The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-26
A High Tribute to the Character Of Gen.
Lee.

Lee.
In long editorial article calling for a
subscription Of 100000 to Washington
College by the friends and admirers of
Goncrsl Lee in England, the London
STANDARD Of August 18th, speaks of him
rs follows:
"Therc is no living hero-therc are
few,if any, among those whose n3me
shines with the purest lustrc in history.
whose character has commanded so high
q tribute of affection and admiration
from their friends, of respect and honor
from their foes, rs that Of General Lee.
No life more perfectly heroic, no reputa.
ton more untarnishcd even by tho mi.
nor blcmishes which are not uncommon.
| ly found in unison with tho highest
horoism, has ever been connected with
n great national struggle No shade of
vanity or egotism, nothing Of tho self.
Will or petulance so often characteristic
; OF conscious genius, no tinge OF affecta-
ton, no tint even Of the pridc almost
inscparable from ordinary greatnes of
mind, which can endure anything but
humiliation, and regards submission as n
disgrace, alloy the simple grandeur Of
the Virginian soldiers nature. a picty
without tho slightest shadow Of Phari.
saism, a sense of duty to which the sac.
ricc Of every personal feeling and inter.
est appears n matter of course, have
marked his whole course and guided his
every public act, whethc rs n soldier or
as citizen. A family connection and
the nearest living representative of tho
great champion Of American indepen.
dencc, General Lcc has been the Wash
ngton Of tho Confederate war like
Washington, man "whom envy dared
not hate" but without oven the ono dark
stain of doubt, il not Of dishonor, which
tho death Of Major Andre has loft on
his prototype. No moro "sclfish man
and stainless gentleman" ever lived no
soldier ovor set moro admirable exam.
pie OF tho sollicrly virtues OF honor,
chivalric generosity, and manly simplici.
ty; no great man ever retired into oh.
security, after witnessing alike the ruin
Of his cause and the destruction of his
private fortune, with more Of christian
patience and fortitudo.
"Of his military achievements we
need not speak. 1t is enough to say
that all his victories were won against
enormous odds, and that his lour years
defence Of Virginia has fow parallels in
history asap example Of great results
accomplished with small means and at
fearful disadvantages What is now
more interesting to remember is the per.
sonal character of The man, as displayed
in tho various cxigences Of that trying
struggle: the simple honesty and kindly
feeling which prompted him to console
his soldiers ns'they rccoiled from the
cannon-crowned heights Of Gettysburg,
with the assurance, ut is all my fault;''
the unaffected SELF. depreciation which
pronounced when S!onewall Jackson fell,
II would wish, for tho sake of our cause,
c'at I.had been disabled rather thanyou ;"
christian chivalry, which no Outrage
could provoke to retaliation, which, after
Virginia had been rendered desert,
withheld the army that invaded Penn.
sylvania from inficting the most trivial
injury OH porson or property which,
when his own estates had bocn plumber.
cd, ravtshed and confscated. took care
to protect tho houses and property of
his enemies; tho horror Of useless blood.
shed which withstood the cry for rotri. !,
button excited by tho murder Of South.
ern prisoners in cold blood, and support.
the resolve Of the President that unloss
the actual murderers were taken no
blood should be, shed but on the field of
battle tho touching unsclfshness Of his
last words to he disbanding army, OH the
9th Of April, II have done my best for
you" BUTT was when al was over
when the chief Of great and victorious
army was private nan ana parolcd .
prisoner-that the peculiar greatness Of.
General Lees naturc shines out with
unequalled brightness.
Mr.. DAVIS FATE. "A Washington
correspondent Of the Baltimore Gazette
writes rs follows:
The success Of tho radical ticket will
probably bring p sad closing to the long
snferings Of Mr. Davis. The radical
voice calls aloud for his blood, and Con.
grcss would not be slow, in violation of
NIL law and justice and decency, to order
trial by military commission. There
arc Others too, who would not oppose
such a measure. : The bitter feelings Of
Mr.. Seward are well known. It IS ho
more than any other to whom Mr.. Davis
still. owes his Incarceration. His pain
fully distorted conntenance, marked with
the gashes made by tho knife Of Payne
remain unchanged. He secs hinselfthe
effect he produces upon strangers, and he
knows that he will bear these terrible
marks to his grave. This renders him
exceedingly bitter against all those
whom he can, even by the force Of ina,
agination, connect with the assassina.
ton. Mr.. Davis he places in this cate.
CORY Mr.. Davis himself is quite alive
to the dangers Of bis situation, and, with
intimate friends, who are allowed to visit
him, discusses them calmly but freely.
When these views are entertained BY
q leading member Of the johnson Cabi.
net, as well as by the whole radidal par.
Ter ,o L. Il e..