Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-20
N HONOR OF LEE
Celebrations at Cities North
and South
COL MARSHALL IN ATLANTA,
aSaaks on The Life and Character o
the Confederate Hero.
ucnrc.s REGIMENT Drsnp
Georgia Volunteers the hosts--f"
rnde and Artillery saIute-bishol
copers Makes Address i'm Charles
fon-A Rail- I'm Jacksonville.
MICHIGAN REGIMENT DiNEp'

ATLANTA. CA. January l9.-(Special)
rae celebration OF Robert Il. Lees Birth
f,v I'm Atlanta viii 80 down In history
r. the most cvcntful one since ii first be
c,r,e customary 10 observe the occasion
n, berin with. the schools OF the city
s5 homage to the memory Of the great
e,.thern hero by closing their doors. and
,ss entire day was given over TO appro-
,r'ate exercises. The schools held their
c,~.m0ries yesterday. when recitations
and speeches by prominent citizens, all
tar.ng on the great topic Of the day.
,.srs delivered 70 large audiences. The
genera, celebration Of the day was in the
sands of the local branch of the Virginia
e,-isrv and the first occurrence OF public
,.,.re was the reception 10 the members
ofn.s organization by the members OF
,t. Robert Z. Lee Society, at the resi-
lsr,e OF Mrs. W. L. Peel, the president.
Previous TO this many private attentions
bad been paid 70 Colonel Charles Mar
ssan. Of Baltimore. who delivered the
annual Grafton before the society in the
Young Mems Christian Association Audi
forum tonight.
This afternoon the Daughters Of the
Confederacy held a reception in their
Tooms ,a,
colonel Marshall spoke to large audi
epce. He was member of the stan ol
General Lee. and being near 10 the SlSa'
hero In the trying days of the sixties was
qualified TO deal with his memory lie
was introduced by Major J. G. Courtney
president Of the Virginia society WI,
maid a magnificent tribute TO Lee, dno
Who congratulated his native state IN
,bot she was the mother of so many
dfstineulshed statesmen and pubic men
not the least Of whom he counted Lee.
Colonel Marshall was well received ol
his audience and spoke for about mn
hour and half on the events Wmch lee
M 10 the civil war. and on the herolc re-
solves which were thrown into the sius
o. He laid emphasis on the fact tina
Lee had never recognized the right o
.ha United states Government to inter
fere as II did in the sovereign rights OF
the States. and that it was this belle
which impelled him 10 take up arms II
defence Of the doctrines held BY III
South. The speaker sketched the MS
tori Of the various conventions whicl
had been held 10 consider the advisabilit,
I secession. and dwelt on the fact tina
! a bare majority of the votes only tn
tessicn resolution passed the variou
Ate assemblies He said that the Sout
6ad not opposed the Union which ha
been gloriously created by the revolu
ti0nary war. but the Union which n
anti-secession northern element sough
10 force outside OF law and the dictate
az right. In conclusion, he said that tn
south. ike an the other parts of IN
nation. was ready 10 stand by the Star
and Stripes. He urged that it had neve
revolted against this flag. but the on
which the United States Government q
lsa illegally raised, and under which IN
South was forced into submission.
banquet under the auspices Of tn
Virginia Society was then held at III
KimbaH at which the guest of hone
was Colonel Marshall. and at which Hol
Hoke smith Hon. Clarke Howell. Coy
ernor Gambler, Mayor Woodward, an
others delivered eloquent and appropriat
addresses.