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ROBERT E. LEE
The address delivered, January 30. 1902.
before the Daughters of the Confederacy
and Confederate veterans at atate capitol
by Kenneth Gordon Matheson follows;
Madame President. Daughters of the
Confederacy. Indies and Gentlemen:
Back In the momentous days of 1863
around a camp-fire on the historic banks
of the Rappahannock, a little knot of grey
clad men were discussing Darwin s the
ory of ascent from the lower orders of
animal life, Strange topic for a soldier’s
bivouac, bdt here, as elsewhere, product
ive of that hot debate which its appeal
and counter-repulsion ever excite in the
minds of men.
Warm and fast waged the war of words
threatening hostilities more serious,
when a tall, lank rebel, hitherto a silent
witness of the scene, silenced opposition
and climaxed argument by exclaiming
that however probable the simian' ances
try of most men. the fact remained that
only a God could have made the immortal
Lee! This Ample. though exalted, tribute
of the soldier boy strikes responsive
chords in our hearts today, and evokes
harmonies of love and praise which it is
our privilege and our duty to express.
On this, the natal day of our southern
chieftain. It is meet and important that
we turn the exacting demands of every
day life to pay our tribute to those he
roes who in unselfish patriotism made us
heirs to history's brightest records; and
to their leader, who was the noblest
southerner of them all. Consigned to the
ignominy which they deserve be those who
falter in their gratitude, love and praise
to the heroes of the sixties; baffled in
their unworthy efforts those who would
rob us of our most sacred memories, or
seek to divert their indulgence. Tarnish
In the eyes of the south's rising genera
tion memories of the Confederacy and you
place a canker at the core of southern
citizenship which will destroy its ad
herence to any national claims. For upon
traitorous ingratitude to those who gave
their all for us it is impossible to build a
citizenship having in it the first elements
or stability or patriotism. No, leave us
alone with the defenders of our cause.
The lessons of their lives, preserved as
our noblest heritage will inspire us, their
children, to high thoughts and noble
deeds which God and country will com
mend.
The countless millions of mankind, made
in the image of their creator but degen
erated by sin, represent a somewhat roll
ing plain whose modulations mark the
varying stages of attainment in the pro
cess of man’s evolution. Judged by the
relative standard of the humanities, the
lines of differentiation are not so marked
as we in our egotism either desire or ad
mit. The plain is more nearly level than
it should be in the light of opportunity
snd privilege. Yet here and there "Above
this wide expense rise lofty peaks whose
toweriqg heights but typify those colos
sal figures whom the God of nature placed
in the world to show His first Intent in
man's creation. Os each it may be said:
“As some tall cliff that lifts its awful
form.
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves
the storm,
Th o' round its breast the rolling clouds
are spread.
Eternal sunshine settles on it’s
Exemplars are these lofty men; types of
human possibility when the seeds of high
character are ripened by right living.
Their lives, representing as they do re
alised ideals, inspire personal endeavor
to its possible attainment. From the
brief list of such rare characters, it is
my privlledge this afternoon to emphasise
the life of one who exalts man’s highest
destiny, our peerless leader, Robert Ed
ward Lee.
In approaching this consideration, we do
so with no idea of adding original thought
or treatment to the many tributes which
have been paid the subject. Already the
life of Lee and its lessons have time and
time again been made the theme of
poet's song, of orator's eloquence, of pul
pit's illustration, and of historian’s re
cord. But while we cannot add. we may
and must recount to reap the benefit, and
vitalise our gratitude “lest we forget."
Time does not permit, nor necessity de
mand. that we picture the life of Lee in
its well-known Incidents. From out the
rich treasures of the subject, let us se
lect certain phases pertinent to the oc
casion and helpful in effect Naturally
the first thing that comes to the mind,
and without which any mention would
be faultly, pictures Lee in his chosen ca
reer as soldier, and soldier as applied to
him. means leader. Coming from that
knightly race of cavaliers, whose mar
tial deeds have placed old England in the
forefront of the nations, Lee's very in
stincts were soldierly, though tempered, in
his case, by a humaneness that made
war a case of last resort. The verdict
final, however, the fighting blood of his
ancestry rose in the ascendency, and any
struggle was to be the struggle to the
death. Coupled with this English herit
age were qualities not less marked and
even more important, of peculiarly Sou
thern heredity. The traits, recognised and
appreciated even by political and sectional
foes, justify me in quoting the following
characterisation from no less a personage
than the senior Senator from Massachu
setts. “They have,” he said, “an aptness
for command which makes the Southern
gentleman, wherever he goes, not a peer
only, but a prince. They have a love for
home; they have, the best of them, and
the most of them, inherited from the great
race from which they come the sense of
duty and the i/istinct of honor as no other
people on the face of the earth. They are
lovers of home. They have-not the mean
traits which grow up somewhere in places
where money-making is the chief end of
life. They have, above all, and giving
value to all, that supremfe and superb
constancy which, without regard to per
sonal ambition and without yielding to the
temptation of wealth, without getting tired
and without getting diverted.can persue a
great public object in and out, year after
year, and generation after generation."
This heritage of Lee, my friend, is your
heritage and mine. Frqm such stuff
traitors are not made, but leaders, and If
need be martyrs. The past history of our
section proves both assertions. The day of
martyrdom is past. The era of resumed
domtnancy Is near at hand.
As preliminary to his profession, Lee en
joyed the advantages of West Point, that
famous national school which has given
to the republic its greatest leaders and
to the world some of its most famous gen
erals. Here his natural sense of duty was
developed by the rigid exactions of honor
and discipline enforced, and at the end of
his four years' service we find young Lee
graduating as cadet adjutant of the bat
talion. second in his class, and without,
ever having received a dement. To one
acquainted with the endless details and
rigorous requirements of a cadet's life at
West Point, this last record is nothing
short of marvelous. It betokens that per
fect obedience to law which is the first
requisite of success in the career not only
of the soldier, but of the civilian as well.
Lee's stand in his class entitled him to
the much sought honor of appointment in
the engineer corps of the army, and en
tering that distinguished arm of the ser
vice be wrought personal honor and public
good by splendid efficiency in the various
duties assigned. Through the years he
was faithful to every' trust, building char
acter for the days of trial to come.
Lee's first lessons in actual warfare were
learned in the war with Mexico. that
training school for leaders in the mighty
conflict to follow. Serving throughout the
Mexican struggle in the capacity of an
officer of engineers. Lee's duties in plan
ning battles called for little participation
in them. But with all his gentleness of na
ture. there was the Hon in his blood, ajld.
, as a Lee witnessing a battle meant with
him taking a man's part in its glory and
its dangers. Performing so well his as
signed duties as to win the highest en
comiums from his commanding officer.
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General Scott, Lee nevertheless found
time to volunteer for fighting service, and
on every battlefield played a hero's part.
For gallantry’ In action Lee was brevetted
as major at Cerro Gordo, as lieutenant
colonel for daring and skill at Contreras
and Churubusco, and crowned ...s brilliant
record wiui a colonel’s brevet gained on
the historic heights of Chapultepec. The
genius of war had again found human
habitation and was developing Its chosen
agent for future scenes wherein the mor
tal was to put on an immortality of fame.
Following the American conquest of
Mexico and his return to the states, Lee,
despite his modest protest of personal un
fitness, was assigned to the superlntend
ency of the military academy at West
Point. Here he served with honor to him
self and profit to the institution and by
attention to detail, as well as by a broad
grasp of the situation, greatly increased
the efficiency, of cadet training. After
three years of service, and then assign
ment to other duty, Lee spent the interval
prior to the great conflict in varied engin
eering work, and closed his period of pro
bation by active service against, the In
dians in the southwest.
But the work of preparation was done.
In God's Providence, the fullness of time
had come when the Master, brought face
to face with his mission, was to perform
it with a genius that would dazzle the na
tions, and with a purity and honor that
fop all time was to make mankind his
debtor. No senseless hero-worshiper am
I. Recognizing even in its best estate
the limitations of human greatness, I am
rather prone to look with the eye of ex
perience for the inevitable weakness
which th curse has imposed upon all
flesh. We do not cialm for Lee perfection,
but this we do say with tne conscious
ness of truth that a study.of his life Re
veals a man than whom history records
no greater. From friend and former foe
aUjie comes this testimony, and the ver
dict of the werld must soon accord with
that of our chief executive! when, after
careful study, he pronounces Lee to be
the greatest English epeaking captain of
history, and a man sans peur et sans
reproche. What care we whether preju
dice begrudges him a place in a hall of
fame built by the hand of man? Already
fame has accorded.' him a hero’s place in
that true temple erected in the hearts-and
minds of men, and there he will live for
ever.
Let me call your attention, my friends,
to Lee’s opportunities at the beginning
of, the ctvll war. Already famous In mil
itary circles the chief command of the
Union armies was in his grasp. In fact
General Scott, then about to he retired
on account of age as commander-in-chief,
earnestly recommended Leo for the place,
declaring him to be the ablest officer in
the service. Scott was authorised to treat
with Lee on the subject, and after urging
him to remain in the service, practically
offered him command of all the Federal
forces. What a glittering prospect for an
ambitious manj As an .officer of experi
ence and judgment, Lee realized as did
few men the overwhelming chances for
success in favor of the north. He knew
with all its emphasis where the* advan
tage lay, when unlimited numbers, wealth
and the monopoly of manufacturing
plans were to be opposed in gn agricul
tural section deficient in everything save
the personnel of Its people. Not a victim
of the assurance so prevalent in the
south, hi knew tjiat a mighty conflict was
at hand in which the Confederacy was
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to face tremendous odds. As an officer of
long serlvce In the old army, with an es
tablished record for honor And probity.
Lee must have felt that history would
justify his act did he cast his fortune
with the Union, in fact the larger section
of the country would glorify the deed, as
it has actually done in the case of Thomas
and other southern officers who fought
for the northern cause. Backed by the
resources of the Union and led by his
genius, Lee could confidently have pre
dicted a hopeless, though desperate strug
gle on the part of the south, and success
with all its awards of honor and office as
his portion. Again, I say what a pros
pect! To a Caesar or Napoleon its allure
ments would have proved final. To Lee,
I make bold to say, they were not even
tempting. Though at first opposed to se
cession, as were many other southern
men, from the standpoint of expediency,
he did not for a moment doubt the consti
tutional right of a state to secede. As a
student of history he knew that Massa
chusetts and other northern states were
pioneers in \ the idea of secession when
they felt their interest threatened by the
Louisiana Purshase. and as a student of
the constitution, he knew thate states had
the right so to act. So believing, he felt,
as did the people of Massachusetts in
earlier times, that his first duty was to
his state rather than to the compact of
states. So that when his state seceded,
he was a Virginian and not a Unionist..
Furthermore, in the progress of events,
immediately prior to the civil war, there
can be little doubt that Lee was led to
share the conviction of the great body
of his countrymen that separation from
the north would be best for both sections
Concerned. That on account of total dif
ference in temperament and Institutions,
harmony was impossible, and the bitter
ness of the past forty years was but an
earnest of permanent future discord.
By conviction and patriotism, then, as
honest and pure aS ever found lodgment
in human breast/ Lee's duty was plain,
and "duty” to him, was “the sublimest
word in the English language.” The call
of his state was the call of honor, and to
that summons he was never recreant let
the consequence be what they might. The
relative weakness of the south was the
strongest appeal to his chivalry, and for;
her sake, he was willing to do his mighty
best, and if need be, die.
I would that time permitted us to fol
low Lee in the details of his career as
Confederate general. No more enthrall
ing subject is presented by history, nor
one, I am sure, dearer to the hearts of
this audience.
But strong as in the temptation, we
must forego it and leave to other occas
ions the pleasing task, contenting our
selves now with such incident as time
will permit.
Passing over the indecisive events of the
first year of the war, we come to that
morning in June, 1862, when by the wound
ing of Joseph E. Johnson Lee was placed
in command of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. His appearance as he was riding to
the front at Seven Pines to assume that
active leadership which he retained until
the close of the bloody drama, is thus de
scribed by an eye-witness: "Calm, digni
fied and commanding in his bearing, a
countenance benevolent and self-possess
ed, a clear, honest eye that could look
friend or enemy in the face; clean-shaven,
except a closely trimmed mustache, which
gave a touch of firmness to the well-shap
ed mouth; simply and neatly dressed in
the uniform of hip rank; felt hat and top
boots reaching to tte knees; sitting on
his horse as if his home was in the saddle;
such was Robert b. Lee as he appeared
when he assumed command of the army
of Northern Virginia.”
The man and the occasion had met. No
grander arrrty ever had knightller leader.
Alabama Masts of (
Sunken Spanish Ships
/ WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 12,-The
committee <on naval affairs in the, house
of representatives graciously donated to
the state of Alabama this week two
masts taken from captured Spanish bat
tleships. but at the same time made a
significant side-swipe at Alabama's most
famous living son, • Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson. Captain Hobson took
the masts from the sunken ships, one in
Santiago harbor and the other in Manila
bay, and he started the movement to have
them shipped to Montgomery to be used
as a flag pole in the old capitol grounds
there, but the naval committee struck out
his name from the bill by which the state
comes into the possession of the pricelere
relics.
One of the masts is from the Don Juan
d’Austria, aqd it still bears the marks
of Dewey’s shells. The other is from
the Almirante Oquendo and Schley’s vic
tory Is recalled by the ragged shell marks
on its sides. When the United. States
government decided to* have these two
vessels raised Captain Hobson was select
ed aa the naval engineer to superintend
the work.
First he tackled the Oquendo at Santi
ago. After this task was completed he
journeyed to the other side of the wortd
and raised the wreck of the Oquendo.
Remembering his native state he laid
aside a bit of each wreck as a gift to her.
This gift, the spars, he shipped to
United States and, with the consent of the
navy department, forwarded them on to
Montgomery when he reached his native
land again.
Some Experiences At Nashville ■
(After 'Being Captured
The old,Confederates are much delight
ed in reading the close calls published in
your paper. But few of us missed them,
if we did our duty. Some how, I was al
ways unlucky, as I could never get sick
or be on detail when there was a fight
on hand. To give all, of what I thought
was close calls with fne would require a
good size book; of course I was not alone.
I was with that retreating western army
under Generals Bragg’s, Johnston’s and
Hood's “foot cavalry." Was qrith Gen
eral Stevenson's division on detached
service to help General Pemberton sur
render Vicksburg on 4th of July, 1863.
After being exchanged • rejoined General
Bragg at Chickamauga. From that time
I never lost a day's service until captured
at Nashville on the 16th of December, 1864,
the last fight that General Hood made.
After our line was broken pn our Jest, and
a retreat ordered, I with many comrades,
In making to the rear, ran into a division
of drunken negroes just meeting us at
top of ridge. I had on a. pair of Yankee
pants. One negro ordered me to pull
them off, remarking that 1 had stolen
them from some of their dead men. It
was very cold. I hesitated a moment:
the demand was again made. I began to
fumble to unbutton, taking care not to
raise my roundabout coat for fear they
would discover my pistol in the belt un
derneath. Just at this moment a white
Yankee with a batch of prisoners came
up and ordered me to go with,him to the
rear. You can't imagine the relief tn my
feelings. I took an impressive look at
that negro’s features, and have been
looking for him ever since. My regiment
was some distance to right of Franklin
Pike, and as I understood it, was on ex
treme right of our line. We were the last
At no more critical time did a commander
ever take charge of his forces. McClellan,
with a superbly equipped army of 115,000
men, was hammering at the gates of Rich
mond itself, defended by a Confederate
force of 70,000 men, lacking in most of
the munitions of war. Then began that
wonderful series of operations extending
over 30 days, including the seven days’
battle and ending with McClellan's re
treat to the James, although from first to
last he had 200,000 men to oppose the 80,000
of Lee. The chief fruits of these opera
tions were not only the relief of Rich
mond, but more especially established
confidence in Lee which his troops ever
afterward reposed, and which contributed
so greatly to their morale.
The resb of the year, 1862, is big with
the name of victorious battles which Lee
and his men carved on the scrolls of
fame. Following his advance into north
ern Virginia, Lee found himself confront
ed by Pope, the little man of mighty
pomp, who boasted of having, as yet,
seen only the backs of his enemies, and
who derided the mere thought of provid
ing lines of retreat. The crushing defeat
at Second Manassas tells the story of his
short day of power and his retirement
into kindly oblivion. Follow/ng the ad
vance Into Maryland, we have inscribed
in living letters on southern banners the
victories of Harper’s Ferry and Sharps
burg—the latter, the bloodiest battle of
the war, and immortalized by the cour
age of southern veterans who in the face
of odds of three to one held their lines,
at times, without a cartridge, and re
pelled assaults with stones gathered from
the face of mother earth. Veterans of
th* Confederate armies, I salute you. In
all the annals of warfare, you are the
wonders of the world. Clad In rags, half
starved. poorly-supplied with the equip
ment of war, you performed deeds not
equalled by the legions of Caesar or the
Old Guard of Napoleon. You. Imparted
new heroism to the name of soldier, and
elevated the standard of honor, courage,
and endurance in the minds of men. You
made abiding the fame of Lee and his
generals, for without your prowess even
their genius would have been futile. In
days of old, tradition would have ad
vanced you to the rank of demi-gods.
We pay you greater tribute by hailing
you with all that the name implies, our
Confederate soldiers. Wear with all the
consciousness of their grand import those
medals bestowed upon you by the daugh
ters of the south. Won In the cause for
which you fought, and bestowed by such
donors, they are more precious than the
richest orders conferred by the potentates
of earth/
May the God *of peace as well as of
battles bless you in your declining years
and when the last great roll is called, may
the captain of your salvation muster you
into His eternal service.
Climaxing the triumphs of '62 we name
the name of Fredericksburg, that partic
ular battle so close to the heart of Geor
for there It was her sons gained vic
tory by their heroic defense of the storm
centering stone wall—a victory. alas!
most dearly purchased by the death of
the gallant, the brilliant and the accom
plished Cobb.
The year 1863 opened with the cam
paign and battle of Chancellorsville, in
many respects the high-water mark of
southern achievement. Here Lee’s gen
eralship and strategy reached their cul
mination, and here .for the last time, his
efforts were seconded by a genius scarcely
less Inferior to his own. Out of the smoke
and cirnage of former battles there had
emerged a figure, silent, mysterious, but
by his actions, dazzling the world. Known
universally, bift never comprehended, the
apostle of prayer, the apotheosis of milita
ry genius, you know that I refer to
Stonewall Jackson. What need to eulo
gize? How can we attempt it when his
The spars were not yet the property
of the etate. They were merely loaned
by the navy department. But Congress
man Wiley, of the Montgomery district,
introduced a bill at the "beginning of the
session, giving the titlp to Alabama.
The bill wafl framed in these words:
"Be it enacted, etc—That the lower
mast taken by Captain Richmond Pear
son Hobson, of the United States navy,
from the captured Spanish battleship
Don Juan d’Austria, et Manila, and the
topmast from the Almirante Oquendo, at
Santiago de Cuba, be, and the san>e are
hereby, donated by the United States to
the state of Alabama, etc.”
In reporting the bill favorably to the
house the naval committee struck out the
words “By Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobeon” and thus deprived the hero of
the distinction which would have been bls
had his name been left in the hill. Why
the committee did this is not known.
Perhaps they were influenced by the red
tape rules of t e navy department. May
be, too. they had heard of Hobson's as
pirations to run for congress and did not
want to give him the little boost such
mention otf his name would afford.
The state of Alabama will got a clear
title to the masts, at any rate. They
have already been raised In the capitol
yu. - and have attracted considerable at
tention from 'visitors. The flag which
floats from the tip of the masts is the
fleet flag of the Ignited States to float over
Santiago Cuba. It was the flag raised
there by General Joe Wheeler. Wheeler
gave it to Alabama.
to leave the line. We had repulsed charge
after charge of both negroes and whites.
Our fron,. was literal!y covered with the
dead, and when we hao orders to fall
back not a living Yankee was in sight of
our front. Looking to our left we could
see that our line by overwhelming num
bers, had been broken, and they were en
deavoring to get into our rear, to cut off
retreat. It was nearly dark before they
arrived with the prisoners to Nashville.
On our route I slipped my pistol from
my belt and dropped it behind me, seeing
to use it would have been instant death.
I went out on the battle grdund during
the Nashville reunion, and was silly
enough to look for my gun.
The fear of making my narrative too
long, I will close for the present by sta
ting that about 500 commissioned officers
were given quarters in Nashville peniten
tiary that night, among them two gener
als that I remember—Generals Ed John
son and Smith, of Tennessee. We left
next morning in box cars for Johnson’s
Island, on Lake Erie. Will tell about
prison life on the island in my next.
Respectfully,
J. M. GRESHAM.
Co. H, 42d Georgia Regimen L
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name sums up possibility and blds defi
ance to expression? Cut down in the hour
of his greatest triumph Jackson’s fall
was a death blow to the Confederacy.
“My right arm gone,” said Lee, in be
moaning a loss which he knew could nev
er be replaced. It rejoiced his heart to
bestow honor and praise upon his asso
ciates when those tributes were due. Seek
ing to appreciate, or even contending for,
the fruits of victory was a littleness un
known to his lofty sou..
But why prolong to this audience re
countal of battles, each a familiar, tho’
glorious, story? The mere enumeration
of mighty Gettysburg, the struggle of
the wilderness with, a Federal loss ex
ceeding Lee's whole army, and the Troy
like defense of Petersburg brings to mind
those well-known stories of almost sup
erhuman effort, wherein a leader* and
army, alike unparalleled, come as near
as mortals may to attaining the impo
sible. Outnumbered many times to one,
hopelessly deficient in all equipment of
war, they fought thrice armed as only
heroes do who feei their cause is just, till
that supreme hour at Appomattox when
the\Ruler of the Nitions decreed forever
the preservation of this union of states.
Accepting the immutable wisdbm of this
•scree, as of all the rulings of God, it is
nevertheless granted us to hallow the
memory of this defeat and, as did Lee,
gain from it our greatest victory’. The
work of the great army was done though
its tattered, staggering remnants even
then did not realize it, for, miracle of
heroism, even as their leader went rid
ing forward to end by surrender their
hopeless conflict those marvels in gray,
mistaking his purpose, nerved themselves
for further effort at sight of him they
loved so well, and, for the last time, sent
their deflant, his-oric. rebel yell “shiver
ing to the tingling stars.” Oh! the pathos
o. the scene! But, too sacred for words,
con-ne for contemplation, to the inner
recesses of the heart.
Daughters of the Confederacy, children
of most noble parentage, a grateful coun
try commends your work of love and
memory, and blds you Gou-speed in its ,
continuance, xsy keeping green and fra- j
grant to the memory of Confederate sol- •
diers, you prove yourselves worthy of i
those mothers from whom you descend,— [
mothers whose peerless virtues, patriot- ;
ism, and courage more - an half fought ,
the baAtles of the Confederacy, and ex- ,
sited to the pinnacle of earthly fame the (
name of Southern womanhood. A price
less heritage is yours, and one that should
be guarded with a zeal that never les
sens. Os all the proud memories of the
South, the one we most treasure is the
just fame of dur women—a fame which in
its purity created that standard of hu
manity which made the old South a
synonym for all that honor and chivalry
and truth could attain.
Realizing that moral tone is dependent
upon the excellencies of your sex, we ap
peal to you to sustain In all their per
fection those virtues which your mothers
impersonated, and in the exercise of
which they accomplished Ideals which
have never been surpassed.
“The old order cbangqth, yielding place
to new.” A re-incarnated south, rising
from the ashes of the dead past, ascends
its mount and looks forward on a prospect
dangerous In its very allurements. Bless
ed by nature with every gift in her wide
scope, relieved of that system which
throttled labor by the whites, aware for
the first time of her resources, and for
the first time developing those resources
by active, intelligent and persistent labor,
present accomplishment, but Indicates the
certain growth of the future. As we de
velop. let us beware we do not sacrifice
the ideals of the past to commercialism
of the present, that we not degenerate the
gentleman of the old system into the
money-getters of the new,that we do not
sacrifice virtue to lucre. Our safeguard
is In such commemoration as that In
which we are now engaged. The un
smirched life of Lee is one from which
we may draw inspiration, remember as
it is of rigid adherence to lofty ideals. We
have considered Lee as soldier, let us now
conclude by considering him in his high
est type of Christian gentleman. Faith in
God was the underlying principle of his
life, his inspiration in Action, his solace
in defeat. Bj s its rule his life was shaped,
by its exercise he was enabled even in
the hour of bitter defeat to gain that
greatest of victories—the victory over
self. We search the pages of history in
vain to find a parallel to the post-bellum
record of Robert Lee. From high com
mand to private citizenship was to him a
veritable ascent. Putting aside all offers
of assistance, profit, or emolument which
came in overwhelming numbers, he se
lected the duty of highest import, and
spent his remaining years in preparing
the young men of the south for the duties
of life. “Faithful even unto the end" is
the wreath with which we crown him.
Leader of a "lost cause” no longer, but a
leader towards a higher and better life
which, if gained, will make us victors in
deed. is ours. Let us profit by his
example. Let us treasure his memory.
“Take him for all in all, he was a
man; we shall not look upon his like
again.”
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Razors, Cologne and Many Other Gifts
to the Prince In Chicago.
Chicago Inter Qcean.
The elite of Chicago, assembled at the
Auditorium and the First ReglmeAt Arm
ory last night, were not the only persons
to pay homage to Prince Henry of Prus
sia. The countryside around rallied as
if for a donation party. In came a flood
of presents designed to promote the com
fort or adornment of the distinguished
visitor. Old whiskey and new eggs, per
fume, cigars and'razors were among the
gifts for Royalty.
Two packages came to the Auditorium
Hotel by express containing eggs, with
the assurance that “they were laid yes
terday.” One package was sent by a far
mer who must surely, be a wag, for it bore
the direction, “From Rudolph's hennery
to Prince Henry,” and inside was a note
from the sender in Woodstock, 111., say
ing that he was satisfied the Prince could
get no fresh eggs ip Chicago. He had
been there himself and knew from expe
rience. Another case of eggs was receiv
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county, Wis„ but there was no name at
tached, although underneath the address
was written: “These eggs were laid yes
terday.”
"I wish thejT were laid in the gutter,"
remarked Hotel Clerk Shafter, “for this
thing is getting to be,no joke.”
Some of the packages sent to the prince
were from practical jokers, while others
appeared to be meant as genuine pres
ents. Miss Maymc Whittaker sent a bot
tle of cologne, tied with a pink bow. In
a note’ attached she told ‘ Prince Henry
that he might expect a note from her to
morrow.
A wag sent a German silver match safe
filled with safety matches. The hotel clerk
examined the present carefully to see
that no internal machine was connected
with the matches.
An ivory-handled razor was among the
presents, and although all the pictures of
the visitor which have appeared would In
dicate that he did not use that article
very often, the sender expressed the
greatest solicitude >es4t he might enter a
barber shop and suffer at the -hands of
some anarchist who is an enemy to his
government.
One box addressed "His Royal Highness
Frince Henry von Prussia" contained an
assortment of sausages, which the sender
. waranted were better than any manu
factured in the Fatherland.
A demijohn of rye whisky was among
the gifts, with a warning to the prince to
be careful of his health and not eat too
mu/h at the banauets given in his honor.
The writer Informed his highness a little
of the contents of the bottie taken after
meals would be a good aid to digestion.
There were wines, candy and cigars
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WASHINGTON BALUSTRADE.
The Claimant for the Original Discov
ery Repeats His Story. .
N. Y. Letter to Troy Times.
A writer in The New York Times
makes an Ingenious attempt to discred
it my discovery of the Washington bal
ustrade, being evidently jealous that It
should have been made by a Troy Times
man. He does not, and dare not, openly
contradict but attempts by a
false date to throw suspicion’. For in
stance, he says that I date my discov
ery in 1864, whereas I gave no date.
I do not remember the year, but it was
long after that. Again, he quotes Li
brarian Kelby thus: “Mr. Kejby says,"
etc. The reader is naturally led to sup
pose that Mr. Kelby has just spoken,
whereas he been dead several years.
Were he alive he would be my witness,
but his words even as quoted by my
critic only that the balustrade
came from Bellevue, where I discovered
it and then wrote him tq secure it. If
Kelby reclaimed it and then placed it
in the hands of Architect Hunt for pub
lic use, as my critic suggests, and if
Hunt retained it until called for—all this
has no bearing on the case. •
My critic makes but two points con
cerning the balustrade —first, that it
came from Bellevue, and, second, that
it is now in the Historical Society. Thiw —*
is simply a repetition of my statement,
but he does not like to admit that a
Troy Times man discovered it. He says
it was “well known to many to the
manor born,” but if so, why was it not
reclaimed until I notified the Historical
Society? The critic is evidently about
as.correct in his vaporings on this sub
ject as he is in his quotation from
Shakespeare. The latter never wrote
“to the manor born,” but he created a
Polonius whose style and verbiage are
vividly recaljed by my New York Times
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London Commercial Intellgence. ,
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