The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
nr, Andrews On Gen. Lee.
c.,..eo Times. d. Herald.

DR. E. Benjamin Andrews, presi
dast Of Brown university, proclaimed
aeneral Robert E. Lee the most
,.l,apt and most heroic military
,.nius or modern times from the
.t.pe of Central Music hall last
,;oht He did not dlscredit the
hrsyery and valor of the leaders un
der whom he himself fought He
cave the head of the Confederate
army more glory because he had to
face killing problems in addition to
he ordinary puzzles of the severest
ipbt that history knows. The
m.,ion was one of masterful elo-
uuence, delivered by man built for
an orator, with a rolling voice and
the presence of a giant. He spoke
With tho air Of powerful and firmest
ICON ,icticn There were many in the
audience who saw readily how he
stood before the trustees of his
Institution last summer and told
them he would recall his resignation
md become president agaio, with
he understanding that hs was to
link and act as he had thought aud
,cted or might think or act in the
future on matters of public interest.
The trustees agreed.
Dr. Andrews talked 10 Evanston
in the afternoon. His theme there
vas General William Tecumseh
Sh-rman. He took occasion to give
The man who was called crazy at the
beginning of the war the honor oi
executing it's eliminating feature
the march to the sea He praised
General Lee in equal terms at the
I night lecture, pictured the great in
tellect of the lost cause az one OF th'
most wonderful Of all American bis
tory He thought that the genera
carried out the instinct which wa
| born with him-ihe love for the ar
I Of war and the heart to carry on wa
Inherited from an ancestry which
could be traced to one of the fierces
Of the companions of William VIII
sailed away from the shores Of MOI
mandy and conquered England.
"Genaral Lee joined the Confedel
scy because Virginia asked him to.
said the doctor. HE was Virginiau
The call of Virginia to any Of he
sons 10 the voice of law and dut.
He had the faith of the crusader
his letters would make guide {
| holiness. He was always soldier
never impure in thought OF &C
never profane or obscene. He di
not touch the cup as did Gran
Hooker or Phil Sheridan, and whe
! he lost a fight it was never said
( him that the defeat was due to
habit which makes mems heads int
muddles. He was never out gena
alsd by Grant in all the campaign
IRON Rappahannock to James rive
never trapped and never caug1
napping. It usually happened th'
when the men on our side ordered
I march at S in the morning th'
never made more than half tbs di
:ance between the two armies. l.
hadordered an advance at 4:3O.
II fail to find in the books al
such mssteriul generalship as tt
hero showed, holding that slim gr
line, half starved, with no prospe
Of additions, and fighting when b
army was too hungry to stand a
: The rifles were only useful as clul
His courage was sublime. he "
N ureak as Gustavus AdOlphus,
Napoleon. or Wellington. or V
n loltke. His cause was not the Il
cause SO much 90 is suspected. .
that was good in his cause has be
= grated into our laws and our C
stitution. The doctrine of Stat
rights a. now interpreted by
III supreme court is in exact accordar
With his claims on the point. Gt
sral Lee lost at Gettysburg becs'
+. the Federal troops had recsive'
new motor of tremendous streng
| whose power no one knew-Gene
Hancock. He also lost becaI