The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-05-31

NfN:GE v isHiNGluN AND ROBERT E.
LEE are j. y .egarded as the two great
est mi.i'aty leaders this country, if not
the world, has produced. They give to
Virginia halo of glory and make it the
Mecca for patriots. They represent the
best and purest type of the upright,
Christian gentleman. In the celebra-
tion at Richmond this week their names
were naturally linked together.
Brave, manly, true to duty, coura-
geous, courteous, and courtly, the name
of ROBERT E. LEE will live in song and
story as long as true men inhabit this
earth. He was honored at Richmond
as never man was honored before Tears
of grateful remembrance fell from eyes
unused to weep as the old veterans re-
called his manly figure and his number
less virtues!
The following, from the Richmond
Advocat' !, is q just and handsome tribute
to GEN LEE:
Virginia has been the prolific mother
OF great men, but of all the noble men
of the nineteenth century Robert Ed
| ward Lee was the nOblest of them all
| His equal has seldom been seen in any
age; his superior has never been known
outside the list of inspired names. The
unselfish patriot, the eminent com
mander, the humble believer in Jesus,
| ha t,I l. l., e. IL
of man and all the graces of a Chlis
ton. The record of his character and
deeds adorns the brightest pages in the
history Of his native State, to whose
service he devoted himself with the zeal
of u hero and the self sacrifice of mar.
tyr. He passed through war of almost
untqualled severity without blot upon
his scutcheon-respected and feared by
his foes; admired and loved and almost
worshiped by his friends Grand IN the
hour OF victory, he was yet grander il
the day of defeat, and his great sou
could neither be too much elated by tht
one nor unduly depressed by the other
Calm and serene and magnanimous i.
prosperity, he met adversity with E
patient dignity and an nncon9uerablt
fortitude that even his enemies were
forced to reverence and extol. After
the war, while others sat down in des
pairing apathy, or wasted their energies
In useless repinings, he quietly ani
hopefully addressed himself to the tasl
of retrieving the shattered fortunes O.
his State, and probably no other did al
much to allay the bitterness of sectiona
hatred and to advance the highest inter
ests of his reunited country A modern
Aristides, he was totally destitute of al
selfish ambition. He knew no caus
but that of justice and the public wei
fare. and had that welfare SO required
like AristidGs, he would cheerfully hav
signed the order for his own Punishment
In whatever aspect we view him, wheth
er in the camp or in the field, in peac
or in war, in the busy multitude or il
the quiet seclusion of his own mountai
home at Lexington-everywhere he pre-
sents to our gaze the sublime propol
? tions of true and honest man. N
| other in our land or age, combined i
; one character, and in such perfect hal
| mony and orderly adjustment, SO man
of the elements of moral strength an
beauty; no other had so many of tn
qualities of mind and heart that const
tute true greatness. The names of Davis
D Sidney Johnston, Jackson, Stuart an
. others are embalmed in the loving men
, Ory of the South; the whole civilize
world bows in homage and reverent
t before the majesty of Robert E. Lee
p name and character