The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-29

heart burnu7gs ard Other evil couSe1-crrcz
resulting from The crude ml-statsuents Of
newspaper correspondents ~. have &c
c~essarlly a very ln1;cs acquaintance 18th
the facts about whtch .hcr write. ara
magnify tire troops from .hcsr own
state n the cxccuso % Others grt
can sce 20 -r--c9y fcr th@ Men $50 -
prefer sowing dIscori to lu-cu,-arax bar
Eony. IN The reports 81 osacegs justice
done 20 the brave SELLERS ot North caro-
Ina. whose hero 80 and devotion have
rendered lllustTous the name ~ the state
or every battle acls On wh.gh the Army
q Northern Virginia has heca engaged
! believe i woala - better -
have 10 correspondents y the p-css
One more opinion Of General Lee Cart
Bend. wrote nc a letter whsch ! published
some years ago. L was az account; 5. 4
conversation he then recently had had
with an old Confederate-an officer 8.
high rank. and one who. after TIE aar.
WAS on intimate terms Nlth General t&e
L ! interesting but too long q. a IS hole
for my purpose here I make an lastrlc
tive quotation. and / have reason 10 say
i Is true aside from the character IL the
gentlemen concerned. The Old Cou,c4
crate" ~aid that he know positively tha:
General Lee was not responsible Tor The
AAIA<A4tE 0A%tl QAlAt 10 -NREA4 aroma
troops that in the matter 81 appointing
officers General Lee often had very little
influence I quote more a length.
For instance. after Jacksons death.
when the army was re-orgauized ana the
two corps made into three. he was bitter
II opposed 70 having \ = Hll and Ewell
for corps commanders. He wished 10
have Rodes-an Alabamian-to command
one OF them. and also wished 10 -lve a
division ton Pettlgrew and he always sand
II his divisions and corps had been com
manded at Gettysburg by officers or has
choice he would have gained that hattie
But. said General ........ a. the Secretary
OF War was a Virginian, and the influence
Of Virginia politicians was - al powerful
both in the executive mansion and the
halls OF our Congress. ms wishes were not
considered. Though a Nirglnian. he spoke
at length OF this baneful influence which
testered for four years IN Richmond. And
just here 1t may be remarked that pro
badly the most Illuminating thing connect
ed with our struggle for Independence
more humiliating even than defeat-wal
the fact that North CarolInians and othcl
free born men should ever have allowe5
themselves to be at all dominated by I
public opinion. which was made by a sor
ry lot of ignoble bomb-proof hunters
Whatever others were, General Lee HIM
self was all right. No such hero j. il
history. At Appomattox he said TO hI
assembled Generals, informing them tina
the time had come to close the war b.
surrender, Our virtues ought to be equa
to any calamity" He greatly esteemet
: both PettIgreW and Pender. / told wha
he said today James II. Foote. the da.
: after General Pender died. | repeat j
here: 'There was a soldier that neve
held his proper rank. He should hay,
been one of my Corps Commanders" !
, State may well be proud that that ha
!, produced two such grand, pure, giftc
, Christian soldiers as Johnston Pettigre'
:, and William d. Fender. May their virtue
be emulated and their names be foreye
preserved IN tn annals Of North Caroline
! THEODORE BRYANT KINGSBURY.
: Wilmington, N. c., Dec. 26, 1903.