The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03

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Jackson's idea prevailed. I do not say
THAT Lee was not aggressive. ! say
ladvisedly that Jackson was more so.
VI Pre-eminentIy Just.
And not only is there to be found
these striking qualities, but there is
the great quality which made him so
beloved by his men, his Justice JUS
tice which we may well believe Gem
eral Jackson founded on an original
theory. Jackson believed that the
home or the family constitute the
unit Of civilization and with this
starting point he constructed his
theory Of Justice, theory which APP
piled to his army made of 1t one big
family. To understand this theory It
Is necessary for moment to go back
to the beginning OF time. e
We do not know when man first
came into the world but when the cur
tain first rises on history we find that
man had organized himself into tribes.
1t Is but fair to presume that previous
to the tribe there was the family. For
each family there was leader or d
head, and for the governing OF that
family, Justice and fair play from. all
the other members, resulting in equal
lily. We may say that this family re-
sided on the hill to the right and that
on the hill to the left there resided an
other family which was likewise goy-
erned by certain rules, which insured
Justice and fair play as between its
members. In the course OF time the
family on the hill to our left has
grown into a, tribe and likewise with
tine family on the hill to our right.
This growth necessitates the enlarge-
ment of the rules which had governed
the members of the original family,
but the evolution had come about nat
urally and Justice and fair play were
provided as between the Individual
members Of each tribe. This we may
call tribal Justice and the principle
LOT the same is the principle upon
which Stonewall Jackson founded his
code OF Justice for his army.
But what as to the code Of Justice
between the tribes on the hill to our
left and the tribes on the hin to mir
right? The principle Of tribal jus-
tee" was not invoked. 1t was clear
application OF the theory that "might
makes right" When the tribes grew
INTO states and nations the rule Of
might makes right" still governed.
This rule tof might makes right az
contrasted with tribal justice, We may
well call intertribal justice. The sys,
tenn OF tribal Justice as applied in the
army OF General Jackson represents
the true American spirit. It repre-
Isents the principle that America has
always applied In her international
dealings and which to achieve and
maintain her proper place among the
nations Of the world AMERICA must
continue to apply. with the war dogs
OF Europe unleashed, We stand today.
IN 9 large sense, as the trustees at
Eciyilization, and the need grows, the
greater that we continue to apply this
theory Of tribal Justice in our inter-
tribal, relations. This Fundamental Of
tJnstice can not be better exempiified
IN the individual than by the lie an0
conduct Of General Stonewalls Jackson
X II we can but appreciate this finda-
mental principle and can realize the
great advantAge to be gained by Ia,
present generation through q andy 81
the lives OF such of our heroes a.
General Jackson, there Is but one
thing further that 1 desire to say. s.,
A Last Word.
And that cannot be better said IN
part than in the words Of Colonel 4 p
Alexander, whose work L. Was FORUM.