Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-06

and Chancellorsville appear as mirage
"reminiscences that steal unbidden mo-
the soul when its depths are full OF dark
ness and shadows.
We walk to-day nstlessly over the grea,
rough, heroic life OF Stonewall JACK
son, but on either side Of us ther
are monuments TO his glory evermor,
Frightening to a higher lustre. II IS ,
stern business this going TO war. Re
| Cancellation IS observation-disclosures IRE
| quently impossible. The public pulls, ID
1851 was intensely exciting. One boast
ingly said upon one side that all the
| blood that would be shed could be wipe,
up with pocket handkerchief Another
! on the other side, equally boastful, aver
red that he would live to call the roll Of
! his slaves at the foot OF Bunker Hill
| and thus there were bravado and bad
| image, until the Anaconda turned as
many hued scales TO the sun on the 2st
of July, 1861. The scene from the north.
ern point of view was excitingly dra-
matic-a magnificent host all in tinsel;
composite representation OF war and
carnival.
A fash as Of gunpowder-a blazing up
as Of dry heath q shout ever so frightnIl
and haig internal, and the whole universe
seemed wrapt in flame and wild tumult
but the fire has died out-tumultuous pas
sion is allayed-the universe with its old
mountains and glades, its stars above.
ats soil beneath. is sun there.
Jackson believed in the cause as n Il
had been a revelation from God. Crom-
well said: Let US obey Gods will" so
said Jackson. He believed that the war
of invasion was a heartless crusade
against the institutions. the manhood.
the civilization Of the South" That the
higher law proclamation was the after
math of the pernicious sowlngs OF Gerritt
Smith. Joshua r. Giddings, and Horace
Greeley. The old stubbe needed 10 be
ploughed under before the North could
Loyalty maintain and cherish her covenant
obligations with her truant sister Tn
happily in seeding the ground, she drop
ped now and then dragons teeth from
whence sprang armed men"
jackson believed that that army In hol-
day unifOrm-with Haunting banners and
careering squadrons-were an aggrega.
ton of savage ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS destroy.
ers Of his and our images, idols. creeds.
affairs, homes, country. SO thought he
when the Anaconda" with painting
sides, drew back TO strike.
Hero-worshlp exists forever and every
where. 1t extends from divine alteration
down to the lowest regions Of life. Every
Manassas, tho nocturne Of death-man
TO man. bayonet to bayonet, cannon 70
cannon, bosom to bosom-here was chal-
lenged the asserted right Of coercion
frenzy against frenzy, patriotism. anger.
vanity. hope, despair. each facing and
meeting the other like dark clashlng
whirlwinds.
Hitler sped Jackson, with the sWOop
of the eagle, down the valley from Cor
louisville 10 fresher carnage, 20 "a blood
Ter banquet Hither he came with as
high as resolve as ever animated Peter
the Hermit TO plan upon the sand dunes
of Palestine the fiery cross: whether
righh or wrong cannot now be known.
The formula that can judge him has not
yet been discovered
Eleven o'clock, y o'clock, and Jackson,
with folded arms, at the head OF his old
occupies the plateau near the
Henry House. Just ahead Is a dark. con.
fused death wreste. Forty thousand
athletes against $4,000 athletes. Two
hundred and odd iron threats perpetually
Delching out an emetic Of death.
Hope within him now burns like 2 pl.
lar of fire. There is a culver IN tho
'teeled nerves, the old sun-scorched cap
IS I'm the hand-the lips are parted, the
order is given, ana the Stonewall bri.
sade is hurled like an immense projectila
lpon ranks Of human living flesh. Ther8
$ halt-a recoil. Cannon spit out theii
ire; their hail, their death. upon bosOms
hat are barred 10 the shock. There
stands Jackson. like a stone wall" Tn
Ter that name he was baptized with hr8
md blood at Manassas Everywhere
hat sun-faded coat was the orihamms
II battle; everywhere IL was the guerdon
lpon which the Stonewall brigade gazed
md followed as II 1t had been the white
hume Of Navarro.
This incompatible leader never failed
n a single battle from that day. wheE
With $500 men he held in check 20 900 mef
t Kernstown and covered the retreat o,
he army from Centreville 10 the BATH,
z Manassas, where he cut their commu'
ication and decoyed their columns int
he iron jaws Of Longstreets reserves
UGH Victories were not accidental Ma
nanoeuvre could mislead the clear Jurg
lent that presided sereneiy In that
oul Of fire. 1t rs not too much q
ay that the conqueror OF Port Republic
as an overmatch I'm strategy and the
echnique Of war for them all. He WA
a favor OF advancing upon Mcclellan al
Iarrison's Landing, on Burnside at Fred
He was always i'm favor 0i
Ter and pail recrossing the Potomac
cad generals. dead repUtations-Patter'
On, Banks, Shields, Fremont, Mcdowell
icClellan. Pope, Kearney. and Burnside
HE is in the saddle now. Fall in
Steady the whole brigade:
HIS at the ford, cut on. We'll win
His way out, ball and blade,
What matter IL our shoes are worn,
What matter II our feet are torn;
ClttIa ofar - MIL Etn 10
That's Stonewall Jackspns way.
An, maiden! watch and wait and yearn
For news OF Stonewall's band;
An, widow. read with eyes that burn.
That ring upon thy hand
An wife! sew on, pray on. hope on.
Thy life shall not be all forlOrn.
The foe had better ne'er been born
Than get In StOnewalis way"
On the Shenandoah. the Chickahominy
Q Rapidan. the Rappahannock. the
mes. Bull Run. and the Potonac. n
0 highlands and the lowlands. the Old
igade has acted well its part. | thiph
Jackson, the cid brigade, when | cal
mind that gallant boy that fell al
anassas as he was cheering on his com
des. his lfe-bloot cd In rich oarmne
IN his ION, tho likeness oi
mother. There are graves OF heroic
ulS on the weird plains OF Manassas
wv INC suduOW OF TIE Blue kluB0 Ais
2 marshes of the Chickahominy. where
er II Fought and bled. Virginia received
% her bosom and buried near the ashes
Monroe. In Hollywood. one who fought
way to renown through n fringe OF
e.
he brave admiral who fought the Mer-
nae stood at the bier, ashes TO ashes,
nth 70 earth.
I was the grave OF General Charles
Inder. the heroic commander " nS
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