The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-03
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Now orleans ficayune I
Tie ex president Of he late Confede,.,a
States, tall and unbent by age, but vi,h
certain signs Of lessening Vigor, rose !,
his place at the table and amid deafepi,o
plaudits and in ringing voice and si,b
his accustomed dignity Of manner, said
brethren Of cause not ,ost but sl.s,
ing, il makes me happy 10 De with Won
this day Your history is written famv
heart, your deeds are craven on The az
let's OF he history of heroes. Il is ~,
however, the recollection Of these gtsa,
deeds that gives me most pleasure, bun !,
IS The owledge has they were wrou,bt
in behalf Of grand principles that are tbe
very foundations Of the American Cu,or
States rights aud self governmeat. II
is this knowledge that gives ms nast
pleasure.
You were not conquered, bUt overbo,ns
by vast odds and superior phYs f0Fce
You never hesitated when yoa marched
TO tho assault, but attacked tae forcesfa
front of you, however great its numbers
Stonewall Jackson had come like auava
lanche in the valley OF Virginia, eueouu
tering numerous armies greater than his
own, and sweeping them away q defeat
That was The history of the army Of Nofl a.
ern Virginia.
Lee and Jackson, its great chiefs mas
4 comb nation which had never been -.
passed. With Lee to plan and JACK 0 y.
strike, the army had been invipoi +. =
well had Lee said when Jackson &
he had lost his right arm. 81
fallen in the hour OF victory by the F 49,
Of his own friends. lie fell only be.ofs
his own cOuqueriDg troops, You have
raised for him lofty monument, and sou
have done il nobly.
Louisiana had s. hero, wise III council
glorious IN arms. lie fel II on flctorious
battlefield aud sleeps in distant state.
To him Louisiana owes a mOnum emit Al
bert Sidney Johnson, the hrst commander
Of the army of Tennessee was oae Of The
heroes Of the COnfederacy, the peer VI
chiefs in his own or any day. knew him
and Lee we'll, aud even at the very begin
ming Of their career in the army.
Jackson did not know before the war,
but when I came 10 know him, loved and
valued him with Lee and Albert Sidney
Johnson remember Jackson after the
battle OF Malvern Hin, when he ralloped
up, saying The enemy are gone, but let
Us take their track aud follow Them.
This was his ruling idea, 10 push an al
venture with his wonderful energy aud
unfaiiing determination.
The first battalion of artillery furnish
ed the Conteiercy was from Louisiana.
remember il well aud saw and felt It's wen
ierful value a. Manassas. Ii IS repre-
scented here tonight. aud now tLsnk It's
members for their mAgul scent services.
Brothers, you have endured all the
fttIgues Of many campaigns ead The
dangers OF hundred battle fields. You
remember how, amid the tolls AMI hard
ships Of those tryiRg times, a eomrade
gave you piece Of bread or a drsskht OF
water from mis- csuteeu. Theirs are nC
ties like those which grow up amid suct
scenes, and you are indeed brothers
You have written your record, you haV
done your duty. The principles yen then
asserted are as necessary for the preser'
vGliou Of the American Union as they
we're when You struck for them and he ex
isteuce OF the best government the Uorl
ever saw, the American Union, : still
indissolubly bound up in the prIaciplsl
for which you fought Be still ege- ready
10 fight for this Union. as / wcuid bt
willing to unsheaih my sword for it,
have no regrets for the pas, for II .ayol
yes these principles
II you suffered for your principles an,
lost all in war save honor you still pre-
serve that, aud you came from a great ua
with your hands unstaiued by plumber.
This is your record and l THANK 20.
for it,