The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-14
STATUE: | ! !; OF
R0BT E. LEE {:
Gen. Fitz. Lee Endorses the
Legislatures Action.
THE HOWL AT THE NORTH
Made Mostly by Those Who We're n:
visible intneS War, and Are Now
Endeavorlng to Appear
Invincible. n

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General FNzhugh Lee was asked yes
terday what he thought about placing the
statue nf General r. E. Lee in Washing
tom
"oh," said he. 81 do not know that !
ought 10 say anything about this, but,
stillaI see no harm In stating that tnlnR
il would have been wiser not to have tax
en- the matter up at this time, Y but as =, q
has been done, endorse the action o. g : he e
Ieglsla tire ;ln standt ing steady IN r. IRON :
OF the hostile fire. s
THE people Of the North seem 20 DO DC
divided Into three classes;
81. The liberal, generous. broad-minded
men and women who know that the war
IS long over. and know. too, that It Is per-
fectly natural I'll Eirginlans: to honor ana
respect the memory Of great citizens ana
soldiers.
SO a large number who are Indifferent
and do not care one way or the other ana
are not disposed to interfere with mat
ter that belongs exclusively to Virginia
INVISIBLE IN WAR.
"s. a class who make the noise and
howl in the public prints. Some Of whom
IL searcl,-lght was turned upon their
past military records. would show they
were practically invisible in war, and are
trying to make up for such deficiency by
appearing to be invincible in peace.
Il am informed that the United States
Government paid $1,000 to the artist or
his heirs, for the statue Of Washington
now in the statuary Hall in Washington.
1T is a plaster cast of the, "Houdon
Statue" In the Capitol here. II Nir-
Einia had anything to do with 1t she
would never have presented such q cheap
work to the general government. The
State, therefore, under the Act of 1864 has
two vacant places to fill. I would like
to see her give an order through her rep
resentatlvesi for a splendid bronze statue
of the great Washington, and, MS It has
been decided by the Legislature that Rob
ert r. Leo should also be fonored. let
an order go forth that another statue
OF him, similar In all respects TO the
Washington statue be made, T: Will
take some years to complete them, put
when itf5is done. she could present to-
gether these twin statues at the same
time to the Government Of the United
States, If one should be taken and the
other left-Vlrglnas should bring both back
placing them within the walls or on the
public grounds surrounding her historic
Capitol.
s..One OF them would be a splendid speci-
men OF a successful "rebe," while the
OF her might pass as n fair representative
OF an unsuccessful rebel, who had nc.
oulesccd i'll the results Of tho war, and
for five years after Its termination by
his wonderful influence and great exam
pie had done all that q peaceful. law
abiding citizen could do 70 promote the
glory and growth Of re-unlted country;
while for thlrty-two years prior to the
war; namely, from the date of his gradua-
.tion at West Point to the period of the
+ Civil War he had made a favorable rec-
ord for attention to the interests Of the
United States confided tol him In peace
and n favorable record, too, upon the bat-
tie fields Of Mexico in war"