The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17
NAMES GROW BRIGHTER.

pert W. LEO anu N 0NoIicWAH uhShSOAA
are so we'll known that to attempt to
write anything now about either OF them
would be like attempting ITO paint the
lily" T am at a loss, therefore, to know
where to begin to comply with your re-
quest.
y I will say, however, that, in my opinion.
as tho names Of Hannibal, OF Caesar, ana
OF Napoleon will forever eclipse those OF
their respective conquerors. solwil those
Of Lee and Jackson continue to grow
brighter, as compared with those OF
their successful opponents, and IN COM
ing ages will outshlne them like the sun,
mid moon and stars. A5s
Already tho late commanders n-chief OF
the BRITISH, armies has thus written OF
Lee. IIo says: "In along and varied HE
Of wandering, have only met two men
whom I prize as being above all the
world, and the greater of these two was
General Lee, Amerlca's greatest man. ~
Iaunderstand history
Another distinguished English scholar
has written Of him as "The most stain n
less OF earthly commanders, and except
infortune the greatest" M 4.
The late commander-in-chief OF the
American armies. told a distinguished
Confederate general (who related Inc ne
conversation to me) that on Q recent Vist y
to Germany, lle (the American soldler).
was thrown in company with many otil-
GERS Of high rank in the German army
and whilst these German soldiers were
familiar with, and talked about Lee ana
jackson Il and Stuart and their cam
palgns, pruisng them in the highest
terms. they rarely mentioned the names
OF Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. IN tlio
light OF the conduct Of the war by these
leaders on their respective sides, as ex-
hibited by their many general orders,
ana as disclosed in tho memoirs OF tho
Federal generals, written ny themselves,
Is this to be wondered ut? The muse OF
history may be startled from the Inc OF
propriety for time. until the PASSIONS
and prejudices engendered by war sub
side, but she will as surely regain her
equipoiso and write the truth as the
needle win point to tho pole. i.
"Howe or It be, 1t seems to me.
IT'S only noble to be good
q This has been the worlds verdict from
the beginning, and 1T will be to the end
OF time. No one will deny that genius
alone has often given fame to its possess
sor. But when genius Is combined with
goodness and greatness, as they were ~
Lee and Jackson. these attributes VIII
write their own history; nay, VIII even even
extort that history from the reluctant
and unwilling hands of tho quondam enc
mics OF the South. Already one OF the
most distinguished OF northern Wrlters-
n native Of Boston, and q gallant soldier
or the Federal nrmy-hns written that
! the time will come when "the bronze
| efHgy OF Robert E. Lee, mounted on ms
charger and with the insignia OF ms
Confederate rank, will from Its pedestal
in tho nations Capitol gaze across the
Potomac at his old home at Arlington
even as that of CROMWELL dominates the
| yard Of Westminster, upon Whlch MS
skull once looked down.
And the present Chief Magistrate OF
the nation wrote several years ago. that
."rhe world has never seen better SOL
/ diers than those who followed Lee, and
their leader will undoubtedly rank as,
i without any exception, the greatest OF az
I. great captains: that the English speak
! ing people have brought forth
Will higher proof of our prediction pe
/ skcd than is here given? IT It Is, II
can be furnished by tho fact. that INC
i northern press is teemng with tho just
claim. that along with the united coun-
4 try, the fame Of the Confederate LEADERS, =
and their followers. is the nations her1.
1 tage, Of which the nation has the rlght
i tn boast What we have written OF Lee.
con ha affirmed with equal truth Of jack
son, that "thundcrbolt Of war, Lee .f.
/. right arm" as Lee himself termed him.
A we were told by a gentleman, that q
relative OF his was on a train going from
4 London to Liverpool, when ackson died,
and whom the news of that event was
flishcd across the sea, the brakeman
vent from coach to coach announcing
that "stonewall jackson was dead
a More than a quarter Of a. century ago
z some Of the most distinguished men N
England attested their appreciatlon o.
him. both as a man and soio'er' ny
nresenting to Virginia the splendid statue
4 which now adorns our Capitol Hill, His
cnmpaigns arc the models OF strategy
4 studied In, some OF the best military
schools OF Europe and the greatest booh
written Of any American soldier, Is tins
Z life of Jackson, by the late professor
and teacher Of strategy, IN one OF thess
schools.
And all this has come to pass, before
the wounds of tho great war are healed
and when its personal memories are stli
fresh in tho minds of many VINO saw aHc
felt its horrors l.
TO say that the names Of such men az
81 r ,ee and Jackson, whose 'namesinre with
out any stain, and whose deeds are tht
brightest that illumine the PAGES OF his
tory, will not eclipse those Of leaders
some OF whom e.,.
"IIave left a corsair's name to othe
Linked With ono virtue, ana a thousand
crimes, .,t
ia to subyert the meaning OF the annals
of ali times as 7 have read those an
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