The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10
TRIBUTE TO
GENERAL LEE.
Gracefully Paid BY One Of First
Professors at the University
z Of Virginia.
| AN INTERESTING SKETCH.
Jefferson Greatly Surprised at
the Youth OF His Professor
Of Ancient Languages.

Tho following interesting sketch OF ono
Of the first professors at the University
of Virginia. was written by Professor
Henry Tutwilcr. OF Alabama, whose re-
cent death was loss to the whole South.
Appended Is q sketch of Professor Tut
wi1er, by Professor Smith. Of the Unit
versity OF Virginia:
The recent death OF this distinguished
English scholar. deserves moro than q
passing notice, particularly from tho
people Of the Southern States.
In 1894, whom the University Of vir-
ginia was about to bo organized. MIR.
Jefferson sert n special agent to England
with Letters to our Minister, MIR. Rush,
and others, to select professors for the
University He told Mr.. Rush that wo
must have men of the highest cultivation,
such us the I2obertsons and Persons Of
Great Britain, and added, ION this head
. our hope and trust are In you: an UNI
lucky selection at tho outset, would for
ever blast our prospects," After sur
vey of the whole field. and consultation
with many eminent men, two of the
Professors -verc chosen from Trinity
College Cambridge; Mr.. Lang for All.
cent Languages and Mr.. Key for Mathe-
matics. M Is
The special agent was Francis Walker
Gilmer, whom Mr.. efferson styles, III his
letter to Mr.. Rush. the best educated
subject we have raiscd since the Revo-
luton" The wisdom Of the selection
was shown by the fact that two years
afterwards, when the London University
nov University College) went into ope, a.
ton, both these gentlemen were recalled
to ADMINISTRATION.
ATTACHED TO-THE SOUTH.
It was very good fortune to be the
pupil OF MIR. Long at the University Of;
fury to enjoy the happiness and benefit
OF his friendship and correspondence
During his short stay at the UniYers ty
he became ardently attached to t!!e
Southern States, and his affection con-
tlnued undated to the day of his dea.h.
In letter written only last year he says,
1T is strange how fresh the Southern
States are in my memory; I shall die
thinking Of them" (Only short time
before his death. had the sad pleasure
of receiving an autograph letter of few
lines wherein he said In this the last
letter which | shall write l wish TO as
sure you of my remembrance as long as
this poor body shall endured
Mr.. Long was great admirer OF our
General Lee. In one OF his letters written
in August 1870. he says: If l were not
detained by circumstances l would cross
the Atlantic to see the first. ablest man
OF GU, days. and then adds: IF ev-r
you should write to General Lee | beg
you VIII present to him my most respec.-
full regards and hope that he will leave
some commentari to be placed on the
80 =, ~ n a rat
he is too modest to do this All who
have read the last edition of his An
tonnus will remember the glowing tribute
which he rays to General Lee In the
prefa>e to the work. The circumstances
connected with this publication deserve
mention. as have them from Mr.. Long
himself.
NOBLE TRIBUTE TO LEE.
More than twenty years ago he pub
l!shed in London the first edition of his
Thoughts of the Roman Emperor
NJ Aurellus ANONYMOUS" It was
soon after published In this country by
Tickncr and F'ields. Of Boston. with u:
Mr.. Longs knowledge or consent, rnl
dedicated hy the publisher to Ralph
Waldo Emerson. When Mr.. Long was
Informed OF this he said 1t reminded hin
of similar act on the part OF another
American house sometime before. IFS
RI
this country and in England, was pub
lished In the same way by Lea and Blnr.
chard, OF Philadelphia, and a presentation
copy sent by them to Mr.. Long. In one
of his letters Mr.. Long said that he would
be even with the Boston publishers. Az
ter the war. a second edition, revised ar d
corrected. was published In Bohn's IL.
brary, and at so small price that no
American publisher could republsh 1t
,,-;tt, tC II, {G
he publishes the tribute to General Lee
and at the same time rebukes the Boston
publishers, as follows: II have been In
formed that an American publisher has
printed the first edition of this transla-
ton of ~ Antoninns. I do not Grldge
him the profit, If he has made any.
have also been Informed that the Anerl-
can publisher has dedicated this transla-
tion to an American. have no OBJ
lection to the book being dedicated to
an American; but In doing this without
my consent the publisher has trans
crossed the bounds Of dccency. ] have
never dedicated book to any man, and
II dedicated this, ] should choose the
man whose namc seemed 10 me most
worthy 10 be Joined to that or the Roman
soldier and philosopher. | might ded cate
the book TO the successful General who
Is now President Of the United States,
with the hope that his integrity and Jus.
tice Will restore peace and happ ness 50
far as he can tn these unhappy States,
which have suffered so much from war
and The unrelentlng hostility Of wicked
men.
But as tho Roman poet said
Victrx causa Des placult, sed vlcta
Catoni:
and II ] dedicated this little book ~
any man, would dedicate II to him
who led the Confederate armies aga nst
the powerful invader. and retired from
an unequal contest defeated but not Dis
honorcd; to the noble Virginia soldier
whose talents and virtues placed him
by the eide Of the best and wlsest man
VINO sat on the throne of the Imperial
| Caesars
COULD LEAVE IT OUT.
| When ms book was being published an
| American bookseller in London declared
| TIA, i.e "ogld net take single copy II
| tnis leIlsined. Sir, Long would not con,
! Sent u le2ye II out and the London pub
| iishsrs seltlsd tho matter by prn'lrg
a On : separate page. which" says Mr..
/ L<sn9, "the Indignant Yankee may tear
l Cut IL .E lIkea IN yleaYe his CugtOmerS,' "