The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-08-03

IasIsn College, ~ iha friends ssd
admirers N tlenenI I<e N England,
London ssaa'igd speaks of him a.
feII6wsf
Thefe V M living hero--,hsfe are
none, II any, wl,eue f.ame sl,Iges with
ihe pufssi llsife IN history whose
character ha6 commanded 10 high 4
tribute of affection and admiration
from their friends, of respect aud
honor from their focs, A. that of Glen.
Lee. No lifs moro perfectly heroic,
no reputation more tiutarnisbed even
by the minor blemishcs which are
not uncominonly found In union
with the highest heroism, has ever
been connected with n great national
struggle. No shade Of vanity or
egotIsm, nothing Of The sclf.wIll OF
peiulancc 40 often characteristic Of
conscious gcnius, no tlngc of atiecta-
tion, no talnt even Of the pride
almost inscparable from ordinary
greatness Of mind, which can endure
everything but humiliation, and re-
CARDS submission as disgrace, alloy
The simple grandeur Of the Virginiaii
soldiers nature.
A piety without The slightest shad-
ow Of Pharisaism, a sense Of duty 70
which the sacrifice Of every personal
feeling and interest appears a matter
Of course, have marked his whole
course and guided his. every public
act, whether as soldier or as q citi-
zen. Aaamily connection and the
nearest living representative Of the
great champion Of American indc.
pendehce, General Lee has been th,
Washington Of the Confederate war
like Washington, q man whom env,
did not hate, but without even th,
one dark stain OF doubt, If not O
dishonor, which the death Of Maiol
| Andre has leAon the memory Of bill
prototype. No more "selfiess mar
and stainless gentleman ever lived
no soldier ever set a more admirable
example Of the soldierly virtues 0
honor, chivalric generosity, an,
manly simplicity: no great man eve
retired into obscurity, after witness
ling alike the ruin Of his cause an'
the destruction Of his private fortune
with more of Christian patience an'
unshaken fortitude. 7r'e
OF his military achievements W
need not speak. Ii is enough to sa.
} that nearly all bis victories were VOL
against enormous odds, and that hi
four years defence Of Virginia ha
few parallels in history as an exam
pie Of great results accomplished
with small means and a fearful dis
advantage. 80 .r' a..
What is now more interesting /
remember Is the personal character {
the man, as displayed in the variou
exigencies Of that trying struggle
the simple honesty and kindly fee
| ling which prompted him to consol
his soldiers as they recoiled from th
|. cannon-crowned height Of GettyI
) burg, with the assurance, at is a
| my fault" the unaffected self-deprt
|, ciation which pronounced, whe
Stonewall jackson fell, al coul
wish, for the sake Of our cause, thi
y / had been disabled rather than you
the Christian chiyalry, which no GU
I rage could provoke to retaliation
4 which, after Virginia had been rel
! dered a desert. withheld the arm
that invaded Pennsylvania from il
= ficting the most trivial injury q
: person or property; which, when b
|, own estates had been plundered, ra'
D aged and confscated, took care
protect the houses and property
his enemies; the horror Of usele
q bloodshed which withstood the Ct
9 for retribution excited by the murd
Y Of Southern prisoners in cold bloc
D and supported the resolve of d
q President that unless the actu
u murderers were taken, no bio
1 should be shed but on the field
Q, battle; the touching uneliishncss
a bis last words to bis disbanding arm
on the sorrowfhl 9th Of April,
g have done my best for you" But
le was when all was over-when I
m chief Of a great and long victorio
ts army was a private man and a J
o rolled prisoner-that the pecull
l. grestaess Of Guneral Leet natr
shines out with unequalled brightne