Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-11-05

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that BE- thueed be sifrlIhr sbrih
ani Won Ga himselfsu many blends
in ihs Norih isthrwlnF Iol.iils.
be- entered the insiiing iUlis 81 Iii-
efaiarc. and Un the -i 0i utiulrr
Was made President NJ Washington
college, a. Lexington, Virginia
Oteasionslly his NOiOu went uui a.
the wOrld, bat IL was only 10 give
advice and c0unsel a. tie people
whom he loved ~ well, Here, 90
well as in the field, he was the true
iiiend Of the South, lie was rot
one 81 llOse who felt AZ the end Of
the war that there WAS nothing %
live for, bur tuning "a peaceful
pursuits he saw the Cole q, over
whivh he was called 10 preside,
grow hOm weak lendril o.
mighty oak, and second TO No In,
slilulion Of learning in the land,
Iii, piahs for the future were mani
fold, or these, lhe Convention
which sal in our city last week had
proof All this while General Lee
kept himself aloofirom the world Ui
politics, strife aud intrigue, aud,
though his potent influences was lell
throughout the South, he, himself,
like tie hero of Chiidv Harold, WAS
reserved aud retired,
"Ani he ~ qrisi halairt shsTF A. 1sfli
Nss olr slihs' seEPi r s,0n shi,A sarsari sssas
~ gi.s a., iaEils NJ, laalisliN 80,
iisl usil MA .sfitln 4 lr5 lrssg ID"
1t il scarvyly possible within the
limited snaca ofa Journal TO pro-
nQuncc su,h an eulogium as Gencr'
al Lee deserves at our hands, nor
can we enter into such detail Of hls
llit aud career us might be eonsid'
cred necessary to logically esIab'
lish his claims rs u military chief
tain. The world knows VI his vlr'
tues aud his private worth, aud the
men who lave commanded armies
can bear witness TO his valor aud
skill MS n man OF arms, H. was
the great General OF the rebellion,
and compared with him the bloody
Corporal who sits ut the White
House to day sinks in the scale rs
would u John Buliour, Of Burnley, II
weighed with Miltiadcs, IL was
his strategy and superior military
knowledge which kept the banner
of tho South ahOat so long, and the
campaign OF the Wilderness, the de-
Tense OF Richmond, and the boldad'
vances into Maryland and Pcnnsyl'
vania, which only failed because of
insufficient numbers, established
him long before the close ofthc war
as one whom the powerful press OF
England might well proclaim 1.-The
Great Captain Of the Age" There
is no man so bigotcd to-day ~
to not believe that if Grant
had commanded the ill.provided,
halfled army which stood like
wall OF fire around Richmond, anl
the command of that Grand Army
which went down into the Wilder.
ness could have been given to Lee,
the flag Of tho Union would have
t!oatcd over the Confederate CAPT.
tai long before it did. But n point
so well established, and so generally
conceded, need not be argued. Lee
was the great General of the war,
and it did not require the tcstemo-
ny Of the brave Sherman to deter
mine that fact.
We look upon the death Of Gen
eral Ice as great calamity to the
people of the South. His example
to them was incalculablc in this re-
suits, and it was upon such men
that the South was wont to lean in
this the hour Of her humiliation and
woe. No event which could have
belallcn that section could have
created such profound feeling, and
even here in tho North, where
many men were disposed to look
upon the brave old warrior rs II
misguided, but, nevertheless, hon
est man, a sympathy will be crea-
ted as great almost rs though one
had been taken from the very head
of the Government. Such was the
private life, the public character,
and the devotion to principle of this
great and good man, that nowhere
in all the land will the intelligence
of his death be received save with
feelings of profound sorrow and re-
Urot