The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-19
NUMBER 8.

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rowtl5K 10 her "A FREUD ntusx xIlG2, S1d
she has just finished It, saying how inuch
she enjoyed il, and that shs could moi
SEQ how any onr aeuld read Sand mt
wish to 10 i ChFittian. ts 49,
Mrs, jackson has. happily, Qtvcn no
minute accounts Of battles, aud they Are
only introduced as forming part Of Gen.
Jackson's life, from which they could
not he discovered, Tho first chapters OF
the memoir are devoted to q brief history
ot the jackson ancestors people of old
English and Scotch Irish stock, u define
alton Of whose sturdy, vigorous natures
clearly reveal whence tho great military
leader inherited his indomi table will his
energy and tranquil courage. "Ths boy
was father Of tho man." In childhood,
he exhibits wonderful determination In
surmouutirg obstacles aud accomplishing
whatever he undertakes. This is vcry
Interestingly narrated in his trying OK.
pcrionce when attempting to enter West
Point, his subsequent trials, and fuai-
cover coming" Of them all by the ond Of
his four years career rs cadet.
While in the military academy Inc COM
piled for his own use set OF rules and
maxims, relating to morals, manners,
dress. choice Of friends and aims in life.
Perhaps the most characteristic x these
was: 'Nou may DO whatever you re-
solve TO be-" Another was: Through
life let your principal object be the dis
charge of duty. Disregard public opin-
ion when it interfcrcs with duty"
Then there comes "M~ iv,s to Action.
F'rst, regard for ones own Happiness,
and for the family in which you live
Second, stri"s TO attain very high clo-
vation of character and high standard
of action"
With such lofty resolves ho could do
and dare. What an example for young
men!
His career in the Mexican war 1S46 to
1913, is pleasantly, but not lengthily
told his subsequent years Of usefulness
and happiness MS professor in tho Vir-
ginia Military Institute, his two mar
riagcs are full of interest and I'll his lifo,
ill the shadows Of 1861 called him in
the spring to the stormy scenes of war,
away from tho peaceful nest in the noun.
tans, to which he was destined never to
return. The interest never flags through
The three years, in which we count his
life by dceds, not gears, till tho fatal
night, when at the very climax of his
glory shot from these who would have
died for him. palsicd tho strong arm and
put an untimcly end To his grand career.
Dr Field SAYS: Next to his thought
of God and acknowledgement 10 Him
were thoughts of the dear ones ut homo
/ the Young mother with his child in
her arms. All his heart was ccntered in
one spot. Many who read these pages
will be surprised ut the revelation Of his
passionate love of home, to which he was
eager to return, though lie was never to
cross its threshold again. While the
world saw ouly the soldier with his coat
Of mail over his breast, iliosa knew
him best saw upFrr it grail human
heart. AboveHll to her who lookad up
in his face with perfect trust and conf
dcncc, that face was open rs the day.
To her this man Of iron was the gen tlest
and tcndcrcst Of nll human beings, W hose
first thought was always for her; who
would not 'that even the winds OF sum
mcr should visit her too roughly" Such
devotion cannot he forgotten even after
the lapse OF II quarter of a century. The
ycarning heart turns to the past the faith
ful bosom carries with it great mem
DRY and u great affection.
'As she sits by her dcsolate fircsidc. the
old days come again, aud they are once
more in the home that was always made
bright by the sunshine of his presence.
Filled with such memories. it is but the
impulse Of loyalty to the dead, that she
should wish others to know him as she
did, that the world should know him
not only as the soldier, but as the man,
and should know all the gcntlencss and
tenderness in that lion heart This is re.
vcalcd nowhere SO clearly as in his Letters
to her during the war. il any think
they arc too personal, I have met the
womanly shyness and timidity by saying:
''Ycs, you can leave it all out, and sup
ply every word Of endcarmcnt by u blank,
bu, every time you do this you leave out
II touch Of Stoucwall Jackson, for this
fond devotion. this exquisite tenderness
arc as much Il part Of the man as was his
military genius"
The volume commends itself also in
size, binding IN | finish-not so vo uni
nous or pOnderous rs to deter the mass of
readers. nor is it at all prolix The price
also (S2 COZ is such as to make it within
the reach Of many who cannot afford the
more extended and expensive biogra.
phics Of other great leaders in the l,tc
war II is Il simple and beautiful story
written out OF womsn's heart"