The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-01
. ~ !. : % Memorial Mestiag Ia Balss.

The Lee Memorial MeeuAa u 81 1'ea ~
more.
Baltimore has won the hearts OF Y irR,h'
ians|in many ways. How elaeh during .ne
warSdid our "boys return from eaptlv Y, :.
Win stories of the extraordinary syanp l,ah,s
and Kindness they met with in the n n.hau
Monumental City. Last SATURDAY s Wsr-
tie was ,,ou,id around Maryland ana w u.
w,n,a, The meeting to appoint deiega'e n. "
renresent MARYLAND in the convention cai'ea
~ Cor E.nLy, to be held in kichhioho
.s,s 700. was largely attended. Speeches
,wore made by Hon. REvERpy JohSsos'
o. Wu. BROWN, II. y. SMITH, >. A. bo-
NAN. Col. CnARLss MARSHALL, (whose
| magnificent burst Of eloquence at a previous >
meeting we have heretofore printed, ana
o,bers. The resolutions provide for an rs.
soc;stion to cid in the erection OF a monu-
ment. One of them reads as follows:
81. That said delegates arc further in
structed to urge upon the convention the
propriety of selecting the city OF Richmond
rs the place for the LEE monument"
Col. MARSHALL Gate of Gen.-LEE's statf)
said.
oThe resolution was only intended to in
struct the delegates in relation to the wishes
Of the people Of Maryiand. The Remains OF
General Lee will rest wherever his family
desire, but the monument to his memory
can be raised at Richmond. In locating II
| there, Richmond will regard the wishes OF
the people of every State whose soidlers
died in It's defence and lie buried within It's
limits. He understood that General Early
would modify his call for the convention 80
as to include the Representatives OF every
State in the South, all of whom, it IS eX-
peeted, would respond to it. 1t was pro-
| posed to raise half million Of ccuars.
| They looked for contributions from Eng
land, from the armies now engaged Id
France, and from men in all 9ther na ~ ths
Who appreciated the great soldier. Let tne
monument be built at 8 Hollywood where,
| it has been touchingly said, the boys ile.' :,
! Rev. T. u. DUDLEY is one Of the delegates
appointed. We give few lines from Hon.
REvERDY JosNsoN's speech =:
uHe mir. Johnson) had been intimate
| with the late Gen. Scott, commander OF the
| army of Mexico, and served with him as
uuasi.proiessional adviser in Washington,
and he had heard Gen. Scott more than once
saw that his stiUcess was largely due to the
skill, valor, and undaunted energy OF Ro9t.
IE. Lee. 1t was theme upon when ne
| (Gen. Scott liked to converse, and ne staIea
his Durpose to recommend him as his sue
cessor in the chief command of the army.
He fMr. Johnson) was with Gen. Scott IN
April, 1861, when he received the resigna.
ton Of Gen. Lee, and witnessed the pain IL
caused him, II was sad blow to the sue
cess of that war, in which his own sword
had as vet been unsheathed. Much as Gen.
Scott regretted it, he never failed to say
that he was eonyinted that Gen. Lee had
taken that step from an imperative sense OF
duty.
Robert E. Lee is worthy of all praise: AS
a man he was peerless among men. AS a
soldier he had no superior and no equal:
!GRepeated epplause.l AS a humane AND
Christian soldier he towers high in the po:.
!litical horizon. He remembered with what
delight, while he was the representative OF
the country at the court of Great Brltaln,
he heard the praises of General Lee char,
acter and fame from eminent soldiers anC
statesmen of that country. The name OF
Lee appeals at once to the hearts of all gooC
men throughout the land and the world
Let the monument be raised. Let the po'
litical panderers, actuated by the nope O
official plumber, find fault. Howl as tneI
may, they will be forgotten, and thell
names will be forgotten, while the name
Lee will live in perpetual remembrance: :
The monument will be raised, and Wher
raised many men will visit Richmond to az
reverence to the memory of Robert =. Lee
land say: Here lie the remains of one O
1.-THE noblest men who ever lived and died II
America" -..