The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-27
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ROBERT e LEE.


List Friday Washngon's birth day Lees came on the
18th OF January we'll for the peopeto keep these ustros
names in mind not day the year only says the Philadelphia
Times day We hope every school in Durham has
portrait of Washington and Lee No nober face or form was ever
deneated on great writer Hung schools
will teach the great lesson Of patriotism Patriotism virtue that
must be taught educated and oed And only be taught
through the medium of examples Of patriotism
The ancent did better than did intung love of coun
Try and yeneraton OF its great the hearts OF the young
Greece pseuaed the of her heroes by
and statues OF them public places Ages after the battle of Their
mopyae the school children required every morning
to recite the of the 300 heroes who fell therein
we would that our children had day repeat the and
the virtues Washington and Lee The every great
is allied to principle The of Alexander the Great
is identified with conquest Tell with liberty Martin Luther with
formation Napoleon with Newton with science and Washington
and Lee with patriotism But apart from patriotism their lives
furnishes examples of all the virtues that ado human character
Read through their lives and will find that they charged
with patience th true pey eeance bodness action man
y justice modey and absence the lust for power
Other and older nations that than We
their patriotism taught them their mothers knee 1t is necessary
that teach the children principles and patriotism
ofhese would preserve ourselves our country
"OUR COUNTRY, IT'S of THEE"
1t will be below that times and have changed with
present lawmakers But the Bob Lee and Washington
will be serenely kept while they will be forgotten
Last Thursdays News Observer says Several weeks ago
proposition made the General Assembly adjourn honor
of Robert E. Lee the his birthday This resolution
was voted down. although by enactment of prior Legislature Gen.
Lees birthday public holiday in the State public build
ngs closed on that day.
Yesterday esouon introduced to adjourn until 10 o'clock
on Saturday in order respect to the of George Wash
ngon whose birthday also legal holiday This voted down
A the session that the resolution adjourn in honor of
Washington voted down the following resolution introduced by
Crews, colored, of Granville, adopted
WHEREA The late Fred Douglass departed life ON the goth
inst and whereas greatly depore the same now therefore
"Rsoed That when this House ADJOURN adjourn in respect to
the memory of theadeceased.
These three datehe birth of Lee the birth of Washington
and the deah of Douglass comprised month This Cen
era Assembly deliberately and after debate down the resou
tons to honor the memory of the Father of his country and Robert
T. Lee who with Grant among the heroes of Chepuapec and
the commander of the armies the South but put record the
journals the House resolution adjournment ain respect to the
memory of Frederick Douglass"
"This action isequivalent to saying:
"Washngton-
"Lee-
Douglas
these three but the greatest of these is
Douglass"
This action more correctly than any other official proceeding of
this Legislature shows the spirit of this body
mon.
The endorsement Of the megenaon leader is the legitimate
heir of this union"