The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-09
.DAGGERS ORA. WIN "
AsDUEL THOGHT TO BE IMMI-
Z q e NENT BETWEEN
GENERAL EARLY And MAJOR LACEY
The Trouble the Outcome. Of the Ma-
. hone Campaign Last Faii--The Ger
eraI ReDuns Major ntcey at The W.
yelling OF the Lee Monument. y

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AS was stated in the telegraph col
umns of the TIMES yesterday, Genera
Early. ofLynchburg, andhlajor Lacey.
OF Fredericksburg, are at dagger
drawn and it sthought that q duel i
imminent. a,fi Tstis 2t:ibT9aG s3sint
The trouble is an outcome Of The
bitter Malone campaign last afffa4l fall
During that campaign Major. Lacey
authorized the statement that jusl
after Tie war Gienerat Lee had said in
his presence that had It, been neceS77
-sary to choose n. successor to, himsel.
ne would have chosen Malone. + Gem
eral Early took occasion to contradict
irhis statement, and ii. was reported
that vt meeting of Tue two AT. the
Lee monument 9unyeiling at Rich
mond Major Lacey ;.ccosted General
Early, but was rebufred by the LATTER
with the statement that he did not
desire to recognize q man who, pub
lished a SANDER on General Lee..o
Recently General Early published,
the following card il, the Lyncclhlb7!ptIre,
News ll1i15D 5,.l.iicE,.o1 J9n0.r
II really have no recollection Of the
alleged interview between Major j.
Horace Lacey and myself at the i'm
yelling in Richmond Of the Lee
statue, as it was impossible for ms. tc
recollect everything that OCCURRED il
such an immense crowd as was present,
on that occasion. However, am not
to deny the correctness Of the
alleged interview. Several years ago
/ took occasion to expose the false.
hood of statement made bya news
paper correspondent that General,
Lee had stated to some gentlemen IL.
Lexington, after the war, that, in the
event of any accident to himself, he;
would have designated Malone as
his successor in command of the
Army of Northern. Virginia It
will be recollected that during the
Gubernatorial canvass last year q
letter from Major j., Horace Lacey
was published, in, which be stated
that General Lee, at a, dinner al bis,
home in Lexington after. the war, tod
him and General Wade Hampton con
among other things, that
he would have chosen Malone as his
successor in command the infantry
of the Army of Northern Virginia ii
the event of his having to retire. The
truth of the statement was indiS-
nantly denied by General Hampton.
in a published letter and presume
no man who had any respect for Gen
eral Lee placed the slightest RELIANCE
on Lacey's statement, regard this;
as the viIest SANDER which could be
uttered against General Lee from any
quarter, and of course L could haze
no tolerance for the Nan who uttered
it. 9.....,.:l.tg a..i. 1lt. 1li-lli 81 q
To a representative Of the Freder5
icksburg Lance, Maior Lacey said: ~
Your statement is correct, Early
treated me as you described, and !
would have resented il. at the time bui
for his drunken and Irresponsible. con
dition. shall answer Early's care
and show what manner of man he is.
| shall show up his record as d Con >
federate commander, how he acted a:
commissary for Phil Sheridan in the
valley. and how utterly worthless he
was during the war. His treatment
of me in Richmond proved hin.
a low-bred .vulgarian, whoi in {;
moment of drunkenness, proved him,
self incapable of actiIsg the part of g
gentleman. The. statement i lnadHs
about Lees opinion Of Malone was 8,
truthful one, and will not permit Z.
man of Early's character and reputar,
ton to insult me without such resent
ment as a gentleman should show "a.
Major Lacey left tom without pre- I
senting his reply to tue Lance forpubr
LEGATION, but it is expected that; his
card will appear in next Fridays edi7
ton of that paper. His arraignmept
OF Early will undoubtly be a. mos
severe one, and it is thought. THAI
Early will either resent it in the usual
way, or that he will replYl.in, terms
that will end in conflict between tbs
two eX-Confederates, ~ 34stlf .s9f