 conspicuous tHdb dIttl utain
! his nalne was not dropped from the roll OF hls
company, but his country ordered that when the
E name o! La Tour D'Auvergne, the first grena.
der OF France, was called, the soldier on the
right of the front rank should step two PAGES to
the front and, saluting, report Mort au chalr
3 d'honneur '-"Dead on the field of honor and
he was killed at OberhauseD eighty.one years
years ago His sword, the property OF Cara.
0 baldi now hangs III the church Les lnvalides
9 | Paris as memory's silent homage TO courage
: His heart was contided to the guardianship OF
his company. Men and women of New Orleans
!: when the grand roll Of illustiious names Ill tht
history of nations and of States shall he called
| -namcs OF heroes who have been celebrated
Ii by voice, by chisel and by pen, and who have
y become immortal by laying down life for princi
| pie, there viii resound from highest mountain
and lowest valley-tr0m mightiest river-tlon
G meanest ril-the name of a Confederate saldiei
: who was true to his God, true TO his country
t and who though dead on the field of honor
Il viii ever live III the hearts OF his people. Ih'
n Southern States of America will proudly al
d vance to the 'front.' and looking with flashing
e eyes into the face OF future ages, salute th'
J. whole world with the response that il intensity
d and volume is rivalled only by the roar Of hl
a; own cannon-SToNEwALL JACKSON. @'-
Il When the applause had died away thee wal
i, long and continued call for
# hon. JElFERsefS DAVIS,
e and in response he mad short address.
e He said that he had been called upon upde
n advantageous circumstances. To the admlabl