The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-26
LEE AND THE HALL or FAME.
An Answer to the New York suns
Attack ON Lees Fame

! M answer To the View YORK suns
Attack ON Lees Fame.
Editor OF the Morning News: Permit
me to say a few words about the recent
| editorial In the New York Sun. in VIII On
| Gen. Robert r Lee was venomously at
tackled the article being based upon let
ter Of an old soldier" who asked why
| Robert p. Lee should have his name IN
| the Han OF Fame Any Judge Of human
nature considering the facts that surround
] the case. will at once recognize this "Ol1
| Soldier" as a hummer. bounty jumper and
now. a fraudulent pensioner In his dense
/ ignorance. he lets prejudice assume The
/ province Of common sense. There are
/ many like him just az ignorant OF facts
/ and who stlll preach the gospel ~ hate
I taking for their text the same falIacy as
sumed by the Sun In its slanderous
/ editorial
| In the first place. a cadet educated at
West Point guarantees Cor that education
/ a time obligation. 10 serve In the military
| arm Of the United States eight years. then
| the obligation by limita lion Is canoe led
| n the recipient % that education sees NJ
20 resign from the military service Of this
government Few do. most officers be-
cause Of habit and education contlnue
In that service. stu that IL optional under
the terms upon which they entered West
| Point
In the second place. these ignorant and
/ narrow gagged super loyal old soldiers
/ seem 10 forget under the operations OF the
general government ESPECIALLY thefore the
| Civll VAR Virginia contributed fully her
| pro rata 90 the exchcquer OF the UniteI
| States as did Ohio. Illinois or any 9th r
| state The Old Dominion was the peer OF
any state in the federal compact. and Of
/ her wealth and prosperity was contrlbut-
| Ing fully her share TO the treasury OF tho
/ general government Were not her sons
rs much entitled 70 these dement's as those
conferred upon the citizens Of any other
stato2
How fauacious. therefore. for the Sun
| or any other paper or perfSn. 10 claim
that any graduate Of West Point Tor An
napolis) IS the beneficiary Of the general
government
Many years ago. there was as the cues.
| o. my house the agent OF the American
| Bible Society. a Northern man. on the
wall OF my parlor hung fine portrait OF
/ gen r. + Lee. This old clergyman was
attracted by it. and remarked. though a
man OF many noble traits. he thought
/ him guilty 81 ingratitude IN taking up
arms against the government that edu-
Gated him.
/ explained the true status az above
| how Virginia was participating like an
I the states IN the privileges and benefits
apporiioned amongst the several states
/ and that her contributions TO the support
! ~ that and all functions OF the general
government were fuzzy up to the standard
| n not far ahead q many of the states
therefore she was entitled to all the bene-
nts derived from common treasury The
ola preacher admitted he had never had
that light turned o. the subject before.
And there are Thousands and thousands
of his colleagues asa country men con-
fined within the SAINT narrow zone OF pre-
iudice and Ignorance
Taking into consideration the years
Robt b. Lee ha1 strved az West Point.
be bad repaid the st erosity OF this great
government nearly ne times over. there
f0rof0re tho cha &c u ingratitude Is as
base as Z, IS falsc
Were the judges assigned TO the task
OF awardinE space and position IN the
Temple Of Fame southern men7 Was the
name Of Lee ia anf way forced upon
them7 Was the verdict Of this grand jury
purchased or the reiult that Of a packed
jury7
The sun has ver maintained a vindle.
tive hate towars the meme and fame OF
the great Vlrginan. In Ellis our coun-
try's History" veracious star corre-
spondent OF th' sun. Mr.. T. NJ. Cook
states that he sent a whole evening with
Gen Lee in Richmond discussing the great
events then sur harging the public mind /
and claims that Gea- Lee said 20 him he I