Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-01-24
r. {. LEE AND sroNEwALL JACK.
SON.
Strong Resemblance and Striking Con
trasts in the Characters and Lives
of These Eminent Men.


Of These Eminent Men.
(Read by Mr.. J. NJ. Carnes at the
centenary Of Lees nativity celebration
by L. S. Ross Chapter. U. ID. c. and
published by request.)
The iuxtaposition of the natal ami
versaries of these two men is a CO.
Incidence added to the many ties that
bind their names together in imper-
ishable renown. Lee and Jackson
what strong resemblances, what strik-
ing contrasts their names suggest,
Both typical Americans, both South
rons, both Virginians, they differed
in lineage, in the circumstances of
their respective families and in the
environments that surrounded each in
early life. Lee was of the gentle Nor
man blood and could trace his lineage
TO ancestors who followed William the
Conqueror and fought in the battle
of Hastings. Jackson was of the stur-
dy Saxon stock and probably did not
know the names of his great grand
father. Lees ancestors were Cava-
liers, Jackson's we're Puritans. Lee
was a Tuckahoe, Jackson a Cohee,
which in the parlance of antebellum
Virginia meant that the former was a
native of the coast plain and the latter
of the mountainous section which is
now separate state. Lee was a fin
ished and polished product of that
patrician society, which through the
combined operation of many causes,
chief among which were blood, eli
mate, soil and the peculiar institution
slavery, reached its highest devel-
opment in the Old South. Jackson's
parents esteemed the family tree as
of less value than the apple, the pear,
and other homely denizens oil the or
chard, whose fruits helped to fill the
pantry and added to the annual in
come. Lee was accustomed to the OBJ
sequious obedience of servants and
his associates at school at college and
in society were the most exclusively
aristocratic F. F. VS.. The mountain
GERS among whom Jackson was born
and bred owned few slaves and had
supreme contempt for everything that
savored of aristocracy; his playmates
were the sturdy sons and buxom
daughters of farmers. who cared little
for the conventionalities of refined
society. In physique, Lee was SYM
metrical, Jackson was raw-boned and
angular. In manner, Lee was courtly
Jackson brusque. Lees every act was
distinguished by a natural grace and
congenital dignity, inbred by gener-
atoms of culture. Jackson's move
ments were abrupt and his slouchy
figure on horseback was source of
much merriment among the soldiers.
Lee paid strict attention to the nice
ties of dress, Jackson's clothes often
/ looked like they might have been
thrown on him with a pitchfork.
Both were deeply religious. as is ev-
ident from the fact that neither in his
official reports ever failed to acknowl-
edge his obligations to divine provi-
dence; and that they were equally
sincere is attested by the universal
reverence accorded to both by the SOL
diers, even the most reckless of whom
never dared TO call in question the
piety of either. Iut the contrast in
character again crops out in their
church affiliations, Lee being by inner.
! itance and of choice a high-church
! Episcopalian, while jackson was a
| Presbyterian of the straightest sect,
so stern and uncompromising that
among the soldiers he was Familiarity
spoken of as the blue-light elder"
While the devotions of Lee were
usually in prevale. Jackson never
failed to lift his voice in prayer in the
presence of the army when on the
eve of battle. In rengion, as in all
t .ngs, Lee was calm and philosoph'
ical; Jackson's faith was unquestion,
ing, intense and savored largely of
asceticism.
Ineheir lifework We find again a