The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17
OF,
COMPLEMENT OF.
OTHER,
j. William Jones, D-.5 D 2.

~, r,nd that 1t seems to DO decided
thnt va shall celebrate "10e-J ackson Il
Day', OF, the 10th OF january.
1t ii peculiarly appropriate tnae tn ,es..
name should be thus associated, as theyaS
were indeed, par mobile frntrutr1, workins
together IN perfect harmony for the
cause they loved 80 we'll and cncll ohs
d complement to the other.
,the popular iden that jackson was tle
nYipihftor, ny we'll as the executive OF
ficer, or ali tho daring movements
which the Army Of, Northern Virginia ri1 y,
undertook Is, OF course, untrue. r =,
dent Davis well puts It when no sald y, y
MA spcoch at tho great Lee memorial
meeting here In November, 1905 .5
I"r never knew Lee to decline TO at
HERMIT anything that man might dare
General Grant wus reported TO nave
| said once: !. TX y.
lee Is slow and cautions. but e IN
making that remark, he showcd Y nl lras.a
| as ignorant of Lees character as nc was,
| OF his strategy In tho campaign from the
wilderness to Petersburg. when Lee
I{foiled him at every point. and defeated
hin. In every battle u,
The truth Is that .Lce's brilliant service
| In Mexico, his attack upon McClel!an's
1Q5. 600 men, strongly cntrenched with q
bare 5000; his crushing Pope I, 70, on & ~
plains OF Manassas, when ne mao ~
ooO actually engaged, with large rein.
forccments coming UP; his stand Z. at 4.
i si,arnsburg with 49, 900 men against Nc
Cleian's $1,000 his attack upon HOOK
! er'ys cntrenched position Mt Chancellors- 4
vile, when he had 12S.37S men ana Leo
only 50, s03; his advance upon Gettyspure
with a bare 1000 men when Meade lea was
| III his strong position, and his grapple
i With Grant from the Rapidan to Peters
burg, when he had. all told. on the cam am
/ paiRn. only rs 900 men and Grant 275,-
ou-all go to show that Lee was not
i onk one OF the most successful. but
one Of the boldest captains OF history.
Add to this tho quickness with which
i the skill with which he deceived the
ablest generals who opposed him.. the
promptness with which he took advat1-s
i tnro OF their mistakes, and the calm
ness. CELEBRITY. holiness and real ability
with which he handled his army, and it
Is easy for us to believe that the future
historian will write him down as ne ap.
pears to us now, the peerless -soluler OF
\ all tho centuries. a
4 But he was grander in peace thnnl
i in war ana his devotion to duty, his
modest humility. simplicity and gentle
i nes., Ills spirit OF self-dcnial for the good
1 OF others. his want OF bitterness towards
4 the North, but devotion to the South
i lila loye for his old soldiers his firms
social character, his domestic life, his
4 loyo for children, above all, his humble,
I Christian character ne shown in his sim
]plc faith In Christ and active usef ulncss.
i mark him out as the model man OF the
centuries.
1 Stoncwall Jackson crowded into the
q two years he was allowed to servo the
Confederacy moro brilliant deeds than
any other soldier with whose record Z
Il am acuua In ed. 5$, II sEsS /, t3f,&
Il His Valley Ign has been for years
studied In the military academies Of Eng
Hand and Prussia, as an illustration OF
d able strategy. celebrity OF movement. sc-
crccy In his plans and .Doldncss IN thelr
execution.
He was very stern in his discipline. and
probably put more officers under arrest
than all OF our other Confederate gem
lerals combined. He was. perhaps, not
Z always lust in his cenSure, as when ho
put General Garnett under arrest ut
Kernstown and a. p. Hill In the Second
E, Manassas campaign. But 1t Is very GER
{. tain that if certain others Of our higher
generals had practlced Jackson's stern
4 discipline 1t would have been better tor
a the service.
But he was willing to submit to the
sarno discipline himself which he required
B In others, and was accustomed to say:
B ls"General Lee is a phenomenon: I would
4 gladly follow him hllndfolded.'
2 H.
Jackson used secrecy as an element OF
E SUCCESS, and rgidly kept his plans, not
q laonly from the enemy but from his sol-
4 diers aud peoples: He Is said TO nave
s .remarked: "If my coat knew my plans
e VI would burn 1t at once" Celebrity OF
n movement was a very important element
lin his great success. A Northern Writer
u has said: "He moved infantry with the
CELEBRITY OF cavalry" and he seems 70
have acted on tho military maxim to
IA which Forrest is said to have attributed
Il his success: II get there first with the
& IFmost men ',--most at tho point Of contact
ho meant, OF course,
4 Jacksous Corps by their rapid march,
es, won the sobriquet OF foot Cavalry
& nnd 1t was glorious to see the cheertul
.alacrity with which they RESPONDED 20
s. every call OF their iron chief, marching
y Gotten with bare and blistered feet)
. thirty, forty, and even fifty miles a day.
More than any lieutenant whom Lee had.
Jackson struck quick and fast and
pushed his Victories to their utmost limit.
ington, not long before his death u . ~ :
Il / had had stonewall jackson at Gettys,
burg / would have won that battle, anu
a. complete victory there would fs nave
given us Washington and Baltimore. II
not PHILADELPHIA and estaeis.ea she ~.
eral Lee died. believing this.
That beautiful note which Leo wrote
Jackson at Charlottesville. in which he
said; could I have dictated events
should have chosen for, the go9d OF tho
country to have been disabled ~ your
stead,n. was O. fitting trlpute 70 t'le genus
OF the great soldier,
Butgthe browning glory OF Jackson'a
character was his simple, unostentatlous
but active, pIety. Davis. Lee, Jackson,
! Stuart, Gordon and Others Of our Chris
,, tIan soldiers were men OF whom we osd
Confederates may we'll BIO proud, and W.
may look the world In the 4ace and con-
fidently affirm that the cause for which
, these men fought. and IN the faith o.
which they died, cannot BIO wrong,
Riohmond, Va, Jan. IS, 1904, ,Ga
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