The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-23
stone WALL JACKSON
Took Counsel With Genius
and His God.
DR.. INQUIRIES TRIBUTE
THE GREAT SOLDIER WAS AL
WAYS MOST DANGEROUSLY
AGGRESSIVE.
NEVER CONTENT WITH TIE DEFENSIVE
''Therc Were Always Danger and Blood When
He Began His TerSe Sentences With
Give my Compliments"

white haired soldiers who fought for thc
Confederate cause under Lee and Jack
son, met tonight for the eighth time to
toast the memory of their dead comrades
and renew associations.
Their banquet was held ut the st.
Denis Hotel.
Col. c. T.. Thornton, Commander of
the Confederate Veterans Camp, the
official title of the gathering, presided.
Grouped around him ut the centre table
were Col. \. Il. Chisholm, Maj. S. ELI,
Briggs, former Governor Hugh :.
| Thompson, Augustus w. Peters, DIR.
Hunter Mcclure, Of Stonewall JackNon's
staff; Maj. .IeI Hotchkiss and Rev. Dir.
James =. Smith. both of whom served
with jackson through the war Rev. G..
s. Baker and Rev. w. +. Junkin.
The dinner WAS given in memory Of
Stonewal Jackson. and the portrait of
the famous Confederate leader looked
down upon the gathering. Above this
was portrait of General Lee, both
framed in the flags of the Union, and
the Confederate Camp.
The toast Of the night was that which
carried Gen. Jack-on's name, aud to
this DIR. Hunter Mct;uire, who extracted
tlt uuiltt IibIu lIc .NuuItuCIutb ltduGI,
as he lay dying replied.
DR.. Mcclure said in part:
General JacksUn's history is your his
tory, and share of his glory belongs
to you. Your title to il is proved by the
existence of this organization; 10y the
answering devotion which, despite al
vtncing years and adverse surround
ings. you have adhered to the principles
that enobcd your young manhood: by
the exalted and self-exalting reverence
that you pay to your glorious dead.
II am to speak of StonewaI Jackson.
not in the formative years of his life, nor
in the quiet of peaceful avocations, but
as men knew him when The fire from
Heaven fell upon him nj the battlefield"
as ii did upon Arthur-the fire by which
Sir Launcelot knew him for his king
the fire that like the live coal from off
the altar touched the lips" of Jackson
and brought from them that kingly voice
which the eagle of victory knew and
obeycd For king WAS Stonewall jack
son, if ever royalty Amounted as by fire
appeared among men.
"In seeking to define Jackson's place in
history | accept Lord WOlseley's dciini-
ton of great commander. He declares
in effect. that the marks of this rare char
acter are: First of all, the pOwer-thc
instinct, the inspiratiOn-tO define tile
condition and the purposes of your enc
my. Secondly, the genius that III strate-
gy instantly deYitses the combinations
most likely to defeat those purposes.
Thirdly. the physical and moral cour-
takes the risk of decision. and the skill
A. 1IsIix
blow that skaters the hostile plans-s0
managing ones own forces (even when
small) as to have the greater number at
the point of attack. Fourthly, the cool
Judgment that is mistaken by the clash
and clamOr of emergencies.
"And last but not least, the provision
the caution. that cares for the lives and
well-being of the private soldiers, and
the personal magnetism that rouses the
enthusiasm and affection that make the
commanders presence on the battlefield
the incentive to all that human beings
can dare and the unquestiOned hope ami
sure promise of victory.
MANY incidents of JacksOn's career
prove that he possessed the instructive
power to know the plight and to foretell
the purposes of the Federal army and
it's comma nders."
DIR. McGu:re then went on to tell many
incidents of General Jackson on the bat
tlefield. the most interesting and dramatic
of which, were the following:
at Malvern Hill, when portion Of
our army was beaten and to some eX-
tent demOralized. Hill and Ewell and
Early came to tell him that they could
make no resistance if Mcclellan attack
ed them in the morning. 1t was difficult
to wake General Jackson, as he was eX-
hausted and very sound asleep. | tried
it myself and after many efforts partly
succeeded. When he was made to un-
dprstand what was wanted he said. Me
| Clellan and his army will DE gone by day
| light. and went TO sleep again. The
generals thought him mad, but the pre-
| diction was true.
| s"At Fredericksburg, after Burnside :
| repulse. he asked me how many band
ages | had. | told him and asked why
| he wanted to know. He said that 1T
wanted to have piece of white cloth tf
| tie on each mans arm, so that his sol
tiprs might recognize each other III !
night attack: and he asked to he allowed
| to make such an attack and drive hrs res
| into the swollen river or capture MN
| Subsequent events demonstrated lhlt 1T
knew the state Of things within the hos,
| tile lines, and would have accomplished
his purpose. General Zee withheld III
consent for the reason that so often re-
strained him in like cases; he could no.
put at so great risk AN army w.hch 'Iht
South could not replace.
THAT jackson replaced the second ah'
/ third requirements, the genius TO uetl ~,
1 and the skill and courage to denver III,
/ Blow needed to defeat his foes ~ y ~ ~
i amply proved by the general fact 'll'' ",s
/ own force in the Valley canlpaISn W." VIZ
never over a 900. and generally IeSs' ~ a,,,
that for a time he was keeping at ba ..
I 10000 Federal soldiers in or hgal ,n'
great valley. and 10000 at fre 'ng t,,S'
burg -soundly thraShing in tue NJ" ino
time to time large portions OF tnlS grea ,
army? Or. taking wider In gieM, ,l" th,
son and his small forse so ln inn nno ~, ~
whole campaign as to keen IU'Vo9 ieu
era troors away from k'chm1uH, "n '
compel the Federal government, 10 e EN-
ploy larger force than the eh''ie wv