Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-01
CIVIL WAR
WAS NOT CAUSED BY SLAVERY
GUT ANTAGONIST.
Between Cavalier and Puritan Says
George r. Vending at the
Opera House.
Opera House.

to hear George r. Vending, Of
Charles Town tell about the military
career of '-Stomewalls jackson He
was introduced BY Rev. John s. Doug
las and said in part:
4 always begin this lecture by say
ing that great man is never an &C
cident. Great Men! What are they
but swift heroes in the hand OF God
sent hith.r and thither weaving des-
tiny. a force so tremendous as
"Stonewall' jackson is not projected
into human affairs by chance
"On the 18th of April, 1861. Abra-
ham Lincoln, as president. called TO-
600 troops to aid in suppressing conn.,
binations unable to be suppressed by
legal proceedings. Two days after
Virginia passed an ordinance of Sc
cession. Millions of men were sway
ing north and south. Harpers Ferry
was evacuated The next day quiet
modest man beyond his 37th birthday
by the name OF Thomas Jackson, re-
marked that he hoped for quiet Sab
bath. The next day he is ordered by
the governor to Richmond. The great
est war of modern times is at hand.
And JacksonSs wonderful career in
that war is to begin,
HE believed himself absolutely
right in yielding sovereignty to the
state. After returning to his home he
is in camp at Richmond. In five days
q colonel's commission is handed TO
him with orders to proceed to Har
pers Ferry. On that day Abraham Lin
coin called for men to raise the army
to 10000 Jackson brings order out
of chaos. On the 21st day of May the
Confederate congress adjourns and
Virginia transfers her troops to the
Confederate government. The con-
gress doubts Jacksons ability to com
mand troops Joseph Johnson is put
in command
Jackson is five feet 10 inches in
height. his form is angular. If he win
uncover his head and we will see a
fine forehead. His nose is long, his
eyes are mild. He mounts his horse
and we laugh at him. In sober tr--h
the awkwardest soldier in both ar
mics. He is reticent. He consults no
one He is distracted He looks long
up into the sky What sort Of a man
is this? Will it be safe to trust thous
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difficult movements?
ACQUIRES Control of His Men.
within a few days he has acquired
absolute control over his men. Why?
Because the word has been passed
along that he was a great fighter in
the Mexican war and is a God fearing
man Jackson was ordered one day
to advance and meet the enemy. He
reached Martinsburg. He captured
500 railway cars. On his arrival at
Winchester he found awaiting him a
brigadier generals commission. He
wrote to his wife that it was sad work
and that it was a pity it could not be
expended toward dissemination of
the gospel When he got his brigadier-
have now go all that ought to
have
AT midnight on July II, Joseph
Johnston gets orders to go to Manas-
sas for the Union army is coming.
Jackson and his brigade are standing
awaiting orders on the plains of Man
aSsas No more savage fight was ever
waged than at the battle of Manas-
sas. Jackson wrote to his wife after
the battle All the glory is due to
God
Men have been busy for forty
years writing of that battle as a north
ern defeat. From military viewpoint
Manassas decided nothing save only
that gigantic war had just begun.
il revealed the size of the war cloud
Our civil war was an accident nor a
mistake. The Supreme Power commit
ted no mistake when He permitted it.
Out of eternal contention comes high
er life not for men only but for ma
tons as Well The time is coming
when thoughtful men will turn from
much that has been written of that
war.
African slavery was a mere, cpl
sode, hold it bad theology that God
punished the south for slavery. It
may suit politicians to preach other
wise but let US not insult God by
calling it Divine Wisdom. The prob
EN- was other than that Two types
of civilization have contended for
mastery on this continent The French
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