The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-01-13
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moral power which be cyntirl Iio
war was, IN all conscience Hnmin4v
enough but there would have been
a very carnival Of carnage. % dcyiliah
outbreak Of mems fercc.t PASSION.
had The Southern leader been II dif
fcrent temper. Calamity o. the o. =
icderates fought, We must never lor
get that their armies were often
composed Of somewhat questionable
raw matcr,'l; that the volunteers.
with all Che IN, 'inct Of bravery which
seldom deserts q dominant clae, had
likewise many Of the vices which are
inevitably cngenoscd ~ the posses
sion Of arbitrary and lawlcss power.
Accustomed to the uncs eclsei license
authority, the sloyehoi.iers might
Pcrchance have becnlpady 0'oughio
give war 4 character Il intef.,ecinc
hatrcd; and II was cmlncniiy du' to
Robert Lee that the c%ourtesies aud
humaniticss of civilized warfare, on
the whole, wcreobscrvcd. The gentle
nature Of the nan never dcgcncratcd
weakness; with a high hand he
restrain excuses, and admirably
did he exercise his power. There arc
no purcr pages in the history Of the
war than those which relate TO
his invasion Of Maryland and Penn
at 4 time when the temper
Of the Southern people was sorcly
Such qualities rs he displayed
could not fail, in the long run, 10 win
regard Of a manly and affection
ate people, and whhc We FIND. that he
was loved like a father by all those
who shared his Immediate pcrila We
not yet forgotten Il at when the
victorious veterans of tic North were
marching home thr@ .gh Richmond.
they recognized, gravoly contcmplat.
them from a CT. rtainod window,
the familiar form end face Of Robert
Z. lee. =
"The old oritr changes. giving
place to new, aad God hbfls Himself
in many ways 10 teach young
lads their classics and mathematics
may secma poor occupation for one
whose sword was lately the supreme
law for a hundred thousand fighting
men; and vet there need be no sense
Of humiliation involved in the DELHI.
crate acceptance Of such employment.
The new ORDER Is that OF peace.
For a time, the finest thing that Lee
could do was to set an example of
valor to the whole manhood of the
But no less pure is the glory
Of one who, by honest and patient
prepares the Young for that
conflict which fills the whole
and breadth of human life.
Our age, TO quote the French phrase.
IS fertile in emotions is swift and
in is changes. The ruler Of
yesterday is the exile of to-day: and
The exile Of to-day may be the ruler
tomorrow. Many a brigh; swopl
Is in It's scabblrd beside That of the
great Nirginian. Only a few wccls
ago the fdnoars Of Paris could gaze
On n whom Victor Hugo called a
. specter in a white burnos ON one
who FIR years fought, after the old
Numidian fashion, against Burand
and Bcdean, against Cayaignac, Pei
and Lamotcierc; and now the
survivor Of them all, Ahdol-Kadir.
slowly homeward 10 Damas-
cus.
In a Russian city, Ter within the
heart Of the mighty empire, whose
power he withs.ocd for nearly thirty
years, quietly lives an oil. gray
bearded, weak-eycd man, srain.t
whom, when he held possession Of his