Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-06-06


day "MemOrial Day" We place
flowers on graves, almost unmarked
save but by flowers mOiStiOaed and
refreshed, tears more crystal aud
as pure as heavens own distilla-
tons.
The whole world knew a mOnu-
ment at Richmond was to be un-
yelled. ga monument I" on May
%, 1890. There comes the question
to whom, where, and for what
There were no power, or powers,
nOthing short of decree from the
court of "last resort" that could say
stop! Stop what HOuors to a.
herO-Yes a man; stop a tribute
to the man who SAID in humility,
{ and there is the true greatness J
"Human virtue should be equal
to human calamity" Since The
Inspired Books" were closed, who
so wrote and aye, so grandly,I
hnmbly acted.
The records written by friend or
foe on the last crucial test, seen in
that purest sun light, bright as
came When the grand command.
.'Let there be light" was uttered,
will use words OF lie, wOrdS
up to the praise of the Vice Pres.
iLent, Pro TEN. OF thu L. s. and
there will be 40 g0llish P. S. toI
he addpd-We quote as he spoke.
Robert E. Lee was undoubtedly
one OF the grra'esi soldiers OF the
age, a man OF III lofleSt persona
character, man pure and incor
ruptible in pu olic aud private llf'
have been told, soldier Without
tear or reprOach.
Now as Lee was so good, so pure
why these words
had be had adhered TO the lofty
sentiments expressed ny himself
he would today have been the
the most eminent citizen of the
country. Yet by a great object
lesson IN treason, dislOyalty, per
Jury, violation of private and pub
lie hOnOrs, on the very day made
sacred for the decoration OF the
Union graves, those who came
back to tle Union with protested
honor and patriotism chose this
day out of all the 9G5 Of the year,
with every augmentation OF inso.
lence. A Confederate flag placed
in the hand OF the bronze statue OF
Washington Shame
Well it seems as excuse there
was a flag put by "fanatic fool" a.
rebel flag, in the statuary hand
of the Washington monument, who
says 1t was proper, nobody, who
did it 7 nobody as known.
Oh, the meaDness of a comph-
ment, flower and its perfumery'
then little insect that pOisons
when others in ignorance and con-
6dence accepted it as beauty.
Contrast If you Will, praises toI
Lee Who wanted a nOn.cOmbatant
TO praise him. lie is great as sol
der, Iofuest in personal character
pure and iucorruptIble in public
and private life. Told by a sol
der, with out fear or reprOach.
But "Object lesseus iu treason,
dlsloyally, perjury, violations of
private and public honOrs, &c.
What does all this mean ?
The whole world hOnOred lice"
In the struggle his word was the
verify of record.
TIC decend as we must, no man
talked of Lee as other than "LEE."
If he and Jefferson Davis we're
guilty of other than crimes charged
in stump speaking, demagOging
and decorations days and stilled
accusations.
Why no trial!
Grant, like the brave nan be
was, said you cant try "Lee,' no
matter what YOU (cit>0 you home
house creeping soldiers say, he is
"my prisoner"
How grandly would he have
scorned the idea Of all the gall, in
bitterness and the dyspeptlc jOdg-
ment, granting malaria as subsu-
tute for pluck, and Office seeking
10 ell things the god.
Grant was stern, he had will,
and it won. He bad no idea of
camp followers. On the line, in
the smoke, in the music of the lead
and shell, he saw his true men.
Don't be atrial We braves of a !
monument, that man formulated,
that a good people, and good wO-
men, God givr) sid "Erect 1t
in the classic CRY Of Richmond, the
conquer, d CT "" it. will not hurt
Kansas. A change Of intellectual
diet may help.
More anon.
The Best Result.
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