The Ravalli Republican., 1896-01-29
STONEWALL JACKSON.
\ Personal Description Of the Famous
Confederate Leader.


Confederate Leader.
Mr.. George Il. Vending, Of Wash
ington, delivered Il lecture on Stone
wall jackson in Baltimore on Thurs
day evening. incidentally he gave
Il personal description of Jackson,
which brought forth long-continued
applause. says the Now York Times.
"Lct us pause for a moment,' he
said. ''and look 1T this college pro-
fcssor. He is about ) feet, 10 inches
in height, with an angular figure and
broard shoulders, SO far from being
graceful that one would first say he is
a clumsy man: but If he will uncover
his head VIC will sec a broad, white
forehead, bctolcning in its lines the
firm intellect and powerful will.
His eyes arc BLUSH gray and very
sri~<, -, uAp' .rs;"n ,',.>->>, - =
but full Of volcanic sparks when
aroused-they say the piercing eye Of
an eagle.
ellis clothes are common with just
enough #simplc braid to show his
rank. All through life his external
seeming, taken together with the
heart, the soul, and the brain Of him,
forms a paradox. He mounts his old
horse and VIC laugh at lin. Stir
rups too short, knees projecting up-
ward, heels projecting, and chin hug
cling his brcast--in sober truth, an
awkward man in his saddle. He
wears q cadet cap, and looks from
side to side beneath its low brim. He
is Il rcticcnt man He is thoughtful
and abstractcd. His bearing is stiff;
he loves to be alone: he consults no
one. His lips move often in prayer,
and lie has a way Of looking long and
steadily into the sky.
EWhat sort Of Il man is This? Shall
we set him down for a pochondTiac
driven by fate into short-livcd prOfn-
incncc? Is he anything more than a
mere routine professor, i'll balanced
when out Of his grove? Is it safe to
put thousands Of men into his hands.
We shall see presently; meanwhile it
looks doubtful"
Depressing to give what he called
the philosophy Of the tremendous
conflict, charactcrizing it as astrugglc
between two civilizations, one origin
atng at Plymouth Rock aud the
other at Jamestown. "Nominally, 4
nc >,ll1, ,~c ou1c 'uv pcup1c, puU IN
fact we were two We were Old
ENGLAND on American soil; and the
!. nrODlcm WAS to construct one nlne
tccnth century American out OF two
seventeenth century Engllshmcn
AL honor t. the cavalier and al
: honor to the Puritan. but there Is
a new man and one better than cithe
n at the door. To-day there arc ncithc
Yankees nor Snutllcrncrs, and IN thcl
] stead we find an Americana
In conclusion the lecturer said
!, ".-ummng uo his career, tn
muse Of American history may write
.lIcrc was Il mnn who gave his hear
aud soul and brain, and at last lif
e itself, to his duty as he saw it, ant
hlm,lv trusted ii! to Cod do'lb
n not that whom StoncWall jackson
~ passed behind the vel! and saw th
things that arc to- be, he said again
Il, upon his dying bed 1t is all right
one day, in the Gr!i":rir Of Est n
&c ness, he softly nlurMurcl: Let u
Is cross the river and rest in the sEad
:, Of the trees, bat the last rationG
9 words that rcl from his lips were:
ID is all right
ID "And when the sad and carcWor
If face of Lincoln was touched b
lg death and his spirit went up to tn
20 same GOD before whom jackson ha
in SO often knclt: and when later Q
m there came the noble >cul Of Statc]
@. Lee: and BY and BY there came IL
IS hero Of the Union cause, the gre;
ty commander, Grant, doubt not til;
~ one and all, with Sidney Jollnstt
and Hancock and Thomas and NJ
Clcllun and with million OF BRAY
men who wore here on earth the bll
and wore the gray, all looked wit
clearer eyes OYER the past and in
=. the future, and bchcld great matte
where there had been states: saw OF
people where there had been tW
and then, with divine approval, sal
with one voice: 1T i, all right.
!! "Dccrfoot' Bead.
ne Buffalo, Y. y, Jan. 23.--Le"