Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-01-12


ert f. Lee
Few md are there IN Eprcre or in
AHserfea a&$aean of nature Or % violent
IN partlxanl[sp IS 10 hear without regret
Inst The 4 - of General Lee has :eEni-
natei fatal The world has LOST cne f
rs greasestkncn, his profession one Of it,
noblest ornaments. his unhappy country
her forenaoH citizen II Is impossible TO
think cf 4 departed hero without regret
fGl feline. not only for the loss that Nir-
GINA aB11kc South have sustained, not
only for e removal Of one whose exam
pie is as pere and Is noble a any that
history ralbrds. bat for the circumstances
under whI<A such man has closed life
50 illustrirFs and 50 unfortunate. Most
Il Gen. es comrades and intimate a
socia;es wtre happy in the time and in
the occasion Of their deaths-happy in
dying seldier's death, while vet there
was hopo for their cause, and in escaping
the bitter fate which awaited the best and
greatest N them all Sidney Johnston,
the 7ecuuanaer Of the Western armies,
fell in Il moment Of victory. So died
f'tonewaE jackson: struck down by ac-
eident a error, when The great success Of
Chsaor eFi3s was already assured, and
'fivfiis 20 Enos bow complete that sucsess
had been. Stuart, the brilliant chief If
lie Coi:f,d cavalry, Ike Turner
Ashby, his predecessors in the Virginia
army, was killed in battle Morgan, the
most skilful and daring Of guerilla Lead
crs: Polk. the gallant and Christian sol
die, who gave up h.shorric 10 draw his
sword in his country dc.,acc: aud mum
tcrlcs> others whom We need not name
here but whose names the South viii
never forget, also fell fighting before they
had learned to despair of their country.
Il vas the hard fate &C their chief n see
then al fall around him; = pass un>cath-
CT through 50 many >auguinarv bIttlcS
"a maintain for months after hope WAS
gone . defence against overwhelming num-
bcrs and boundlcss resources. against fam
me and despair. no les against the enc
mN'> arms; and finally, after having done
All that soldier. general. Statesman
could % for his use to witness it, fall
ana put the scai en IL rain. 10 susrcn-
der his army aal survive his country
Since ;h.t sal day General Lee hal re-
hiH.f"d IL - h.urH vD''n'',E a WIS pos
s'"l' I" enc :" io''" ana - trusted; I"
one from whom h. count nea were ever
seeking guidance ant couusc' lie dcS-
cenaci from wealth 70 pey r;y wilh,u.
one complaint ut the saya-.rY which had
- 'U'A"r>'S "a" ''''i"r ny Ie'">'di'".
me i. al vengeance "H'Ia mai coh.>cA.
~" = P''t''' n'' '"' .'''' 'I'''i'' anu
~, = o'e = me E,'"' "Fh'iSS q 'nc
"''i'' %"N e'.'''h' U ,. ,'''h' ''' h'''' OF
Z" '.1''." '',e ,''''-t' nc '"e i.'-"'',,
rHaNiP!'" . ''1e C'ai.Ati ''t e"u'' ih't'
! MS '"'','''. .''''. q 'S'.ae.,e H*
'',ss am "h''N'A'H |" '!' t'"'t2,
EoEe; T. quiet them after Hsai; al"
wrong; 10 reSira'n not only open out
nrc2SS - imFIti'n'n, "u' private eEIf.,-
>1.h' >. E'sr>' an. I"HE'.'2s "f al i'F'-
'''ot'hL' !aN. ", W. 49, - :. we hl-h
received WIN non 'r ana "i'H''Ntirh fr"."
end t" enc 81 r"ro?c. WI" might have
made Tor n:'a~',ii a new career M" fHr.'eH
service. refused - !"'' tHo country "l1fr
ht va, ato'fraN ''''n almost every IN re-
y Pu""' usefulness ~ p'acr, a. N war.
Hn,E was t"' ~" rue q a., lltc-a stead
i'-t devotion t' ~" WORK Waieh his Ma
TT nH'. appointed hl'h I" q" was the m
spring m"t'y" - ~ actions. lie VII"
H'' Drawn ms >""'i against The mon.
i"' rom A!c'a>i :"tl'" sion, but 'aly
IN 80 ,H'e"e' - HA1 sovereign or personal
ambition OF Party >i'F.'' "' Inc N;;.'a I"
winch nc owed a!l'"''Nlt' even st'71'i
20 Sue Tor IN. l1idua 81 ihc goEqn'rnr'
not because hei'1reI INVITING That North
ern vengeance c''t'' ii'i'ct. or nope L"
save anything from III" week ut his f"r-
tIncS. ou' because congress had ma ic Il
impossible i1r any N"9t5ornor to set 10
work 10 retrieve his ""n or his coun'rys
position ui' a. ha't "tia.nei PARDON -
General lie" irI1 t'.at II VS. necessary that
h.> 'oun;rlmsn st"tij submit - he hui
miilitian imposed ui"n thcla. and. with
characteristic simplicity AMI unS-lh>hno>s.
III lieu 81 eNhortati"n an! advice. he gave
them his exam 10. ""to North and South
are deeply h,!e@''d 10 "'" ter 'h@ry can
p">'pon Il indefinitely the peaceful, accom-
1.il>lHcrt IT political reunion: ami that;