Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-11
PORTRAITS OF LEE.
TWO SPLENDID ONES ARE pnr-
SCENTED TO LEE CAMP.
The GIFT OF HIS FAMILY.
'"ionei Gordon Mccabc Makes the
presentation In n brilliant Address
and Congressman Lamb r,u.
the Veterans Thanks,


Two magnificent oil portraits OF Major
GENERAL Fftzhugh Lee-one represaot,rs
MN as major-general In the Confedarat :,
! army ana the other as Consul-Genera
10 Supa-werc presented 20 r.. e. 10.
camp last night. The pictures are strik.
ing hkenesses OF the gallant soldier. and
were presented to the camp on behaIs .,
.'e Iamily and friends OF the General
by captain w. Gordon McCabe, who
mace a most eloquent speech. CAPTAIN
John Lamb, the honored congressman
from this district. made the graceful
speech of acceptance.
large gathering OF ladies and gen.
uemen hlied the camp hall when Com
mander Laughton called the assemblage
10 order. Some little routine business
was transacted by the camp, after which
Colonel Laughton presented Captain
McCabe. who. with the two portraits
standing on easles on either side of him.
made the presentation.
CAPTAIN MCABE's SPEECH
Captain McCabe said:
Comrades OF II. Z, Lee Camp.
On behalf OF the family OF General
t1tzhush Lee. / have the honor 10
present to the camp this portrait
OF that brilliant soldier, now
mator-general and corps commander in
the Army of the United States, but forever
closest TO our hearts in this uniform of
gray, as the "beau-sabreur" of the
Army of Northern Virginia"
l shall not speak at any great length,
Tor In presence of the veterans of that
immortal army, in which he won his gold
en- spurs of knighthood. but few words
are necessary.
As we gaze upon the familiar face. so
frank, so brave. and debonair, fashioned
with such subtle cunning by the painters
art that we almost catch the merry quip
or CHEEKY word of command from the
bearded mouth. It seems but yesterday
that we saw him wrapped in the dust and
smoke of battle, "witching the world with
noble hOrsemanship' and dazzling a land
with deeds
True. those eventful days of splendid
herosm and desperate daring, fraught
even to the end with so much mournful
glory. have long since passed away-yet
never can they be forgotten by the men
who were steadfast to their colors, or by
those who gave their all without grudge
and without stint for what they held to
NC Nllt HSiltdSc Ol lIotHHtl
Aye! more than a generation, as men
count time. has passed since we shared
with him the rough delights, the tolls, the
dangers of field of battle and march and
bivouac, and Time, as is inevitable, has
brought with IL new conditions and new
duties. which none worthy Of the name
Of man may shirk
great English thinker has pthily
said that "the reward of our duty is the
power TO fulfil another" and who that
knows our people can deny that the best
guarantee for fitness and fidelity in deal
ing with the problems that in every rela-
ton of life have confronted US during
these thirty years of peace has been sin
gle-minded devotion in those stormy days
of war TO that Cause which developed to
heroic pitch by fire of battle the noblest
virtues that God has allowed to mortal
man.
Such reward was that vouchsafed to |
Lee.
SERVICE IN PUBLIC LIFE.
Thus it was that, when the people Of |
Virginia. not unmindful of his unswerv- !
ing patriotism and splendid valor |
everywhere in those ago
nizing years from 1861 TO 1860, summoned |
him with glad acclaim TO guide the des-
TIMES of the State as Chief Executive,
the rough-rider of the old cavalry
corps" proved himself the sagacious pub
lie servant, and he, who had rivalled the
brilliant daring Of "Light-Horse Harry"
in the field, evidenced by a wise and
temperate administration that he was his
srandsire's peer in civic affairs, and not
unworthy of the noble stock from which
he sprung.
OF the firmness, the amazing vigor, the
ready intelligence, the sobriety of judg
ment with which he discharged the deli
cate and weighty duties of chief repre-
of the United States at Ha-
oana, there is no need for me to speak.
The voice of the people is as the voice
IF God, and when he laid down his port
'olio as Consul General and stood ready
o buckle on HIS sabre. already forged to
heroic temper by fire OF battle, for "Cuba
4ibre," from every town and hamlet in
he land swelled the ringing plaudit,
Well done, good and faithful servant,
we'll done" And now at last has come
o us the splendid dawn of that day,
which thousands have for so many
weary years waited for with eager and
Xpectant eyes-the day of a sincere and
genuine reconciliation between North and
south.
RECONCILIATION HAS COME.
Well may the hearts of all us be stir
ed with gratitude that this proffer of
omplete reconciliation has come in this,
ur time, and has come in such honor
BILE fashion that we may accept il heart
y-for the position which we have un-
inchingly stood to for more than thirty
ears is to-day recognized and accepted
( all men-that. while we reciprocate
4 full measure the wish Of Our gallant
dversaries that the past should be a
art of common glory. sanctifed and
nnobled by countless deeds that must
Id for all time imperishable lustre to
ur common American manhood, we
bate no lot or little of our conviction that
I those eventful years from 1861 to
,65, ours was the struggle for constitu-
onal freedom in America and that We
re willing to clasp hands once more,
OF as "erring brethren" but as that
cree breed of soldiery who have known
ow to bear defeat because untouched of
lshonor. and who, despite the malice
( fortune. have writ their names among
lose of the great armies and peoples of
,e world in the very dome Of the
Temple of Victory"
And so to-day the men who wore the
raw are raIlying under dashing Joe
7heeler and our peerless "Old Fftz.,
ON this ancient Commonwealth and
ON the tried and true" "Old North
.ate". from the rice-fields of Carolina
nd the cotton-lands of Georgia ana
labama from Arkansas and Missis- :
ppi: from the savannahs OF Florida ana !
ouisiana, and from that teeming en- ,
re beyond "the Father of Waters. ]
hose ''Lone-Star' banner has ever
azed in glory's van-a mighty patriot !
,st. eager TO touch elbows with their
a adversaries of a hundred fights. and {
keep time with cadenced step to the
uslc of the Union-aye! and TO hedge