The morning call., 1894-10-21

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hero with the great heart who guided his
country safely through the crisis of her
destiny than this chaplet of poems "by
one who fought in honor for the South. :"
A SOutherner, proud of his whllom COM
rades. by Lincoln's grave is proud to give
song to you who kept the banner old,
The dearest flag oer any country blowing.
The two rivals are now united; the
Southern soldier came to the fray with
just as high aims as the NOrtherner.
lhelr honor cannot be impugned, and
should war ever break out one flag would
wave over the united North aud South.
Lincoln'S heart embraced all meo; he was
full of love for all. He is not dead yet,
but lives. and grows grander, for
HIS was the tireless strength OF native truth,
Inc might OF rugged, untaught arnsstneSs;
And toned his manhood with rs winter stress
Up TO the temper of heroic worth,
ana wrought him TO a crystal clear and pure,
10 mark how nature in her highest mood
Scorns at our pride OF birth,
And ever plants the life that must endure
IN the strong soil of wintry solitude.
His origin was lowly; he was a fore
chosen one. strong by his position and by
the union of his various Qualities, king
among men, steadfast in storm and broad
of view.
q Bis eyes were never narrowed to the line
by which the bigot gauges every look.
He was full of wisdom and justice and
the hope for perfect brotherhood; human
to the core, humorous and sympathetic.
lie saw the ruin, but hoped to repair II
he pitied all--the Southern mother and
the New England maiden; his love was
impartial; revenge appealed in vain TO
! him; he kept the faith.
| Trusted the inner light and drove right on
| Straight toward his golden purpose shining high
Beyond the fields of death.
"AnDealsd in white fire" he set freedom
free and heard each chain of slavery as il
foil Ia foil hou hod ht,s
blessed by all, and his memory. lowly OF
| birth though he was, will keep the light OF
| freedom burning and will stir the hearts
of struggling men forever.
| Years pass away. but freedom oes not pass:
Thrones crumble. but mans birthright crumbles
| a whole worlds aspirations IAN this spot
| With ceaseless painting after liberty,
! One breath of which would make dark Russia fair
And blow sweet summer through the exiie's cave
| And set the exile free:
! For which pray here in the open air
! OF freedoms moIniDgtide by Lincons grave.
| The "get-up' of The little volume is be-
| yond praise and we are glad 10 see thai
! of their craft In making use of a eolnphon
! Cambridge and Chicago: Stone & Kim.
ball. For sale at the bookstores
GENERAL LEE.-One of the few leader:
| in the War of the Rebellion who left ne
| personal memoirs of the part he played ir
| the great drama was the Confederate chief
| tain. Robert T.. Lee. This is to be re.
| GREETED, as his impartial mind and known
| probity was such that anything from his
| pen would have added largely to clearing
| up disputed points in the history of the
military operations in the Virginia CAM
| paigns. 1t is fortunate, however. that the
mission of writing theistory of his life ha;
fallen into such capable hands as those o1
! his nephew and cavalry chief, Genera
| Fitzhugh Lee. This latest addition to thu
Great Commanders" series is in many
respects the best. 1t is written withou
! prejudice. there are no malevoent filings
at contemporary leaders. aud the author
appears to have been actuated by an ear
nest desire to so perform his task tha
while it gives faithful record of the mill
tarv career of his distinguished uncle, il
| will also prove valuable contribution to
| the literature OF the war. Access has been
had to General Lees correspou denee, and
! a number of his letters are published
! which give his Impressions and Opin ions
| on many OF the great events with which
| he was so closely identified. Scattered
| through the work are numerous pen pic
| lures of the Confederate Leaders, which
| add materially to the interest of the nara
| tive. We are occasionally given glimDses,
| too, Of the Union leaders. and how their
tactics we're viewed by "a man on the
other side of the picket line" There is
| an excellent account of the seven days
battles before hichm0nd, from COnfede
rate standpoint. This includes the story
of Jeb Stuarps famous raid. when.
with 1900 troopers, he rode entirely
| around McClellan's army. with the loss
of but single man. That was the
! ION to Richmond" period, when all
| han fn ho
capture of the Confederate capital
The Union cause was passing through a
trying ordeal then. On the Peninsula was
our Young Napoleon" perpetrating his
"change of base" in The face OF the en-
envy; near Washington was Pope, in
diting heroic dispatches from "headquar-
ters in the saddle" while in the city itself
was "Old Brains" Halleck gathering up
the tangled skein of tactical supervision
only TO taDgle it the more.
The chapter devoted 10 Gettysburg will
be read with interest. In it we are told
not only what Lee failed TO accomplish,
but what be aimed to do. General Lee
accepted with philosophical resignation
Longstreets failure To fully cooperate in
the assault upon the Union center, which
| rendered Plcketts desperate charge futile
and put crushing check upon the Con
federate cause. which was then at high
water mark The author 10 referring tC
this admits that his chief did not alway:
hold his subordinates TO that strict ac
countability which military law anC
usage not only allows, but demands. Cap
tain Margold, German officer and dis
tingulshed military student. says che de.
feet in General Lees military character
was too kindly consideration for incom.
petent officers, resulting from an excess
of good nature. General Lee himself said
afterward that "the battle would have
been gained if General Longstreet had
Obeyed the order given him and attacked
early instead of late; that Longstreet was
a brilliant soldier when once engaged, bu-
the hardest man TO move in my army"
With the ending of the war at Apo
mattox, Lee withdrew from public affairs
He declined to be a candidate for Cover
nor of Virginia, and accepted the pres
dency Of Washington College at Lexington
! in his native State. There are severa
errors in proper names, which are prob
| ably owing to hasty revision; for in
stance, General Pillow is printed Gideon
L. instead of Gideon j.; Ronald S. Mac.
kenZle appears as Ronalds Mackenzie
the types make it William H., instead Of
Henry Wager Halleck. and Henry w. il
made inlo Henry B. Slocum. New York
croft Company.l
The MOUNTAINS OF CALIFoRNIA.-"G
where you may within the bounds of Cal
ifornia, mountains are always in sight
charming and glorifying every landscape
This is the opening sentence of Johr
| Muir's book on the mountains of Califor
| mia and all throuph the yolume he tails n