Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-11-25

ing heM by tie citizens to puv tribute of
respect to memory Of Gen. Lee.
My f'te"ds and Cou"trymcn :-Alas, the
nations weep Kings and queens upon
Their thrones, presidents and empcrors within
the chair of State, mourn tho death of our
Lee Statesmen and warriors, poets and d.
vines, give uttcrance, in fitting terms, to their
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sympathy, pay their tributes of respect -
Churches and cathcdras doG their tapestry
for the emblcms of monrning Houses of
commerce and manufacture cease their ever
plying interest of activity and gain in honor
of the i!lustrious dead ! Citades and castles,
tcncments of the brave, rcsound with their
expressions of amentation Flags and col
ors, cnsigns of the bold, have, fom continent
to continent, flown in half fmast, expressive of
an army's or navy's sorrow Even the bel
ligerent powers of Prussia and France have
followed the corpse of our hero, with martial
honors, to the tomb Aye, too, his noble
army Of Vireinia-hoary veterans of many
contested field ! though of pnltry numbers,
have marched with watcry eyes and bleeding
hearts, to the grave Of their self sacrificing com
mandcr, there to pay in death the homage
due in life to the vital moving power of that
grand old nrmy-'an army worthy of its
leader, loader worthy of his army" Yes,
truly, every tongue Of the civilized world,
both friend and foe, the aged mother and
father, the strong man and woman, the ten
der youth and blushine maiden, have joined
this Grand funeral procession lowering over
the tomb Of Lee, to battle in their tears the
victim of our cause. And We. part of South
Carolina's mountainccrs-hard sons Of rustic
toll have come, in our simplicity, with a
few Of his devoted soldiers, to give relief to our
burdcncd hearts and to shed tear into tie
grave of greatness. How beautiful the
the thought How tender the devotion =.
How worthy Of the martyr of the South
Though, my friends, VIC have cuusc to weep,
yet VIC have source for consolation. All that
is perishable of this good and great man is
entombcd-but how little Of tho good and
great can die. Within the hearts of his
countrymcn he will live,-upou the pages of
history, in the lessons of his recorded wis
dom, and in the greatness of his example, he
will live. Yea, he will staud out to future
generations, as Leo pre- eminent among war.
riors--as Lee the man Of pcncc-.as Leo the
man of God--for he was "frst in war, first in
peace, and first 10 the hearts of his country
men +" Would you consider him as warri
or? Learn tho greatness Of his licutonants-
the power Of his Longstrect and Hills, the
might of his Johnsons and Jacksons-Stone.
wall Jackson the energy of his Ewel aud
Early; the dush of his gallant cavalrymen---
Stuart and Hampton; the bodness of his
"fcry" Gordon and "knigbtly" Rhodes
then know him, the might commander Of
such mighty warriors Go to tho battle
fields Of Virgina, tho theatre of action, there
SEQ tho irldness Of his spirit, tho grandeu,
and magnfceucc Of his designs and plans
and the activity and ropdity of his cxccu
cutions; follow him, with his brave lieuten
ants and gallant littlo army, through tho vi
cissitudcs of four long bloody years SEQ him
i with cares and sorrows worn, cheering hi
ragged rebels in tho trenches of PETERSBURG
and Richmond accompany him to the cello