Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-05
Eulogies on Gen. Lee.

In the u. s. Ssnats yesterday evening
when the resolutions In respec. to the nemo.
~ OF the Late General ". Il z. Lee sers
introduced, Senator Barbour asid:
Mr.. President, t1s resolutions jps! read
were passed by the House Of Represent.
tiyes on the Oh day OF FEBRUARY ias In re-.
spect to the memory OF William &. F. Lee
deceased, late member of that body from
the z ghth Congressional district Of Viz.
glnis.
Bs,ore asking the Ssnate to adopt tbs fss.
olutions IL IL Incumbent upon ME, al one of
the Senators from Virginia, as II s In harm.
ony with my OWE personal feelings, 10 sub.
nit some remarks in explanation Of their
purpose and o;j-cf, sad and mourn.ul
duty to be performed ca ny parf.
GA. Lee was my immediate successor In
the House of Representatives, euG served
with ability aud efic!sncg 10 beth the FIJI.
tisth and Fifty frss CcnGresees. He Sss
reelected to tie present Congress, hu: bis
cagaer was arrested IS that higher and sn.
nrems power TO which 10 must eli y!e1
aud on the 18Th OF OstohaT, 1891, be depart.
cd this lie az his home in tne county Of
Fairfax, sad In TIA midst ot hia family ann
irieuda.
do not consider Ii necessary in this pres
spce or on this occasion TO go ialo much De.
tail t.uching the life aud character of the
deceased.
The full and eloquent tributes paid 10 bls
memory In the house OF Representatives.
show the high appreciation in which he
was hsld by his associates In that body, and
express In far more fitting terms lhan 7
could employ their estimate otha character.
services. end virtues
Gen. Lee came from distinguished line.
age. Two OF the family signed cur Magma
Chsrts, the Declaration Of Independence.
and another was At ornei-Gsnsral uLder
Gen. Washington.
o. the pale.nal eide be could refer to bis
distinguished grandfather. Qsn. Henry Lee,oi
the revolutionary army, who wea knew as
Light Horse Harry, tbs oommandant OF
Lees legion, 80 conspicuous in the aunals
Of that period. Els maternal grandfather
vas the late @. W. Psrke Cuatis OF Atling.
tor, the Etspson of Gen. Washington, and
tamiiiarlV called In bic day ;ho child OF
Mount Vernon.
Rls father, Gen. B. E Lac the Chief mil.
Itsry figure On bis side In tts late civil war,
vas too wall known fer comment 81 ny
hands. 1t ls the boat of Eome OF tlo Old
bsrcnial fsni ie, OF England tat their en-.
ces,crs goGs with William the Conquerog st
! Hastings To certain extent the pfida OF
ancestry is an enoblirg een,lmen', and Viz
enisEs muat be paidoned when tempted to
refer to the illnstrious names whica ite!g
State 10 the past has furnished to The IA.
ion. The name of Lse has been house.
bold Rord lie Virginia for thres generations
of men. Ia t5s death OF General w. f.
Lac the state has lost cha OF her true;t and
yorthiee. cons end t1e iedaral government
q faithfol and patriotic represeetst tive.
Alth ugh acquainted personally with General
I ce fer many years, IL was only Nisb!n yesr or
two before his death thss 1 had the opportunity
to appreciate fully the high personal qualities Of
he msn, and TO understal d the real nobility OF
his De ute. The more l saw of him the higher
became my respect and admiration. He grew
uuon me with more close contSct AID Intimate
association.
I was greatly impre :sed with his invalilble
courtesy of manner and groat AVAILABILITY and
Kindness Of heart, to which was aided knighty
| bearing aod cordially of erecting, which con-.
uiaed, made Genel 81 &c, wi h s!l dasaes oisociely
an impotipg aud Attractive figure.
Ho has goae to his last resting place mourned
Ly his family and friends, and lsmeot,d by an
extensive Acquaintance throughput the country.
He had flied the measure Of his dnties In evoIy
respect, and wAs entill d as he passed rom the
stage Of seton to the plsudit We'll done, good
and fsith;u servant"
Mr.. Daniel said OF Mr. Leo thst he had been do.
servedly hoaored, loved, IN / trust By the poo
pie OF Vng;uis His life had been full OF no .le
use Bcsptci for The rigbtI aud tenderness for
the feelings O: Others had stemptd his conduct on
every occssion. BE had iuin led Sydneys detioi-
ton of whai constituted q t'euan-"High
thoughts seated in heart of courtesy"
He (nr. Daniel) knew of 20 better legacy that
q father could leave his IL u eho.d. or a patriot
ieave his country, ttaa such record ss Mr.. Lee
left to attest his virtues. He would not speak OF
Mr.. Lee asa Brilliant man. Ho was more. he
YVES wise and tue and good man. Having re-
called the knishtly ancestry Of the Lees, 10 re-
marked that Lighthouse Harry Los OR, Lees
grandfsther) hsd been the first to break tho re-
cord Of his race OF loys.ty to tie Bri iIh crown.
1t was ho who had spoken OF Washington as
"First in war, first IN eace and first in TIE heara
Of his country men,"
Mr.. Daniel paid high tli'ute to Genersl Bob
ert Z. Lee, ard ssid that not o1e Of the race had
spoken word for var I; not one OF them had held
back from wsr. From :a,tiDgs In 1866 TO Boz
ION in 1916, the name of Leo had boon blended
with tho glories OF thu fatherlsnd. But from
Boston TO Appomattox il grow more lustrious
With gr4nder oppor uni lea AMI victory up to
April 8, 1865; IL had been stll, moro victorious
since rising to tho height o harder trials and
steiner duties than an5 of combas
Euogio5 were also delivered ~ Senators Pasco,
Stewart, Colquist Butler and DOlph.
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