The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-31
Tke Wessenger.


' Georgia is bereaved in the death OF
General Henry r. Jackson. 1t occur
fed at Savannah, his home, on the
E5rd instant. He had passed his 18th
Fear He was beyond doub a man of
Eery superior mental powers, and had
tsut few equals, if any, among the liv-
ting men of his state, rich generally in
rneE of fine intellectual parts. We
have been for years impressed with
his high gifts and excellent accom-
plishments. Such Of his writings as
have come under our eye excited our
admiration n in him We saw a genu-
Enc southron Of marked individuality
and very rare mental parts. A special
To The Atlanta Journal begins an in
seresting and long sketch Of him. with
These words:
mo citizen Of Georgia has had a
4nore varied, picturesque, and brilliant
career than General Henry Rootes
jackson, of Savannah, born in Athens,
Ga. June "a, 1920. His father, Henry
jackson, IL. D., youngest brother and
adopted son of General James jack
son. of revolutionary fame, was an
eminent professor Of the state univer-
ssity. the presidency of which, repeat
eddy pressed upon him., he declined.'
We much doubt if Georgia has a son
fully equal to him since General Robert
Toombs died. We take him to have
been Of much more finished education
and Of more gifts thar the
very able Georgian named. He was
at least more of a man of letters, n
there was greater distinction in his
style. He was an old fashioned demo-
Graf, a high bred gentleman Of much
personal magnetism and attractive
ness, a fine scholar, a very able lawyer,
a fascinating talker, a brave, humane,
decided, a man to honor and to revere.
We remember to have warmly espous-
ed his cause when Judge Thurman, Of
Ohio, dared to misrepresent and at
sack General Jackson's good name.
The reply of the Georgian was COM
DIete, and must have compelled the
Ohioan to wish he had been more dis
Greet, ifsnot more just. General Grant
had been SO much impressed by Cen
eral JacksOn's pure and exalted char
acter that he wrote this while presi-
dent:
q do not know Mr.. McCay, the APP
pIicant for this office, but l do know
the writer of this letter, General Hen
r.. Jackson. he is no
republican,; but if all men were like
him it would be a matter of supreme
indifference which party was in pow
err"
Georgia's great chief justice, Hon
Logan f. Beckley, in 1892, in i%ntroduc-
ing General Jackson as he was about
to deliver one Of his mastery address
p IS, said this of him.:
"One who is himself history p%ersoni-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is a worthy de-
scendant of the days and illuStr1OuS
lineage long identified with the history
and prosperity of Georgia. Indeed, II
were to become a lecturer upOn the
subject he would be my theme ae the
representative, the connecting link be-
tween the past and the present, one
who, by his career in deeds ana
thought, has achived for himself emf
nent distinction; one whose verSatlll-
ty is remarkable; one who, as poet,
orator, soldier, diplomat, statesman
and jurist, has made himself q name
that is imperishable in Georgia. Gap
~,plause.)"
But he is gone, and Georgia oday
has one famous son less than she haC
on the 22nd of May. The great men
are passing away, and the south
ynournS.