The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-19
General StonewaIl jackson and THE Ions

rms article has but one object
which Is to point out the sources from
which Miss Johnston drew her material
Tor the characterization of General
S,onewal jackson. Miss Johnston.s
ADVERSE critics have failed to make
any Vaid objections to the book as a
whole or to the parts which they have
seized on separately. Any ono who
knows men who served in the ranks
under General Jackson know. or his
pcculiarities No one has ever dream
Gu oil thinking the military genius less
great because he had these woyg
about him" Gen. Dick Taylor, Cen
'Ial pabney H. Maury. John Estcn
locke. colonel Henderson, Colonel c.
W: biackiord. John W. Daniel. Rev. J.
NilIlam Jones, Colonel Pendlcton sew
eral OF whom came very close 10 him.
ana not think that there was any i'm
propriety in relating his pecullaritics
hiohe with their culoGics of him. Miss
johnston mas been charged with dis.
torting the truth, with evolving d
inonstrosity and calling IL "Stonewall'
Jackson. Every word she has written
ot the great man has been called false:
she Is accused OF poisoning the minds
OF the youth Of the South against his
deeply religious nature. and so forth
und son on ad ingnitum.
Of The Long Roll"-beyond this
matter OF General Jackson-I shall
have nothing to gay. Everybody VIII,
has read the book and followed tho
great critics of this country and Eng
land knows It's untold value from the
historical and literary VIEWPOINTS
Every member Of the younger genera
ton who has read the book knows
how II made his heart glow with
pride for his people who gave all In
ne save honor and life itself" HIS
sympathy for the fiery zeal of his
father when discussing the war IL
deeper and more rcvcrcnt ;ir under
stands now why his mothers eyes arc
fr-dimmcd when she watches the
ever thinning lines OF gray heroes
marching annually to pay tribute to
those who laid down their lives on
any battlefield: ah. aud nc knows
now how strong his heritage OF loyalty
u why he cannot sec the starry cross
or tho Confederacy without a wild
shout, and why his hat comes of ana
his blood tlngles when he hears pixie"
He-thc youth of THIS land is no long.
CT ashamed Of the tears that often
course his check when he thinks of
those who wore the gray and those
other patriots. tho women OF the
south: his father IN the field: his
mother quietly working in the home
/, is brave picture to him: large
with the larscncss OF eternal things
and Infinitely tender.
Finds n "IIuman" Jackson
And in this book the youth of tho
land finds the hunancst "StoncwalIr
jackson he has ever found. and he
knows now why lie salutcs every time
he passes It, the bronze figure OF the
great warrior. In our Capitol square
This is a reply to Miss Johnston's
~f1 i. .t,i,
roscnting General Jackson.
He performed hts great deeds with
supreme self unconsciousness he
likewise INDUCED In his peculiaritics
The gesture OF raising his hand,
sleeping when he chose, regardless Of
surroundings. praying habitually. a
certain stiffness OF carriage an un-
shakable belief in prcdest!nation, a
calm fatal!sm. set phrasc, sucking
lcmons-why should there be such an
sntipathy 10 drawing him true to life?
All these little ways' were his as
well as hts genius. Would he deny
his fatalism? He said he believed tho
hour and day of his death were fixed.
ould nc deny his reliance for every
thing on the God who gave him life?
Would he deny his belief in the God
OF battles? Miss Johnston Is scored
because she does not draw him a
graceful. imposing. brilliant parsonage
An. but She has. in showing the man as
he appeared to his men, made him
greater than ever Chesterfield o..
piumed knight was, Would General
jackson deny the battered gray cap.
that cap made precious TO US because
.npo; II the Lord God Almighty laid
the s"Uf 1 ~f.fis jmperlshable knight.
hood? Would he deny the staino1. WI :.
form, the uniform worn rusty by the