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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
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VOL. XIV.
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URYAA' A lllt’KUN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW 1 ,
McDonoikih, Ca.
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the Flint Judicial Circuit,*h« Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
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| AN. 11. ’HIKNKB,
attorney at law,
McDonoikih, Ga.
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llie Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United Stales District
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P .1. KII.UMN,
J ' ATTORNEY at law.
McDonoi'gh, Ga.
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McDonoikih, Ga.
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* ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonoikih , Ga.
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ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
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lj A. I’MiPIiPA
* * ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
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the Flint J udieial Circuit, the Supreme Court
ol Georgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt atteu
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BTBWAST A lIA.MKI,,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Guirrix, Ga.
j |H. R. J. AllAOl.il.
Hamiton. Ga.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gate City Nation! Hank I’uilding,
Atlanta. Ga.
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
For Sale or Heut.
ll'Ehavea splendid farm of 166 acres
11 lying 4 miles from Stockln idgc. Ga.,
near Flat Hock, known as the Nancy E.
Orumbley place, for sale or rent. Will sell
for one tenth cash, ami the balance
in ten equal aunual installments, 8% Miter
cst on deferred payments, payable annually;
or will rent for third and fourth to good
parties. Apply at once to C. M. Speke,
McDonough.Ga.
to in: ii i on*.
All persons indebted to Dr. J C. Tcmip
aeed, late deceased, will take notice that all
the notes and accounts due him are placed
in our hands for collect'on, and unless set
tlements are made at once, we will be com
pelled to institute legal proceeding* for col
lection. B-RYAN k DICKEN.
IN LEE.
Thousands of Confederate Vet
erans and Leaders
GATHER ROUND THE SHRINE
Gen. Joe Johnston Unveils the
Grand Equestrian Statue.
FITZHUQH LEE LEADS THE PARADE
Richmond's Streets Smothered in Bunting
stii Thronged with Strangers.
COL. ANDERSON'S GREAT ORATION.
A I .living Tribute to the I.oader of
the Lust Cause.
Richmond, Va., May 29.—Never in
the history of this capital, which Ills
been the scene of so many public dem
onstrations and has witnessed, the pomp
and circumstance and expo; i need grim
war’s vicissitudes as no other American
city ever lias, have the streets of Rich,
inoud presented such an animated ap-
QEN. ROBERT E, LEE.
pearance as they do today. The strains
of martial mnsic fill the air and once
fnore the erstwhile quiet streets resound
with the measured tread of marching
hosts, resplenilant in brilliant uniforms,
witli gorgeous banners and gleaming
steel.
Dense throngs of eager, enthusiastic
humanity crowd the pavements, the
buildings are smothered in red, white
and blue hunting and the stars and
stripes mingle harmoniously with the
colors of the Confederacy. State colors
are swung like banners across the prin
cijial streets.
Strangers Within the Gates. ,
Full 50,000 strangers are within the
gates of Richmond today. From north,
south, east and west they come to wit
ness the unveiling of the equestrian
statue of Gen. Rdbert E. Lee and to
honor the memory of Virginia's famous
son. For three days the incoming trains
have been crowded, and all night long
the streets were filled with the sound of
fife and drum and the tramp of inarch
ing men hs the visiting veterans and
military organizations arrived and sought
their quarters.
Every southern state is represented by
organizations. Maryland and North Car
olina'particularly turning out in force,
and from the Empire State come the
New York camp of Confederate Veter
ans and the Southern society. Among
tite more famous organizations are the
Fifth regiment,of Baltimore; the Wash
ington Light Artillery, of New Orleans,
and the Palmetto Guard, ol' South Caro
lina.
The Parade.
At 12 o'clock the parade moved
promptly down Broad street from the
corner of Adams. Mounted police led
the wav, followed by the Stonewall
band. Then came the marshal of the
duy, Gen. Fitzhugli Lee, mounted on a
magnificent iron gray charger, followed
by liis aides, with Gen. John R. Cooke,
chief of staff.
These were followed by a long line of
carriages with invited guests and then
came the veteran cavalry, Gen. Wade
Hampton commanding. The Farmers’
THE LEE STATUE.
Alliance, mounted, 300 strong, followed,
preceding t'-» veteran infantry and the
volunteer organizations.
The military occupied positions in
line in order as their state.-- seceded.
South Carolina came first, followed by
Mississippi. Alabama. Florida. Georgia,
Louisiana. Texas. Virginia. Aiknn.s.us,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Missouri.
Historical Incidents.
Many historical and sentimental inci
dents were recalled by the parade of the
Marylanders. Tlit-v carried lour his
toric flags, which have Isvii in fifty
pitched 1 sit ties and ninety engagements
from first to last, from first Mauassa- to
Appomatox.
The William and Mary college stu
dents carried a standard that was the
flag of Virginia when she was a British
colony. It greatly resembles the last
adopted Confederate flag. The union is
modeled after the British union jack,
and the field is white, except I hat at the
end are three red. white and blue bars
On one side is •• Williamsburg, 1114."
On the other "Raleigh: Cave.”
The students of Washington and Lee
McDONOCGTI, GA., FRIDAY. JUNE <l, 1800.
unirersltv wore the university cap
(white mul blue) anil carried reed canes
with white and blue streamers. They
c arried a h .ndsohie banner. It beat's
the combined mat of arms of the fam
ilies of Washington *aud Lee. It is
made of university colors, and on* it are
the following dates: 1798, in upper left
hand corner, time when Washington’s
name was tjiven the institution; 1870,
in upper right corner, when Lee's name
was tuhlcd: 1740, date of foundation.
The Fifth Maryland regiment mus
tered 4.70 muskets and made a tine ap*
pearance.
North Carolina turned out in force.
She had alxmt I,o<H> men in line, headed
by Governor Fowle and staff.
Yet erau < >r*» ani/.at ions.
Following is a partial list of the or
ganizations of Confederate veterans par
ticipating:
A. N. V. Lrmisfcina division, 18 men, 11. ft.
Murks New OrlMns.
Rowan county, X. C., Veteran regiment*.
liH) men, Os.pt. C. ii. Barkef'Kimmander,
Salisbury, N. C.
CHuton Hatcher bane “% mm, Col. E. V.
White commander, Leesbjr*. Va.
Pickett-Buchanan camp if*) men. ('ol.
Samuel 11. Houses, commander, Norfolk. Va.
S. Howie Strange camp, C. V., L'OO men, Ren.
T. L. ltosser commander, Charlottesyme, Vu.
Stone Wall Oamp, V., UK# men. Col. W. R.
McDowell c< in t m iml or, Portsmouth, Va.
Maury camp, C. V., 7.» men. Col. D. M. lose
commander, Fredericksburg* Va.
A. P. Hill camp, ('. V., 15) men. 001. H. K,
Smith commander, Petersburg, Va.
li. K. lithi c.-iiiip, (’. V., 80 men, (’ol. W. A.
Smoot commander, Alexandria, Y T a.
Army and Navy, U. S. of Maryland, 1,000
men, Gen. B. T. Johnson commander, Balti
more, Md.
Confederate Veterans camp, of New York,
IHO men, (’til. A. U. Dickinson commander.
New York cit v.
Camp Garrett. C. V., 3) men,' Capt. C. L.
Thompson commander, Huntington, Va.
Ewell camp, C. V., 40 men. Col. .1. E.
Harvill commander, Prince VV'illlam county,
Virginia.
Winchester camp, 70 men. Col. 15. Holmes
Boyd commander. Winchester, Va.
Louisa county, Virginia., C. V., (13 men.
Col. T. Smith couimauder, Louisa county,
Virginia.
Frederick county (Md.) camp. 30 men. Rev.
C. Randolph Pago commander, Frederic
county, Maryland.
Thirtieth Virginia infantry, 300 men, MaJ.
It. O. Peafroes commander, Caroline county,
Virginia.
\\ asliington, D. (’., V., 10.) men, Alexan
der Hunter, commander, Washington.
Randolph 'l’liirtieth Virginia Infantry, ‘II
men, Lieut. W. 11. Wilson eoinmander, Bev
el ly. W. Va.
Person co nnty (N. C,) Veteran Association*
fiO men, J. A. Long Prescott commander, Rox-
Ooro, N. (’.
Cabell Graves (.’amp, C. V., 75 men* Cob
George C. Cabell commander, Danville, Va.
Ninth Vi lari uia Cavalry, JAN) men, (iou. R. JL».
T. Beale commander, Westmoreland county,
Va.
Henderson, N. 0., C. V., 10 men, •mounted.
Col. W. H. Check commander, Henderson,
N. C.
At the Monument,
The line of march was down Broad
street to Nineteenth, to Main, to Eighth,
to Franklin, to the monument. At 2
o'clock the procession reached the mon
ument and the organizations were
massed around it. The distinguished
guests were seated in a pavilion lacing
the statue and the s]leaker's stand.
The ceremonies of the unveiling will
now proceed according to the pro
gramme already detailed in these dis
patches.
Richmond is about as poorly pro
vided with restaurants as any city of its
size in the country and the problem of
providing food for the multitude of vis
itors is a difficult otic. A number of
GEN. 1-TTZWIKIH I-EH.
rating houses have l>een opened for the
occasion, hut these proving wholly in
adequate to the requirements of the oc
casion, it has In-en necessary for the cit
izens to exorcise their proverbial hospi
tality. and a large number of strangers
are finding acpoiiiinodations at private
houses.
Last night every public hall was filled
with cots Nearly 5,000 Confederate
veterans slept on cotton ticking spread
over straw, the only bed that the com
mittee on entertainment could provide.
TI»« Military Ball.
The formal, festivities were opened
..ist evening at, the Richmond theatre
with a military ball. The theatre had
bt .m decorated for the occasion with an
elaborate ili-play of Hags and hunting.
From tin center of the high ceiling was
swung a canopy of streamers in the
colors of Maryland and Virginia. Tin
same colors prevailed in the plush
drapery of the balconies. Along the
Itorder of each of the balconies were the
coats of arms of the Confederate states,
while between th*-m hung banners of
plush. In the center of the stage was a
fountain half hidden from view in a
bower of blossoming plants.
Against the stage drop in the rear
stood a lui.-t of Lee, <Jn either side was
a stack ~i i 'onfederate colors and tieside
them tlm coats of arms of Maryland and
Virginia. The boxes on either side of
the stage were dressed in the Confeder
ate colors and the colors of Maryland
and Virginia.
Miss Mai Lee and Miss Mildred Lee,
daughters of Gen. R. E. Lee, assisted in
the reception of the guests.
The Army of Northern Virginia met
in tlic ha!l the house of delegates last
night and h ard an address byVlen. E.
M. Low of South Carolina. The election
of officers for the ensuing year was then
held attei which the laxly adjourned to
Sanger Hal. . ami partook of a banquet,
it was tin- l.irgi -t gathering of the asso
ciation since the war.
UNVEILING CEREMONIES.
Col. Amiri -oil's Ora tioti —Gen. John
ston l*u 11- i lie Cord.
Richmond, Va., May 30.—With blare
of trumpet.-, heating of drums and the
booming of cannon the monument to
Gen. Robert E. Lee, erected by the
ladies of tli-south, was unveiled in the
presence of a great multitude of people.
■ During the passage of the processional
column through the principal streets of
me city tiu-re was a continuous ovation.
Its piogri-sj was much impeded by the
crowd that filled tlie streets, and it was
nearly 2 o'clock wh u the monument
was rea. led,. An enormous crowd was
in waiting then-.
A large stand in front of the monu
ment had betfii reserved for the distin
guished gweSta. the orator of the day
Saint ladies. It was
well tUled when
the procession ar
rived, and the
ottered his arm to j
ston to eseort him
served for him.
VV hen Governor
McKinney, 001.
Anderson and the
other distinguish
. . e<l guests »ud ollt-
OOV. X KtNNKV. ()f t ,„
ston hail taken |>osTiions ou the front of
jHu: stand, tic procession piusse<l in 're
view Before flieni, the vet Prim Infantry
leading anil tile veteran cavalry and
volunteer infantry bringing up tire rear.
I'm Ii in iua ry f) * orrises.
When the orgauizatiou was complete
and something like quiet could lie had.
Governor McKinney, as president
Lee monument, arose and called the as
semblage to order
Governor McKinney said it was his
desire not to perpetuate animosity or
excite bitterness of feeling in any jior
tion of this country, hut to express the
love and adoration ol the people of the
south for those who had fallen in their
ltehalf. That feeling was tiuconiiuer
able and eternal. Amid all the southern
states there existed a feeling of love f a
the Confederacy. “Which,” he said,“t.»
now dead."
Governor McKinney called attention
to the fact that all of the Confederate
states were represented in the gather
ihg. He named each state and the chid
representatives which it had sent to tin
exercises. As he named in succession
Reagan, Longstreet, Gordon, Holt,
Hamilton and Johnston, each name was
greeted with prolonged cheering.
After a brief invocation by Rev.
Charles Minnigerode, of the F.pisc<>|>al
church. Governor McKinney introduced
Gen. Early as chairman of llte un i ting.
He was greeted with prolonged applaust
COL. ARCHER ANDERSON.
and cheering. Taking the gavel from
Governor McKinney’s hand, (fen. Early
announced in a few well chosen words
the orator of the occasion, Col. Archer
Anderson.
Col. Anderson's Address.
When thr applause hail subsided, Col.
Anderson said:
fellow i-ftisehs: A people carves Its own
liiiuip in die monument. of its great men.
Nol Virginians only, not only those win,
dwell in the fair hthd stretching from tht
Potomac to tin- Itto draiotc. tint all who best
the American name, ina> proudly consent
ttint jsi-ti city eli:,!I Judge tin-ill tiy tin-struc
ture a lli.ll we are here to dedicate amt crown
witli aii rod- ttgurc. For, ,c- tin- Latin poet
said that wit rever the Roman name anil
sway ex: in (led, t lure - boil i u Is. I lie srnulehfe
of Pompeii, so to lay in every part of A iicrira
the ebarurler and lame of Robert Edward
l.ee are treasured as a “possession for all
time.”
And if this he true of that great nauie,
wlint sliall l>e naid of the cimniiHtance>*
which Hurroiind us on (hi* day of Holnruii
conmicnionUion? Tiint h\ the end of the tlr*t
quarter of a century after the clone of a stu
pendous civil war. in which more than U**).-
(MK) men Htruiaclcd for the muHtery during
four years of tierce and bloody conflict, Wk
should see the southern states in complete
possession of their local self govern meiil, the
federal count it ution unchanged. Have an re
spects the threat issues submitted to the ar
bitrament of war. and the defeated party,
whilst in full and patriotic sympathy with all
the present grandeur ami imperial promise of
a reunited country, still not held to reuouuce
any glorious memory, hut free to heai> honors
upon their trusted leaders, living or dead -
all this reveal* a character in wnich the
American people may well he content to be
handed down to history.
All this and more will be the testimony of
the solid fabric w« here complete. It will re
call the generous Initiative ami unflagging
zeal of those noble women of the south Ui
whom in lurge measure we owe this auspi
cious day. It will bear its lasting witness as
the voluntary offering* of the people, not the
governments, of the southern states; and.
standing a* a perpetual memorial of our great
leader, it will not less stand as an enduring
record of what his fellow citizens deemed
most worthy to be honored.
Virginia's Honored Boi.ii.
It is the singular felicity of this common*
wealth of Virginia to have produced two
stainless captains. The fame of the one. con*
OK*. I.EES RICHMOND RESIDENCE,
secrated by u century of universal reverence
and the growth of a coltossal empire, the re
sult of tos heroic labor*, has been commem
orated in ttiis city by a monument in whose
majestic presence no oia-i ever received the
suggestion of a thought that did not exalt
humanity. The f.one of the other, not yet a
generation old. and won in a cause which was
lost, is already establlslmd by that impartial
judgment of foreign nations which antici
pate- the verdict of the next age. upon an
equal pinnacle, and millions of our country*
men. present here with us in our thonghti
and echoing hack from city and plain and
mountain top the deep and reverent voiee of
this vast multitude, will ibis Jay coudrm our
solemn declaration that the monument to
George Washington ha.- found its only fitting
complement and companion in a tnin-intent
lo Robert E. la*e.
It is the recognition in I.ee of toe principal
elements of high ideal —courage, will, energy,
insight, authority—the organizing mind with
its eagle glance and temperament for com
mand, broad, based upon fortitude, hopeful-
ncsH,*j > ii- imttle. ail exalted by heroic pur
po’»c an t illed with t *ie glow of an uncon
querable m .1; It is, beside- and ah >vc all, the
uuitpi« combination in him of moral strength
w itli ujo al iit*uuty; of all thut It meat in
heroic action with all that is goo 1 in (•mimuii
life, that will make of this pile of stones a sa
cred shrine dear throughout the coming ages
not lo sold t-rr only, hut I t all “helper-* and
trismli' ut mankind.’'
The orator then went into an Hlalsirale bio
graphic i| review of the life and character of
Gen. late. Hi>- marriage to the groat-grand
daughter of Washington'* wife formed a tie
which couu«M*iod him b) daily u-sociatton of
family .-end place witli Waahiugtou’s fame
ami character, and it may well bo ladieved
tu a L*e muds Waeblngl .n bis model ut pub
lic diil v.
Lee’;. |MH'H<»naJ ap|H*arance. and moral übar
acU rislics In his early bdiulumkl, and his ser
vlt iri in Meiico, especially at the battle of
<’onlreran, were sketchwd lightly. “Illslory,”
said tb«- orator. **wiU riK'imi, as tirult bimsolf
nobly ad in Rind, that l«ee was Scott’s right
aim in Memo.“ After leading up to the
period w I ten it )mt.nm« necessary |or (icq. Lee
In make ItL cUnjcti of which aide In-should
tight on in the .«wo lag conflict, (\»l. A tulafwoa
ssld: No more'painfUl struggle ever tore UtK
heart ot a pal riot, lie had served the wholr
country in a gallant army which commanded
ail his a (Ted ion. He hotter than most men
knew the great resources of the north aud
woml. He knew nor (hern men in their home*;
■ 1 1 •
i
MZJLZkiunrtmmmm
TIIK kkcumbunt statue.
[Over Ueu. Loa'a grava at lsexi melon, Va.]
he knew the bravery of the northern kol<l tort
who tilled our regular regiineuta in Mexico,
flu wav übove the prejudices and taunts ot
thuday whic h belittled northern virtue and
courage. He knew that, with flight external
diffTorotu'e*, there was a substantial identity
o! the American race ill all the states north
and south.
. lice’s View* on ttlaverv.
He equally above the weak and pas
sionato view of slavery ah good iu It*-If. into
which the lauatlsal and unconstitutional
Agitation of the Abolition parly had driveu
many strong minds iu the south, lie regarded
slavery a* tin evil which the Mouth had In
herit -d and must be left to mitigate, and. if
jMMslble. extiri>ute by wise and gradual
measures. He, if any man of that time, war
caiiahle of wtdghlng with calmness the duty
of the hour. With him the only question
thou, as at every moment of his spotless life,
was to tied out which way duty pointed.
Agalust the urgent solicitations of (Jen.
Scott. in defiance of tUo tempting! of am
bition tor the evidence is complete that th«
command of the United Mates army wa! of
fered to him-in uwtiii f chi Macrittce of all kb
pecuniary interest*, he determined that duty
bade him side with his lieloved Virginia. He
laid down fils commission and solemnly de
clared his purpose never to draw his sword
save iu behalf of his native state. The orator
then carried his audienoe with him through
the battles of the late war iu which Oen.
l.ee's army participated. lit the attack on
Cheat Mountain he laid his plans with skill
and vigor, hut the attack ended with failurt
and inortittcatkm. The verdict of the gen
eral public on him an his time, the winter of
]m&, might have been summed up in lbs his
torian's judgment of (iulha, who "by com
mon consent would have been deemed fit to
command had he never commanded."
After tien. Johnston's retirement from se
vere worlds, I**o assumed com maud of the
Arury of Northern Virginia. The loss of
Kichiuoud at auy time would proly.bly have
been fatal to the Confederacy, and this fact
will explain and justify iu Lee's conduct
many apparent violations of souud principles
of war. The various movements aud the re
sultant bat ties by which he sought to effect
tins object -tho protection of Uichuiond -
were sketched with a bold Land. His cam
paigns against McClellan and M< Ihiwell
raised him in the minds of friend aud foe to
the full stature of a groat ami daring loader.
The advance to (he itapldaii. the invasion of
Marylaud and the battle of Sharpiburg Were
outlined. Here Loe. said the orator, gave the
supreme proof of a great nees of soul as much
above depression under reverses as elation in
success.
In such moments the army feel the lofty
genius of their leaders. They acknowledge
his royal right lo command. They recognise
their proud privilege to follow and obey. Tc
such leaders only is it given to form heroic
soldiers. Much were the ragged, half starved
men in gray who stood with Lee at Sharps
burg. It is the Vision of some such moment,
perhaps, that our sculptor. Mercie.has caught
with his eve of genius and fixed iu imperish
able bronze. The general has ridden up. it
seem* to me. In souio pause of battle, to the
swelling crest of the front Hue, and, while tbs
eyes of the soldiers are fastened on him in
keen expectauey, but unwavering trust, the
great leader eileut aud uioue with his dread
responsibility is wanning, calm and
penetrating glance, the shifting phases and
chances of the strickeu held.
A Com him tiding Figure.
Huch is the commanding figure which will
presently lie umveiled to four view; dull indeed
must be the iaiagination that doea not hence
forth pc.npk» this plain with invisible hosts and
compass Lee about, now aud forever, with
the love aud devotion of embattled ranks of
heroic men'in gray. The campaign of I*M,
with the battles of Chancellorsvlll# which,
in the • rator’s opinion, will rank with Blen
heim, Austerlitx, and Jena as a model battle
and Frederiefcsburg, resulting in forcing
the Un on army behiud the Rappahannock, is
next reviewed. Gettysburg aud (Jraut's cam
pulgu in *a*4, in which he steadily beat back
Lee, who crossed his path and confronted him
at every turn, bring the orator up to the
evacuation of lUchmoud. wheu nothing re
mained to the Army of Northern Virginia, bat
its stain lest bouor. Its unbroken courage.
In the last soleuiu scenes, ooutiuued CoL
Anderson, when strong menu losing all seif
controi.ibroEs down aud sobbed like child
ren, Lee stood forth as groat as in lbs days of
victory and triumph. No disaster crushed
his spirit; no extremity of danger ruffled his
bearing. He looked the stubborn facts
calmly in the face, and whea n » military re
source remained, when he recognised the
impossibility of making another march or
fighting another battle he bowed his head in
submission to Mat power which makes and
unmakes nations. The surrender of theirag
menu of the Army of Northern Virginia
closed the i viper is liable record of bis military
life. Wlfst a catastrophe! What a lhoving
and pathetic contraat!
Oar belief In ft rests upon the unanimous
testimony of the men who Uveu and acted
a fill him. among whom nothing U wore com
mon than the declaration that Lee was the
purest and beat man of action whose career
history has recorded. In hie wind** life, laid
bare to the gaxeof the world, the least friend
ly criticism has never discovered one single
deviation from the narrow path of rectitude
and honor. What was strained eulogy when
Montesquieu said of another great soldier.
Tursnne. that *Hh» life was a hymn in praise
of bum*uit)." I*. If applied to l**«, the lan
guage «>/ sober truth. No man can consider
bis life without a feeling of renewed hope and
trust In mankind.
On the one sole, complete and dea/.lmg tri
umph after a long succession of humiliating
disasters; eu the other, absolute ruin aud de
feat a crown of thorna for that peerless
army hitherto had known only th«
victor's laurel. Hut the maguatiinitty of the
conqueror, not lew* than the fortitude of the
vanquished, shone out un the sol-mu sceue
and softened its tragic outline** of fate and
d«Mjm. The moderation aud good »eu*o of the
northern peopia. brisiiiiii* l)g large aud
proas air of our western world, quickly re
sponds! to Grant's example, and though the
north was afterward betrayed into fanatical
and baleful excess on uiofe than one great
subject, ak< tile iicrcer passion» of a bloody
civil war were rapidly extinguiihed.
There was to be no Boland, no Ireland in
America. When the Holly wood pyraniid was
rising over the Confederate dead soon after
the close of the contest some one suggeAted
for the inscrition for a classic verst* which
may be rendered: “They died fo» their
couuty their country perched with them,*'
Thus would have spoken the voice of dr-pair.
Far different were the thoughts of Lei* He
ha I drawn hi*, sword in obedience only to the
dictates of duty and honor. But, faiLig the
duty of the hour, Lee saw now that i in* ques
tion submitted to the great arbitraificut of
war bail been llualjy answered. Hu| recog
nl/od Unit the unity of the American people
had beou irrevocably establlshi*!. lie felt
that it would he iin pie tv and crimes to dis
honor by putty strife of that dure and
un*eilish struggle for constitution.il rights
which, while a single hopo rcmaiib* I, had
been loyally fought out by great armies, led
by heroic captains and sustained hy the
patriotic sacrifices of a noble and resolute
people.
The Uninitci! Country.
He Iheictaro promptly counselled bin old
MsMtrr*tob*ok «GM»itthsgre.it thus
reunited by blood and iron os their own, and
to live and InUtr for its honor and welfare.
His own conduct was in accord witli these
teachings. Day by day his example illustrated
what his manly words declared, that “Hu
man virtue should he equal to human ca
lamity." After a brief reference to the re
mainder of Lee’s life, passed in the dis
charge of his duties as president of Wadiing
ton college, the orator ended his address as
follows: —
A* th people saw him fulfilling those mod
est, hut noble, functions; as they saw him
with antique simplicity putting a*ide every
temptation to use ids great fame for vulgar
gain: aa they saw him in self respecting con*
tontiueriL with the frugal earnings of Ids per
aonal labor, refusing every offer of pecuniary
assistance; as they realized his unselfish de
votion of all that remained of strength aud
life to the nurture of the southern youth iu
knowledge and morals, a new conviction of
his wisdom and virtue gathered lorce and
spread abroad into all lands.
The failure of the righteous pause for
which he fought denied him that eminence of
civil station in widt h ills great qualities in
their happy mixture might \feil have h(forded
a itarallci to the strength and the modera
tion of Washington. But what failure could
obscure that moral perfection which pluccA
him as easily by the side of the best men that
have ever lived, as Ids heroic actions make
him the peer of the greatest.
There are men whose influence on mankind
neithev worldly success nor worldly failure
can affect. “The greatest gift tin* hero leave*
hlshUfiico Is to have been a hero." Tide
moral perfection, breathing the very spirit of
his Christian faith, is no Illusive legend of a
succeeding generation, exaggerating the
worth of the past.
The Lesson* of His Idle.
There is about this exhibition of moral ex
cellence the saute quality of |n»wcr in reserve
that marks him as a soldier. He never failed
to come up to the full jjoqulreinont.s of any
situation; his conduct communicated the im
pression that nothing could arise to which lie
would be found unequal. His every action
went straight to the mark without affecta
tion or display. It cost him no visible effort
to be goo lor grunt. He was not conscious
that he was exceptional cither way, and he
died In the belief that, as he had liecit some
times unjustly blamed, no ho had as often
iieen too highly praised. Such Is the holy
simplicity of the noblest minds. Such was
the pure and lofty man in Whom we see the
perfection of Christian virtue and old Roman
manhood. His goodness makes iih iove hi*
greatness. And the fascination which this
THE STATUE OX TIIE PEDESTAL.
matchless combination exert* I- |i I self n
symptom ami a source In use of moralhealth.
Ah lona an our people truly love ami venerate
him: there will remain m them a principle of
good.
For all the stiipemlous wealth and power
which In the last thirty years have llftwl
these states hi the foremost rank among the
nations of the earth, are leas a subject for
pride than this oue hetoic man, this human
product of our country and Its Institutions.
Let this monument, then, teach to genera
tions yet unborn these lesson* of his life. Let
It stand, nut as a record of civil strife, hut as
a perpatual protest against whatever Is low
and sordid in our private and public objects.
ISt it stand as a memorial of personal honor
that never brooked a stain; nf knightly valor
without thought of wolf: of far reaching mili
tary genius unsoiled by ambition; of heroic
constancy, from which no cloud of misfor
tune could ever hid# the path of duty.
left It stand for reproof ami ♦ensure. If our
people shall ever sink below the standards of
their fathers. Let it stand for patriotic hoj>e
and cheer, if a day of national gloom ami dis
aster shall ever dawn upon our country. Let
it stand as the embodiment of a brave amt
virtuous people's ideal leader. Lei ii stand
as a great public act of thanksgiving and
praise, for that it pleased almighty iiod to be
stow upon these southern states a man so
forme I to reflect his attributes of power,
majesty and goodness.
Johnston falls the t'onl.
At the conclusion of his address «
wave of applause swept over the crowd,
until hands were
tired and throats f
were hoarse. M
When, in a un-as
nre, silence had
been secured,Wen. -v ' JWM
Joseph E. Johns- Ty v y'/
ton arose from his w l,l //
seat behind the %-■
orator's awl, 'if
leaving the iilat- V' t ■
form, walked tie \
ward the utonu- jff
ment. ihi either
side walked a vet Wh // *
eran ex-Confeder- ” ****
ate from the sol- ««»• JOHNSTON,
diers’ home -Joseph Marion White and
J. J. O'Neil.
Reaching the foot of the monument he
took in his hand the end of the long
rope which held the groat white veil
about the statue. A gentle pressure
and the veil parted, and, falling on
either side, disclosed the te-antiful out
lines of the statue.
i As they came into view a shout went
ftp from the assemblage in volume so
great that it almoet drowned the Issmi
of the cannon. In a minute the whole
crowd hud broken from the ranks and
was dis king alsmt the base of tin- statue
cheering and tossing hats and canes in
the air. The crowd on the platform re-
spoiufcA with chenrs anil writfn# of
handkerchief* and fbigg.
When the crowd had h*rd. partly
cleared from th * iitdd a sham battle was
inaugurated, infantry, bkv.vlry and ar
tillery j»;irtici<Kiting.* in n cavalry
charge a nogm was knocked down and
badly in jure. 1. No other dam ig<» was
done. The only other accident re
ported dui in ; | lie day w«t» one in which
Mai. T. M. (taker, a distinguished son
of Charleston, S. 0., was badly hurt by
a kick of it hors.*.
The K,\rmng Festivities.
Last night the city celebrat »d the un
veiling of the monument with ban.piets,
receptions and pyn>t;*y}mias. At the
fCovertior’rt mansion a reception was
given to the lUsHiigtlished guests from
the other statog. At M.tj. K. M. Boy
kin*’ a reception to visiting Marylanders
was tendered. H. f§t
At Sanger Hall there i » .military
bamjuetnf giant Hon.-J.
stub's slut. h»v» a dimw»r in h mor of
his 01. lt o nmandcr, h iVing among his
quests (iiivmior Gordon, of Georgia:
Governor i',wK oi North Carolina: ex-
Gm ruor I. •(•, Senators Reagan, Daniel,
Carlisle in I I-i,not in, nn,i Hon. Robert
McLaue. ot M iryfanil.
The |v. 101. i lini • display was given in
the fii-hi o|i|MMite to the inonuuient in
view of .‘jil,00(1 p,
HISTORY OF THE MONUMENT.
Incepiion <>l* (lie Enterprise That Is
Now Completed.
Gen. Rot sir tE. Lee died on Oct. 13,
1870. Ou Oct. 24, 1870, a call was issued
by (ion. Jubal A. Early, asking the sur
vivors of the army of Northern Virginia
to organize a Lee Monument associa
tion. In pursuance of this call a repre
sentative meeting was held in the First
Presbyterian church in Richmond on
the 2.7 th of Oetolier. It was failed to
order by Oen. Bradley T. Johnson, who
nominated Oen. Jubal A. Early us tem
porary chairman. Hon Jefferson Davis
was made |iermanent president, and the
long list of vice presidents was headed
by Maj. Oen. James 11. (Jordon.
Tlie Association Formed.
It was resolved to form an association
to erect a monument at Richmond to
the memory of Robert E. Lee as an en
during testimonial of love and devotion
to Ids fame, and for the purpose of se
curing the requisite efficiency an ex
ecutive committee of seven, with a
president, etc., was appointed to invite
and collect subscriptions, to procure de
signs for the said monument, and to do
whatever else is required in the prem
ises.
Thus tiie monument movement was
formally inaugurated, with (Jen. Early
ns president of the association. All
portions of the stall' organized memo
rial associations and proceeded to ac
tive work. In a short time $20,000 bad
been collected. It was necessary that
this turn should Isi invested. It was
sent to the late W. W. Corcoran, who
invested it to very great advantage.
The Lee Monument associations were
merged into the State Monument asso
ciation: the governor, the first auditor
and the treasurer of the state were to
represent the state Virginia and three
lady members of the original ladies’ as
sociation were to serve on the board of
dire,'tins of the new organization. By
this time the monument fund had
reached 800,000, most of whjch had been
coll,- ! ',l during tho administration of
Governor Kemper.
Crow ill of the Kuiiil.
In the meantime, when Fitzhugh Lee
came into the executive office the J.eo
Monument fund hail suflleiantly in
creased to Insure the success of the
monument. The Lee inonuuient was
indeed one of Governor Lee's |>et ideas.
After many meetings of the board the
present location at tlie head of Franklin
street was decided upon. Merrie, of
Pal is, was selected as the sculptor.
(m the 27tb of October, 1887, tho cor
n,-r■done of the monument was laid with
splendid ceremonies, the United States
Marine band lieiug conspicuous in the
purade. On the 8,1 of April tlie statue
was shipped from Havre on the steamer
Othello, reaching New York on the Doth
of April, and arriving in Richmond
May It.
(in the 7t.h it was unpacked and
drawn through the streets from the
dejiot to the pedestal, thousands of en
thusiastic citizens men, women an
childreu—having hold of the ropes.
A beautiful and inspiriting recumbent
figure of las- in murble. by Valentine,
was unveiled at Lexington. This was
not ordered by the Lee Monument as
sociation. but was the enterprise of a
Lexington association.
Tlie Sculptor.
Marins Jean Antoine Mercte is recog
nized by all artists in EurojKt as a man
of genius. Besides being a sculptor he
is a painter of renown. He is associated
with Falguiere in
{ ette statue which
YpSfH is designed for Lu
fayette square, op
of age. ills bronze
statue,if the y<>ung
/ 'TWfi.Oihk eiubourg palace
/ AM \p c f collection is often
f J I \ / pointed out as his
M. MKlclK. masterpiece. It
was shown in 1872. Others call the
Muse of Art on Pegasus—“ Gloria Vic
tus,'’ 1877—the greatest of his achieve
ments. He has, however, done no work
more important, to his fame than the
equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee.
Pujol's S«|iei*b Pedestal.
A word or two remains to be said of
the pedestal, which is at the same time
a strong and elegant piece of architec
ture designed by Pujol, also a French
man , wh,j is celebrated for his work all
over Europe. As has been stilted, the
pedestal is forty fret high, larger at the
base tlian at the top. By itself it would
stand a noble and impressive monument.
The material is fine granite, which takes
on a beautiful polish, and is much used
for mortuary memorials.
On the eastern and western panels is
the simple word “Lee” in large raised
block letters. The ends of the pedestal
are rounded and beautifully carved.
The whole stands like a magnificent
altar, approached by many steps. per
fectly in harmony with tne massive
grandeur of the superincumbent bronze.
The statue is unquestionably the finest
equestrian statue in America. It im
presses the beholder with awe by its
magnificent beauty aud harmony. It
conveys the impression of Lee's dignity
of bearing. No picture can reproduce
it. Like the great painting Beatrice
Cenci, which no painter has succeeded
in exactly copying, so is Mercies Lee
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