Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-18
.. An English Estimate. Of Lee.
taomA 4 NOBLE bmrburtr.

Dew indeed arc there in Europe or in
Americas ssog lican bf ipatureS or So violent III
phrperslip, aas To- iishrlwithout resrSsatbat
the Illncss Of General; IIco, has tcr,nipntcd
fltally. Tie world has lost one of its grent-
cst mcp, his profession one Of its ,otlcst or.
uhncnis, His unheppy country her foremost
citizen. 1t is impossible to think of the de-
ptrted hero without rcgretful feelings, not
oily for the loss which Virginia and the
South have sustained mot only for tho remov.
al Of one whose examples is US pure aud ms
noble as any that history records, but for the
circumstances under which SUCH man has
closed n life SO ilIustrious .und SO unfortunate
Most'of General Lees comrades and intimate
associutcs were happy in the time and in the
occasion of their deaths-happy in dying a
soldiers death, while yet there was hope ror
tl}rir canSe, and in escaping the bitter fate
which awaited the best aud greatest of them
III. S'dncy Johnso", tic commander of the
Western armies, fell in the moment of victo.
ry So died Stoncwull Juokson struck down
by accident or error, when the grcut success
of Charlottesville was already assured, and
living to know how complete that success had
been. Stuart. the brilliant chief of Tie Conted.
crate cavalry, like Turner Ashhy, bis prcdcccs
sor in tho Virginian army, was killed in hat
tie. Morgan, the most skilful aud daring
of guerrilla leaders; Folk, the gallant aud
Christian soldier, who gave up bishopric to
draw his sword.in his country's dcfcucc and
numberless other whom we need not name
here, but whose names the South will never
forget, also fell fighting before they had learn.
cd to despair Of their country. 1t was the
hard fate of their chief to sec them MI fall
around him to pass unscathcd through so
many sanguinary battles, to maintain for
mouths alter hope was gone defence against
overwhelming numbers and boundess rcsour-
ccs, ngrinst fnmiue aud despair no less than
against the cnen,y's arms aud finally, after
having done all that soldier, ii general, a
statesman could do for his cause, to witness
it's fall and put the seal OH it's ruin to sur
render his army aud survive his country.
Since that sad day General Lee had remain.
cd in as much ohscurity as was possible to one
so lived ard trusted; to one from whom his
cunu.rymcn were ever Scckin" guidance nn,i
counsel. He dccendrd from wcalth to power
IS without ono complaint of the lnwlcsS say
ugcry which had d.vnStc,l, the illegal ven
ts,nco which had cnnGscatcd his properly
hc, the commander in chief Of one OF The
great armies ni' The wushl, was content to L.
cone the Eeu,, of Il sccond rate college; he,
the fUrcnn.t rhamptrn of the Confederate
bis soldiers auG cnuntrymen to the Federal
yoke 10 due, hem under insult and wrong
10 rrstraln n"' "','y open out breaks If in.
patience, hu; private expressions of regret
and lonyncs ior AZ rrerirvahle past lc
who might have been received with honol
aud admiration from end tn end Of Europe =
who might have made Tor himself new O.,
rccr, in foreign servcc-refusrd to quit the
country where he dcb,rrcd from ulm,n;t
every sphere Of public usefulness In peace,
AZ in war, duty was the unG ruic of his life
nstea,l.nSt devotion to the work which Iii.
Master had appointed him the inspiring mo
tive of his actions. He, who had drawn Iii.
sword against The Uhion, not from inconstc
rate passion or personal ambition, or part,
eprit, but only in obedience to the Suverci-,
State to which lie owed allegiance, even s,onp
ed to sue for the pardon Of the conun"r,,r,
not bcc,use hc feared anything TINT Nr,h
crn, vengeance could inllict, or hope to say.
anything from the wreck Of his fortunes. hnr
because Congress had made it impossible r,r
nny Snuthcrner to set to work to retrieve his
country's position till he had obtained par
don. General Lee felt that it WAS nrccss Try
that his countrymen should submit to the I'm
initiation imposed upon them, and Will,
characteristic simplicity and unscltiShness, in
lieu Of exhoration and advice, he gave them
his example. Both North and South are
deeply indebted to him tor there can tie lit
tie dnuht that on one hand he could, had IL"
yielded to passion, have postponed Indefinite
ly the peaceful accomplishment of pnlitcal
reunion aud that, on the other, witholt lis
efforts and his example the flower Of the
Southern people would never have submitted
to their fate, hut would either have quilted
their country altogether or fcnlaincd at houc
in sullen abstcntion, waiting chance of res
toration Or Of rctributiun. Great as was his
part in the war, there is deeper ,rncr, r,rer
grentncss in the part he has borne in peace
That such a man should die thus cnrly, thus
unfortunate, is sad and painful thing Bat
he died us lie had lived, a fearless ycntleur. a.
sincere, dcvout, and hopeful Christian -
lie leaves to his children name as noble IL,
tho world can show; to his country memo
ry which will be cherished while the S.uth
retains one spark of that chivnlric spirit and
patriotic devotion which have been her cl,arnc
terslic virtues, and an example which ght
suffice to teach meancr people the lessons
ofychiyalry of patriotism, and Of Christianity
London .Stundurd
Gov. SEYMOUR. Governor Seymour, of
New York, in his speech at Rome, last Thurs.
day, thus gives uttcranco to the prevailing
sentiment Of the Northern Democratic party
insregnrd to tho South "No country cal,
bc.wcll governed unless those who control its