Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-20
GIN. LEES BIRTHDAY
O0sssIincss b Virginia, Maryland,
Carolina, and Georgia.
FlrzHUGH LEE IN ATLANTA.
us O'alion IN Eloquent RtVisV Of tho
ETsnts Of the War.
GUEST OF The VIRGINIA SOCIETY.
Ioasts and Responses at the Kimball
House Banquet.
MARYLAND LINE CELEBRATION.
10 Address BY General Nuniord Pol.
loved BY 4 Feast.
SENATOR DANIELS ADDRESS.
Eusogy Of the Great Commander and Re-
florence to neutrality-suspicious., Pa
rades. and Banquets Elsewhere.
IN Address BY General NunioM Pol.
loved BY 4 Feast.
SENATOR DANIELS ADDRESS,
Euscgy o. the Great Commander and Re
florence to ettysburg-Address<s,P Pa
rades, and Banquets Elsewhere.

General Fitzhugh Lee has been given 9
royal reception during his stay here, and
his presence has been the principal fea
ture Of the celebration OF Robert Il
Lees birthday. This is a legal holiday
In Georgia. and has been most appropri
ately observed.
Immediately upon his arrival General
Lee was taken in hand by the virginians
and he has been the lion OF the hour
have been the address this afternoon
and the banquet OF the Virginia Society
tonight.
The Young Mems Christian Association
Hall was filed 10 OVERLOOKING this after
noon when the hour for General Lees
notable one. the Governor. State off,
c!als. Mayor. and city officials being
present. as well as q number Of distin-
guishcd ex-Virginians from different cities
OF the State. President Arnall. who is
one Of Atlanta's prominent insurance-men
was the master Of ceremonies. and In
troauced the distinguished speaker, who
was gwen a rouslng welcome.
GENERAL LEES SPEECH.
General Lee prefaced his remarks by
referring TO declinatlon OF a previous
Invitation OF the society. when. he said,
he could not come because OF the blood
Relationship 10 the soldier whose natal
day was being celebrated: but he had
accepted this. being convinced that the
character. services. genius, and fame OF
O hero are not walled by family hearth
Stones. but belong "to the whole creation
and the stormy regions beyond" Review
ing the events Of the war and the thirty
years that have elapsed. "Southerners.
he said. need have no feeling of humili-
alton. whether they view the skill of their
general or the courage OF their soldiers
Georgia, SO many OF whose soldiers
followed the sun OF Robert Il. Lee. made
the day OF his birth a legal holiday.
General Lee told OF the nobility OF char
acter that developed In the youth OF
Robert T.. Lee. and OF his magnificent
character as revealed through the record
OF sixty-four years. He spoke of the
young officers who won their spurs in the
Mexican war. and became leaders in the
struggles of the sixties. He lkened the
sacrifice made by Lee In refusing the
tempting offers Of the Federal Govern
ment 10 the temptation or the Son or
Man on the mountain with the Kingdoms
Of the earth stretched out before him
turning away from them TO the bloody
sweat of Gethsemane and the Cross or
Calvary beyond. He quoted from Lees
letters, showing his deep anxiety 10 avoid
the conflict, but his readiness to make
every sacrifice for the cause he felt 10
be just. In detail. General Lee went
over the story OF the career OF Robert
l.. Lee through the war.
THE GREATEST REPUBLIC.
IN the course of his address General
Lee said:
"Englishmen, whose past battles against
zach other have been recorded on the
pages of history as evidence or their
yalor and heroisn. are everywhere proud
of their country. whose morning drum
beat follows the sun. and keeping COM
pany with the hours, circles the earth
with a continuous and unbroken strain
OF the martial airs OF England
Americans everywhere. too, feel q Just
pride In the destiny OF the greatest re-
public the world has ever looked upon.
The future now Is In the hands of her
citizens. whether their fathers wore the
gray or the blue, and the greatest patriot
ism and ioftiest conservatism will have
20 be exercised by all 10 prevent the ship
OF state from being wrecked On the break
ers OF the future.
.sThe area OF our country Is so great,
the rap.dly-growing population ds be-
coming so much more and more mixed.
the interests of sections are so diverse.
that great national questions, II decided
20 the satisfaction OF one or two parts
Of the common country. give dissatisfac-
ton 10 the remaining parts. Improved
machinery Is doing away with human
labor more and more each year, and
the ranks Of the army OF the disconnected
are being crammed with recruits. The
efrdle which binds the States Of the
American Union has already displayed
weak spots since the war between them
ms defective as the armor-plate Of q
new national cruiser.
LOVERS OF LIBERTY.
MAY the descendants OF the veterans
OF the blue and the gray exercise such
wisdom. conservatism. and patriotism
that, like a great rock from whose sides
surging seas recoil they VIII become "a
great reserve. around which the lovers OF
republican liberty. as taught by our
fathers can rally. and against which all
The elements of destruction will disappear.
"The same laws govern and the same
nag flies over all to-day. and the Ameri-
canism and loyalty OF the South must not
be attacked when we meet TO celebrate
the memory Of our war heroes and re-
rount the deeds of our soldiers"
CROSSED THE RIVER,
In conclusion he said: "rhe army COM
elanders-Albert Sidney Johnston. Joseph
T. Johnston, Beauregard. Bragg. Hood
and Lee-haye all crossed the river and
are resting beneath the shade OF the
brees beyond.
s.And. OH shades OF the mighty. where
now are the legions
That rushed but 20 conquer. thou leades'
them on?
ALIAS! they have fallen In many o'neren'
regions;
And all save the fame Of their contests
has gone
"where are the great men Georgia gave
% the cause Of the South? Where the
Uoombges. the Cobbes, Stephenses. Col
huitts. the Andersons. the Wrights. the
Browns. the Gradys. and 4 host OF
othersY
rIake clouds that rake the mountain
SUBMITS.
or waves that own no curling hand.
How fast has brother followed brother
From darkness to the sunshine land. y
THE ToAsTs AND RESPONDENTS.
Inc banquet AT tne h"po'i tv-"6"'
was the most elaborate ever set at that
ho1ss. President Arnall presided. The
toasts were responded TO as follows:
''i'he Memory Of Lee"(silence).
''The Orator Of the Evening''-General
Ftzhugh Lee.
Georgia and Virgins" w. Y.
Atkinson.
''The Men who Followed Lee"-Hon. W.
y. Cameron, OF Virginia.
1.-THE Women OF the South"-Mr. r. j.
Leftwtch.
"virginians at Home"-Dr. r. d. Powell
"Auanta"-Hon. Porter King.
1.-THE Press'--L l. knight and r. II.
Richardson.
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