Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-22
The Jackson Monument.

The unwilling Of the monument to Gen.
eral Stonewall Jackson at Lexington yester-
day, description OF which appeared In the
GAZETTE, was attended by the greatest en-
thusiasm and the exercises were of the me at
interesting nsture. 1t was an occasion
which drew thousands of all creeds and pc.
lIticsl opinions-ar d all We'd to perpeiuste
the memory OF the greet colder and
Christian.
General Early . o!ation vas history OF the
life of General Jackson. Begl3c!ng with bis
birth, he traced his career to the Military
Academy at West Point, bearing hard OF
bis powerful tenaclty and pluck, and bring
ing out fully his ohstinacy In the face OF
difficulties. He reviewed briefly Jaokson's
career 10 the army leading up to his life ar
the Virginia Military Institute. and hls in-
huenoe on the young soldiers training al
that school by him. He then made an his
toric eketoh of the army Fecoid OF the grss
leader, bringing ont foroibIy the opinion o.;
HIN by hls opponents. remarkiDg: They
thought they would have great trouble in
finding the faces Of Jscason's men, but they
ieagnsd afterwards it WAS caused by their
own faces being turned the wrong way"
He dWelt forcibiy Gu Jsckson's campaigb
In the Valley, going into dates and figures
to show that rs fought always against The
larger NUMBER, and YVES always the victor.
His reference TO the n auDer Ia which jackson
obtained his name of "St0new0li" ELECTED
from The immense crowd tremendous ap-
Dlanse. He sal6: "But jackson was not 3
s:oueWsl alone IS he etood behind those
Vireinlans, but military hurricane, ard his
enemies will testify to the truth" THE ar-
deut admirers OF General Lee. On the one
haad and General Jackson on the other, :"
40 ga.d, "some;imes start q contention as TO
which Of lhs two possessed the greatest mil
tary gsnius. This ia not only lll-ad9ised In
Itself, as tending to lead IN the heat OF rival
ry from tho praise OF one to the dieparsgs
nene OF the other, buG 1t ls founded upon
misconoeption of their respective chsrsoiefs
They were, esch 10 his particular sphere,
pre-emInons--Lee in conceivipg and plan
ming lie genera! outlines and OF gres,
campaigns end movements AMI Jackson in
executing those plans with oonsunmste
skill, energy ard celebrity.
They mutually supplemented eich other, and
made together q combination Of military sagacity
and prowess such as tho world baB seldom If ever
witnessed. General Jackson folt and exhibited
an unqaestioning confidence in tho wisdom OF
Lee In great emergencies, while Lee recognized
in his superb lieuteDsnt soldier Of almost
matchess skill, indomitsb e energy and dsuntless
courage an srm on which he could always lean
with absolute confidence" His speech through
GU wa mild and full Of argument, being little
moro or less thsn euogistic sketch Of Jackson's
life. Ho euded SIS fellows: Let ne conclude by
saying, and let every honest hearted confederate
who fought bravely in the war gay: If should
ever apologize for any part action taken in the
war, nay the lightning of righteous heaven
blast ms from the osrth and may l be considered
as spawn OF the earth by all honest mon.'" When
Genera Early msde bis concluding Iemarks ho
was so pointed and earnest, IS the old man is
when ne talks about the part he took in the last
war, tie croad choered wildly and pressed about
him shaking his hand. The people poured on
the stands and shook hands with Mrs. Jackaon,
and General Hampton.