The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-22
SHOULD HONOR JACKSON.
Thinks g.. A. II Should So Honor
Southern "Cromvell."
TOO W CSt HIEN StTteI,
Carlisle Pa

I. r. Walker. Littleton. N c.;
Dear Sir.-Through the courtesy OF
a friend have been receiving for
some time your valuable paper. which
greatly appreciate, and read 1T with
much pleasure.
am an enthusiastic admirer OF
Stonewall Jackson. and in recent ad-
dress suggested. before Grand Army
men. that they erect monument to
this remarkable man. send nie
manuscript containing my remarks on
of the South. believe 1t is tho first
public ntterance on the subject. and
I hope to live to see such monu-
mental shaft rising to greet the rising
]. l. M'KEEHAN. NJ. D..
September IS, 1911.
Part of the address delivered before
section of tho Grand Army OF the
on September 20. 1911. by DR.. j. L. Nc
Keehan, of Carlisle. Pa:
"YcI veterans usually hear SO much
OF the cadets that brought on the
war, and so much in praise of what
you have done, that l now purpose
changing the bill OF fare. and saying
a word in favor of the men of the
South whom you met from Bull Run
defend the cause for which they fought.
but to admire their intrepid char
a ter and splendid manhood We are
told that before the battle of Mara
thon, the Greeks captured Persian
soldier, and stripped him TO examine
his physical developments. They found
his muscles so soft and flabby that
they looked upon him and the entire
Persian army with contempt, and knew
that victory was assured. The mon
in gray, We're not Orientals. They had
in their bodies the same kind of blood
that flow in your veins to-day. They
sprang from the loins OF that noble
Teutonic race. whose men, in tho
| forests OF Germany, nourished their
spears and ratified their shields more
than a thousand years ago, They
were the Same kind of men who
fought and won the battle of Kings
Mountain, which | believe, was the
war. II they had been defeated in
that struggle, the armies Of Ferguson
and CORVALLIS would have united, and
the cause OF American Liberty might
| blood. The legions OF Caesar would
have been proud to march in serried
ranks with such men. There is moth
ing more brilliant and impressive In
! of the Confederates on the last day or
| the battle of Gettysburg.
ITO honor such devotion to duty.
is to honor yourselves.
There Is one man among them, who,
| to me. is the most interesting char
aster the South has ever produced.
| A thousand years from now, whoever
else is forgotten he will live, and In
mat distant future, may be regarded
as n demisod. That man Is stone
| wall" Jackson. He was tho Cromwell
OF tho Southland, and about him was
and Undesirable charm and mystery. A
| physician whose father was one OF
! stonewalls surgeons, told me, that
after giving his men the order to "flre
] low" he would follow the word of
| command with the words land may
God have mercy on their souls" Think
OF all the great generals OF ancient
or modern times, and when, or where
did one of them pray for the souls
of his enemy, after his men were or
| dered to fire.
~ would like to see the Grand Army
| of the Republic manifest chivalry
| such as the world has never seen, and
erect monument 10 this illustrious
soldier and God-fearlng man. Tt would
not only immortalize him, but crown
you with imperishabIe honor and
| glory. You might give the school
lchiidiren Of the land chance to build