The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-26

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Thi. ialsgae pFase q ihc great traitor
Is enough 10 make every honest citizen re-
grei tie unfortunate arrangement which
protects lbs neck from tbs halter Il
Raben +. Lee IS successfully held Up ie
the rising generation a. a peuyci model d
q great aud heroic charaelef. then base in.
gratitude aud cowardly ireachery vii be
very common ID lie country ior DE mex
twenty yesrs. Il might eoun1eraei The
bad results somew 4at Il his body could b.
held Up a an example Of the fate which
such a character merits and sometimes
gets.
Let Us see abat constitutes the 'greai
example wbich the young men Of the
coun'r, are asked 10 profit By. Roberi +.
Lee, having been educated for the defence
Of the country a it, eApsnse, after due de-
Liberation, Concluded to desert her Ia the
hour Of her peril. lie remained in the
confidence Of the government some months
after the rebellion had matured, and ear
ried over to the enemy The secrets Of The
War Oeiee. lie knew be was doing wrong,
but Was 90 weak 10 do right he knew
the condiei Of his State was nniusdfabe,
but thought he mu 60 with his friends.
He was very tender IN feeling, aud easily
moved 10 tears, when he thought Of llIe re-.
lalions between the mother State and her
son; but when stories Of starvation and
brutality reached his unwilling ears from
every prison pen OF the South, his heart
was as ha-d as a stone W hen the most
terms had been given him
and bis amy, aith the desire Of bury ing
the past y oblivion, be jnsalied the gov
ernmeut, to whose generosity he was IN
lebted iorhis lif. aud liberty by congraiu-
ating His iroops upon their devotion to du-
~ and iAe service they had rendered their
!, ,utry. The young men Of the country
40 n:leed profit by Lees example by
Earning % shun as The example ofahyp.
erie and tailor
If tbis county, ever comes 70 look with
pppobation, or eve,a Indifference upon the
onduet of Robert f. Lee,it VIA he'guilty
t tbe grossest injustice TO its aaad and Nv
10 he ,oes. Hundreds of Southern off
re who wed their State and kindred /
ftb stronger Election than Gen Lee is /
,pable OF, counted ti.ln as nothing when
impaired with the sacr.d cause Of the
,untry. The bumblest yoeman %ilo lied
ON his burning dwelling across the
Of East Tennessee 20 enlist in
ie Union army, is greater hero than
us model rebel. Patriots will do well TO
Ease ssekng excuses for the traitors, and
} honor to hose who were brave and true.
nth The friends Of the rebellion are con.
mt to let Gen. Lee sink into obiyion,the
lends OF the Union must see to it that he
remembered only TO be eXesraled.
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