The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-12-16
ROBERT r.. LEE.
"A worthy Tribute From Il Northern
Soldier and Scholar
A tlanta Constitutions.

SOlulcF ana StnOlar.
Atlanta Constitution.
DR.. +. b. Andrews, the d stinguish,
president Of Brown University, is rec
ogniZed throughout the length and
breadth of this country as bold, origi-
nal and independent thinker. H 5 re-
cent victory over the trustees Of Brown
university in the ii hit which was made
upon him because Of his zealous cham.
ponsbip OF bimetallism constitutes one
Of the most sig nal triunphs which free
thought has achieved during the pres
cnt generation.
made for the purpose of calling attcn,
| tlon to the estin ate which he places
upon tie military genius Of General
| Robert e. Lee. $aln commenting upon
the leading figures Of the late war be.
| tween the States DR.. Andrews, in a
public address delivered in Chicago on
last Monday, declared that General
Lee was not only the greatest soldier
! Witch the war produced, but that, in
many phases Of his genius, he was the
greatest soldier of modern times. AS
DR.. Andrews served in the Union army,
this candid expression of opinion in
regard to the military skill End PROV
ess of the South's great soldier cannot
fail to awaken deep interest in both
Sc ctions. Speaking first Of the religi-
GUS side OF General Lees character,
Dr.. Andrews declared that he had the
faith OF the crusader, and that his let
ters In themselves constituted d guide
to holiness. He furthermore observed
that profano language never pas 5 ed
through General Lees lips, and That
the habit Of imbibing strong drink, so
common to soldiers, was something in
which he never indulged. Proceeding
from this point, DR.. Andrews said:
| fail TO find in the books any such
ma9terful gencralship us this hero
showed, holding that slim, gray line,
half starved, with no prospect Of addi-
tions, and fighting when his army was
too hungry to stand and the rifles we're
only useful as clubs. His courage was
sublime. He was as great as Gustavus
hdoi phue, or Napoleon, or Wellington,
or Won Moltke. His cause was not the
lost cause SO much as is suspected. All
that was good in his cause has been
grated into our laws and our cOnstitu
ton. The doctrine of States rights as
now interpreted by the supreme court
is in exact accordance with his claims
on the point. General Lee lost at
Getty because the Federal troops
had received new motor of tremen-
uouS SIrenSGh, whose power no one
knew-General Hancock. ii > also lost
because Meade's men wero lighting on
Union soil-almost within hearing dis
tance of the prayers Of their wives and
children for victory. TheJ were at
their hearths:oncs. Men are tigers
when wives and families are the inspi-
ration in war.
Before closing his tribute to the
South's great soldier DR.. Andrews de-
clared that the final overthrow Of the
LCopfederacy was not due to the fact
= that General Lee was Outgcneralcd
'r";. : a.; r rlS'".'o the fact that ovcrwhelm-
X \ t,' M!.e' % n'in on the Union side, coupled
with 'Gtiie"s III" hardships and privations
which the Southern army was c0mpell-
| eg to suffer, made the success OF the
C6nfederacy impossible. With the de-
cades which have elapsed since the
late war between the States much OF
the bitterness Of feeling cngendered by
that conflict has passed away and
while the South can now, without the
least prejudice, contemplate the superb
qualities Of Grant and Sherman and
Hancock, it is also true that the gen
erous and candid North can fully ap-
preciate the heroic virtues OF Jackson.
| Beauregard and Lee.