The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-11

determination in his voice and the old-tin,
fash OF fire in his eye, he said TO Genera
! Pender: "Gender Pender, you must keer
your men together and hold your ground. i
Oh, the power Of that "must" .-recop.
nizing no obstacles which could success.
fully withstand the power OF the human
will; judging that no difficulties could dc.
ter or thwart the progress OF unilinching
determination.
3. His career illustrates the principle
that he fights best who believes in the jus-
tice Of his cause.
BATTLE INCIDENT.
To show the soldier material out of
which General Jackson was made the
speaker said:
"One night some surprise was threat
ened, and the drums were ordered to
beat the long roll. In an instant an
alert soldiery had started from sleep and
were forming in battle array. The moon
was shining brightly, its rays streaming
through the forest overhead and casting
flickering shadows on the sward. The
ominous rolling OF the drums reverberated
in the depths OF the forest, and the wind
was swaying the trees and soughing the
pines.
"In the midst Of the hurry and hustle OF
the formation Of the lines Jackson was
seen to rise slowly from his couch. and
leaning upon fence near by, gaze raptly
upon the scene. There was something in
the weird moonlight, something in the
quick transition from the silence OF sleep
TO the ringing tocsin OF war, something i'm
the rattle OF the drums disturbing the soli-
tude OF the grand old woods, that strangely
stirred the martial fire in the veins, and as
he stood there his countenance was seen TO
! glow, and his eyes fash fire. All, gentlemen,
. he loved il To no mortal was the gdudid
certOminiS keener delight; not TO Leoni-
das and his Spartan band, when from the
mountain passes OF Thermopyl1 they
looked down upon the hosts OF Persia, and
dressed their long locks for the battle; not
TO the white-plumed knight OF Navarro,
even i'm that ecstatc moment when, with
/ lance at rest and visor down, he speeds on
qI,ivering steed to meet battle midway on
the field; not to Robert Bruce at BannOck-
burn in that supreme hour when his gall
liant IIighlanderS, swinging the long clay
more and sounding the slogan Of victory,
reaped harvest OF death upon the foes OF
merry Scotland"
JACKsoN's GREATNESS.
The reverend orator said i'm conclusion
"What, then, were the inherent qualities
which have brought immortality OF fame
and deathless heritage OF glory TO Jackson,
do YOU ask! Not alone, | reply, the splen-
did military genius OF the man, not alone
the heroic qualities Of courage, ind0mitable
spirit, infleXibility, intrepidity, with which
he was so signally endowed, but grander
qualities OF righteousness, faithfulness. and
truth; and the honor which the world has
paid him is the involuntary tribute which
the grandeur and sublimity OF the god-like
moral principles invariably exact, COM
mand, and compel.
There is fine passage in TaylOr's
Destruction and Reconstruction touch
ing the death OF Jackson, when, after re-
citing the valiant courage OF Il private
grenadier OF France who fell in one OF the
battles OF Napoleon, we are told that there
after when the name of Latour d'Auyerne
was called in the roll OF the battalion il
was the office Of the oldest sergeant to step
from the ranks and respond, oiled on the
field OF honor In Valhalla,' says the
historian, beyond the grave, where spirits
of warriors assemble, when on the roll OF
heroes the name OF Jackson is reached, it
will be for the majestic shade OF Lee to
pronounce the highest eulogy known to
our race, Died on the field Of duty
"But we repel the intimatiOn that ne Is
dead. The mortal part OF him mingles
with the dust OF his loved Valley; and here
the delicate fingers OF Art have striyen TO
fashion an impershable similitude OF his
person; but when the bronze OF the statue
Shall have Yielded to the corr0sions OF time
his name shall vet be on the lips OF men, the
record Of his deeds still emblazoned on the
page Of history, and his memory still en-
shrined in the heart Of humanity.
Comrades, | esteem it a happy omen
that the anniversary OF your organization
falls upon the anniversary OF his death,
and know no better course for you than
10 elect the spirit OF the immortal Jackson
n the patron warrior saint OF this time
bonored command. Whether the trumpet
Of war shall call you to bloody fields OF
battle, or the piping lutes OF peace shall
summon YOU TO gentler ayOcations, III war
or peace the annals OF the world contain no
nobler eXampar OF all that Is fair and
goodlv i'm soldier, in man, or in Christian,
than the peerless son OF Nirglnla VINO
twenty years ago this day passed over the
river TO rest under the shade OF the trees
THE DINNER.
The command, after hearing the lecture.
marched to the depot and went up the
Richmond and Allegheny railroad to the
new pump-house. Here large number OF
invited guests joined them, and the alter
noon was spent in the most pleasant man
ner. There was one man present whose
birthday came upon the Blues anniversary
dav. When three years old his father was
in command OF the company, and the son
commanded it in the late war. One gem
tleman remembered the reception OF the
Norfolk Blues in 1923.
Songs, music by Jardella's band, old
camp stories, games OF various sorts, and
an inspection OF the beautiful surround
ings at the pump-house made the day pass
most pleasantly. There were no speeches
or toasts. and everybody came away pleased
with the pleasures OF the occasion.