The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-01-27

with one virtue and thousand
crimes Gen lee left name
which he who does not honor is him
self unworthy Of respect lie fonght
no efeminate Persians, but met the
resolute sons Of the great North and
West. men who could rally after de-
feat, and before whose eyes was al
ways borne those "'Stars and Stripes
which had given freedom to the
world, and which he had learned at
his mothers knee to honor, to love
and to defend He met those skilled
officers who fell upon every field and
before whose DYING eyes, the world
receding and growing less and less,
yet revealed the spirit Of patriotism,
waving that loved standard and beck
oning his dying soul to the reward of
the patriot and the martyr And
such memory our chieftain left that
the survivors of our folds unite in
heaping laurel wreaths upon his
humble bier Caesar was great in
peace and in war, scholar, as well
as soldier, yet Caesar fell, not at
the hand of the enemies Of Rome,
but by the dagger Of Brutus his
friend, who struck hlm down that
liberty might live Lee had not the
ambition of Julius Caesar. and TO
man could have bees jound within
the length and breadth Of TIE AMER
can Continent friend or foe, who
would have lifted a hard to hurt that
humble citizen whose brow reflected
alike 70 Northerner and Sonjherner
chose rays Of light which cleaned
on Norssa's Che. k. ruu down the
mount be trod AL glorious from the
p;esc:.ce Of !:is Goa . Napoleon
was PIE emincntlv q soldier, a
se;:ius of war. ana also :. profound
politician. lis ronowa has ill q
the world "and 10 the. trump Of
fame makes sc!d N ccl., Of nobIcr
name For twenty years Europe
stood a. .Il@st before He Wild iilumi
Mat on which flashed from his red
artillery France hccalnc an ot;il mc
Of war. and all maakind sccogn,zsd
and bowed before the genius from
Corsica Yet was Napo!eons : phi
vale life blurred and stained by the
darkest excesscs He did not hasi
tate to send forth from her higt
state III" woman who Rad loved
him long ere his star had reached
its zenith The murder of the
Duke 4 Enghc;n IS stain upon the
memory Of Napoleon His retreat
from MOSCOW, where be lad been de-
tanned by a loat!sone disease. i'c
loss Of the great battle Of I.eipsic,
the loss Of Wa.eilae aro blasts upon
his escu;c.:oon. Waterloo might not
haze been lost bad Napoleon held
Grouc:.v IL close co'n:n1l1:iea; or and
titus ptevcntee; B!uchcr from falling
upon his flank in ti.e criticai loer Of
the day. The retreat frem Water
loc was 30: cleditab!c TO Napoleon,
and history must regard hm as great
in victory. but weak in advcrse for
tune, whist Gen lee shone through
the darkness OF the blacklist night
and became in ruin and defeat the
grand apostle Of that nobler courage
which s proof against the adverse
arrows Of relentless fate His words,
when al! was lost, ring in the cars Of
his surviving people and will be
heard to the renotest posterity /:
Human virtue should be equal TO
human misfortune. and, oh, a thou
sard deaths were preferable to this
but if we die what will become of
the women and the children of the
South We must 60 home and care
for them, and nbnild up anew our
ruined homes and till the soii, with
profound submission to the will of
God. :" These words, so indicative
OF mind 2ttuncd 10 the highest
sense Of duty, are il accord with he
sentiment he impressed upon as
young son. hat duty is tie noblest
word in the English language
The word rcsonnds with the pau
dts given IN most generous manner
to Arthur v ellcSIey, the Duke Of
We eli:ngfon. and wc!l did this ifon
mau merit the praise he received
Yet must it be remembered thal on
The great day Of Waterloo, at ]
o'ciocl, in ihc atternoon, he cried out
in tie great travail OF bis soul !:
w N'opla to God hat night o: 3ucter
would c..;ler Il must ais, be taken
into consideration tial wiiie he %as
opposed to the 2ratcsi solder OF iis
day, Yet i!!le ;.rniy Of Napoleon Bona
pate was composed largely ot toys,
and Napoleon himself VAS obese, an
sound IN health AMI over coilti,}cut,
and i must he also remembered th;.t
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