The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-08-08

"illch some ol tie newspaper press ana
people of the South were accustomed To
designate the invaders of their soil, ney-
er escaped his pure lips; and i'll his great
heart 10 malice or mNljgnity dwell. The
bittcrest terms he WAS ever known to
employ toward the enemy were those he
used when he said one day to his son
Robert, who was bravely working at Il
gun las 4 private in the RockbriIgo Ar
tilicry,.; That is right, my son, drive
those people back
He used, sometimes, to speak Of the
enemy as General Meadcs people"
General Grants people, " Oh oour friends
across the river, and neither his official
papers nor his private correspondence
ever contained hursher expressions.
1t was well known throughout the
Confederate army that General Lee did
everything in his power to soften the
asperitics and lessen the horrors Of the
war; that he always treated his prisoners
with kindness and made them as com
Portable as lis scant resources would al
low; and that to his potcntinhucnce was
due the failure of the Confederate Gov
ernmont to carry into effect its threaten
cd retaliation"
Alter the war his spirit OF iorbenrancc
toward the Government and people Of
tue North seemed 10 have dcepcncd and
grown IN strength along with that Lcau-
uiui CHRISTIAN character winch ahone out
so OH9"tiy dUrlnG these last years oi ilia
me-
Oh one occasion IN Lexington n Ger
'Hih distinguished orator made an ad-
o'eSS Ill "licn nc used come very harsh
expressions concerning tue Northern
people After the address was over Gen
'r"l Lee came 10 your correspondent
ana SAID; 81 saw you taking notes dur
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obey lis laws and seek 10 ioroot ~ soor
as possible tlo bitter memories Of tb,
war; Your CORRESPONDENT ono dov CO "
INN st,nd,po at his ooto toll;no vor,
pleasanily with an hnmb,e.lookin,, man
who walked off very mpch del;rhto1 ;,o
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belonged, was the reply, she jo"ght o'
me otheT Stde, 6ut IRE must not hink Of Tho
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The next day we met the old soldier
an lrishman-gloriously drunk I'VE ar
sorry to say,) and spoke to him abou
! his interview with General Lee. Pat q
t once went into raptures, exclaiminG
= "He IL the greatest man that ever livec
and as kind as he isgreat. He not onl
I had a pleasant word for an old soldie
who fought against him, but he gave IN
llNe dollars 10 heip me On my way
: "enefai Lee uccllneu III lh'i'a''ohS
t a'ten' meetings. "hich ''"o any cohh"'
e tion with Inc war; carried out the term
: oi Ills parole WIN inc moaI Scrop"io"
eNac'heSs' ana eAer'ed quiet Dut mes
: potent lhhaehce III 6e'nhS lis oid 30
e oierS anu INC people Oh INC 0o"'n gel
efaliy 10 accept the N1Iua'ion "'