Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1868-09-03
General R0secranz's Interview with
General Lee.

Correspondence Of the Wing.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Aug. %.
The ri wal of General Rosecranz by
the stage yesterday created quite IA stir
among the male sojourners here, among
them many who figured largely in other
days in the councils of the nation The
object of his visit. before his arrival, was
understood to be for the purpose of confer
ring with Gen Lee and othess as to the
bet means Of placing before the North "a
statement of the real feeling of the people
of the South towards the Union.
As soon as dinner was over. General
RoSecranz sought General Lee. and they
conversed freely for some hours. And
what Robert Lee said then and there the
South said. for he is the embodiment OF
her sentiment. and she is willing t. con-
f,le her honor, her intcres. and her all to
his keeping knowing that whateve he does
! IN Ftrht. CCEtIhf HOSbcTdEZ, HHO is q
opinions it'll soldierly want of reserve,
as your correspondent knows, saia that
there were many honest, weII-lneaning
men in the y rth and West who have been
led 10 believe by the misrepresentation of
the Southern correspondents of the Radio
! al press as well as by the speeches of the
leaders of that party that the people of
the South are Just as hostile to the Union
FILTERED against the Northern people as
they were when both were i'm arms: that
they hat the negroes with deadly hate
because they have been freed and but Cor
the strong arm Of the military would reduce
them to state of practical slavery. and
perpe'rate all manner of outrages upon
them
He proposed. therefore. that the gcner-
al officers Of the Confederate army. renre-
senting as they do the valor. the chivalry
and the truth of the South unite. and
Law before the Northern people. in tan
gihle form that cannot he disputed. the
true state Of the feeling as he had found it
everywhere in bis travels South
General Lee denied that tie people of
the South are ininical to the Union. They
want peace, and long FOR it. This is their
universal sentiment as far as he has be en-
abe to ascertain it. and his opportunities
have been many from frequent conversa-
lions and extensive correspondence with
representative persons in all parts of the
South. As to their animostv TO the negro,
nothing conld be farther from the fact. and
why should there be- Said he. there is
no rivalry between the races. hut recip-
rocal interest growing out of the fact that
each is dependent upon the other to
great extent--one needing emplovm mt
and the other employees Apart FROM this
hev hui been reared together AMI there il
.
q natural affection and sympathy between
them.
General Lee gave his cordial appravai
TO the patriotic object which General Ro-
sccranz has in view and is so zealnusly
pro scouting.
At the close ofthis interesting interview.
which lasted some hours, number of gen.
tlemen, including Hon. a. IT. Fl Stuart,
General Echols. Gen J. r. Anderson.
Major Sutherlin. of Danville, called on
Gen. R. and protested against his leaving
his morning, as he announced he intend |
I'd tie Go on his arrival. He referred to
his meet. g with General Lee in terms Of |
great satisfaction and readily consented to
.emain until Sunday As they were leav-
ng. he requested Mr.. Stuart to remain
md confer with him IL. the same frank.
honest, soldier like manner he had with
,ur great captain in the afternoon The
'iews expressed by him were substantial
J the same as | have given in the ab-
tract above The conversati on, however, {