The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
MRS. STONEWALL.JACKSON
AS SHE LIVES AND WORKS
Widow Of Great Lieutenant Received With
Open Arms When She Visited
w ashington.

Mrs. Stoncwall Jackson. during hel
recent Visit to Washington. receiYct
homage watch stirred the very depth:
Of her soul. No guest OF the city ha:
In recent years received such sigma
attention, and, indeed. he. sojourn Is
not only delightful episode OF the
winter but 1t marks the change which
is apparent III the national mind.
The wounds caused by the Civil War
seem to have healed most cffectually
when the widow OF a Confederate hero
receives as much attention from q Re.
publican President as she could pos
bIbly have expected from a Democratic
one. President and Mrs. Taft simply
overwhelmed her with the cordiality OF
their reception. She was the guest at
the great banquet prepared for the
judiciary, but at which many Governors
and scores OF other distinguished visi-
tors were asked. and no one present
wus shown more delicate attention and
more tlattcring homage. From tho
mum bcrlcss societies which have charge
Of the widows and orphans of the
Southern cause Mrs. jackson naturally
could have anticipated much attention.
and shc received 1t. beyond the limit Of
her endurance.
At the beautifully arranged rccep-
ton given by the Confederate Voter
ans and the Daughters OF che Confcd-
cracY the scenes were most affecting.
Scared vcterana who had carried the
standard OF the South bowed before
the widow OF their chieftains and wept
like infants. Even the young men
were affected, and the reunion, though
full of joy for Mrs. Jackson, was also
unutterablya sud. "a ~ sq
The womehF Of the Congressional
Club. and especially those from South
ern States. asked permission to enter
tain her. but SO great were the de-
mands upon her strength that toward
the end of her visit she was COM
PEELED to give up all social pleasures,
except that of seeing all occasional old
friend In Mrs. Letters homo.
! The circumstances which led to Mrs
5Jackson's visit to Mrs. Letter arc o
great Interest. It Is not: generally
known that tho late Levi q. Letter,
although Of Republican principles aud
south. always took e. keen plensur o 4 n.
studying all tina I 1 related to the War
Retween the States. Flo had gathered
at the time of his death ono of the
greatest and most valuable collections
OF books bearing on the subject which
has ever been gotten together
& Naturally no included in Ill scollec-.
ton the famous I'll e of Stonewali
Jackson, and the American Civil War
by the late. Nal George Francis Rob.
crt Henderson. ii
This hook Mr.. Letter considered ono
OF the hest ever Written on Jackson's
canlpai g,ls ana he BECAME Interested
III the author, Hc met Mai. IA ender-
son In London and Mrs, Henderson ana
Mrs. Letter became friendly. Mrs. Lel-
tor invited Mrs. Henderson Y como to
and oftenl urged her toJl
accept this offer and make q tour Of
tho country which 81 her distinguished
had described so nccuratelyl
from the stratesi ID point. 81
Last autumn Mrs. Fl and ersons wrote
Mrs. elterF that be ing ahout to visit
some relatives in Canada, abe would
ACCEPT her oft-repeated Invitation to-
como to- washington, and that she
would Ike ito 4 trhye lSSn title in tllesl
South. AND especia y Y. Y pay her re-