Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-15


October, 1870, at u O'Clock, for
the purpose Of expressing the
deep sorrow felt by the COmmu-
nifty at the death Of General Rob.
.ert E. Lee, and for the purpose of
paying an appropriate tribute to
his memory, the following pro-
were had:
On motion, General BENZ. G.
Humphreys was called to the
chair, General N. H. Harris and
K. Birchett, requested to-
as Secretaries.
The Rev. w. E. N. LinGeld was
conducted to the stand, and offer
ed a fitting and appropriate prayer.
Thereupon, a motion was made
by Col. H. H. Miller, that q com
Imittee of FIVE be appointed to draft
suitable resolutions expressive Of
the object of the meeting, which
was carried.
The Chair then appointed the
following gentlemen on said com.
|mittee: Rev. W, W. Lord, (Chair.
man J, Col. H. H. Miller, Gen. NJ
III. Harris, Maj. W. II. McCardle,
and J. v. R. Cramer.
A motion was then made that
six others be added to said COM
|mittee, which was carried, and the
Chair then appointed the follow
ling: VIM. Il. Barnett, G., G. Pc
gram, U. NJ. Young, NJ. Marshall,
C. Mann, and E. Owens.
The Committee appointed then
retired, and during their absence
the meeting was addressed by
Judge b. +. Trimble and r. V.
Booth.
The Committee then reported
through Rev. W. W. Lord, chair
man, the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted,
Resolved, That in response tc Q
call that honors, while it embar.
rasses us, and through fear that
lin an unprecedented expression
we might say too much or too it,
tie, more than under the circum.
stances it were expedient, or less
than it is in our hearts to say, We
beg leave to offer the following
tribute to the illustrious dead.
Resolved, That looking at Gen.
eral Robert E. Lee, from the POM
OF view occupied by those who
were engaged in the late war fol
Southern independence, the mSst
striking thing about him 10 his re.
semblance to the leading man in
the first and more successful wal
for independence that was waget
upon the same soil. It might al
most seem as il Virginia, always
the prolific mother Of great men
had produced two Washingtons
sbut born under different stars
the one destined, after repeated
defeats to final victory; the otheI
doomed, after repeated victories
to final defeat. That the latter
whom we may call the unsuccess
full Washington, passed through I
far more trying ordeal, none OF
either side will deny. And ever
now with the spent fires of wa
still smOuldering under the ashei
of a ruinous peace, and while thu
earth still trembles with the effect!
of the commissions that upheavet
it, and tore the country in twain
he stands firm and secure upoI
his pedestal, lower only than thu
highest, amongst the historic mel
3of America. Far more than il
aany point of military resemblance
lice resembled Washington in tn,
deep and lasting hold which hi
smoral character gave him upOl
the confidence and affections o
the army and the people witt
Bwhom circumstances and his prin
Nciples allied him. The immoveabl
3faith of the Southern people il
&Robert L. Lee, after S%harpsburi
and Gettysburg, ard the fall o
aRichmond, is something unique il
XHistory. EpaminOndas amongs
Sthe Thebans, Fabius amongst tn
and to make q long lea
Cover the abysses of time, GaribaI
Hi amongst the Italians, are III
Eonly men (if we except C%incinnai
Jus, whose name has become a
Rmost identified with that of Wash
ington,) who seems to have il
spired that profound sentiment /
ethe popular heart-that feeling, a
Smost of piety, the child-like, sin
ple, heroic trust, which was in th
Sheart of our fathers for Washing
tho, and is in ours, for Gen. Let
How, even in the North, will tn
spirit that sought to degrade
conquered people so far as to fol
bid them to honor their heroi