The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-04
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PECOLLECTlONS OF STONEWALL JACKSON.
Contributed by Col. Worthington.


was eXcitingly dramatic-a magnificent
host all IN tinsel; a composite represen
tation of war and carnival
4 fash as Of gun-powder-a blazing |
up a. Of dry heath, shout ever 50 |
frightful and half Internal and the whole /!
universe seemed wrapt in flame and |
wild tumuIt, but the fire has died out |
tumultuous passion is allayed-the uni |
verse with its old mountains and glades
It's stars abovc-its soil beneath, is still
there.
Jackson believed in the cause as if it
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
, aftermath Of the pernicious sowings Of
Garrett Smith. Joshua i. Giddings and
Horace Greeley. The old stubble need
ed to be plowcL under before the North
could loyalty maintain and cherish
her covenant Obligations with her truant
sister Jnhappily in seeding the ground
| she dropped now and then dragons
| teeth from whence Sprang armed men,
Jackson believed that that army in
| holiday uniform-with Haunting banners
| and careering squadrons-were an ag-
! gregaton Of savage iconoclasts-ferce
! destroyers Of his and our images. idols,
creetls affairs, homes. country. SO
/ thought he when the 'Anaconda,' with
painting sides. drew back to strike.
Hero worship exists forever and every
| where. 1t extends from divine adora-
! ton down to the lowest regions Of life.
| Every created man is 4 revelation in the
| flesh.
| Manassas the nocturne of death-man
| to man. bayonet to bayonet. cannon TO
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 clashing
: wiiirlwlnds.
Hither sped Jackson. with the swoor.
| Of the eagle. down the valley from
| Gordonsville to fresher carnage, to a
hloodier banquet. Hither he came with as
/ high as resolve as ever animated Peter
, the Hermit to plant upon the sand dunes
' Of Palestine the fiery cross; whether
/ right or wrong cannot now be known.
4 The formula that can judge him has
: not yet been discovered.
n Eleven o'clock. - o'clock and Jack
4 son, with folded arms. at the head OF
@ his old brigade. occupies the plateau
n near the Henry House. Just ahead is
i dark confused death wrestle. Forty
l. thousand athletes against eighty thou
) sand athletes Two hundred and ode
n an emetic Of death.
v Hope within him now burns like {
], pillar Of fire. There is a quiver in th'
r. steeled nerves. the old sun-scorched cal
r. is in the hand-the lips are parted tn
d order is given and the Stonewall brig
ade is hurled like an immense pro
d jectile upon ranks Of human living flesh
d There is a halt-a recoil Cannon spl
N out their fire; their hail. their death upo
J. bosoms that are barred to the shock
Re Then stands Jackson, like a "Stone
10 wall" Under that name he was baptize
% with fire and blood at Manassas. Ever
n where that sun-faded coat was tn
IF orif1amme of battle; everywhere it wa
IS the guerdon upon which the StoneWa
Ia brigade gazed and followed as if it ha
to been the white plume Of Navarro.
o. This incompatible leader never faile
in a single battle from that day
r. when with $500 men, he held in chec
a 10000 men at Kernstown and covere
to the retreat Of the army from CentreVhl
,e to the battle Of Manassas, where he CT
70 their communication and decoyed the
N columns into the iron jaws OF Ions
c streets reserves. Such victories WeI
Ia not accidental No manOeuvre coul
mislead the clear judgment that pr
Id sided serenely in that soul OF fre. 1t
e. not too much to say that the conquert
II of Port Republic was an overmatch
m strategy and the technique OF war Il
ds them ALL He was in favor of advancln
* upon Mcclellan at Harrison's Landin
Of on Burnside at Fredericksburg. He W.
pd ALWAYS in favor of advancing. See tn;
n. | solemn cortege of bier and pail re-cros
On ing the Potomac, dead generals-dea
or reputations Patterson. Banks. Shield
i'll Fremont. Mcdowell. McClellen, Pop
Kearney and Burnside.
us "He is in the saddle now. Fall in
n. Steady the whole brigade,
u Hills at the ford. cut off We'll win
n His way out, ball and blade.
IS What matter if our shoes are worn,
IS IS W.at matter ifsur feet are torn;
as Quick step. weke with him at dawn,
Id That's Stonewall Jackson's way.
re All. maiden! watch and wait and yea
For news Of Stonewalfs band:
ne All. widow! read with eyes that bur
an rshat ring rpon thy hand;
re All wife! sew on. pray on, nope on
re Thy life shall not be all forlorn,
The foe had better neer been born
te- Imam get in Stonewal's way"
IsA On the Shenandoah. the Chickah homin
ne the Raridan, the Rappahannock, t
Ill James. Bull Run and the Potomac,
be The h@blauds and the low-ands the @
ef. brigade has acted well lis part. Jl'lH
ST. cf Jackson. the old uE W1aa
rn e.rr ta mind that gallant boy -r1r fell
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