The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-06-01
GOV. WILSON
in RALEIGH
ADDRESS In AFTERNOON ON RIGHT
OF PEOPLE TO GOVERN--AT
night TALKS
OF STONEWALL JACKSON

Governor Wilson was given
splendid reception at the State capital
yesterday.
In the afternoon he addressed the
people on the Capitol Square, using
as a subject 1.-The right of the Peo-
pie to Govern"
At the Capital Club last night he
was accorded reception, and pre-
sented a portrait of Stonewan Jack
son.
The unveiling of the portrait Of
Gen. Stonewall Jackson took place in
the ball room. Governor Wilson was
presented by DR.. Hubert A. Royster,
who declared that for the fifteenth
time since coming to North Carolina,
Governor Wilson had been introduced
until his prayers would probably be
"from my traducers and introducers,
good Lord deliver u.s." He was pre-
sented as a college professor, a real
statesman and "the next president OF
the United States" This brought
long and continued applause.
Governor Wilson said he certainly
would be unfee1ing if he did not ap-
preciate the remarks of his intro
ducer. He declared he could not have
better chosen if he himself had
chosen his traducers. Il have just
the enemies I prefer to have" he
said. 'I'xe made all the speeches
know" (Applause.) 81 will just in
a few words put what we know of
Stonewa1 Jackson.
Two years ago, he said, he resorted
to a book which in giving a list of
world characters said of General
r. E. Lee: GA distinguished American
general in the Confederate service"
This was well put, he said. One OF
the marvels of the age is that after
a heated contest two men have
emerged to have the admiration of
mankind. There is no parallel in the
history of the world of the estimate
ia which Lee and Jackson are held
by those who know them He thought
General Jackson possessed more sin
gular characteristics than General
Lee. There was a generality about
Lee which inspired confidence at
ence, while Jackson was Of a Puri-
tanic disposition, possessed rigid regu-
larity, was not what the world calls
good fellow; he was not com
panionable, was a little withdrawn
from the world, with a touch of stern
ness. General Lee had touch OF
sternness only in battle, and this is
Illustrated by an incident which Gov
ernor Wilson told to fine effect. Lee
had given a boy an order to carry, and
the boy, after going some distance
and finding conditions different from
what General Lee had thought, re-
turned to tell him of the circum-
S~%AAS0h'' A&OO AOOuhO0 LAO OOy AOI 1O
turning, sent him to the background
and called for some one to carry the
message. This, said Governor Wilson,
shows that it's nobody's business who
carries order to bring back informa-
don before carrying out the command
It is the character of Jackson
which men admire most; the fidelity
TO the Christian religion. He said he
didn't see how any one can do any
thing who does not depend upon the
Lord Jesus Christ. This man was
militant soldier of the cross; nowhere
this side of the crusaders can we get
complete counterpart. He was a
man of a most resourceful mind.
When Col. Henderson, who was a sol
der under Jackson, was chosen by
the English government to go to
South Africa, high tribute was paid
20 Jackson, for the government felt
mat the strategy practiced by Jackson
was exactly suited to the situation in
Africa. So the genius Of the man
goes on tra1,s1af;n0 int. naw actions