The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-04

elase." That is what General Lee wrote
to MS son soon after General Scott Of
fered him the supreme OF the
Northern army. Virginia had just So.
coded and Lee saw on one side taet there
we're no honors 10 which he nign- not
aspire. On The other side. il ae east his
destiny with that OF his state. ne saw or
he thought he saw. that mlset:es nj
trials awaited hin without pup.ber. Bet
TO seek his duty and. having found il. do
vas ever the principle OF his actions.
hese strong and beautiful voriS about
duty were not original with General Lee.
ana in his letter h has them in Quota
uon marks. The expression came from
ley. John Davenport. a famous Puritan
preacher of New E~ngIand-thc man who
gave shelter to the three reSlcilas who
condemned Charles the First to death ana
after, the restoration fed for their lives
TO New England and were hidden bv
John Davenport in his barn. When this
act OF treason became known aIlDng rhe
people he neither quailed nor relented.
nut preached a sermon the next Sabbath
rom that passage in lsiah which saws
Hide the outcaats. Betray not him thar
Nandcreth. Let my outcaSts dwell with
thee and be thou covert unto tnJn,
from the spoiler.' II was in that sermon
that he made use OF this notable ex,res-
ion: II is my duty TO shield them. aid
auty is the sublimest word in our Ian
sGage.'
During the war il was my privilege to
see General Lee quite often. but never
old | meet him face to face and have q
lrief conversation with him but twice.
Even then We did not know how great q
man he was. General Johnston had been
wounded at Seven Pines and General Lee
came from West Virginia TO take his
place. He was almost a stranger 10 the
Arlry al Northern Virginia. He had been
in >ommand but a week or TWO when
General Black, Of Rome, came to see his
boys Of the Eighth Georgia and asked
me to ride with him to General Lees
hea lquarters ana introduce him, for he
was very DESTROYS Of meeting him before
Re returned to Georgia. OF course | com
Piled, for General Black was a man OF
no small consequence at home. He was
old and gray ana Of commanding pres
ence ana military bearing. Introducing
myself first, | presented General Black.
and after We were seated | said nothing.
but paid modest ana respectful attention.
/ was soon impressed with the grandeur
" III hieAh ~ LIZ oAit, VI 1oUA a.
he expanded, l very naturally shrank up
a little to keep the equilibrium. Not long
after this the Seven Days battles began
and ended in McCIellan's defeat and our
amy began to realize how great q man
Lee was. It was on the sixth day that
/ was sent TO his headquarters near
Meadow Bridge to receive orders, and
there | met him again. He was standing
uncovered and unarmed in front of his
tent, and '~StoneWall" Jackson was asleep
inside upon the straw. and the servant
lac set the dinner tables over him SO as
rot 10 disturb MS rest, for. as General
Lee SAID. lie needs it. and nothing bur
artillery Will awake him now"
/ said that the army did not know at
first how great Z mar Lee was. Neither
DID they know fully at the last, for he
was one of the few great characters
develops and grows brighter and
grander 3c the years roll on. For some
years after the war he received bat lit
tie praise at tile North and a great ma
tional cyelopedia gave more space and
praise 10 Ola John Brown than to Cen
e1al Lee, who arrested and executed him.
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