fiOODTEMPLAlLSTOMEET
Ti TUT COCNTRT OS THEOLORE IS
TO RB RRPRR'ENTKD.
a roreesat nt lb*? Keasloa of Ihs Right
V, orth? *.rand Lodge st l???a Moina*.
*i lian ft **??* ?>*? Liquor.
- The Times )
Templars con
Ts Christian
'. ; rii-Ung In Des Moines. Iowa,
? ? ? -.1 p. r
. !o tem
sri st tendance. This is
pt th** order and
. In view of
lu international I
- be order, who
? f ru '1 ' n., by
. -,. ? good "f a pool
. i ? ; ? HOI Templars
lei of iv
a Braal), |
? loot
' Viol, in
? i- .: proved, will be
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upon
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a ?* A lille in
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b .er that number lu Bl
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from
All
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? ? | il low*
they win oever moho,
? ? to he fun
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; . it Uquora, Wll . mid
v.ii! ? the minul
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of ii - te Di
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,.f ]' likely
the honor ls Dr. D. li
, romlnenl I
bo! not
..illy th" supp' ? '
'i I by thi ii-.in
i' ! nnd
?
? ey ure In ; .rr.-nt
? and as I
I will be h
dlnoti
? unusually
Mt. OROMITATr
l ! T>r. Honn'a majority is expected
i of. Tempi irs
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Will .* -t :
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nine In the
t the <
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tl AOMliCOa contingent
' af ii"* most iffecUvi in de*
1 n ;? '..; ei i ace campaign,
? Quentin! In mimi.
lt '. B J. t. Hi
ol Jeffei .rr\ Hie, Ind .
I to the 1 . inv.-mle
active mil lon work, and
J -1 ir.- ?. .ung peocic
r un authority
? .nnected wIth temperance
; Righi w orti y Grand
? '?? Marl
thal pla rs'
1 i* in a mon* flourishing
PH. D. II. WAN*.
and his propositions regarding
?Ouse of the
will form a
sky, of Stock
hoho, Hweden, and Mrs. H. it. Htakesby
___">*. of Bussex, Kngiand, will appear as
nMraaes?Ui_mm_ mg ,-o yery great con
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etltuenrlee, end seem certain of re-elec?
tion.
The drink traffic snd the relation of
"lism to crime will be subjects of
Ito, but whether or not they will be
publicly considered depends upon circum?
stance.*. All business proceedings will
rutters of executive session, as the
Templars are very strict in everything
relating to their ritual a\nd secret pass
re has been considerable difference
b? tween thedWO main divisions of the or?
der ai -I rn. j,inhibitive measures proposed
th! liquor trade are not en?
tirely approved by ott. Many members
w. mahtik towra,
? |lllemili nbsllnenep and per
all thal need bi required
. a bile ol; igor lo en
|fl a t?rh aird nail fight
liquor Interest. The mat?
re lt li believed, be settled finally
in, and both radicals
??I sun- of victory.
Th.- thia matter will be strict
Dr. ? tekhl Ol 1 lils probable suc
? 't taken sides
w-ith any I -. In thi content The
forte t for himself and
Itinerary on lae way
to i.es Moinee. A ?pedal train win con
fr .rn Toronto fiver the CW*
? . tern aod al every strong?
hold of Templary thi re nu- to bi oro*
'lugs. Th" World'! Fair
will be riowed en masai and thi tem?
per, i' ... |a p. i, . visit, d. The
trip to Dei Moines will then bi made.
:; is arran;-' 1 that mem?
bers a from
the I on their r-ti.rn jourm-v
t. nd the lei lion al I ??
Moinee. H irenged thol if
I the con
* . . 1 tO ""li''
' ? lp" or to any other
Tl inplars shall
Of lt.
Right Worth] ? rotary r.-irker
hoi for v.c. ks been beading printed mat?
ter to Tempten mi over thi ororld in
? ? hi Information
r try end how tO nttend
Mon over, he has had
e, ii. conjunction with Templar Boy*
f th order'! i ihlbll a! Chicago.
i'"i- i ?!?*-, pepen, pieturee,
heVO I ; -n arriving
at Chicago, and now comprise one of th**
?he Columbian
I "f distinguished of*
i i periodi?
cals in rerioua lendi end lenguagea, may
nil be aeon In Jeckeon Park, a special
will be appointed to report
s of the
orh r's exhibit
?els are rill awaiting
the Templars. Bp dal mus have been
arr.nu-, il. while ? iboul the town
the ; . colors nre In evidence,
? Intent! are sprouting
.mt . t stand d flower 1 "Otha
Only 1 ' not share the
thusiai rn.
Tbi ' .; l Tem
tind* .1 In MU at Hew Torte,
* levett ' '.' imbers wns i. but en
l In its
lr- lined that the
largest
tempe) ? Isatloa In the world,
v i nmtry on the globe.
/*/ FT INO tsi ri rsi 11 ion.
Meanban *>f Woo i"ii.'* Thirteen Club
Dine Weil mid Vise Long.
The Thirteen Club wei organlied on
January n, MS, with thirteen original
They hove ''ire -i together
regularl I minutes
? th ? thirteenth dajl of ric month
.\iih thirteen at it table. Of the orlci
.ui!v four have died, toro
? t ile ni n itfaln tl*. vii v is a
ecord for longevity which tbe memb;n
.ii shoi The total
hip at the clou of tl ?? year i.is
I nie total number ?f deothi
welve i if ti i i\. or just hair.
Iiad ii'"? ' BO had
thi thirl ntitlon,
thal tbe m-m
:,.!. ulm attended tbe din*
i sat thirteen at a table on the
birt, erith day of the month have better
life thrin the mem
ni the dinners.
ffthen iis d' fiance of the
:??uti.ni the Thirteen club
i iti number of offlcen until
? now hai thlrt* en. it would oleo try
. i, nw thli teenth "f the n mtb,
rei on friday, bul the thirteenth and ?
it alwoyi eotncldi. it has
it c.cl I. though, by fixing
he initiation fee al Hil ami the dues
i month.
I i -iln, one nf most BO*
|. is of th.* Thirteen i 'lnb, and
: ? r is i,iso opp., ed i" Um
'tl.ley superstition. Th" Thirteen Club
re "Uh bini hire, f,.r their historian
Old "f th" events that
t on Prldayi, Including a
old Anglo-Saxon lore. The
ml <>r 'ri- facto about friday in Ame*
r thal Columbo! Mlle*]
?ri n Friday; he dlecovered
n n Friday, and he arrived booh
on another Friday. (Jeortfc
ir.-,!-! has bolled dow ii n number
.\ bapp* nings in this para
?i born; Queen Victoria mar*
i .] .rte born j battle
Hill fought; America discovered.
layfiower landed; Joan of An- bumed at
iteldoo fought; Hast ile
i Declaration >.f Independence
r ittle Marengo fought; Julius
>l na ted; Moe. nw burned;
ire born; Kirn; > naries I. be*
?adel, bau!.- NOW Orleoni fought; Lin
Mr. TheodOM W, I'avis*. the historian
that in Constantino*
e and in Spoin Tuesday was ooni
i unlucky day. A spanish rhyme trans
.
neither oed, nor go aboard
ive thy wife.
is an old English superstition
at Adam and Eve ate the forbidden
nit In thc Harden of Kden on Friday; '
thi day has been unlucky ever '
ic. Iti France lt was thought un
?kv to cut your nails on Friday, but in
?ii.-,nd then was a eupereUtloo that
ttJog th" nails .m Friday would cure
?he. In England hardly 2 per
h. of thc marriages are celebrated on a
,.].iy. 'I go records show 4 1-2
(.nt of the Chicago weddings are on 1
Idoy. In Scotland there ls the con
ry luperetlUon about wedding that
blay ls the best day to be married on.
goo nine-tenths of the marriages '
orated on Friday, and none on *
inlay, while very few take place on
? ii ?! iv and Monday.
t shows how confident the members of '
? Thirt-.il club are of long life, that
thc one hundredth dinner of the Thlr- I
n <'lub last January two centennial c
rieens, one headed by the Hon. John
V. Arnold, and the other by Dr.
ergo W. Ho.-*k.>wltz, sealed and stored
i. .ttl.-* nf wine, which are to be 1
' od drank at the two hundredth <5
ncr of the Thirteen Club, which, lt ls 1
ired out, will take plaoe la ebout
rteen yean.-New Tork Bmw j A
FEARLESS cfc TRUTHTUL.
TBOB. E. REECMER'S OEATIOW AT
OETTTSEVEO, JV LT 8, ItSt.
A Northam Man Olret Both BlAaaet th*
eTJraat Viet IuiM, When Only Ora* Wat
t:i|iffi?.l Truth lt Mighty.
The following oration wai delivered by
MWt. Thoma* K. Beecher, the brother of
Hpnry Ward Beecher, on the occasion of
the unvellln-f of a monument to the
Brooklyn Phalanx, at Gettysburg. July 3,
Veterans, comrades, ritiz-nn! We are
met to Bet a monument?to dedicate a
memorial atone.
In 1861 a thousand mon took the soldier s
oath. Through years of hardship they
did their duty. Th-lr "Hood stained
twenty battle ivie's. Their dead He buried
where their deeds were done. Their liv?
ing aerved to the end of the war and
honorable discharge.
A handful that yet aurvivea are here
m*>t, to aet this monument to the memory
td this thousanel men-tho Brooklyn
Phalanx-Long Island Flrst-the Now
Yi>rk!?G7th?the name has varied; the fact
remains, a thousand mon did their duty.
Tho whole thousand, I say. For,
strangely enough, wo need reminding that
great battles, though fought by all, are
won by the survlveers only. All victories
aro due to the mon who are not killed.
Vet we often glorify and belaud the dead
as the ones to whom we are chiefly in?
debted.
To be a -food soldier end die is a manly
feat. To be a good soldier and live ls
manlier. To bo a good rltlzen-uprlght
before Ood and downright with men?ls
manliest of all. because most complex,
difficult, and least rewarded.
A million men nt call of our chief magis?
trate, volunteered and became soldiers.
This was the world'- wonder.
They fought their battles, buried their
dead, wont home with their wounded
and became citizens once more! This was
and ls tho greater wonder. Tho muster
in surprised mankind. The muster-out
nstouncl?*d thom.
As, after a tornado curious men pick
tin lr way backward along the track of lt,
to note the lay of trees and beams and
even straws and by them learn the law
Of Mortat-' -SO, now that the war ls Hided,
li lt still too soon lo yo 1-ack along tho
trad* of lt, and note whence lt came ami
why it rated? The window ey unwisdom,
Um row or th" frail*- illustrate.r: 1 -
thousands In their _t.iv.-h have surely
-ll- I In vain, if Man-ling among them we
cnn have no profitable speech together?
'''Ve- farts recited shall te as L ul Ul l-l
as the items of a book-keeper's balance
*?!--? t.
In 177T, thirteen colonies, by their rep?
resentatives in Congress or convention,
-ailed "Ood to witness the rectitude ol
our (their) iBtOntlom" and de-Hared
themselves "free- and independent States."
In 1787 Una, free and Independent
BtAtefl proposed a "more* perfect union"
in the name of the people. "We th- j-e-i
pl?" they sal-1 In their preamble to the
proposed conn it niton, lint:
In tho last artiel-' of the same con?
stitution we read of "thc- -Staten ratifying
th. same" as establishing the constitution
between the BUtee io ratifying.
In lT'l by .lune, the strifes had so ratl
fi'l the constitution; and In ITcfJ an order?
ly constitutional government carno Into
power. George Washington Its exe >*utlve.
In IMO-'fl four of the^e very Stat-s that
ha-i fonaed the uni-n, with seven other
States that had been added, nssumed to
"retrace" their Steps and cease to be
numbers of tire union. They form- 1 or
had come into the union freely, volun?
tarily; they proposed to go out by the
same d<I->r.
Their reasons for this step need not
t-e- Mated here and now. One thing at a
time.
A grave question of law and duty aroy,
r than the constitution itself, viz:
I a State that har* once ratified the
?al constitution, and formed or come
into the union, a right to retrace her sr. pe
Md i" ont ond apart, aird be, as she was
originally, free and independent''
Where shall, where could citizens look
or listen for an answer to this question,
conclusive, authoritative'.'
I-i ni'-re than thirty years political
doctrine ami cont_*o**crsy had flamed
around this question until tho n,
cf population came un-'inse-lously to a
welding heat, and a local unity of Fonti
m-Mit upon -m.- Bide and the other. Hot
and united, ih*- people ".ere ready to act;
nnd they neted.
BleveYi States, neting in an orderly man
ne r. Irv conventions lawfully coiled, re?
traced their sieps with nccurncy, ami eup
i I 'I. rr:-.,..* tn iinve become once
nore free and Independent
Thy went on accordingly. The old
partnership dissolved th-y o*f
"divide- the effe.'ts by negotiation."
it happened that certain ports.
custom-houses, poatoflcea, and Other real
edtate lay within tin- boonda of the?e
Btatea, that supposed themoelTee
BBOra tue and Independent. Real estu.
cannot be snored Off. The soil remains
in its place. It must bi given over t
the Stat-* within whose bounds lt Iles
ot* stands. The Catted States officers
must cease from fun- lion, surrender of
flco, title, keys and -ash.
This logical demand was made, refused.
I by arms, resisted, ajid a great
civil war began.
By the only voice authorized to speak
for tho Knited States, and by Speeling
bimi them, proclamation had been macle:
"In y->ur hands, my dissatisfied fellow
countrymen, and not In mine are the mo?
mentous issues of civil war. The Govern?
ment will not assail you. Tou can have
no conflict without being yourselves the
aggressors. Tou have no oath registered
In heaven to destroy the Ooyernment.
while I have the most solemn one to
pr.sei-ve, protect and defend lt."
Argi ment and entreaty cease when bat?
tles begin.
The question was, may a once free and
independent state retire from a union
that she has helped to form, or has en?
tered voluntarily?
Poaotbly this was one of those many
questions that arlee In history that can?
not be answered unanimously by the ln
te!l--,-t or reason or conscience of erring,
finite men. Appeal must be had to force!
Offenses must needs come.
On Scores, nay hundreds of battle-flelds
great and small, this eas.* was called for
argument and adjudication during the
.yeats 1 Mil -'.',.
Easily the greatest, bloodiest and most
nearly decisive of them all was the bat?
tle on thia field where wa now stand.
Tho rules of procedure for the trial of
his grave question of organic law in these
?ourts of last resort were simple and uni?
form. The story of one describes them
.11.
Twenty-five years ago where we now
stand, 150,000 picked mon came thronging.
Soldiers all, they deployed one-half over
against the other half; three days, with
lttle rest by night, tfiey strove together
to ascertain which half could kill most
men.
Lest any should kill the wrong man the
me-half wore gray clothes and the other
slue.
At the end of three days <K,rj00 men
vere missing, wounded or dead.
Twenty-five thousand of the?e had worn
?luo clothes.
Twenty thousand gray.
And the grays went out of court.
And so lt became clear to us and to all
nanklnd that the men in blue were right,
ind the men in gray wrong. And another
>attlo was added to the world's list of
.atties that have shaped the course of
.IsteSry.
lt ls not known what those dead men
hink of the battle of Gettysburg at whose
?cst lt was fought.
From out of oodles, Bhot shattered,
>.oody, battered, the bouIs of men went
orth mid dust and smoke and thunder to
earn the leesons and the language of the
lead. For three days their solemn exodus
tated along the paths of mystery.
What salute or countersign these Bol?
lier* e*_cb__o_fcsd; what conference or con
troversy they !*t up; or with what ewe
and curiosity they moved along to meet
their destiny, we may not say. we do not
By this great battle and others like
lt the question was at last derided. A
result and setilement were come by which
few now regref. and none resist.
In no long time after the battle on thli
famous field sll the armies melted away,
soldiers became citizens, and grass began
to grow once more.
Then he, who at the first had said to
all his countrymen "We are not enemies
but friends! We must not b* enemies:**
-his duty done as President, himself went
forth to be Joined to the army of the dead
that lingered for their leader.
On the day when the Church com?
memorates the sacrifice of the world'!
Redeemer, Abraham Lincoln died. and.
mav a" not reverently say. took his place
as leader of the men who had died In
settlement of the nation's controversy,
for them to speak, as was his gift and
wont, the truth with magnanimity:
Th.se. my countrymen untimely dead
be soldiers all who did their duty. At
rall of magistrate they took up arms;
th.se to quell Insurrection, these to repel
Invasion, all obediently and with courage.
Thy Judgments, OOod, are true and right?
eous altogether. Let lt be unto thy ser?
vants, according to the sincerity of their
purpose, the courage of their endeavor,
the multitude of thy compassions and the
bounty of tlTy grace.
The Judgment of Cod hai not yet been
published.
As one of tr> Incidents of the war. not
wholly unforeseen, plavery or voluntary
servitude ttfMppeand. "All knew that
this Intone! was somehow the cause of
th* war." 'It may seem strange," said
our president, "that any men should dare
to ask a Just God's assistance In wring?
ing their bread from the sweat of other
men's faces. Hut let us Judge not, lest
we be Judged."
To escape from compulsory toll and
live In easy circumstances |* the ambi?
tion of most men. the attainment of the
envied few. TOO, UM slave market ls
tl turill The labor market opens every
wV re. Involuntary servitude has c
it ls written. Is there then a volun?
tary servitude'' Have cruel compulsions
cased'' JV who buys labor In the labor
market is buying men and women and
children.
One and ah ancient form of Industrial
organization has come to an end-chattel
slavery. What ls to take Its place does
not yet appear.
The restlessness, envy, nnd even malig?
nity that prevail among our laborers
in their voluntary servitude, ao-called,
chasten the rejoicings Of the thoughtful
over the downfall of responsible, conser
. patriarchal chattel slavery.
Th" Creator Of mankind persists In
sending Into this world men so feeble
and men so strong that to git OO Ot all
they bi.BM led aird b-ad.-rs, own -d and
owners. In one arr" WO Bod the military
deepotlom. In another slavery?captives
and th.-ir children ?ervlag their con
i\".i tors. In another priestly domination,
and "slaves of superstition." In an?
other hereditary royalty, and tax tamed
loyalty. In this our age. < i, shade of
Thoona Jefferson. hOW shall thine equal
men whom dod endows so unequally, get
on together?
The reply that seems to be a-maklng
to this question ls this: Our free ami
equal men may be, and have, and do
whatever they caa boy aod pay for cash
or credit If a man have money he ls
free. If he have ne money he must be
a slavo or a tramp. This experiment ls
on trial. With what outcome let us watch
nil see. _ta4\ the hopeful rejoice with
trembling. I/et the anxious and the care?
ful cast their care on God, who careth
for us all.
Ard so with gratitude, sobriety and
eoorege we set up and dedicate 'his our
memorial stun" aod exult together, iiur
thousand Brooklyn boys eroei np early,
tolled all the day, and when lt was .vin?
ing they saw the DOW of p. ace, and went
home contented. Bul:
A grander monument than this, or these,
not made like them with hands, nor
graven by arf or man's device, ls stand?
ing broad and high, to certify mankind
that our living labored, and our dead died
not In vain. Hising from either ocean
and reaching to the other, its base ls the
w.'Siern i .c.rio. nt; Its uplift tops the
clouds, salutes the morning and detains
th" evening sun. Its ..irvings ar.- 'he
work of ancient days, when by Ult
of Hod th" waters ran down and found
their place ami the dry land appeared,
a continent DDVeUod. Its decoration! are
the forests, rivers, plains and rolleyo,
rejuvenated by each returning spring.
Its Inscriptions arc the cities, villages,
farms end homes of men.
Bel th.us between the oceans, The Uni?
te! Btotee. thank dodi still united; ber
own niagiiifi' ont monument and memorial
proclaims, and cerUflei the world, that
WI lough! I good fight and kept our faith
In tims., days by gone, who.-.* deed! v.e
? ..t".
( m.- people, one language, one constitu?
tion, one tlag, and, one Cod, over all and
In us all, bleated forever.
July 3, UM
MAJOR NTH KS ADDRESS
At the I'Dl-rer-ilt j Veiaetery?Lee and Jack?
son, 4'aTalier and I'lirilaii, i ontrasted.
The Times regret! very much that lt
cannot give Its readers the whole of
Major Stiles" most excellent address at
?rit ceremonies at the OoofedorotO
'?ucl. ry of the Cirlv.-rsity of Virginia,
but th.- following graphic passages are
culled from lt:
? ? ? A iragnlflcent staff app-oached
from the direction of Richmond, and
riding at l's head, superbly mounted, a
prince?aye, a demigod. At that
time Omer**! Lee was one of the han.l
tcmest of men, cope* lolly on hor*
f.nd that morning ivory d>-tal! of the
dr.-.?s and equipment of himself and
botrOO was absolute pc.-feetlcn. When h**
ic cognised .'a- kson, he rode forward with
. hts naff hailing. As he grace?
fully dismounted, harding his brid.- r-ln
to lils attendant, and advanced, drawing
the gauntlet from his right hand. Jack?
ton flung himself off his horse and ad?
vanced to meet him?little sorrel trotting
bach to the staff, where a courier se
cund him
The two generals greeted each other
warmly, but wasted no time upon the
meting-. They stood facing each other
some thirty fool from when I lay, Lee's
?fl side and back toward me. Jackson's
-lght and front. He began talking in a
lerky. Impetuous woy, meanwhile draw
ng a diagram on the ground with the toe
if his right boot. Hi traced two sides
)f a triangle with promptness and de*
Islon; thoo, starting at the end of the
iccond lin.*, bogan to draw a third pro*
octed toward the first. This third line
ie traced Hourly nod with hesitation, al
ernat.ly looking up at Lee's face and
lOWO at his diagram, meanwhile talking
rarnestly; and. whee gt last the third
lne crossed the first and the triangle
vas complete, he raised his foot and
tamped lt down with emphasis, saying:
'We've got him." then Instantly signalled
or his horse, and when he came, vaulted
iwkwardiy Into th" saddle and was
tone. L*?e looked after him a moment,
he courier brought his horse, he mount
d, and he and his staff rode away.
The third line was never drawn, so we
ever "got" Meridian.
I question if any other man witnessed
his interview, certainly no other wai
s near the two jjenerals. At times I
ould hear their words, though th. y were
rttered. for the most part, in the low
ones of close and earnest conference,
is the two faced each other, except that
he difforeOCO in height was not great, the
entreat between them could not have
eeo nore striking in feature, figure,
ress. volo***, style, bearing, manner?
verythlng. In short, that expressed the
ssentlal being of the men. It was the
"availer and the Puritan In intensest
mbodlment. These two great roots and
tocks of British manhood had borne
ach its consummate flower. In the rank
oil of the New World.
Leo.
The meet eloquent tonguee ond pcm of
wo continents hove labored to preient.
nth fitting eulogy, thi character ond ca
reer of the great Cavalier, who is to-day
recognized the world over as the repre?
sentative of the soldiery of the South.
Not only is lt true of him that he uni?
formly acted from the highest motive pre?
sented to his soul, but so Impressive and
all compelling was the majesty of his
virtue that it is doubtful whether any
one ever questioned this. It is. perhaps,
not too much to say. that the common
consensus of Christendom?friend and foe
and neutral?ranks him as one of the
greatest captains of the ages, and at?
tributes to him more of the noblest vir?
tues and powers, with less of the ordi?
nary weakness and littleness of hu?
manity, than to any other representative
man in history.
Indeed, If commissioned to select a
man to represent tbe race In a congress
of universal beirg. whither would you
turn to find a loftier representative than
Robert Edward Lee?
Jackson.
What now of our marvelous Round?
head?
This certainly, that the world believes
In his Intense religion and his supreme
genius for war, and receives every fresh
revelation of him with something of the
profound and eager Interest that attaches
to the abnormal and the miraculous. In
explaining the apparent presumption of
this humble contribution, I cannot avoid
egotism of a personal explanation.
Probably no two general officers in thf
Confederate service knew more of tho
inner being of Stonewall Jackson and his
characteristics as a soldier than General
Iv H. Hill and General Ewell, the former
his brother-in-law, th--, latter his trust?
ed lieutenant. It was my privilege
to be honored with the personal friend?
ship of both these officers?General Hill
early in the war. General Ewell later.
Roth talked freely with me of Jackson,
and I eagerly absorbed from both all I
could concerning him.
General Hill, during the winter of '-SI-.,
frequently expressed to mo his unbound
eel confidence in Jackson's unboundeel
g-nl'is, and predicted that, If the war
should last six years, and Jackson live
so long, he would be in supreme com?
mand.
Dear, queer, chivalric, lovable "Pick
Kwell ' first worshipped Stonewall Jack?
son, and then Stonewall Jackson's God.
With his own Hos he told me, what ls
related with Flight variation in Mrs.
Jackson's life of her husband, that the
first religious impression of which he
was ever conscious took the form of a
desire to get holel of the wondrous
powor which Inspired his great com?
mander after prayer. Elymas, the sor
v simon Maguss, If you please?but
dear old Dick's "simony" led him up to
"pure and undefiled religion." Ewell used
to say the secret of Jackion's success as
a soldie.-r lay lr. his emphasis of the
maxim, "Time ls everything In wad?
more than numbers, preparation, arma?
ment -more oven than all these and all
?lae. I am satisfied this ls but part of
the secret.
My father was a minister of the Gos?
pel, but possessed strong military In?
stincts, ami would have mads B superb
Soldier. He was a sort of chaplaln-gen
eiil In the Army of Northern Virginia,
and sjeent much of his tlmo and did
much of his work In th-> lightning corps
"f Jackson. Being an Intense .'hrlstlan
and an Inten*--' Calvinist, he and Jackson
UBS warm friends, and lie was much at
h- adquarters, even In tho General's tent.
I distinctly recall his saying to me: "If
I WSfS Called upon to Stats wherein Jack?
son dlffereel most from other men, and
wherein lay the great secret of his pow?
er, I should say he came nearer putting
<;?>?! In God's plaol thar, any other hu?
man too] I ev-r met."
The statf-ment ls as strongly charac?
teristic of my father In form as I be?
lieve lt to be of Stonewall Jackson In
spirit. This ls what the world roughly
termed his "fatalism," bot lt ls also what
Inspired and empowersd his life with a
? of divine missl-in ami divine sup?
port, solemnized lt with a sense of Infi?
nite responsibility, and steadied lt by
complete dependence upon divine Provi?
dence and entire submission to the ellvlne
decrees.
When Jackson hurled his columns
against his enemies it was In tho strength
of "the God of armies and of battles"
and the war cry of his soul was "The
Loni! the Lord! strong and mighty! the
Lord! the Lord! mighty in battle." While
the cannon thundered an-1 the battle
?BOkO hung low, and tho result trembleel
In th- balance, his confident reliance was
"Ths Lord God omnipotent re-lgneth."
When vic-forly perched upon his banners
ami the day was ours, his shout of triumph
gnt rose, "Now (.lory to the Lord of
hosts."
An Incident related by my father strik?
ingly exhibits the connection between this
religious or sentimental basis of his
military system and the theoretical and
practical development of lt. The details
are not very distinct; but as I now re
member, Jackson w.is present nt an in?
formal military conference, probably not
at his own headquarters. My father, ob?
serving the council froni a little distance,
noticed that, as soo:'. SS Jackson had ut?
tered a very few words, his head dropped
upon his breast and h-> evidently slept.
He was several times npealsd to, and each
time had to be awake ned. After the OOO*
fersnes hail broken up, father askcl an
explanation of his singular conduct, ami
his r-ply not only Illustrates ami en
fOTCSS what has lust been said, but pre?
sents a powerful photograph of this
Unique hoing, and his own statement of
the fundamental proposition of his theory
Of war. Th.' entire recital BBB so re?
markable that it nude nn Indelible im?
pression open me, ariel I am confident of
pi bstt-nti-cl, If put verbal accuracy in the
rf production of it. Jackson replied:
"I always have one slni-le, simple opin?
ion, Doctor, and that ls to attack the
enemy wherever we find him. Ged has
not endow>d me with the power of Im?
pressing my views upon other people, and
when I ha *e stated them. I have done all
[ can for the conference. Besides, I am
r-ot then in charge of the troop? Pot
the time, that responsibility is on the
second In command, and I can go to
sleep with a free mind, a thing I cannot
aften do."
Strange, solitary eoul, called Into coun?
cil with others, lt sinks quietly to rest,
Because for once absolutely free from
responsibility. -Having nothing lt can
rive, others have nothing lt cai get.
His only councils are held with "the
.vi-nd- rful and only 'Counsellor' In the
lecret places of the Most High," and
-,-hen he emerges thence to execute "what
.od hath showed him In the mount," his
VtsdOSB confoumls his adversaries and
its might overwhelms them.
Glance for a moment at his Valley cam
i.-ilgti. It is enough to say of my figures
bal th.-y are those of Colonel William
vllen, wno, If he had lived, would have
teen the historian of our war. The entire
bree under Jackson at no time exceeded
7.000 men; it varied from 4,500 to 17,000,
vhile the aggregate of the forces operat?
or neatest him varied from _5,'mi to
OjiOO. Take, as your major premiss, thl?
normous disparity in numbers, as your
ninor premiss, the Incontrovertible, hls
oiic fact that, in every one of his many
Littles (with the single exception of
Cernstown), he outnumbered his adverc
ary on the actual field of combat. What
nust be your conclusion? If, as Napo
eon said, "War ls rapid and skillful con
entratlon"-then Stonewall Jackson is
he genius of war.
Take now another element. It is al
raost too familiar to deserve mention,
hat the forced marches of his "foot
..valry" generally put him at the point
f attack before his enemy was pre
ared to receive him; but rapid march
rig alone furnishes no adequate expia?
tion of the consternation of surprise,
he mingled phrensy and paralysis of
maz. ment, with which his attacks were
isually received. The explanation Has
rt a single statement?he attacked with
he head of his column, he fired tbe first
ausket that got upon the ground.
After such careful Btudy. as I have been
ble to give the matter, I am inclined to
elleve this feature more essentially char
cterlstic of his military system, and
lore the secret of his success than any
ther single element.
The fundamectal maxim of war re
ulres that the column should be fully
p cn the ground, and deployed into
ins, before the attack begin* Wltb a
column of from ten to fifteen thoueood
men. In our broken and wooded country,
this would probably require and consume,
say from two and a half to four houre,
au of which are hour* of warnine* and
preparation to your adversary. Jackson's
tactics annihilated these houra-slmply
??n itched them away from bil opponent.
Knowing where Jackson waa a given
time before, it waa a safe and ltira cal*
culatlon that the muskets that rudely
broke the quiet of Banks*, and lfillroy*a
?.rv.P.v.COU4 not be hl?* In accordance
w iLr11"" of war- ?*-** ?t Strasburg
lt7*1* \ -l *"'*' he fllmP'y could not
Oe here at daylight this morning. Tested
by these rules, ho ls not here and ye!
he ls actually here, in overwhelming force
m surprise amounting to stupefaction:
l\\JTrld thil "atu? wnerally prom":
nent In the official reports of his defeated
opponents "The Rebel, WCre constantly
and heavily reinforced all through the
engagement." Wo, no! Banks. Ihlelde!
Fremont-It ls only old Jack's lon*"
column electrified by the volley, hal
IniiLtlt E2 fr0m your b,an^'?. and
double-culcking up into line and Into
Fredertckabnrg.
A single scene from this room of mem?
ory's picture gallery: *
We had been ordered out of Fredericka*
__** burnside's great siege guns wen
belching forth death and ruin upon th!
iVT," fr0fn th* Stafford Heights
B-xrksdale's Misslsslppla.s had been ho.
pliably received by the Inhabitants, and
their bl owl was up In their def-inie Ths
Twenty-first Mississippi was the last
regiment to leave the city. Its rear
rinoa?r Vs com:nanded by Captain
MOO Hoodoo, my quondam classmate
e ? ,, in "k!rm,"hlna; with the head
of the Federal .0| imn-led. I think. b?
the Twentieth Massachusetts-Brandon
captured a few prisoners, and learned
that the Idvonce company was com
manded by Abbott, who had been hi!
chum at Hazard Law School, when the
war began. He lost his head completely
He refused to retire before Abbott. He
fought him fiercely, and was actually
driving him back. In this ho was viola
ting orders, and breaking our plan
of battle. He was put under arrest, and
his lieutenant brought the company out
of town.
Buck Denman, a Mississippi bear hunt?
er, and a superb specimen of manhood,
was <*tJIor sergeant of the Twenty-first,
and a member of Brandon's company.
He was tall and straight, broad-shoulder?
ed and deep-chested, had an eye Itke an
eagle, and a voice like a bull of Bashan,
and was as full of pluck and power as a
panther. He was rough as a bear In
manner, but with all, a noble, tender?
hearted fellow, and a iplendld soldier.
The enemy, finding the way now clear,
were coming np the street, full company
front, with flags flying and bands playing,
while the great shells from th* siege guns
were bursting over their head*, and dash?
ing their hurtling fragments after our
retreating skirmishers.
Buck was behind the corner of a house,
taking sight for a last shot. Just as hil
finger trembled on the trigger, a little
three-year-old, fair-haired, baby girl,
toddling out of an alley, accompanied by
a Newfoundland dog, gave chase to a
big shell that was rolling lazily along
the pavement, she dappling her little
hands, nnd the dog snapping and barking
furiously at the shell. Buck's hand
dropped from the trigger. He dashed lt
across his eyes, to dispel the mtst and
make sure he hadn't passed over the
river, and wasn't seeing his own baby
girl In a vision. No; there ls the baby,
amid the hell of shot and shell, and here
come th" Yankees. A moment, and ho
has grounded his gun, dushed out Into
the storm, swept his right arm around the
baby, gained OOVOr OgOlO, and. baby
1 to his breast, and musk, ll trolled
in. his left bind, ls trotting after tho
boys, up to Marye's Heights.
And there, behind that historic stone
wall, all those hours and days of terroi.
WO! that baby kept; her fierce nurses
taking turns patting her, while the storm
of battle raged and shrieked, and at
night, wrestling with each other for the
boon and benediction of her quiet breath?
ing under their blankets. Never wai
baby so tended and eared for. They
scoured the country aide for milk, and
conjured up their best skill to prepare
dainty viands for her little ladyship.
Win ti the struggle was ever and the
en>*my had withdrawn to his strong
holls across the river, and Berhodole
was ordered to reoccupy the town, the
T'.v. nty-flrst Mississippi, having held the
port of danger In the rear, was given
the place of honor In the van, and led
the column. We halted long In the rr td,
the brigade and regimental t taff hurrrying
to and fro. Tho regimental colors could
not be found.
Denman stood about the middle of the
regiment, baby in arms. Suddeily he
sprang to the front. Swinging her aloft,
above his head, her little garments flut?
tering like the folds of a banner, he
shoutedr "Forward, Twenty-first; here are
your colors," and, without further ord-r,
off started the brigade toward the town,
y. liing, as only Barksdale's nen could
yell. They were passing through a street
fearfully shattered, by *.he enemy's fire,
and were shouting their very souls out;
but let Buck himself describe the last
scene In the dnmi:
"I was holding the baby high. Adju?
tant, with both arms, wh?n. above nil
the rocket, I heard a woman's scream.
The next thing I knew, I was covered
with calico, and she fainted on my breast.
I caught her before she fell, and, laying
her down gently, put her baby on her
bosom. She was most the prettiest thing
I eyer looked at. and her eyes were shut
?and?and-I hope Ood'll forgive me,
but I kissed her just once."
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