Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-06
" "A r I ETY.
General r. E. Lee.

$, Mr.. Swinton, an able correspondent of the
ftNew' York Times" is on tour of obscr-
vatien throughout the South. lie has paid
visit to General Lee, and writes:
Having made somcwhut close Study of
tho oampaisps Of General Lee, and hssipg,
besides, followed with interest his operations
on the actual field Of battle, Il hud long been
desirous Of learning by personal sight and
converse what manner OF man lie is. x
Seated ut tho table was hanlsome.look
ing gcntlcnu,i, dressed ip il uniforn suit of
pcpper-and-sat color-u,yery portiy, we'll pro.
served gentlemen of some fournnd fifty, with
II finc bronzed complexion, a,noby mdduleil
nose, compact head, sr'y han. aud beard ef
the Same color, closely. cropped who rose to
shake hands III courtly, gracious manncr:--
II was the man who wiedcd the thuudcrs Of
Chanccllorsyillc aud the Cl,ickal,oininy-it
was PrcSidtut Lee.
= lf'it would be of ury. inter
est to your readers to learn whit are his views
touching such questions in the Virginia cam
paigns (of the war; as had OCCASION to ask Ell.
lightenncnt from him. it woula be impossible
for ue to make these public seeing it Was the
express request of General Lee that should
refrain frou doing SO. He has Il mortal dread
Of appearing in tho papers. | understand
from those who nrc in intimate daily couyersc
with him that he is strongly IN favor Of the
people of his State aud Of tlre South (" com.
ing right up frankly accepting tho situation,
aud earnestly pursuing the work Of recon
flush of health He Frequently rides out !;
aud tho clcarest image / have been ablc to
form of him in the war like mood camc to me
this afternoon when, with high.top boots and
leather gauntlcts, he rode out on the same
grey horse that used TO bear lin in the stress
of battle. lie is greatly beloved by the pco-
rle for lis nr,dc>ty. gcntlcncSsS and goodness,
and . a5prodig'ous fayyritc will ohIl'cn, =
That Gcucr.l Lee will Fl .urc in hist ,ry,
wheD il oon,ss " he written with full light,
and without passion or. prejudice. as very
able commander, Il skiIul methudicul soldier,
who mado several admirable defensive cam.
paigns, fought two or three brilliant aggres.
siye actions, protracted the war on the lini-
ted theatre Of Virginia for four years by a
careful husbandry of his resources, and sue
sanbed onlyto greatly superior, numbers may,
! conceive, be readily conceded. That he
viii figure, as the South now figures him,
III the light Of a first class captain, may,
boicye, be fairly doubted. His character,
takes its shape rather from an admirable bal
ance Of intellectual and moral qualities than
from tho possession Of any ovcrn,astering pow
or. Some mcn--a very few -arc adequate /;
they are supreme, they cnibody revolutions =
they alone arc worthy Of study. Leo was
not.of such. He lackcd spassion, ho lacked
abandon perhaps -here speuk cautiously
le lacked true conriction. And yet think l
A,hysaY bc lacked true conviction. Foritis' we'll
kaowntkat heSwas on ardentloy Of the I'm
y Son; and Tint he was, as ! have loarncd since
J can,a h9fe, Wass at lleart an anefnancipation.
! 7sts. IIa vas therefore, not thetype of ,nor
the loader for that ferco Titan spirit tiiInut
sought la tho r1in Of, d nato to erect an en-.
pirs on The foundaton Of slavery Such d
4 spirits needed embed aimont la brain and hand
y swi and ggrsssive and SAalboyapt as itself.
Nor, ION tlls SEhss band was lie reat enough,
" 70 ,staads d patsiot but he permitted
& hit6sel drawn into The yortexsof pas.
sion that athad and Sbubblsd In Hts section.
\ 10 be ALI :bS poor blind fsllaojes, instsss
sspf following tho Inspi tion of gr6atness. "a
think s,si isf fat fr0u, happy. And yat fSn,o Az
.sssS a solatef, though not first class, is very
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