The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-03-28
DAVIS AND LEE.


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nre great IN tba fse Of fortune. and
heroes IN spite of defeat
When tho future historian comes 10
survey the character Of be-. bo will
God u rising llke hugc mountain
above The naJu'adng plain NJ human.
iiy, and he will have 10 lifi his eyes
high 10 wards heaven to catch IT, sum
nit lie poFscsscd every virtue n
all other great commanders without
tbcir vices. He was q Zoe without
/ hate friend without trcachcry; q
soldier without cruelty, aud victim
without murmuring. lie was a public
officer without vices; a private citizen
without wrong;a a ncighbor without
reproach; a Christian without bypoc.
risy, and man without guile. lie
was Caesar without his ambition
Frederick without his tyranny; Napo.
leon without bis selishncss, and
Washington without his reward. lie
was obedicnt to authority as a ser
want, and royal in authority as true
king. He was gentle as a woman in
life; but Todest and pure as a virgin
in thought; watchful as a Roman vcs.
tai in duty; submissive TO law as Soc.
rates, and grand IN oattle as Achilles. !
There were many peculiarilies in
the habits and character of Lee,
which are but little known and which |
may be studied with profit. He STU
diously avoided giving opinions upon
subjects which it had not been his call.
ing or training to investigate; and
sometimes thought he carried this
great virtue too tar. Neither the
President, nor Congress, nor friends
could get his views upon any public
question not strictly military, and no
man had as much quiet, unobtrusive
contempt for what he called an ilitary
statesmen and political generals"
Lee sometimes INDUCED in satire, to
which his greatness gave point aud
power. He was especially severe on
criticisms Of military
movements-suhjects about which the
writer's knew nothing.
1--WE made great mistake, Mr..
Hill, in the beginning of our struggle,
and, / fear, in spite Of all we can do,
it will prove to be fatal mistake
he said to me after General Bragg
ceased to command the Army of Ten.
nesscc, an event Lee dcplored.
"What mistake is that, General?"
"Why, sir, in the beginning, we ap-
pointed all our worst Generals to
the armies, and all our best
Generals to edit the newspapers. As
you know, l have planned some cam
palgns and quite q number of battles.
have given the work all the care
md thought | could, and sometimes
when my plans were completed, as far
rs ! could sec, they seemed to be per-
ect' But, when have fought them
through, | have discovered defects
Ind occas onally wondered l did not {
zee some of The defects in advance. s
When it was all over, | fonnd by &
'eading a newspaper that these best
saw all the defects I
plainly from the start. Unfortunate {
Y, they did not communicate their j
knowledge to me until it was TOO
ate." Then after pause, he added
with beauti ul, grave expLession l
,an never forget: Il haye no ambition
out to serve the Confederacy, and do .
Ill I can to win our independence. | {
I'm willing to serve in any capacity
10 which the authorities nay assign
ne. / have done the best / could in
The field, and have not succeeded as |
,onld wish. | am willing to yield
ny place TO these best Generals, and
will do my best for the cause edit
ing a newspaper"
Jefferson Davis WIS az great in the