The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-02-19
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any details of the. Var were Il q 80 k35Le
rowing TO her. A friend prevailed Aand
she has just finished it, saying how much
she enjoyed it, and that she could not
see how any one could read { and not
wish to be a Christian. 81
Mrs jackson has. happily, given no
minute accounts of battles, and they are
only introduced as forming part of Gen.
Jackson's life, from which they could
not be discovered. The first chapters of
the memoir are devoted to brief history
OF the Jackson ancestors people of old
English and Scotch Irish stock, delin O.
alton of whose sturdy, vigorous natures
clearly reveal whence the great military
leader inherited his indomi table will, his
energy aud tranquil courage. "The boy
was father of the man." In childhood,
he exhibits wonderful determination in
surmounting obstacles and accomplishing
whatever he undertakes. This is very
Interestingly narrated in his trying cx-
perience when attempting to enter West
Point, his subsequent trials, and final
over coming" of them all by the end of
his four years career rs a cadet.
While i'll the military academy he COM
piled for his own use a set OF rules and
maNims, relating to morals, manners,
dress. choice of friends and aims in life.
Perhaps the most characteristic q these
was: ''iou may be whatever you re-
solve tc be-" Another was: "Through
life let your principal object be the dis
charge of duty. Disregard public opin-
ION when 1T interfcres with duty"
Then there comes "M- lives to Action.
Frst regard for ones own happincss,
and for the family in which you live.
Second, stri"e 10 attain n very high clc-
vation of character and high standard
of action"
With such lofty resolves he 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 as a professor in the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, his two mar
r!agcs are full of interest and fill his life,
ill the shadows of 1861 called him in
the spring to the stormy scenes of war,
away from the peaceful nest in the noun.
tans, to which he was destined never to
return. The interest never flags through
,hc three years, in which we count his
life by deeds, not gears, till the fatal
night, when at the very climax of his
glory shot from these who would have
died for him, palsicd the strong arm and
put an untimcly end to his grand career
Dr Field says: Next to his thought
of God and acknowledgement to Him
were thoughts of the dear ones at home
the Young mother with his child in
her arms. All his heart was ccntered in
one spot. Many who read these pages
VIII be surprised ut the revelation o f his
passionate love of home, to which he was
eager to return. though he was never to
cross its threshold again While t-a
world saw ouly the soldier with his
of mail over his breast, those W
him best saw unGGi 1t 9r61 nan
heart. Above al. to her who 10 ed up
in his face with perfect trust . al conf
dence, tEdt face was open rs the dav.
To her this man of iron was the gen tlest
and tendercst of all human beings, whose
first thought was always for her; who
would not ''that even the winds of sum
mer should visit her too roughly" Such
devotion cannot be forgotten even after
the lapse OF quarter of a century The
yearning heart turns to the past the faith
full bosom carries with it great men,
DRY and great affection.
''As she sits by her dcsoate frcsidc, the
old days come again, and they are once
more in the home that was always made
DrlSnt by the SnnShlue 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 rs the soldier, but as the man,
and should know all the gcntlencss and
tenderness in that lion heart This is re.
vealed nowhere so clearly as in his letters
to her during the war. if any think
they arc too personal, 1 have met the
womanly shynesS and timidity by saying:
''YeS, you can leave it all out, and sup
ply every word of endcarmeut by 6Mnk,
but every time you do this you leave out
Il touch of Stoucwal Jackson, for this
fond devotion. this exquisite tenderness
arc as much part Of the man as was his
military genius
The volume commends itself also in
size, binding AMI finish-not so vo'umi-
nous or ponderous rs to deter the mass of
readers, nor is it at all prolix The price
also (S2. .0O) is such as to make it within
the reach OF many who cannot afford the
more extended and expensive biogra-
phies Of other great leaders in the late
war. 1t is simple and beautiful story
"written out of womans heart"
Ex-Gov. McGrath Stricken With
Appoplexy