The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-20
THE F.ATE GENERAL LEE.
The Louisville Meeting.
John G.. Breckenridge said |:

Gtn. J0nn I. BTeCklnfluSe Sllu
Neither am here TO speak of the mill
tary career Of Gen. Lee. HIS featS of arms
in connection with those Of his great advcr-
sarics not only fill this hemisphere, but in
the old world are known from the Arctic Cir
Gle 10 The cape, and from the Pillars of Her
rulcS 10 the Indian ocean. His surviving
comrades need not yaunt the achievements
0t one whose rrnown rs Il soldier has made
the circuit of the earth.
1t is of him rs q man and citizen that [
desire to utter few earnest words, which
are the less necessary after the thrilling and
aiicctlonatc deincatiOnS to which most Of
YOU listened this morning. All men know
that he Yves gTest, Noble, and selt-poised,
but ny many he is supposed to have been,
though Just. yet apathetic aud cold, yet do
nol hesitate to declare that the warmth of his
heart and the depth of his affections We're, to
those who knew him we'll among the most
striking of his characteristics. For the last
year OF the war ii Was my fortune TO be
thrown much with him, and during the two
months immediately preceding the fall of
Richmond our respective duties made our
intercourse close md constant. it was un-
der these trying circumstances that / came
fully 10 know and appreciate his heart and
character. In those long and painful inter-
views he stood revealed to me a consider
ate, kind, gentle, firm. Christian gentleman,
cannot adequately express TO you the
vast emotion that dwelt beneath his calm
exterior. l can convey no better idea of
the impression he made upon me than to
say that he inspired me with an ardent love
for his person and profound veneration
Tor his character. Q. my friends. it was SO
massive, noble. and grand In its proper
tons. that the most heroic might be proud
- henr 1t. yet so gentle and tender that
woman might claim and adopt it for her
own [Renewed applansc.l
General Preston, of Kentucky, said cit
is ROW some TWO and twenty years since |
first made the acquaintance Of General Lee.
He was then in the prime Of manhood in
Mexico, and l first saw him as the, nhiet
engineer of General Scott In the Valley of
Mexico. | see around me two old COM
radeS who then saw General Lee. He wis
4 man Of remarkable personal bnautT and
great grace OF body. lie had Il finished
form delicate hands, graceful in person,
while here and there gray hair, streaking
with its silver lining the dark 'octS with
which Nature had clcthcu his noble brow.
There We're discerning minds that appre-
ctntetI his genius, and saw in him the COM
ing Captain of America. His commander
and his comrades appreciated his rbl!lty.
TO u club which was then org ,nized he be-
Grn,.,%I AIIIert sydney Jnbnston' Ennrr',i
Hcallrc@ard, aud Il hest of othci>. They
recognized IN Lnc master spirit.
rcmcmDer when General Lee was ap-
pointed Llcutcnant-CUlOnci, at The same
linn. whom ~v,Inry Johnston wY> ,nnnintn1
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fha Iltf .trr,,t,in hntwrru ;hn N0rrh and
~nnti, ,onl; nl.t,.c and br thnn said ihot 90
Was The ,srr,rr>f )jyn,r Sndirr in imerjra,
lie diIil,:i object in iIr other cnm,ni>aion,
6ut he tbou%i,t 90 ,horId hn rr.r nrn-
motel. FINALLY. he said 70 me. with en-