Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-30

facing the statue. The volunteer cav
AIRY formed facing the grand stand. Inc
arranging ot thc mass occupied tully
half m hour
When the organization was complete
and something like quiet could Dee had.
Governor Mckinney. as President of the
Lee Monument Association. arose and
called the a>>cmblage 90 order. After
brief Invocation by Rev. Charles Min
uigcrodc. oi thc Episcopal Church, GoN-
crnor Mckinney introduced Gen. Early
lS chairman of the meeting. Tie was
erected with prolonged applause and
cheering. Taking the gavcl from GOV-
error NrKmuevs hand. teen. Eariy au-
,.,,.n...I ina few wcil-cho>cu words the
orator of tbe occasion. Col. Archer An
I.rSor. WHO. spoke as follows.
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uaWo aud sway rNtchNt" 'H'I' >"o,'i"
be the >epu.chtc OBJ fompey' :" ''-l"N
iu every part ui America jue character
and fame oi Robert Edward Lee are
treasured us ''a possession for ali time.
And 10 this Is true oi that great hduic'
what shall 'c SAID oi l9e 'ifly''.> '5i'y'.S
which surround us Du lhI> u's "i >'''' '' y
commemor1lion- lh"' "' '"' ."U ''
tnc FIRST quarter oI a century tl''I ."'
close oi >iup'uooN> 'i''i war '" " "'',, %
more than m,..i"u >lrls-''o ~ lo' .'..l 'i'I
mastery ".llN- l'''i o@l> '' ,''. ,..'.I' '''N
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rfn states .. conn i''v'' I,..i. ...i
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th. rri1r.. .nrYbfuation I'm himof moral
strength with moral beauty. of AN that
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f-i+rJs of manLind.~
r,rr .,NpeuArAcrrl; LEE.
-rt.nr,-.r tben wont into an clabo-
..-.f...rr-,,ni.,l review of the life and
'.f,r,.,T~ ,f C.n. lee. he sprang from
~. ,f ,,., ,,bo had lust shown n "a
,,arr,i- -rar.Ys Struggle AIN OF theyirtucS
,.j f,.,,' nf tL. f,rIt, a class selected
NJ, ~Yl.. because fttr~t to rule. His
father had won % brilliant fame as a cav
alry leader and the signal honor OF the
warm friendship of Washington. The
death of -Lieht Horse Harry" Lee. when
Robert Lee was only d years old, made
thc boy thc protector oi his mother, "a
school of virtue not unhtted to de'riop
character that nature had formed Tor
honor.
It was partly. no doubt the exam p.,
of his fathers oriiiaut >'t'I'C' o",
mainly the soldier pioOd Nnl'n now"
u his veins. that impc'led ulm 1o S,yN d