The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-20
Gencrul Lee.

The following tribute to General Lee ia
extracted from long article in the London
Standard, written on tho subject Of a sub.
scription in London in aid of Washington
College:
Icerc ls no living hero there arc few
II any, among those whose names shine
With the purest lustro in history-whoso
character has commanded so high u tri-
butte OF affection and admiration from their
1rlcnds-of respect and honor from their
foes as that OF Gen. Lee. No life moro
perfectly heroic, no reputation more untar.
nlshcd, even by tho minor blomshcs which
are not uncommonly found in union with
the highest hcroism, has ever been CON
hcctcd with Srcatsnational struggle. No
shade OF vanity or egotism nothing of the
seli-wiil or petuiancc so often charactcrs-
NC OF conscious gcnlrsno tingc of atlcc-
tatl"n-no faint even OF the pride almost
lnscparablc from ordinary greatness of
MIND, winch can endure everything but
humiliation, and regards submission as
disgrace alloy tho simple grandeur OF the
Virginia soldiers nature. \ picty without
tho slightest shadow of Pharisasm. a
sense OF duty to which the sacrifice of
every personal feeling and interest appears
II matter or course. having marked his
wholc course and guided his every public
act, whether as q soldier or y citizen.
1amily conncXlon, and the nearest living
representative OF the great champion of
American independence, Gen. Lee has
occh inc Washington of the Confederate
war; Ike Washington, 4 man ''whum envy
dare not hate, but without even the ono
dark STAN of doubt, if not of dishonor,
winch the death of Maj. Andre has left on
the memory of his DrototvDc. No moro
sciiicss man and stainless gcntlcman'
ever lived; no soldier ever set a more admi-
raplc example of the snl(licrlv virtues of
iiohor, cilvarlc generosity and manly SIM
PlcieS' no great man ever retired into OBJ
security, after witnessing alike the ruin of
II ms cause and the destruction of his private
fortune, with more of Christian patience
and unshakcn fortitudc
of his military achievements, we need
not speak. 1t Is enough to saw that nearly
all his victories We're won against cnor
nous odds, and that his four wears defence
OF Virginia has few parallels in history az
''H fAalhPie on great results accomplished
with small means; and ut fearful disa!vau-
taSe. What Is now more Interesting to
remember ~ the personal character of the
man, aS displayed III the various cxjrcu-
clcs or that trying struggle; the simple
honesty ana kindly feeling which prompted
nm to console his soldiers as they rccoileJ
| from the cannon-crowncu heights of Get
| tysburS, with the assurance. 1T is all nv
| taHlt; the unaffected sclf-dcprcciation
winch pronounced when Jackson fell. Il
would wish, for the sake of our caus,. that
had been disabled rather than you:' the
! Christian chivalry, which no outrage could
provoke to retaliation which. after Virri
mia had been rendered Il desert. withheld
the army that invaded PENNSYLVANIA from,
lhf1lctinS the most trivial injury on person
or property: which. when his own estates
had been plundercd, ravaged and contIs-
| Gated, took care to protect the houses and
| property OF his enemies: the horror of use
less Dloodshed which wlthstool the cry for
rctribution excited 10y the murder of South
ern prisoners III cold blood, and supported
| the resolve OF the PRESIDENT that unless
| tnc actual murderers were taken, no blood
should be shed but on the field of battle:
! the touching unseliishncss of his last words
| 10 ms alspahGinS army On the sorrowful
| 9Th OF April, Il have done INV best for Won.
| But 1t was when all was over when the
chlel or great and long victorious army
| was private man and Il paroled prisoner
that the peculiar greatness of Cen Lees
'uie SHINES out with unc4ualed brightness" "
! Will the Next be u Radical Conyress
This IS an interesting question Julc-
ing ny the results of the elections Just held
III Vermont and Maine, no one could
answer otherwise than afirnlativcly. But
TINS Is not the worst view of the case for
even with large gains in New York and
pennsylvania of which there is really
very little prospect Congress would re-
main IN the hands of the Radical party
:, i-'iucipiila paper has figured
| thc result TO suit itself precisely. Accord
lnS I" that Journal, which we suppose puts
uowh the hSurcs correctly, the House of
! representatives at the adjournment of its
last session contained 147 Radicals and 45
Democrats. Add all the southern mem
| btfS TO the list OF Democrats. and the total
stands: Radicals, 1l7; Conservatives %
Hut leaving ont the southern members. the
Radicals may lose in the fall elections more
| members than the Democrats hope to gam
ana yet have majority, which Is ali they
want to enable them to keep the southern
! representatives ont of Congress-
But tho Radicals fear that the President
! Will recognize the southern members and
the northern Democratic members "A thc
| constitutional Congress- in case. thcs, two
| parties combined constitute Il larger BODY
| than the Hadhcal members alone In or
| der To BRING about this state of thinya the
| l'c'nocllts must gam members enough j.,
the northern States to ovcrbalanc. all tho
liadlcal members from tho South. Even
snppos!nS that the President wonll ever
consent to take the course suggested 81
winch he could only be induced to take by
an attempt to lmprach him we sec at
present no reason to hope that the Cnnsrr-
sAtNcs VIII gam enough members in the
fal! elections to put such Il weapon of de-
fence II his hands. We shall. pcrhars
gam som" members III Maryiand Missouri
tennessee and Kentucky of course we
shall IN Kentucky but the gains in the
northern States viii be few and far be-
I"rcn, II present indications may be taken
rs rci.abc
As to the senate there is no reason
"httcS"" to hope for any change for the
better. On the contrary, it promises to he
! more intensely Radical III the ncNt Con-