The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23

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 Gen. W. H. F.. Lee was stlli pris- oner at Fortress Monroe. When news reached him that his wife was dying he asked to be allowed to go to her for forty-eight hours, his brother, Cur tis Lee, having offered to take his place, as hostage, this was peremptor- fly refused. Of the death of this daughter, the General writes: T grieve for our lost darling as a father only can grieve for a. daughter, and my sorrow Is heightened by the thought of,the an euish her death win cause our dear son And the poignancy it will give to the bars of his prison, May God In His mercy make hi into bear the blow He has so suddenly dealt. and sanctify 1t to his everlasting happiness." Then follows the story of the brave fight at Spottsylvania Court House, where Stuart fell.
 Then the story of the most unequal struggle that history recounts. the de- fense of Petersburg and Richmond;
 The two armies now commenced a contest which could end only one way. If General Lee had been permitted to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond, to l fall back upon some interior point, | nearer supplies for man and beast and within supporting distance of the re- naming forces of the Confederacy, the | surrender would certainly have been put off-possibly never have taken place-and the result of the war chang ed"
 General Lee with an army of 35.0o0 men was holding a line thirty miles long. He was completely cut off from endorsements, He had less than half rations for his men.
 Of the long seige of Retersburg of ha In tTr rAf fr1a rf hat of the Crater, the story has been many times read with tears. Is written on memory with the hearts blood of our people.
 Captain Lee quotes General Lees words of the great commander at this trying time: General Lee had never appeared more grandly heroic than on this occasion. All eyes were raised to him for a deliverance which no human power seemed able to give. He alone was expected to provide food for the starving army and rescue 1t from the attacks of a powerful and eager enemy Under the accumulation of diff faculties, his courage seemed to expand, and whenever he appeared his presence inspired the meek and weary with re- newed energy to continue the toilsome march. During these trying scenes his countenance wore it's habitual calm, grave expression. Those who watched his face to catch glimpse of what was | passing In his mind could gather thence no trace of his inner sentiments'" Then the story of the surrender. That the great general had given all his genius, all his energy, all the fervor | of his nature to a cause of whose suc- | cess he held no hope these words of his to General Pendleton give evidence: | I have never believed we could against the gigantic combination for our sub jugation, make good in the long run our independence unless foreign pow CTS should, directly or indirect, assist us. But such considerations really made with me no difference. We had, was satisfied, sacred principles to maintain and rights to defend. for which we were in duty bound to do our best. even if we perished in the endeavor."
 The greater part of the book is the relation of General Lees life after the close of the war of his election to the Presidency Of Washington College, now Washington Lee, of his always wise. forbearing and inspiring life and words to his own family to the whole South during the most trying years of re- construction.
 Many tributes to his matchless wor h came to the General, not only from the whole South, of which he was the idol but from England. We quote the well known and deserved tribute, the dedi- catory inscription of Philip Stanhope | Woosley's translation of Homers Had
 '"ro General Lee
 The most stainless of living commando CTS and. except in fortune, the Great est, this volume is presented with the writer's earnest sympathy and respect full admiration"
 Then follow the oft-quoted verses: '"The grand old bard that never dies.
 Receive him in our English tongue! l send thee, but with weeping eyes,
 The story that he sung.
 Thy Troy is fallen--tny dear land
 Is marred beneath the spoilers heel I cannot trust my trembling hand
 To write the things I feel.
 An. realm of tears!-but let her hear
 This blazon to the end of time:
 No nation rose so white and fair,
 None fell so pure of crime.
 The widows moan. the orphans wall,
 Come round thee; but in truth be
 strong!
 Eternal Right, though all else fail
 Can never be made Wrong.
 An angels heart an angels mouth
 Not Homer's, could alone for me Hymn we'll the great Confederate
 South
 Virginia first. and Lee.
 Captain Lee also repeats the story told just about a year ago in the col umns of The Advertiser in a letter from the University of Virginia of Mir. George Long's indignation that his translation of Marcus Aurelius" had and dedicated to Emerson. MT. Long brought out a second edition of his book and this is a paragraph of his predatory note: If I dedicated this book to any man. l would dedicate fl to him who led the Confederate armies against the powerful invader, and re- tired from the unequal conquest de- feated. but not dishonored; to the no- ble Virginian soldier whose talent and virtues place him by the side of the best and wisest man who sat on tho throne of the Imperial Caesars" Cap. tain Lee pursued the matter further 'In a letter to his old friend, Mir. Fl Tutwiler of Virginia, Professor Lons sent the following message to my ia. ther, which. however, was never re. ceived by him. 1t having been sent tC my mother only after his death: T
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