The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-11

d. 'hapl, s annual convention held IN
r lsrlle'n and is published in COM
sri', June .o,ntIon OF request unani-
s'a Wv '.ontsd by the convention
I. PRESIDENT and Comrades Of , the
Tsh' f'' rangers, Veterans, Ladies
=, Teas hans # is with a very sla-
Csslem,e,nn,o honor bestowed upon we
= sense o. w 70 respond 10 the INVITA-
81 ulds 'issr the memorial address On
4; 70 oslss' And ppra3'ate no Tess
4; pscisonh. n,.n which such an invita-
1, rssronslu'"sror II is an expression ol
<: ny0Nss' nature and extent oil whlcn
Fsils- VIZ. hi audience may hot We ah,niI
tI y Il is only fair tnat YOU Sn nc
W ~ ~, Inc man who Is h9no i,,.o Wy -
tss Wy anshanlan' on your prograpine 10
III ..,sderate veteran; that ne y ~.
u vu born, but Northern l'al
~ w. .srty- seven years OF his Ike "e:e
~ -. No North; that members Oh Lls
be- ~ tindred fought on the other
tna! ~. Anvil war: that some j. thtm
~ I Ts,rd and Fourth OHIO ca|alryl
. " lnr mst these very Terry hangers
tNasaus LAID. and that some o; lnoih
.s,i southern graves. ~ A-
nlJ ~ =, Notwithstanding this, dea'
aia ~ Z, mo assure you that ! feel per-
ris Y. y home with you here today. For.
sss,,h can not help commingiinng WIN
y. sslsmn eommemmoratlon OF your
Nh nv own fond and sacred mem
y !. nose brave fellows ON whose
VI. Y, al and played with the brass
Ls .... an their blue jackets in my child
~ nave today. as the Searcher OF all
~. tsows no slightest sentiment or
s ,I ,hat can lar in the least with the
,',.ss, and tenderest emotions of love
u '.i' souor with which your hearts are beat
HI today
= N ynu will pardon the further allu-
m, why these Terry Rangers should
.,.r very near to me They are my first
,suautinees In the South
Sven years ago when one OF your Ran
nm known TO you ss Billy Cleveland )
nd, a raid on a Northern city he cap
tsd Yankee parson and brought him
suth prisoner And The very first duty
IA public sort that Yankee parson was
aTei on 10 perform in Texas was to act
Il CHAPLAIN to convention OF Terry Ran
Rr And since that day this parson has
snns wonderfully confused He has lost
ii sense Of direetion-north seems soult
Ei south north. and he has grown quite
tdsf blind 50 that gray looks like blue anG
kss takes on the hue of gray.
Bu; pardon this DEPRESSION.
an here to speak to you tonight Of or,
sao;e name Will ever awaken thrill o.
tsn; sud noblest emotions in every ira,
%ierhets breast; of one whose char
iasf will live on in the history of OIL
Mli'n and be cherished in the family ira
iRicn; Of our Southern commonwealth al
q slduring model for the admiration anC
a,uauon OF countless generations Va
Iicn. Our subject IS
TIE CHARACTER OF ROBERT E LEE.
SHIP. q i'-'
o9 70 allay somewhat the suspicion o.
assumption In aspiring to anything like
Hsquate treatment of such a theme.
s4 assure You that it is my purpose IL
Temp no more tonight than simply Il
sAlee WIN you at such of the more sa
asl1 features OF that stalwart characte
~ serve TO give measure and outlin
Ie proportions OF an ideal citizenship
- olaer words, to an ideal patriotism
sme one has said that every man.
lnaeleF is the product of ancestry an,
tirtonment." ""No'''' any
i, aaa certainly it would be interesting. :
aue We're ours, to trace the nobl
ss rom which this illustrious scior
s'ag We would find that England
a'e and Scotland claim-his ancestry
@ % me maternal side his pedigre
A. A. paek, directly to King Robert, tn
M Of scotland, and that tAe-liHe O
N u IRON Launcelot Lee, who accompa
m william the Conqueror in his con
M VI tne saxons. through Lionel Lee
Iuusll by the side Of Richard Coeu
~, I'o1 IN The Third crusade in the Hol
m through Richard Lee. known il
Rth.,a wars with Scotland, throug
l,s.. u lie, Lee the loyalist, down to hi
TIL, henry Lee, known in history a
t6, morse Harry Lee, we would fin
pIs,, wy llhe Of Lees is line of patriots
Al, statesmen and cavaliers.
Inn W., aal is Of greater interest TO IL
tuA WIS nobility of ancestry is a fac
tus., lnls which puts the STAMP a
d 1ss -,eiilly upon his character: Whe
i,ss IA .se world rang with his name an
Al nav ~ many We're busy in tracing bac
.sslee' he wrote concerning tn
Is.,.Huh to have his lineage published
| ihhE 10 desire to have it published.
70 rslsri1,m money had better be apple
sssis, T. Lee, suffice 1t to say. was
hss-., inheritance. At his father
~ VII, 'ne knee of Light Horse Han
its hssS nau fought with Washington {
ain ~ OF his "invi1cible Virginia cay
Tins ppiVughout the Revolutionary war
Us M So9eFt Edward heard tales of bal
ytv,r ueeas OF bravery which fired h
M hol and filled him with a Ions
d hi vo, eune soldier. The playground
Ne III, nun were his fathers battle field
h,s, W ana valleys, streams and woof
j NUT rs virginia home spoke tn hi
hive 1u' eloquent language of ii
iiihet's vs. zone by his father and h
loghj, people. While following II
asn I'M ss MS habit often from earl
Ii t,,ha eafk In his boyish fancy he roo
lty sns charger, led his fathers ca,
atnv \. once more drove his father
Ii ,Eom his country's shores.
sify NJ. circumstances of Robert Lee
4 N ne We ind a key TO the condu
tl,trnsIts sunood, Not only did birth al
nlaIsr ense combine TO make of him
gssl wa MA a patriot, but he had Il
MT rmassailngton before him as an a
.shjpulnealate example, His home W.
shlsb SsEhs home; and the ground {
be s,s. Tsd in his youth his father al
lcu,S ,s Washington had trod in the
lis nslselaer- How doubly dear did :
Nntsr y mat home to him! And VIII
tft, m MAJ ne took the great washlugt,
t,,slon,rgs WI aotN permit us to trace t
III iSe n, OF his hoyish dreams of chi
A vs., me stern realities of warfal
u h,s S Point his name stands amo
lh;a,y 1 :. on the roll Of honor. In I
! sri,sD.s me war with Mexico his ma,
,st rsl eI among the first in deeds of sk
Aass ~. and with the brayest in eve
NoM Vera Cru, ., Mat