The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-20
THE SOUTHERN KNIls
CelsnrafIoa Of General R.. E. Lee BIEslg
day by The Confederate Veterans.
PIcKE1T,BucHANAa CAMPS BaaO0lf
"'sn"p "a. W. Handosph's Eeaasiihk
ir'h"te 10 the Knight or che q
'e"er"'S -"Thc Greatest Man oE Sss9
'eh'"ry''-Ad Addresses by Mcaubek
of'he Confederate Army and as .

N""ie"ernse Army end Nat
General Robert Il. Lees birthday 4eS i
appropriately observed in this ejfv ~
lcrday, the banks, Cotton E.xciiar,s2tDssssss
imu,hper ia.ir OF Commerce, and city offa caa5
| nelhS closed. The most notable Fss,A:. IL
ne pio, u. ,,ie observance was the banc;iSf5
Voinna' ',3uchanan Camp, Confederat6
veterans, last evening. The tables tcf,f.fsa
spread In the spacious EIk's Uaii5 syfIa{#
oiic c hour before the hour set the,yeterss i5sss
u"esan 10 assemble in their rooms,A an III
=. ny sdt about and talked until o u,ctSeKs s8
tI,,'. m,'ich hour Adjutant jackson forInesf!
,he a anaa am % uounie ranks, and, preceded byf
e"e Speakers, they marched to the baSf5f8%
quet hall above. : - ~ sst5s !
AN ELABORATE BANoUET.
Ihere three long tables were arra1iges3s
.snb'n anu crosswse the room YrbesfS
-. 'aueil with SumpttouS bnflutlet.t3
Pi,Ttifed ,ri,a Dy MIR. James d. Finley. fs IS,
me rooms had been beuttfl1liy a t.ssnsSS
rated with Confederate banners and me-
lures OF Lee, Pickett and BiIcha !, 81, 81
mnI,e ht lhe speakers table was a. bartfst.s
.iei STATUE OF Confederate soldier SssA
AZ each plate was one OF the iiajnf*k
i,nns, i' Eards' and after the menu fia al
neen disposed Of and the cigars syva,.sss
| lighted, POSTMASTER III. O. wnoahgi5sS
.appeu tne guests to order. and an 81
nounced the first toast. - q, ~ ,e
BISHOP RANDOLPH'S ADDRESS M
Inc orator OF the evening was SRfsYsf%
rev. ~: NJ. Randolph, d. D.. 5wi,r, $50 : s
sponued to the sentiment, "rhe Day nv yfsss 81
Celeorate' The Bishops address wias
G, nnG oi me most eloquent trlbutes ever;
paid to the memory OF the llniehtivs Z go!
In substance, he said: \ a
i oniy regret the futility OF any rreaS
paration l may have made for rs ala
course on the character of such q man
US robert 10. Lee. TO define u gveaf
man must ask was he q min Sf 3 s;s1fs
| sacrifice? Did he love his coin frv 81
| asked about General Lee these o,ieSl
IONS are best answered by the exrfs
rlence oil you who knew him. SCsrant,s
| tripute 10 him as a soldier haR ,ieVaf-S
peen transcended. His great opponent
| said that he was the ideal Americar,s =
| soldier -Te--''t ~; &;
| was ne man OF self-sacrifice? !? Ali
now nobly he answered that hfmaelfS
by his resignation from the Army dfS
the United States and when he cast Iiiss
,pt p Win the side against which he knew
the torce OF the world would be directeGS
| In an effort to crush. He knew TINT
| chances were against Confederate sticSS
| cess, but did he hesitate? Nay, not farS
an instant. This was his first and nerg
haps his greatest sacrifice, but 1t provedS
| that he possessed that supreme attff-S
| butte of truly great man. ~
He went to fight for his State, not tor
defend slavery. All, no such award
| could have claimed the ardent SUBS
| port of all classes Of Southernsrs. nors
| could struggle for the theareticaI right
| or secession. 1t was q war of defenseS
against the coercion attempted by the
North. s Nh
THAT was the fountain of enthusiasri
that inspired the Southern hosts. They
went forth to defend their homes &IId
for that defense Robert Il. Lee tendereds
n lie rnp1 Nhn Mnr-tt ~ = n
our homes, and 1 say to you, my com
rades inspire your young people with
the true knowledge that we fought alone;
! to defend them. Il Z:
Your sacrifice, soldiers. was beantt-s
| full, leaving your wives and childreriss.
facing shot and shell for four i3ng yeAFs,
but yours did not equal that OF LeesE
You remember of Moses, who daclinirigs
the honors held out by Pharoah, went
with his suffering people and led them3.s
Lee was our Moses. ~
WAS he generous man? YOU uSghoe79
| more about that than any one else, nsys
| dear fellow soldiers. O., how tolerant hssa
was In the face of mistakes, aunias
| times almost equivalent t1 treachery Iief
never evinced any of that petty sEttik.
of revenge that has characterize ed mattysI
| generals in the punishment OF such OF HsI
| fences. Isl saa
WAS he brave? Many CT you must;
have seen his calm face on tho batt1e-
field in the midst Of hurstIng shot and
shell. You have seen him In victory osf
defeat, full of sympathy for The wounds-s
| ed and careful of all survivors; fIeswa45
| spiritual man and that Is the trls41
| element of Il great man" sssf
The Bishop here related a lovely ifcfSS
dent, showing the spiritual side Of stsi$s
great General, and closed With ttsiss
| glowing tribute: ";
intellectually great and splrit.ElBH4
| 7 nfan
! man better than does any sold lsr pfg
statesman who has lived III this esTf77s
tury." S;sf
CAPTAIN OLD'S ADDRESS
The POSTMASTER then annonnce ed thsts
Mr.. Charles Sharp, who was TO respoytGGl
to the toast .'The First Corps Of ttlie
Army of Northern Virginia. slSGtflsje
sneak later AS the representatlS I'VE 81.
the gallant Second Corps, Capt sin ~ w w
Old was introduced as the next sne axSfs5
The Second Corps, he said, wa s. orig
inally known as "Jackson's Wing sgssssx r.
formed the vanguard Of the arTsas ~
northern Virginia In the itiyssto f{s
Pennsylvania. At Gettysburg y IS fosS
ed the strong left of the Cont ttss ta
army, and during the terribie sIiillt b
ade and the Seconds .epe1ted d li3 TfSe8
its losses were terrible. y hfSe kff51H8l
during the eventful second day atS IL N
tysburg, he said. the gallant cpfpe EsSift8
ed the summit of CeneterS III I'd Il q 3fsf1{{f
fought among the enemy's ijrs5 R54 sS2f
and batteries, and he held tE9t siSs5 f55f {6f75
the non-support of ether port titltb f5f ssSei