Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-06-04

We publish this morning, from the New YoFA
Times, the Indignant effort Of an unpnnciplsd
wretch ts slandeT man, the lAtehes of whose
Shoes he is not worthy to unloOse. The crea
tuTe who edits the New York Times is well
known in social circles in New York as tho
Little William" and though having at one time
/ been lieutenant governor of ths State of New
/ York, is now utterly beyond the pale of doesn't
and respectable society The ignorance dis
/ plaYed, and the malice exhibited, will not sur
/ prise any one acquainted with the shallow re-
sources of this penny -a-lins pretendsr. Richard
Henry Lee WGs not the grandfather of Gen. Lss,
and Whetisr the exsracs attributed to him WEa
ever written by him, we cannot say, but GER
taiDly should never receive it Is genuine because
quoted by the New York 1tWsS. Light Horse
Harry" was not "his great UNCLE" but his
father Msior-Gen. Charles Lee was not his
"kinsman," bat an officer Of the English army,
who came to this country az lieutenant in 44th
rsgt of the British service with Braddock he was
born in Dernhall, Cheshire, England, 1881, snd
died in Philadelphia in 1882. Arthur Lss was
rot his great uncle" nor was Henry Lee his
uncle" So that this pretender has deliberate
ly fBlBified history, and nRlignsd the memory
of the dead that no might slAndeT Che fair fame
of q living Christian soldier. The character of
the "Lses OF Virginia" cannot be detained by
the ignorant ISLANDERS of such "little villain"
as Raymond, of the New York Times Bat if
Ah Bo DuehaUtb W tuo utpbu Vi Alo uohlkA VI
our soldiers, this slander on their beloved COM
mAnder cannot but point their muskets with
sterner purpose, to svengs tho character of their
commander, rs well as defend their country.
Ts excite their anger, TO arouse, if possible, stall
more their ung1enehable hatred of tha Yankees,
We publish this vile slsnderer's defamation.
when monkeys are gods, what must the
the people BET" Robert e. Lee, commander of
the rebel army, is deemed the paragon of South
uks h., L..
of being led by one of such pure blood, such
stainless honor. Justly enough by their stand
ard. But let as put him 10 civilized test
What is his 5l0Odf His grandfather, R. b
Lse, had the taint of treason ia him. wiring
in 1870, on tho Federal Constitution, be said,
when we, (the South,) attain our natural de- |
gree of population, fistleT myaslf that we shall
have the power to do ourselves Justice, with /
dissolving the bond which binds rs together" |
His great uncle, Light Horse Harry" was |
stgnstized by Jefferson, who knew him well, !
As ian intTiguer," IAN intormer," a miserable |
tergiVeIsslor."
Msj Gen. Charles Lss, of revolutionary mem
Ory, and kinsman, was, 40 one may see by /
lrving's Washington, not only q calumniator OF i
Washington, but was = plotter to supsrsede /
him he Was tried by court martial altar the /
battle Of Monmouth was found guilty of dIso-
bedience of orders, misbehsVior before The enc
my, and disrespecs TO the eommanderin.ehisf;
was subsequently, dismissed from the service in
disgrace, aud soon sfterward died in Bsrklsy
county, Virginia, leaving in his win these
words: 81 desire most earnestly that may not
be buried in any church or churehyaFd, or
within q mile OF any Presbytsrisn or eonse-
crsted meeting house; for, since have resided
in this country, have kept so much bad COM
pany, while living, that l do not choose to con-
linue il when dead" The great uncle, Arthur
Lee, was the hbeler Of Franklin, and jar and
Jefferson, and is described by Tucker, in his
life of the latter, to have been asingulArly i'm
practicable in his temper and disposition"
The uncle, Henry Leo, was in Congress at tho
lime OF the presidential struggle between Jeffor-
ION and Burr, and, according to Tucker, sd-
7ised 'desp1Iate measures" 10 defeat the former;
md he was . man of such bad character that |
when, in 1880, Gen. jackson, whsss fiery psrti-
an be had been, sent his nomination 70 the !