The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-29
EEsMEMoRIAI 'Ass0oLAT1O.F.. .
49, - x.
TO the Surviving Omcers and Soldiers
rof the Confederate Army. y -

The last sad rites are over, and all that was
rno.tal OF our beloved and honored cnieitan,
Ge1eral Robert Edward Lee, has been eommHeeo
TO ne grave Now there is only left the duty 30
ssc.ed to surviving arection, OF BUILDING ana
decorating his tomb. Admiration for his great
ouaities aad fame may prompt others to raise
trelofry column and imposing statue; but love
FORMS person, reverence for his virtues, and re-
gari forhis memory, dictate to his comrades ID
arms as their first care. to properly enshrine mis-
remains.
Alter General Lee assumed the presidency OF
Warrington College, his earliest work was the
erection Of a chapel on the college grounds. Be-
nesh that chaste and massive structure, In the
room designed for a library, and adjoining tne
ofb,e filed with mementoes Of his last unselhsh,
earnest laeors, his ashes now repose. And there'
in me temple reared by himself, at the home OF his
ADDITION, viii be his fitting, and, We believe, his
enduring resting-place. We hold this Conviction
beause his remains now rest in the spot chosen
by hose who alone had right to decide-oecause
this spot would most likely have been approved by
theillustrious dead himself had his self forgetting
mild ever dwelt for moment on such question
because It holds his memory aloof from the pos
sibe contamination Of party poltics-oecause IL
4. sccords WITH the custom observed BY the great
fathers and servants OF the State, all Of whom pre-
ferred unosteRtatious restiug-places-and be-
cause his tomb here viii be really more useful In
connection with the last work Of his exemplary LIE
In peroetuating the good influence OF the College
of Washington. and Lee throughout the South.
We therefore invite his brethren and followers IN
the nomentous struggle which has made his
name and their. own immortal, to unite in con-
strucing he~s mauso,enm worthy the foremost
man of all his time. On the day succeeding the
deatl OF General Lee, the Confederate soldiers
whoescorted the body fr. m his residence to the
chapel, met and resolved at once to form me-
morisl association; and at an adjourned meeting
on tie 18th of October. when the funeral oose-
ouies were concluded, they adopted plan
OF organization. An executive committee,
a resident and vice e-presdents for the South
ern States have been appointed, and tue as
soci.tion will soon be regularly Incorporated. IN
order that the poorest In our ranks may oe ena-
blei to join upon an equal footing with al others
in the pious work in view, 1t has been detefmh'
ed that any Confederate soldier may become
. member os the association upon the payment OF
one dollar, and that the names OF all the MEM
bes shall be enrolled in suitable books to be pre-
served in the Memorial Chapel. 1t is not propos'
ed to limit subscriptions to the small sum already
named, nor to conlne them to soldiers; nor do
our wishes and purposes stop with the Mauso-
leum. Contributions will be gladly received from
friends everywhere and Of all classes, who Will,
under proper regulations, be inscribed as henora-
ry members; and when sufficient fund snail
have been Occurred, it Is contemplated to erect'a
cpecial monument in connection with the tomb.
Fellow.soldiers, ws invoke you, by the common
memories Of the past. to be prompt and earnest
in the noble undertaking TO which you are now
invited. In the quiet church:yard OF Lexington,
Lieutenant General "Stonewall' Jackson lies in
tered, and now his great commander sleeps
near at hand. What holier spot can there be to
us than thL common homeor these grand repre-
sentative menp What more fitting monument for
the great army itself, Of which Lee was the head,
the pride and glory, than one raised here by its
survivors, perpetuating alike the memory OF his
and their owa great deeds, the enduring witness
a. once of their DEVOTION and Of his heroic quail
ties as azman, his virtues as patriot, and his
~racaa az q Christian-the remembrance OF which
will indeed outlive the marble and the bronze
which human ont may fashion IN his honor. :.
". N. PMDLEToN,
Late Chief Artillery Army Northern Va,
.t--,,s,,' NJ EYArnfjrp Committee