The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-12-28

i.,s made them the esesn,ln:s at their !
race. Yet he. who css;.Ss the task
will feel .'i.nw poorly eloau'ince 'f !
wo,tls translates the poetry" of a aeri,I :
and earnest grief. Nor can the NEST /;
finished nsat,, az seni-stiring. hare. sn !
describe the characters nni actions al
onr vcnr.atrd leader as t" add "'e ray
tn that nnta.ling glory which, shall for
ever circle around his memory.
+ Ii has been quantity and beautifully
sint. 'it, speaking of the dead, SO told
IMP your discourse that theft virtues
may be outwartlly shown while their |
vices are wrapped in silence"
Those who speak ui General Lee.
mas, necessarily f,,llow this advice
FL. If any defects married bis alh'os'
|, perfect character, they wt'r $" lost III
HE blight light of his many virtues,
that even his enemies cnnld not sses-
cera them.
No shade of vanity OF eseiisin; moth
III =, OK tbtt it'Nl'i.itt W. +" - - -
Item the attributes al consciou+ geiins
: ,;o linre of ,ifi.ciiah, 10 faint, even at
that rri,l, which, srcms almost inseia-
lal.le franz ordinary greatness OF m'"'t
.lloyed :hc simple grandeur of the
great ViY.ii,is,,'., nature. In every &c
;, lion uf his life
" lie kept
The Wilderness oi His soul and thus men
10 DER iiti wci,t;
:, His l:luur:ier., are two hosts bis t:ien'sah
- inrs -
st ;lnti on the roll Of "tiie few, the inisnor'
tai names that were iiut born to die,
~ his will ever stand "en!o!lcd i'll char
- ,,cters Of living light" not only as thu
~ Ola great warrior, hnt Us that also
one who was the highest, noblest typ
!, Gi man.
:" Il may be that, in mere intellect h
IS! has been excited; but intellect ;'ln;.
canl.ot constitute lis rossessor trai
III great. Genius is frequently fatal GU
.rt !l,,w;..emt; for the trail OF the scfnr'
81 has ,.,s,pd ever the ti0wcrs we ln.:sl
rs ted fran Heaven, and cal.h's Elo
'ie giftet; SONS have, alas! too often bet
Ms gelascd in soul. May may have bee
len MS brave, as rescl,ite--nany rs pure,
ht chivalro,ls, as true; but no OTHER mo
re til ever posses ed, III an equal oeei'
re- with Lee, !, mind AZ once grant, cor
ON :,T;.ha,.siva AID self-rtlinni, fir icac
"Hi inn and acute. animated bsisHnWavt
'"r- ins courage. adorned with every here
NY virtue, refined ny every true apd Ct
hat tie attribute, elevated by Il pune tai
'ar and illuminated with light caught is'
i!is the eternal throne OF God. &OtAer Uf
erals, favored hy circumstances, ta'
IT. perhaps, been permitted to dispi
'eur greater military genius. Earth !
srn- tranlbled before he daTkly- hs'tii
aieh i,own OF coneupyois whose ocbaFi
soil rolled on fortunes wheel" ard VII
'ory eaglesa flags were ever slit by the &
ash star of triumph" The mighty ciif
nes, Of Lee were ,iot crowned with that
med cess which the vulgar hold to be
ord, only {. st of merit. 1t was his desl
an;i 10 he the leader of Il doomed reo
and the cl,anrien Of :, C..nse fated TO
.hty lost. Yet 10 other General ever
rs nn colnplisl,ed sucl, great results,
such Inadequate means, or c"niu
II his maintained 50 long and well !; s'iii
Of his so unequal. Disasters which W.
t"ns. have ,awilyzed tho energies OF
a'crs who have been called great coH'd
blaze ;mpair lli:, courage, cloud his INTEL
y 'a- or shake his lofty spirit.
shici' IN the last sad, bitter days of
h"f- Confetlcracy, when hope seemed
'ooay when deadly hight Lad blasted
SHEET council of the brave, surrounded b
"psn' resolution and despair, he, almost III
Sih"if unshrinl:ingly surveyed the rapid,
f'sh' preaching shadow Of impending
Z MI and with unutterable soal and Hi
;'h'fS mien baitlea eve., against tie de'
y bah ef,t, T;I-o a;a,n+ A,,,c ,.tic,
'ie'' when storms ansl temFests Thunder
,utls.ss i,row
Ai.i,s oceans break their liiiuws Ut It's
kiiil stands ni;n0vesl aud giories
IKE Il height"
ed his So stood Lee when hammered no;
II long lh!isitudinous as aud biore lUt
t such TIN "tle blue eyed Inyrinds frnf'
er car Bai ic coast" snIro,iIdedin tleir
5 nyeT, Tie shattered remnants OF that s
!npt no arm Which had been so long the
% weak wall, of the South, and witia ma:
nslcr TO inoh lleroism which has no pal
have he Itolutely exhausted, ai'snl
NJ was eycryesnnrcc, and calnily exert
e weep the iacitics of his great mind, al
g.ori""s and nntsniayed, amid the falling
sheath Of his ctntry and his cause.
,r-elsan' heroes covering in their pri
81, s., Of place." giving III the gorgeous
lc,nnght OF rewcr,a whose charmed ears
c"nid be the chant epomp and pride,
anguish "Wl,
Rolled to thy feet his dark ans!
honghs%reck
pNre ana Of s.nils aiscar,ives,''
& history have seemed beat l.. flsc hour 0
ir"';i The triumphant sitess, but "tiae X