Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-11
From tho London siam
aN ENGLISH ESTIMATE OF yr3.
A Noble Tribute.

Few indeed ere there IN Earope cy;.
America so mean Of nature or 20 v,nI..
in partisanship, as to hour wirhoo4 r~a-'.
that the illness Of General lee bae .,.,...
mated fatally. The world has lost nr,.
It's greatest men, his profession one Of >
noblest ornaments, his unhappy canp,.,
ner FOREMOST CITIZEN. 1t is impossible. &.
| think of the departed hero WI Ion. o..
fnl feelings. not only for the los u.....
Virginia and the South have sustain
not only for the removal Of one VINCE.
ample is as pure and as noble as aDr t.,.
history records, but for the circumstance.
under which such man has closed 4, ,..
so 1lIustrious and 50 unfortunate. Ir.
OF General Lees comrades and ia,ir,..
associates were happy ia the time ana T..
the occasion of their deaths happy II d.
ing u soldiers death, while vel t,',r. 49,
! hope for their cause, and in esc.,,i .,
| bitter fate which awaited the be.f a..
greatest Of them all. Sidney Jyl.,,r.,.
| the commander OF the Western ,r.,.;.
| fell In tie moment OF victory. SD.
SSOnewall Jackson; s'rucE down ~
accident or error. when the er.4t.,
CESS OF charlottesville Wa a,r,.t-
! assured, and living to know how cefa.la,.
that success had been. Stuart, the bril-
liant chief of the CobfeGcrate ci.sI,. H..
Turner Ashby, his predecessor j.. th,. A..
ginian army, was killed il b4t.!e. Nor.
the most skIllful and durlrc If ar....
leaders; Polk, the CALM aud Cau-,,..
soldier, who gave up 4 hi-IvpTlc { ....
his sword III ElS c0uuiry'5 u4t-I... ... ~
numberless others whom sc i.r4 ...
name mere, but whose names the IS ,...
will never forget, also fell Hyuuug J.. t.-.
they had learned 10 despair u Their c...,,.
try. 1t was the hard fate Of their clf,f l..
see them all fall around MIN; TO pas n,..
scathed through 50 many sarv...
nary battles, to maintain for mont.
after hope was gone a defence urais.,
whelmlDg numbers ana bound. r.
sources, against famine AID de>pail D..
less than against the ca ms : arfn . .....
finally, after having done ri. that solIla.
a general, statesm ~ cou'd do f..
cause, to witness is fall aud pat t;,.s..
on its ruin; to surrender 81, army 2pd -,..
vIve his cOuntrJ. Since ihatEal Gav Gt,-.
eral Lee had remained ia as r4ucu OH.
security as was possible to one 90 loved a.l
trusted; to one from whom lis couitr-.
men were ever seeking guiIancc and caun
sci. He descended from wealth 10 covert
without one complaint of the L.
less savaGery which Lad devastated
the Illegal vengeance which h:.
confsca'e ed his property H.
the commander in.chiei OF oueof the .ro.t
armies of the worli, vas content 10 he-s,.,
the head Of a secuud-9ato COLLEGE, he. It.
foremost champion Of tAa ,onfedcrat.
cause, made it his constant eli .rJ % recon
Gle his soldiers and couutrlmea d; IT..
Federal yoke to quiet lhem uuder iua.n
and wrong t. reslr4ia, Il III suly open uut.
breaks OF Impatience. bur private expire
s1ons OF regrc5 and longiuas for .n use
trievablo past He, who lnisht havc l:....
received with honor and admiration m.
end to end of Europe--Who might hlys
made for himself a new career III 4 forci .,
service-refused TO quit tic conn,ry W l-.
he was debarred from almost ever. aplir.
of public usefulness. Ia peace as j. we
duty was the oue rule of his life : l....
fast devotion TO the work which his Mo.
had appointed him the iusplrIn1 tao .irr..
his actions. lie, who had drawn III s,....
against the Union, not rom incyaG d-l..
passion or personal ambition, or i.,t.
spirit, but only in oh dieuce t. fi- ,>.,...
elgn State 20 which he owcd 44lesI1-ee.
even stopped to sue for the pardon T.! co.,"
cOnqueror, not because he ie4rad auyfh.l.
that Northern vengeance c9nla if rt g..
hope to save any thing lrl II thu v.la,. g.
his fortunes, but because & nes-.s ..o
made 1t impossible for any Soutnrracr H.
set to work to retrieve hls On u or his coaa-
try's position til, he had oh af1c. e.
pardon. General Ice felt tn f. ).
was necessary that ii. cauDt5yn...
should submit to tn humiliation 5uy0-.u
upon them, and, with claractelIa.Io SIN
plicity and uns=ltishuess IL non O. eZLo.
tation and advice he gave til.u IL h.s Exam
pie. Both Norlh aud South arc ducg,
indebted to bin; for there can be A,tl.
doubt that on the one hand he could, hat
be yielded to passion, have po3tpoudod in
definitely the peaceful accom- Dilshmeut G.
political reunioJ; and that, On tine o,n,I,
without his efforts and LIs example the
Hover of the Southern people would upv-
er have submitted to their fate, but vc@G
either have quilted their country oItog H.
er or remained at home in sul!en abstca.a-
ton. waiting q chance e re toraiou " g..
Great "a was his part IN I'll
war, there is deeper trner, rarer grcst-
ness IN The part be has borne III rylce
That such man should die tnn8 yall,.
thus unfortunate, is a sad and puiaI4
thing. But be died as Lc had lived,
fearless gentleman, n sincere, devout auc
hopeful Christian. He leaves his childreu
l name as noble as the world can g"o~.
20 his country memory which will J-
cherished while the South retains oa-
park Of that chivalric spirit ana patriot
devotion which have been her charact 3.
site virtues, ard an example which IL g4.
'uMce to teach q meaner people the I, $50.
II chlvalry, of patriotism aud t.. ON
unity.
Henry ciuy on IiaaicaiIstn
A writer III the Baltimore Gazette g..
+ Low IN Zt,tlf