The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-25
Or. INQUIRIES TRIBUTE
TIE GREAT SOLDIER WAS IL.
WAYS MOST DANGEROUSLY
AGGRESSIVE.
NEVER CONTENT WITH TIE DEFENSIVE
There Wee Always Danger aad Elood Wien
He Began His Ierse Sentences Win
Give nv Condiments"
Give my Compliments.

Confederate cau~c under Ia. and Hack
son, met tonight far the ,iehth t.uc ro
toast the memory Of their dead eaura1c,
ana renew associations.
Their banquet WAS held nit the ST
Dcn.~ Iiotol.
Col. 9. L. Thornton, Commander ~.
III" Confederate Veterans Camp. the
official Ii.le of the gathering. presided.
GROUPED around him at tn> centre table
We're Col. y. K. Chisholm. Maj. :. Ell
Briggs, former Governor Hugh :.
Thompson. Augustus w. Peters. Dr.
Hunter Mcclure, Of Stonewal .Iack>on's
staff. Maj. JET lIotciki>s ami Rev. Dr
James /. Smith, both ii whom served
with jackson through the war: ltcy. e..
). Baker and Rev. W. +. Junkin.
me dinner WAS given III memory of
StoneWall Jackson. and the portrait of
the famous Confederate leader looked
down upon the gathering. Above this
WAS a portrait Of General Lee. both
framed III the flags of the Union. and
the Confederate Camp.
The toast Of the night was that which
carried Gen. ]Ick-on'S name. am, 10
this Or. Hunter McGuire. who extracted
the bullet from the Confederate leader.
as he lay dying. replied.
Or. Mcclure said III part:
General JackSon's history is Your his
tory. ana 4 share of his glory belongs
to You. Your title to il is proved hy the
pNiStenc" Of this organization: by the
answering devotion which. despite al
Nalc!ng years and adverse surround
lngS. YOU have adhered TO the principles
that cnoblcd your young manhood: by
the exalted and ~self-eNalting reverence
that YOU pay TO your glorious dead.
Il am to speak Of StoncwaIl jackson.
not in the formative years Of his life. nor
in the quiet Of peaceful ayocations. but
rs men knew him when The fir from
Heaven fell upon him in the battlefield"
as it did upon -Arthur-tle fire by which
Sir Launcelot knew him for hcs king
the fire that like the live coal from of
the altar touched the lips Of Jackson
and brought from them that kingly voice
which the eagle of victory knew and
oEpyed. For Il 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 WolSelcy's drfini-
ton of 4 great commander. He declares.
in effect. that the marks Of this rare char
acter are: First of al. the pow9r-the
instinct. the inspiration-to define the
condition and the purposes of your enc
my. Secondly, the Genius chat in Stratc-
gy instantly dcvises the combinations
most likely TO defeat those purposes
Thirdly, the physical and moral cour
a@p-the absolute self-r~liancc-that
takes the risk Of decision. and the skill
that promptly and properly delivers tho
blow that skaters the hostile planS-e,
managing ones own forces (cycn who,
smalD as to have the greater number n
the point Of attack. Fourthly, the COO
Judgment that is unshaken by the clas!.
and clamor Of emergencies.
".And last. but not least. the provision
the c%antion. that cares for the lives and
/ Wollbeing of the private soldiers. an,
the personal magnetism that rouSeS thu
enthusiasm and affection that make th>
commanders presence on the battlefield
the incentive to all that human being
can dare and the unquestioncd hope and
sure promise of victory.
MANY incidents Of IackSon's career
prove that he possessed the instructive
power to know the plight and to foretel
the purposes of the Federal army and
its commanders.
DR.. Mcclure then went on to tell many
incidents of General Jackson on the bat
tlefield. the most interesting and dramat.C
Of which We're the following:
at Malvern Hill. when a portion 81
orr army was beaten and to some OK
tent lemoralizcd. Hill and Ewell an,
Early came to tell him that they coult
make no resistance if Mcclellan attack
/ ed them in the morning. 1t was difficult
to wake General Jackson. as he WAS eX
haustel and very sound asleep. | tric,
it myself and after nan efforts partly
succeeded. When he was made 10 I'm
derStand what was wanted he said. NJ
Clellan and his army viii be gone by day
light and went to sleep again. Th'
generals thought him mad. but the PEE
diction was true.
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 Il piece Of white cloth L
tie on each mans arm. 50 that his sol
dierS might recognize each other in ;
night attack: and he asked TO be above,
to make such an attack and drive his fc.
into the swollen river or capture him
Subsequent vents demonstrated that ht
know the state of things within the hos
tile lines. and would have accomplished
his Genera Lee withheld hi
consent fer the reason that so often r.
strained him in like cases: he could no
put at so great risk an army which tn.
South could not replace.
THAT Jackson replaced the second an,
third requirements. the genius To devise
and the skill and courage to deliver thu
blow needed to defeat his foes. is il no
amply proved by the general fact that HI,
own force in the Valley campaign va,
never over 1000. and generally less. an
that for 4 time he WAS knSDinp at bly
10000 Federal soldiers in or near the
great valley. and 10000 at Frodprickt
hurg-soundly thrashing in the field from
time To time large portions Of this "relt
army? Or. taking 4 wider view. Jack
son and his small forSc So Influenced H.,
| whole campaign as TO keep 100000 Fed