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

mute Ia their voiceless woe 1T the family hearth
The voices Of mothers afid SISTERS and wives and
children, when thrown upon the wind, appeal
oftentInes to the spirits 9illy Tender looks can.
not he cast upon, nor fond embrace clasp the
household IDOL victoryls ehapleis ARE absent
from the heads OF our renowned leaders, hut
grandy III theft stead the wieaths Of honor
| twine The land has not reioced, but when
memory touches the mystic chords vi long ago.
solemn rapture cannot be restrained. The rivers
our low may not flow steady beeaiise success has
not mingled with Its slitsliiiy sttean--bnt bet
| ter still. intellaced amid walls of woe wrapped
up III the ''biood.stained sfeaves Of life bright
ening The bones that bleech upon the fields Of
| carnage, driving thr purple Of the crimson sod
| binding up the wounds Of the broken heart com
fo,tnc the almost cUufotless, IL the liie.renew.
| Ing thought tlat tho the Southern pluine, which
| 1oated for so long above the storm, went down
| Mt last honor, valor and foltitudc was written
upon each of its dancing feathers And in
| locking back no blush Of shame should mantle
| the cheek of the true soldier
But what different acere is before us today.
The foa1 of artillery no longer sounds IN the ears
| OF courageous gnnpers, the crack of the infantry
Iunsket revetberhtes no longer from ser1ied
rank of steel. Tie flashing sabies of the cav.
aty have returned bright and untainished to
| their scabbards, while their women and brave
men peacefully assemble around this monument,
commemorative Of the services Of the great
| Jackson TO the Southern cause. Many Of you
here today first saw him as did Mt the first
| Manassas, and may have seen too an officer
dasling up to him On tbs field there, and heard
him saying; General, they are beating us
back Aye. sir, was the reply.
| We'll then, we must give them the bay0net,
and the gallant Bee, gallUping back to bis com.
Inand reassured his hard pressed troops by
shouting above the din Of the conflict Look,
there Is jackson standing like stonewall "
Twenty years after. in this good city. We III.
veil monument to the man Thus chtistened
StoAewall by Barnard =. Bee From that hour
to this the civilized world knows him best rs
Stoncwall Jackson. 1t was your name for him,
yOu men of Louisiana, who being with him can
see him now in the foreground Of the picture the
historic valley presents, with its exquisite and
picturesque scenery its greenclad hills. its
broad bosolned hills, nestled between majestic
mountains, and whose mr. il delieiously freight.
! ed with the splendid perfume OF its overlooking
vegetation. And seeing him there then do
you not recognize this by writer's description
Mt that time, who, referring to the restless
| marching Of this blazing meteor, says; II be.
| gan to imagine we were commanded by some
peripatetic philosophical madman whose forte
was pedestliapisln and such dry old stick.
| too! AS for uniform, he has none: bis wardrobe
is not worth much, and his horse Is quiet in
|
always pokina about in MI sorts Of holes and
corners ut all times Of the day and night You
saw this dry old stick" bliskly hobble around
| right there; Milroy and Sehenck. Fremont.
Banks, Shields and some OF y0u here to-day,
hobbed around with him (and perhaps are still
hobbling in cODseguence.)s The same dry old
stick" was hobbling behind Mcclellan ut Rich.
mond was banging ut Pope at Cedar Mountain
and ut second Manassas. was striking at McClel.
| 1nr, nj Shn RulnSiup Mt ErpUGf.
icksburg and knocking down Hooker at Chan
cellorsville. Fatal Charlottesville where the
circlet OF fame flashed 40 suddenly down the
road that night Of stoims--Dot unlike the buIfl.
cane. How appropriate, too, the lines OF the
poet. who said Of Napoleon what Jackson might
say OF himself
| Bury the deep In The bonndless sea:
Let my heart have Iimitless grave,
For my spirit in life was fierce and free;
As the march of the mountain wave,
| And far from the reach Of mortal control
Were the depths Of my fatholnless mind,
And the ebbs and flow Of my single soul
Were tides to the rest OF mankind"
history tells MS that Nine Dies Jorelange, the
During the horrors of the French revolution
abbess Of royal lien, and her sisterhood were al
executed Mt the same time and place When
they left their prison they began song OF praise
| 10 the Supreme Ruler above them. As they
|
refrain confirmed. Uporthe scaf1old the celes
tial chorus still rolled upward, its intensity and
volume being gradually diminished as head attel
head was severed fro,n the body. The abbess
suffered last and her single voice, with increased
iervor and power. still assembled on high. II
ceased abruptly--it was the silence of death. In
the coming year vet unseen, when the wheel Oi
time shall nnroll before generations yet unborn,
the gallant deeps Of the trained legiOns OF the
sunny South, that rushed to victory ut the buglt
blast, and should the patriotic spark, now glow
Ing in the hearts Of the people OF the Southern
States, ever refuse to light MP in bright fame
at the picture-the voice OF Louisiana unaeeon
panied if it must be- know from the evidence
| of to-day, will be raised In fearful melody IN
their behalf, and cease only when the everlast
ing mountains refuse to support their own lofty
SUBMITS. And now my countfynen. what il
the lesson OF the hourl We can hobor the mem.
| orr Of this hero, but be trre to Our duties, Ia
tiOua and st tie, as American citizens. Initiate
his virtues, that We may Transmit them to pros.
teIity; follow his example, and as he was meas
| uied in his wrath, toIgiyiDg and tender, 50 may
| we he patient and measure Unrs. Designating
| all that malice may impute to us, let rs "a
forward under the happy sunlight of peace, Will
THE honest and sincere resolution to support
| with heart aud hand the honor the safety, tn,
liberties of our country" while 'proclaiming
perpetual truce to battle Norebel in the proper
meaning Of the term was StonewMl jackson,
though he stood majestic, uncovered III th'
vanguard Of the hosts of the south. He fought
for what be held TO be the principles Of free GOV
eminent. and claimed no right he did not con
scientiollslv believe to. be guaranteed to hi
State bv the constitution Of the United States
Virginia declare in the convention that ratified
the Federal constitution that she had night II
resume her independent condition whenever sh,
might desire to do 50. Those terms were al
ways embodied in the code Of laws mp to the
year 1851. They are IL the words following
Virginia. 10 wit
I'VE the delegates OF the people Of Virginia
duly elected in pursuance OF recommendation,
from the General Assembi', and now met il
convention having fully and freely investigated
and discussed the proceedings OF the Federal
convention, and being prepared AZ wei as IN
most mature delibeiation hath enabled ms 10 de
eide thereon. do. in the name and III bebaif o
the people of Virginia declare and make know,
that the powers granted under the constitution
being derived from the people OF the unite'
States, may he resumed by them whatsoever tn
same shall be perverted to their injury or oI
preston, and that every power not grantee
thereby remains with them and at their VIII
that therefore no right. OF any denomination. caI
be cancelled abridged restrained, OF modified
by the Congress, by the Senate or House o
Representatives. acting in any capacity, by tn
President or any department, or ofhcer OF I'd
United States, except in those instances Il
which power is given by the constitution TO
those purposes.
The incorruptible character Of jackson III
moral and blaineess life wOuld ever have pig
vented him from having part or parcel in ovei
throwing government set up over him unles
he co1iscientously believed the time had com
| for his peOpIe TO resume their powers, beCaus