The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-15

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dened with grave responsibilities. expe.
rienoed that indescribable impulse df1r.
ing the perilous end trying hour of bat.
tie, to turn and appeal to some one: but
have wisely remained silent and acted for
the best, Knowing that to hesitate or
waver was likely to cause you to err and
suffer consequent disaster. No com.
mander can ever escape at such moments
these flashes through the brain, Lee
and Jackson were farther removed from
doubt, in time OF f1ercest conflict. than
any generals with whom have had the
honor to serve. They possessed that in.
tuition OF the true warrior which makes
him bold In strategy and determined :r
battle. Three years Of service in Virei-
MA, and one year in the West, taught
me that general can acquire sufficient
caution by receiving hard blows; but
none can acquire boldness, it is a gift
from Heaven. We're Mcclellan to live
through forty generations he would, in
waglng war, build q bridge and hesitate
to cross it, whilst Lee and ) Jackson would
selze 1t, march over and capture his
army. Their strategy was often, to the
over cautious and timid mind. reckless;
whereas snoh seeming recklessnesa
formed part of their plans. and made
complete the strategic movements which
produced such grand results, and awaken
ed the admiration Of all r,on.
So important did they regard il TO
strike when their ranks were best filed.
that, IN their endeavor to destroy or. at
Least, paralyze the enemy, they would
fell forests, and hew out their roads
through the wilderness. They knew
that for pitched battle, or for the protec.
tion OF SO large territory as the Oonfe.
derate States, 25, 900 soldiers, made We.
terans by offensive war, were equal TO
6O, U0O kept constantly on the defensive.
When necessary to retreat, they marched
with flying eolors to some designated
line IN the rear, leaving behind q small
force to observe and check the advance
OF the enemy until their troops were re-
ireshed and made ready again for battle.
They knew that to remain in trenches,
even Tor short time, was to damp the
ardor OF the bravest; and never did they
seek such protection, save as dernier
resort. Bold and desperate were the
efforts OF Lee to destroy Grant before
the latter could reach Petersburg; he
was we'll aware. and, am informed. 30
expressed himself, that in case of siege,
the holding Of the capital became only a
question of time. Lee and jackson
knew not how to retreat day after day in
the face OF the enemy. losing more in
stragglers than in killed and wounded,
nor how to demoralize their armies by
throwing up breastworks by day, to be
given up ii the stiffness of night, and
thus unit their men for battle save
within we'll fortified lines. They knew
that all troops thus handled must, sooner
or later, end by surrenderinx almost
without G blow, as the French army at
Sedan. They appreciated the supreme
necessity OF maintaining splendent and
spotless the morals of an army which,
sensitive as the tenderest plant, is to be
guarded like the virtue OF woman; with
one breath of evil It's sullied forever.
The soldier accustomed to xetreat com.
prehends not the feeling that pervades
such troops as those commanded By
these two great generals; he cannot con-
ceive or appreciate that fixed faith in
victory 80 universal and 30 necessary,
from the lowest to the highest i'll rank,
resulting from that strategy united with
boldness and tempered with sufficient
caution. which has indellibly inscribed
upon the memory of all nations. for all
time, the names Of Leo and Jackson.
The more contemplate their wonderful
operations. the moro deeply am i'm.
fASSoNo3 ohA Guo 1uIbuoI uu removed,
by time and its events from their noble
presence, the bolder the relief in which
stand forth their immortal characters. I
feel, my countrymen, as one no more to
be aroused by the sound of the bugle;
with no desire to take aught from one to
give unto another; I.seek only to do Jus.
tice. to fulfill my allotted duties in life,
and make ready for the final summons.
Therefore, whilst T would render Just
tribute to the merits and deeds of other
distinguished officers of the Confederate
army, believe that if, by any device,
all the military genius Of the revolution
could be concentrate into two men,
there would not be produced Robert
Il. Leo and Stonewall Jackson.
But those days that gave birth to such
1ndying fame and glory are no more.
We must, my comrades, turn from the
past, and meet with courage the mighty
issues of the present and the future
The Southern people have proclaimed
their acquiescenoe in the abolition of
slavery forever, whilst raising their
voice in earnest protest against negro
supremacy; they have expressed their
willingness, notwithstanding the great
wrongs which have been inflicted upon
them, through the mistaken and unfor.
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