The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-07
a NORTHERN MANS TRIBUTE.

can Antiquarian Society ut Wor-s
caster, or October so, il which The.
speaker pays n high tribute 10 Gene
raj Robert Il. Lee. After referring 20
the guerrilla warfare III South Africa.
he says that his purpose is moi. TO dis
cuss the situation there, but 10 draw
:ttention to the l,:Iir-breadth escape
which the United States had from a
similar experience, now tllir;y-siX
years ago, and to assign to whom he
longs tlae4credit of that escape. in
one word; he proceeds, lin the strong
light OF passing events think it now
opportuHe 10 set forth the debt of graft
itudc this reunited country of .ours =
Union and Confederate, Norti. ana
SontL-oWes to Robert u. Lee, Of Viz
ginia-''
Mr.. Adams then goes on 10 say that
even after Richmond and Petersburg
had been evacuated. it would have
been altogether possible and practi-
cable for the soldiers of Lees army
and Johnston's army to divide up into
squads and carry on guerilla warfare
Tor an indefinite period. Indeed he
declares that such Il course was con-
tenplatcd, but that General Lee set
his face sternly against it. In sup
port of this, he recalls Il conversation
which he had several years ago with
General e. p. Alexander. who had
been chief of artillery i'll Longstreet's
famous corps, and who in 1865 fought
with General Hunt, of the Army Of
the Potomac, the famous artillery duel
which preceded OH the third of July
the memorable charge of Picketts
Division at Fredericksburg" On the
morning of April 8. 1865, General
Alexander had occasion ito report TO
Genera! Lee. The narrative proceeds:
lie knew that the army of Virginia.
WIS in :, desperate situation. More
ever, as he We'll knew. the limDer-
chests We're running low; his arm of
Tie service w;lS i'll no condition to 80
Into another engagement. Yet the idea
OF III abandonment Of the cause hal
never occurred TO him as among fhe
probabilities. All night he had lain
awake. thinking rs to what was next
to be done. Einally. lie had come to
the conclusion that there was but one
course TO pursue. The army of Vir-
ginil, while nominally captivating.
1.n,mnGsin~ssit 1sl,omid he .i inc,
,vhnrI,nI. ;r.1iyidu.Jlv o1 nc nort of ia,
,.,..i,,,,an+n ~ ,,as 10 liz ~, ~ St.,. =,
LIZ, ,,,nst S;re,.f ,,-.,,. md ..,,o,.,ost
:siDle time. and report to the governor
thereof, With 4 view to 4 further and
continuous resistance.
Thus, exactly what is now. taking
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a1a, iandn fo,,1,S 7 90 saaped On tho
t,.,nl1 IF !. faIIan trae hefora a dvinT
s =. MN He was dressed in nnifor,,,'
1S,,Ii ~ Il,a- ;lea ,,-hi..l3 domina4nI lis
mind AIeyandar said th,t no Snronr
from his horse and advancina to Lee
knelt down beside him, leaning against
me log gu Wnien ne WIS sea.e s and
ms man for III seemed TO him the aniy
plan worthy of consideration. As he
Went on General Lee, looking steadily
iil .o .if nt M.ii Al 49,, ..,;a he
fri saw. a brief na1lse ensued. which
Lee finally broke in somewhat these
words: NO! General Alexander mat
WIZ MY nv, ior alusl ,eI wv o VIC
fought this fight as long and as We'll
as we knew how. We have been de-
feated. For US as CHRISTIAN people
cue No INN n,,,s pu ao o tha s;tnation.
these men must go home and plant !,
crop. and we must proceed to build
up our country on new OASIS. we
ra.ou nas 1,a . ha;i,n dna..
il IMPRESSED with AIexander's com
ment, as he repeated these words of
Lee. lhey had evldentiy burned urn i !. m
i,ad M ,,otI,in,r i, ,norn tn say feii that
the man had scared way up above me
The dominated me completely. rose
from beside nm; silently mounted my
r.n;.ea 9n,5 thn1 ordo,. 70 s,,.,anIar.,
-. 1eu's - o ~. pa ,.s .nl' 49,
wy ~ 1870 @ ~ ~ ~ 800 ,a...es
ai,' .ne .sos .,,a su. . 49,, :, -
seiui. ~ ~, $50,
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