Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-11-23

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THE CONFEDER.ACY
10 Dying Hours and ssrsoe4s.
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/ It's said by GolersSwa fhas I'D ma
thrown 10 thA surface on hamkn aaAis
eyer succeeded Ia simultaneously gssnfnl
distincEion and Affection, uaalaas be pos
sassed something nf m epaalns nasars
i that il TO say, a mixture af Haassulins an
| feminipe qualities. Without sIasznissg 10
General Lee In the highess. sense al thI
/ title ssgreat p ii Il impossihle ts asuy tia
bis memory will ba charished ey Ehoss
Who, In the crisis uf bic taras yssass trial
stood and Suffered by hls side ~ ~ sx
Iceptfonally dear and precious ppsssssiun
! rev soldiers. III asked whsther ehey wo,s
rather bave served nnder Lee Sn - oni
baud, or nader Cromwell. Frnsssick ID.
Great. Marlborough or MapoaaesH on shl
| other, would hesitate to prefer the fssl
\ famous gensrsIs to the disconshasd Cen
ifederats. Yet h Ii doabtfpl wAsshss "a,
fof the fonr, after shey Bad - sAsad awsg
and had ceased to aommunicsss Ehe eIAc.
Itric shock Of their presenes nasa eonsac
I-of ere, voice, character and anaasAes
Ito Others, possessed such bold on IN
Affections and esteem NJ were iasPirsd By
Robert e. Lee. g 2 fI3
The truth seems 10 be thst the greatest
mrn are necessarily and intensely aeiksh.
| All great men are monsters. saws Ges-
man proverb, and It may, | shirky be con
ceded that when q man 10 plsying ssn.
spicuons role in life, and ID generslf3
loved, ha Is not, in the worlds highsss
sense, great. He 10 probably so&n ,fhIag
better, He has Ehs thonghtfulnsss abeat
Others, the unobtrusiveness and renunes-
| alton Of self, the truthfnIness purity
modesty, charity, guiielesnsss whseA can
not be long unnoticed by thoss agouFd
him, and wbich lay arm hold upon theiF
hearts. But to be great. 20 I'LL . very
large space In the worlds ere during 9
mans few brief years On earth, he Esuas
throw nodessy and unebtsusivsnsss oyss-
board; be must be gTaspfpg, Aggressive,
disereetly greedy Of praise, eovssoas o. .
large share Of houor, judiciansly snsiaus;
must know how TO undermine troublesome
rivals without being found ont, ssa TO
help useful friends without being sup-
planted. Heartily agreeing with Csaa-
ridge that where iistinction and azecSaon
hare been wen coincidently, thera musE
be the epscine element in their wfnneE, ]
venture to doubt whether nlauas aasesian
is ever won By the greatest, or, in ether
words, whether IN Ehs greatese any ct the
woman 10 to be found. The nasn Who are
brave from tenderness are braver tban TIE
men who are brave feom pride. Bot sne
men who, to encourages or spare Others
are gratuitously brave, are not Bslash
enough to be great. The calm iudggutns
Of posterfty, especially If assisted by the
pen OF Mr.. { IA fwho ID said 10 bold
that Washingto. y IDS too high, and who
! IL am rightly Informed, soussnplases
lowering his pedestal y will, think, re-
verse the verdict Of Mr. Eser@tt's '~en
known lecture, and will pronnunee that
Washington was not greater Tran Peter,
or Frederick, or Marlborough, a. Mr. Ev-
erest contendb, bat was sInply Enozs ssti-
mabie.
came nj more pais6t, - yoss s8dseshasuess
that az politician he lsaked vignr and
/ self assertion became more irreassab blas----
This lovablenass was hasad apon p never
tirine unseifshness, a centagieus endur-
auee Of hardship and danger, sbrink'
/ ing modesty, an abounding teuaermess. .---
The child and the young girl who had
never seen him before, ran 20 him instlne
lively a. 10 q friend. His look spoke OF
| honesty, directness, kindliness, courage.
His smile was irresistibiY winning. But
| 1.-The stufT which made Cromwell, Napoieons
William The Silent, greater @ pclitaeaaEe
| than as 1Idicrs vas lacking In Lae. All
that there was Of true and brave in the
people whom he 40 nearly made . nntiea
called on him by signs thai ne who ran
might read to put Congress asade, 70 Goa
| troll the press, to be Dictator indeed; and
vet be would mott Nevertheless, ia the
belief that there ID no more pow weFfni sim 2
uians TO noble Bnbitioa than tna staaJ
| og such character as Less. ] DESIRE 10
throw nv stone upon the oairn by gather.
ling together few notes, for the general
| ascuraey of which ean ensAEely vouea,
exhibiting the main features NJ the evens-
Ifui six tiays which interwensd between ths
evacuation of the Cos4ederate lines a.
round Petersburg and RscArbond On ths
night OF April q, and the Surrender oi
ILeess army sn the mornsng nT april y.
In order rightly to understand these sIx
fdavs. 1t should be premised that the Fed
erai cavalry. snsasssd uataer General snsf'
idan, numbering about 1900 saUresi
Ispiendidly equipped, and eouverssd sy
| their able commander into = body Oh Iaal
fisary horsernen upon whom 40 Austrian
or French sabrsus might have looked
without aisaain, moved soathwafds down
the valley OF Virginia hetwseu tbs lsi
land 10th Of fast March, and snceunssFed
/ q scratch Confederate army Of about J,
LOCO men, under General Early, osssrsst.
Iful of hfs nen, who wera eaaahy ais<Tuss'
ful Of hizn, plaaaed sheas With their basks
to deep lsvsr, In prdas se naks rssFeaa
Iimpossihle. TIE rssult p sssily for ssssu
Genaral ShcridaS bakged two thirsta q
/ his ensnyas force and zapss VI hss sssszasy'l
artillery. Sweeping rapi6ly ssHaTds 20.
wards the JaUes bsswean Ricausoad and
IY4ynchhuru, Sheridan fensd himself eon-
lfronsea by swotes had iupsssshll
fstrearn. He fell bach, ssanded efe ID
4 wing Oh Leass army, srsasea ~ ks4sss
ksv River MI the Whisa gIaasw sshsxp y
Yecruitsd his sssength bs Fscklng up - -
i frsah h@,rses wk;eh ssSsfssi SIN sherss
and upon the $50 cf sasssak istssd tlsH
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