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ern sisters request for information on
the New York fashions: "Such would
be q dinlcult thing for mo TO do, as I
do not know wen 30 much as the
names Of the different parts Of a lady's
apparel. I in the matter Of dress
agree perfectly with the Parisians.
who not only give the fashions for
New York but for the civilized world.
that a person ought to adopt such a
style Of dress as is most becoming the
particular individual, and not that
which IL adopted by the greater por-
ton Of mankind, unless It should DO
plexlon. height. figure. etc"
II was while he was a professor in
the Virginia Military Institute that
Jackson married his first wife. Miss
Eleanor Junkin. and 'Ellle's" appear
ances In these letters attest the ten
derness Of the great soldiers charac-
ter. While engaged In the same SER
vicc he commanded the cadets of the
institute at Harper's Ferry and at
Charlcstown I'm the John Brown af-
fair. and 30 his name was associated
In Virginia minds with military mat
ters. as "one who had not only "a most
thorough military education but ac-
tual experience In war. and who had
been In constant training and study
in this his chosen profession ever
since" So II was that when the civil
val began Major Jackson was at
once selected and assigned to an i'm
portant Independent command"
Up to the close OF the year 1850 the
only references by jackson In these
letters to the possibility Of civil war
are In October. 1855. and June, 1856.
In the 1rst he says. writing about his
younger half brother. Writ, whom he
generously helped to get started In life
In the West: II do not want him to
&c into . free State II It can be
avoided. for he would probably become
an a~bolitionist: and then in the event
Of trouble between North and South
he would stand on one side and We on
tho opposite" In the other he writes:
And say to him." his sisters husband,
that I design following out his idea Of
locating some land in Q Northern
State. but that I am a little afraid to
put much there, for fear that in the
event Of a dissolution Of tho Union
that the property OF Southerners may
be c~onascated." (The double conjunc-
ton follows copy: the repetition 10
the writer's almost invariable prac.
tice In this correspondence
December 20, 1860, no writes about
"our unhappy country" and says: II
am strong for the Union at present,
and II things become no worse I hope
to continue So" To the editor Of these
letters he wrote in January. 1861: IL
desire to SEQ the State use every innu-
ence she possesses in order to procure
an honorable adjustment OF our trou-
bles. but II after having done SO the
free States. instead OF permitting US
to enjoy the rights guaranteed to us
by the Constitution Of our country.
should endeavor to subjugate us, and
Illus excite U slaves to servile insur-
rection, II becomes US to
wage such . war q viii bring hostili-
ties to Q speedy close. have
never as yet been induced to believe
that Virginia win ever have to leave
the Union. I feel pretty well satisfied
that the Northern people love the
Union more than they do their pecu-
liar notions Of slavery. and that they
will prove II to us when satisfied that
we are in earnest about leaving the
~Confederacy 1.-THE Unionl unless they
do us Justice" The last letter Of this
series = dated April 10. 1861. In three
chapters at the end Mr.. Arnold tells Of
Gen. Jackson's service In the war and
his death. Mr.. Arnold INDUCES In no
bitterness OF characterization; he has
added what was his to give to the
common knowledge OF the life and
works Of . great American.