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laid. Maj. Daniel II the fxyorite 0fator of the
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marshal for the day. "A procession was first
(ORmed of the audiences on the university
campus at 8, O'clock o. IN, which marched ~ |
the cemetery. Having there decorated the
yraye Of Stonewslr Iacksop,it returned and
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campus and they exercises wene opened With
prayer by the Rev. r. j. McBryde, after
which Gen. Jabal A. EARLY, the presiding of
ficer, with. q few remarkss intfoducod fhe
orator of the occasion, Maj. john ". Daniel.
MAJ. DANIELS ADDRESS.
sMaj.s Daniel said in substance as follows:'
MIR PRRsIDEHT. N.Y. COMRADES AND
COUNfRYMEN-There was no happier or
lovelier home. than that Of Col. Robert Ed
ward Lee in the spring Of 1881. when, for the.
first time, Its threshold was darkened with
the omensJ of civiEwar The head Of the
house WAS = man whom. nature had richly ems
QOWcO WILL kTaCSS VI PERSON dlAu ulXu ,Qu8ll.
ties Of head and +heart. Fsmeshsd already
bound his brow with .hsg lagge1., and fortuneI
had poured into his lap her golden horn. He
had already established his own martial fame
on bloody fields in Mexico, and had proved
how little be depended upon any merit but
made Of his genius and his vslor that Gen.,
Scott, command Of the army ia
which he serv ed, had declared that he ''wns
the best soldier he ever SAW In the tield"-.
''the greatest military genius In America" :,
COZ. LEE BEFORE THE REBELLIoN.
So situated was Col. Lee in the spring Of
1861, upon the verge Of the n,omentOus reyo-
luton of which he became SO mighty pillar
and SO glorious chieftain. But we cannot
estimate the struggle it cost him to take up,
arms against the Union, nor the sacrifice he
made, nor the pure devotion with which he
consecrated his sword to his native state, with
out looking beyond his physical surroundings
and following further the Suggestions of his
history and character for the springs Of ac-,
tionNwhic prompted his course. Col. Lee
was emphatically Union man, and Virginia,
to the crisis of dissolution, was Union state.
He loved the Union with q soldiers ardent
loyalty for. the government he served, and
with . patriots faith and hope in, the institu--
tiens Of his country. His ancestors had been
among the most distinguished and revcred OF
its founders; his own life from youth upward
had been spent in Its service, and two 81 his
sons,' following. his footsteps, ,tl,eld commits
sions sion in the army. And emineptly, eonserva.
bias Of his Judgment, - every tendency Of
his history, filled lin with yearning and as
piration for the peace of his country and the
perpetuity of the Union. Is it a-wonder, then,
that as the storm Of revolution lowered, Col
Lee, then with his regiment, the second cav
airy, in Texas, wrote thus to his son in Janu-
''.rhe south, in my opinion, has been ag-
grieved by the acts of the north, as you say. ]
feel the aggression and am willing to take any
proper steps for redress. 1t is the principle
contend fOr-nOt individual or private benefit.
As an American citizen take great pride in
my country, her prosperity and institutions,
and would defend any state ifher rights were
invaded. But can anticipate no greater ca
lamity TOR the country than dissolution OF
all the evils we complain of, and I am willing
to sacrifice everything but honor for its pres
eryation. hope, therefore, that all constits.
tional means will be exhausted, before there
| is resort to force. Secession Is nothing but
revolution = - Still, ~ Union that can
and IN which strife and civil war are to take
the place of love- and kindness hss no charm
for me. shall mourn for my country and
for the welfare and progress Of mankind. Il
the Union is dissolved and the government 1,
disrupted shall return to my native. state
and share the miseries- of my people, and save
| in defense Will draw my sword on none."
- -. -a CIVIL WAR. sgz.= zz.s.,.
A few weeks later Co. Lee was ordered and
came to Washington, reaching there three days
before the inauguration Of President lincoln
Al that time South Carolina, Mississippi
Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana
] had already seceded from the Union ,.and thu
provisional government of the confederate
states was,in operation al Montgomery. On
April Ii, under bombardmept, Maj. hAnder-
| SOU, with his garrison, surrendered. Or
April 10 President Lincoln issued his procla.
nation for 1000 men to put down what hi
STYLED combinations too powerful to be sup
pressed by the ordinary course Of tudicia
proceedings." This proclamation. determined
Virgfnia's course, On April II she answered
Mr.. Lincoln's sproclamation with the ordinance
Of secession, and, with intrepid bDow stepped
| to the front of war.
UNDER WHICH FLAG?
Where now is Robert e. Lee: On tht
border lima between. two hostile empires
girding their loins for as stern fight as eveI
tested warriors steel, be beholds each beck.
oning to him to lead-its people.to battle.-
messenger comes from the president OF th.
United States and from Gen. Scott.to tender
him supreme command Of its forces. aDidh
accept and di! he accede. the congueror'
crown awaits him, and, win or lose, e,-le vii
remain the foremost man of great establish
ed nation, with all honor and glory that richie
and office and power and public applause Cal
supply. To the statesman, Mr., Eranci
Preston Blair, who brought him the tender o
supreme command, he answered.: mir
Blair, look upon secession rs anarchy. If
owned the four millions Of slaves in tn,
south would. sacrifice them an to the Union
but how can draw my sword against Vir
glnia" On April 20, as soon as the news o
his commission in the army of the, United
States and thus wrote to his sister, who re-
mained with her husband on the Union side. /.
/ With all my devotion to, the Union sn(
the feeling Of loyalty and duty of an Ameri
can cltizeni haye not been able to make III
my mind to raise my hand against my rela
tives, my children, nv home. I have there
fore resigned my commission In the army
and, save in defense of my native state lwitl
the sincere hope that my poor services ma,
never be needed), l hope 1 may never be cali
ed upon to draw my sword"
LEE DEvoTEs HIS SWORD TO VIRGINIA.
7 Bidding an affectionate adieu to his ole
friend and commander, Gen. Scott, whe
mourned his loss. but nobly expressed hi
confidence in his motives, he repaired t.
Richmond. Gov. John Letcher fmmediatel,
appoint, him to the command in chief O
the Virginia forces, and the convention unau
imously confirmed the nomination. In accept
ing the position Gen. Lee said: 'Trustins
in Almighty God, an approving conscience
and the aid of my fellow citizens devote nv
self to the service Of my native state"
vINDICATION OF GEN. LEE.
The speaker said: 81 pause not here to de
fend the course of Gen. Lee, as the defense
may be drawn from the constitution of re.
public founded on the bedrock principle tha
all go ernments must derive their tust now
ers from the consent of the gOyerned., A
great revolution need never apologize for no
explain itself. There it is! the august AMI
thrilling rise of whole population. And lh
fact that it is there is the best evidence of it
right to be there. None but great inspiration
underlie great actions. None but great cause
can ever produce great events. A transien
gust of passion may turn crowd into a mob
A temporary impulse may. swell mob into
local insurrection. But when a whole peopl
stand to their guns before their hearthstones
and as one man resist what they deem aggres
sion: when for long years they endure power
ty and starvation, and dare danger and dealt
to maintain principles which they deer
sacred; when they shake q continent wit
their heroic endeayors and fill tho world witj
the glory OF their achievements, history csJ
make for them no higher vindicatfon than I
point to their deeds snd say, Behold h. Th
southern states acted for themselves-th
northern states for themselves-Virginis 70