Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-23
MEMORY OF JACKSON.
NEW YORK CONFEDERATE BAN
QUIET IN IT'S HONOR.
ADDRESS BY DR.. HUNTER INQUIRE.
Personal RccoIsections OF the Great
southern Soidicr-Ffrst and Only
War Council of the Hero-IIis Sig
nihcant present My CompIiments.v

NEW YORK, January 1.-Two hundred
white-haired soldiers. who fought for IN,
Confederate cause under Lee and Jack.
son. met tonight for the eighth time L
toast the memory OF their dead comrade,
and renew associations Their banquet
WAS held at the 81. Denis Hotel.
colonel c. T. Thorburn, commander OF
Tho Confederate Veteran Camp. the official
tflc Of the organization that brought
about the gathering, presided. Grouped
around him at the centre table were
colonel A r. Chisholm, Major S. Ems
Briggs. Former-Govornor Hugh S. Thomp
son, Augustus ". Peters; DR.. Hunter Nc
CURE Of Stonewall Jackson's stan; Major
Jed. Hotchkiss, and Rev DR.. James p.
Smith. both Of whom served with Jack
son through tee war; Rev. G. S. Baker,
and Rev. W. +. Jenkin.
The dinner was given in memory or
S,onewail Jackson, and the portrait or
The famous Confederate leader looked
down upon the party. There was also a
portrait Of General Robert T. Lee. Both
portraits were framed in Confederate
flags.
The toast Of the night was that which
carried General Jackson's name. and to
this Or. Mcclure. who extracted the bull
lei from the Confederate leader as he lay
dying replied
DR. INQUIRIES ADDRESS.
DR.. Mcguire said in part:
General Jackson's history is your his
tory and share Of his glory belongs to
you. Your title TO ii is proved by the
existence OF this organization; by the I'M
sWeiNlng devotion with which, despite
advancing years and adverse surround
ings' you have adhered to the principles
mat enooiei your young manhood; by the
exalted and self-exalting reverence mar
you pay 10 your glorious dead.
4 am 10 speak of Stonewall jackson.
not IN the formative years of his life.
nor in the quiet of peaceful avocations.
nut as men knew him when the fire from
Heaven fell upon him in 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
obeyed. For a king was Stonewall Jack
son. If ever royalty. anointed as by ire,
appeared among men.
In seeking 10 define Jackson's place I'm
history. accept Lord Wolseley's defini-
ton OF great commander lie declares.
IN effect that the marks Of this rare |
character are: First Of all. the power |
the instinct. the inspiration-to define the !
condition and the purposes of your enc |
my. Secondly, the genius that i'm strate-
sy instantly devises the combinations |
most likely 10 defeat those purposes. |
Thirdly. the physical and moral courage
the absolute self-reliance-that takes the
isk OF decision. and the skill that prompt
" and properly delivers the blow that
skaters the hostile plans, so managing
mes own forces even when smalD as
TO have the greater number at the point
II attack. Fourthly, the cool judgment
that is mistaken by the clash and clamor
nf emergencies.
And last but not least. the provision.
he caution. that cares for the lives and
'ell-beins Of the private soldiers. and
ne personal magnetism that rouses the
enthusiasm and affection that make the
commanders presence on the battlefield
he incentive 10 all that human beings
an dare and the unquestioned hope and
ure promise OF victory.
Many Incidents of Jackson's career
rove that he possessed the instructive
over 10 know the plight and to foreten
he purposes Of the Federal army and its
lmmanders."
BATTLEFIELD INCIDENTS.
DR. Mcclure then went on to tell many
Incidents Of General Jackson on the bat
e-held. the most interesting and dra-
iatic Of which were the following:
AT Malvern Hill. when a portion OF
ar army was beaten and TO some ex-
ncrpnralf ynd
.arly came 10 tell him that they could
rake no resistance if Mcclellan attacked
hem in the morning 1t was difficult to
axe General Jackson, as he was ex-
iusted and very sound asleep. 1 tried I
myself. and after many efforts partly
lcceeded. When he was made to under
and what was wanted, he said, Nc /
lellan and his army will be gone by day G
,ht.' and went 10 sleep again The +
snerals thought him mad, but the pre-
elton was true.
AT Fredericksburg after Burnside's
pulse, ne asked me how many bandages i
had. / told him. and asked why he
8nted 70 know. He said that he want
10 have = piece OF white cloth to tie
each mans arm, so that his soldiers D.
ight recognize each other in a night at
ok; and he asked 10 be allowed TO make
oh an attack and drive his foe into the n
7ollen river or capture him. Suisse =
ent events demonstrated that he knew VI
2 state Of things within the hostile lines, c
ID would have accomplished his pur- ui
Sc General Lee withheld his consent G,
r the reason that 50 often restrained
m in like cases-he could not put at so
eat risk an army which the South could w
Z replace. II
That Jackson filed the second and
rd requirements, the genius to devise Ell
q the skill and courage 10 deliver the
w needed 10 defeat his foes, Is 1t not pi
iply proved by the general fact that his tn
m force IN the Valley campaign was
YER over 1900, and generally less. and IN,
~ for a time he was keeping at bay g.
% Federal soldiers in or near the great -
ley, and 1000 at Fredericksburg, IN
indy thrashing In the field from time so
time large portions Of this great army? We
Or, taking a wider view. Jackson and 1T.
small force so Influenced the whole
npaign as 10 keep 10000 Federal troops az
ay from Richmond and compel the
deral Government TO employ larger en-
&c than the entire Confederate army in ~
glnia, In order, as Lincoln said, TO
tect the Federal capital while an
er superior force operated against Lee
Richmond.
ONLY ONE WAR COUNCIL
cannot give yon any instances or ,
STATIONS Of the mental action by
ch he reached his conclusions or de- Sc
ID the combinations which defeated his col
my. for Jackson took no counsel save sis
h his familiar the Genius Of War, II,
his God He did hold one and only